8/18/10
Here’s a question for everyone. Is Fox News an actual news outlet or is it just an arm of the Republican Party?
We know that it has promoted and paid for rallies of the Tea Party along with the founder Dick Armory, but does it actually go by its motto of Fair and Balanced? Does it report the news or does it just propagate the right wing agenda? Is it instrumental in developing the talking points for the Conservatives?Recently the parent company of Fox, News Corp, contributed $1 Million to the Republican Governors Association.
This is the largest single donation ever contributed by a news organization. I have no problem with this except for the fact that they contributed $0 to the Democrats. The reason I have a problem with that is because it shows a bias and news organizations are supposed to be unbiased, otherwise how could they possibly report the new in an unbiased manner?
This story has appeared in several media outlets but not on Fox, and yet many other sources consider it news worthy because of the size of the contribution and the fact that nothing was donated to the Democrats.
As of yesterday nothing had appeared on any of the Fox news shows, why is that/They have also refused to allow an official for the Democratic governors to appear on Fox to discuss the matter, even though he has made several requests.Now you might ask how much did MSNBC contribute?
The parent company of MSNBC, General Electric donated $ 150,000 to each side, $150,000 to the Republicans and $150,000 to the Democrats. That is usually the way it’s done and that way it does not give the appearance of bias, which news organizations are not suppose to have, although we know that there are news papers such as the Washington Post that tend to have a liberal bent, but there is also the Wall Street Journey that has always had a tendency to favor the Republican point of view until Murdock bought it and now it is even more right wing than it was before.
There are many that lean to one side or the other but they do not brandish their bias in such a slap in your face manner.But that doesn’t matter what others do my question is about Fox. Just because Johnny smokes does not mean that it is alright for Jimmy to smoke, do you get my point? Because I know that many of you are going to tell me about how liberal the news media is and let’s face it that isn’t true and that isn’t what this is about
.Charlie Lockett
Here is a follow up note.
Anyone see the letter the Democratic Governors Association sent Roger Ailes?
Mr. Roger AilesChairman, Chief Executive Officer and PresidentFox News Channel1211 Avenue of the AmericasNew York, NY 10036and VIA EMAIL
Dear Mr. Ailes,
For the first time in history, your organization is openly and proudly supporting the defeat of Democratic governors with an unprecedented political contribution of $1 million to the Republican Governors Association. In fact, your company provided the single largest corporate contribution to our opposition.In the interest of some fairness and balance,
I request that you add a formal disclaimer to your news coverage any time any of your programs cover governors or gubernatorial races between now and Election Day. I suggest that the disclaimer say: "News Corp., parent company of Fox News, provided $1 million to defeat Democratic governors in November.
" If you do not add a disclaimer, I request that you and your staff members on the "fair and balanced" side of the network demand that the contribution be returned.As you are well aware, the stakes could not be higher in the 37 gubernatorial races this election cycle. Your corporation and your allies know well that these races have grave and substantial implications for Congressional redistricting.
In fact, your allies in the GOP hope to change our election map for decades by electing governors who will redraw 30 seats into Republican territory.I look forward to hearing from you - or any of your programs - at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Nathan Daschle
P.S. Many news outlets have covered this controversy, but your own news programs have been strangely silent. I am available to appear on any of your programs to discuss the case for Democratic governors - particularly why our governors best for business growth.
Despite my efforts to immediately reach out to your news programs, more than a dozen requests were ignored.
Cc: Bret Baier
Carl CameronGretchen Carlson
Neil Cavuto
Steve Doocy
Trace Gallagher
Major GarrettSean
HannityBill Hemmer
Brian Kilmeade
Megyn Kelly
Martha MacCallum
Bill O'Reilly
Jon ScottShepard Smith
Greta Van Susteren
Chris Wallace
