Fox News shut out again at Obama press conference.
By on Dec 1st, 2008 at 11:56 am
Fox News shut out again at Obama press conference.
Fishbowl DC has been keeping tabs of which media outlets have been allowed to ask a question at President-elect Barack Obama’s five press conferences so far. They report Fox News is 0-5. “Questions instead went to such outlets as ABC, New York Times, CBS, Reuters and the Associated Press.”
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Paybacks are a b!tch.
December 1st, 2008 at 11:59 amO for 5, eh? I hope that number exponentially rises to seven digits.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pmWow, my heart relly goes out to them… Oh wait a second, it’s back!
December 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pmCan we really pull this off for 8 years?
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December 1st, 2008 at 12:01 pmThere’s a reason for this, of course — it’s because Obama’s pressers are to interact with legitimate news organizations, not propaganda outlets. Hence, until Faux Snooze becomes a legitimate news organization (translation: “until hell freezes over…”), they will continue to be shut out…
December 1st, 2008 at 12:03 pmFoxes in the wilderness. Nice.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:04 pmThis is simply a long-awaited adjustment to the master list. I’d call on the Toys R’ Us rep. before I call on Faux News.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:08 pmIf FuxNews were ever to become a, you know, news organization, perhaps someone would be able to pose a question to the new administration.
As long as Fux continues to spin facts into right-wing opinion pieces in order to feed maggot-infested red meat to their cadavers, er, viewers, they have no place in a press conference to begin with.
PEACE
December 1st, 2008 at 12:08 pm“Can we really pull this off for 8 years?”
Well, the current Administration has managed to avoid the stalwart Helen Thomas for eight years. They even planted their own “press agents” (Jeff Gannon, FEMA employees etal) in the crowd to lob softballs for Dubya and his lackies. The Obama Administration should just cut to the chase in January and strip FOX reporters of their press credentials and ban them from setting foot in the White House and have the WH phones screened for bugs. They don’t even pretend to push their own special brand of crap as anything truthful anymore, just red meat for the GOP faithful.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pmThe most amazing thing of all, is that President (almost) Obama is having regular and frequent press conferences.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pmIn person!
Has G. Dufous Bush given that many actual press conferences in his entire time in office?
RaptureReady Says:
Is he afraid to answer real questions?
No, he’s only willing to answer real questions.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:11 pmTime and time again they have been told that they are not a news organization. FAUX indicates phony and imitation.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:12 pm*snicker*
December 1st, 2008 at 12:13 pmRaptureReady Says:
Is he afraid to answer real questions?
Real does not start with ‘F’. If you’re going to sign-in with your bible-icious shtick, don’t mix ‘Fake’ for ‘Real’ in the dictionary.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:13 pmtechsoldaten Says:
Can we really pull this off for 8 years?
I don’t see why not.
I think this is great. Just what should be happening.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:14 pmSo hey, Darryl – I have a “real question” for YOU:
When did you stop beating your wife…?
December 1st, 2008 at 12:15 pmDaryll reads from a different dictionary…
December 1st, 2008 at 12:16 pmRaptureReady Says:
Is he afraid to answer real questions?
You mean real questions like “Why won’t you admit that you are palling around with terrorists?”.
Obama is calling on news agencies who do ask real questions. He has no use for the Republican Propaganda Network.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pmWhen did Faux Noise become a news source? Screw em!!!
December 1st, 2008 at 12:17 pm“Is he afraid to answer real questions?”
No troll, he has faced more than his share of those allready. It’s more like not having the time to waste shooting down a constant stream of strawmen and coddling the propaganda organization that tried it’s best throughout the campaigns to undermine the man’s legitimacy through blatant and coordinated lies, even weeks/months after they were dispelled. I’d say they should be made to lie in the shit-laden bed that they made for themselves by being transparent shills for the GOP and PNAC.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:19 pmYES!!! Kick the ReichWing Propaganda Machine to the curb.
Pay back is a mother…
Besides the ReichWing Hate Machine is in full force, have you heard Rush, O’Lielly, Sean and the rest lately, what a foul, subhuman bunch of scum they are.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:21 pmEat a light lunch today, Daryll, I thought I heard trumpets in the distance…
December 1st, 2008 at 12:21 pmRaptureReady Says:
Is he afraid to answer real questions?
You mean like: “Hows that ‘President Elect Huckabee’ thing going for you, Daryll? Or did God tell you to change that to ‘vice president elect Palin’?”
or maybe:
December 1st, 2008 at 12:22 pm“Are you ready to come out of the closet yet, Daryll?”
RaptureReady Says
December 1st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Is he afraid to answer real questions?
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Um…”real” questions? Like questions about his patriotism, his religion, his eligibility to be president, and his “terrorist fist jabs”? Please.
Fear has nothing to do with it — it’s more of a time efficiency issue. Whenever a busy man (or woman) hold a press conference, there’s a limited time for asking and answering questions. During this limited amount of time, it makes sense to answer the questions coming from people who will actually pay attention to the answers and report them, and not to waste time answering questions asked of a news medium who is just going to report what they want to anyway.
Seems like a win-win all the way around. The news outlets who are genuinely interested in what Obama has to say will get that information, and those who have already made up their mind what they are going to say about Obama (like Fox News) go ahead and do just that.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pmIt used to be that the best example of fake news was the National Enquirer, but now Fox has taken over the top (bottom?) spot.
Fake stories of Elvis being spotted in a mall in Birmingham are replaced by fake stories of Obama’s birth certificate.
You can’t cure stupid. And Fox viewers are willfully stupid.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pmBreaking news … we’ve got no news,
December 1st, 2008 at 12:23 pmnow back to morning blow.
President-elect Obama has had more press conferences since being elected than Bush had his entire first term. That is certainly my impression, and I know it’s going to be true before he takes office. He may beat both of Bush’s terms by then!
December 1st, 2008 at 12:31 pmObama spokesman Robert Gibbs says there’s “nothing nefarious” going on. “I would tell them, get a good question and stay tuned.”
Absolutely
Brilliant.
link
And Darryl, stop murdering the Messiah, idiot.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:37 pmone example of WHY:
Chris Wallace Asks If Robert Gates Will Follow Orders
http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/chris-wallace-asks-if-robert-gates-will-fo
Fox News shut out again…
keep it up, sir.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:38 pmHey, if Obama can be open-minded enough to put Hillary in his cabinet he can answer a few questions from FOX. Big heartedness and the symbolism of the gesture will go a long way toward reversing the Bush travesty’s. Fox is just one of the enemies that Obama must talk to, per his own prescription for diplomacy and running the country as a whole, and not by partisan means.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:40 pmWhy would FOX need to ask any questions, anyway? Don’t they own the omniscient (i.e. know-it-all) Bill O’Reilly who can answer all the questions, after he asks them of course. It would be much more efficient than having Obama answer and then having to put his answer through the FOX spin-translator to get the answer they want to smear him.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:45 pmRaptureReady Says:
Is he afraid to answer real questions?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
I am suprised it took RupturedRetard this long to weigh in with the propaganda take on the issue. Afraid of the morons at FOX HA, it is to laugh. They are nothing BUT a propaganda organ of the right so why pretend they are a legitimate news service? Did you complain that Bush treated Helen Thomas this way? I am betting you didnt. I say they can give Fox a question every three or four years like Helen got. They can ask if Obama has stopped beating his wife. Obama can handle the question with wit and panache like Bush couldnt do even in his dreams then ignore them another four years. You really are brainwashed Ruptured, no one who has been paying attention will be fooled by the propaganda as you have been.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:46 pmThe invitation to ask a question at a Presidential (well, -elect) news conference is precious and should only be granted to credible news organizations. There are dozens of reporters from better news agencies than FoxNews in the room.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:48 pmOnce Fox News hires real Journalist instead of bartenders and alcoholic/druggies and insane medical people then maybe a question can be asked. Fox News isn’t a news Station is a GOP witch hunt station with non Journalist reporting. Would you go to a dinner where the person was a construction worker playing like a cook but had never cooked in his/her life. Yes many Americans like the comedy/fake new reports on Fox News. The hate and lies are believed by many viewers and you see what situtation the US is in now with those reports. Obama is a serious educated President Elect and will only deal with professional educated serious Journalist who work for the best interest of Americans.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:51 pmgus smith Says:
Sure he CAN but why should he? Why pretend Fox is a real news outlet and give them the legitimacy they never earned? If it were me I would strip ALL Fox news phonies of their credentials and have my press secretary pick ONE Fox guy they think the least odious and have THEM pick up their credentials every day at the begining of the day IF we decided to give them any THAT day. I would tell them negative press is fine. Propaganda and stupidity will be met with a complete and total loss of access.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:55 pmRaptureReady’s crowd should ask President-Elect Huckabee all the questions and quit giving loser Obama credibility by wanting to pose questions to him.
/snark off.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:56 pmNot without pre-conditions, like stop being the propaganda organ of the Republican party.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:57 pmgus smith Says:
Fox is just one of the enemies that Obama must talk to…
Perhaps you can tell us why Obama “must” talk to Fixed News. Perhaps Obama has made a vow that he will only talk to legitimate news outlets. Since Fixed News is nothing more than an extension of the RNC, as it’s propaganda outlet, then there is no reason for Obama to call on them.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:09 pmI do have a question about Obama’s press conferences. The quote was “if they asked an intelligent question”. My question is, is Obama pre-screening the questions he will answer?
December 1st, 2008 at 1:10 pmyou mean the way bush answered Helen Thomas’s questions?
December 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pmFox News must admit its own complicity in this matter. They have proven to be an appendage of the GOP and their reporting is so unfair and unbalanced that it has no value to a public seeking facts and truth.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:15 pmFox News constantly went after Michelle Obama. That’s why. Did Fox News ever go after Cindy McCain for breaking the law and getting away with it? Or Laura Bush’s phony account of how she “accidentally” ran her car into her ex boyfriend and killed him?
But Michelle Obama gave terrorist fist bumps and hates her country. Fox News crossed the line, as they constantly do, and are rightfully being punished for it.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:18 pmRapture, why do you hate America so much?
December 1st, 2008 at 1:20 pmIt could be that he is just going with the preponderance of evidence from their past performances.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:21 pmWow.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pmWith no replies from Parodyll the Failure after his original post, one must ponder:
Did Parodyll done get raptured?
Leftside Annie is on a roll today!
December 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pmBecause the Republican leadership forced him to choose between his country and his party.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:31 pmREPUGS AND FOX…. HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTIONHELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION,HELEN THOMAS QUESTION…KEEP SAYING THAT FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS. Next…HELEN THOMAS QUESTION!
December 1st, 2008 at 1:40 pmWhat will be their response when they get told to sit at the back of the room?
December 1st, 2008 at 1:42 pmOh damn! I guess we will never know the answers to important questions like whether he is a U.S. citizen or if he has terrorist ties or if he celebrates Christmas! This is a travesty! Freedom of the press is going down the tubes! Say goodbye to your right to free speech!
/e giggles insanely….
December 1st, 2008 at 1:50 pmDRxJ Says:
Did Parodyll done get raptured?
He has just degenerated into a lame drive by troll, like JK. He has been sulking since he discovered God lied to him and Huckabee really wasn’t gong to be elected president. heh
He has even missed most of “teh gays” threads lately, so we know he is sulking. heh
December 1st, 2008 at 1:52 pmAs 27 Nanlichi implies – How many times has Obama answered questions from the National Inquirer ?
I also wonder how much of Faux’s peevishness is an inability to deal with their no-longer overinflated status from the Bush WH ??? And/or their trying to make enough noise – kind of like arguing with the referee so that he’ll be cautious to make a decision against you in the future.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:53 pmSeriously… Why bother answering any questions from Fox News? It would be a total waste of time for they would take whatever answer he gave and twist it, mangle it, butcher it, deface, destroy, distort, contort, falsify, pervert, disfigure, alter, convolute, and ultimately destroy any semblance of his original answer.
Might as well pretend they’re not even in the room.
December 1st, 2008 at 1:59 pmThat’s the whole point, he’s not going to bother with partisan politics, and their pathetic attempts to attack and provoke a response.
You do not have much experience with concern trolls, so I’ll inform you that nothing good can be taken from allowing yourself to be exploited by them.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:00 pmWhy is Fox interested in having their questions answered all of a sudden. What happened to just making sh*t up like they’ve been doing? Anyway, don’t they have enough to do battling their imaginary war against Christmas and all.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:01 pmgus smith Says:
Hey, if Obama can be open-minded enough to put Hillary in his cabinet he can answer a few questions from FOX. Big heartedness and the symbolism of the gesture will go a long way toward reversing the Bush travesty’s. Fox is just one of the enemies that Obama must talk to, per his own prescription for diplomacy and running the country as a whole, and not by partisan means.
You’re kidding. Right?
F8ck the stupid heartedness bs. It’s one thing to lie about dems 24/7 and it’s another thing when they carry out their divisive plots.
Ain’t nobody gonna be mad if we play by the repugs’ rules when it pertain to them.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:38 pmgus smith Says:
Hey, if Obama can be open-minded enough to put Hillary in his cabinet he can answer a few questions from FOX.
Yea Gus, this makes a LOT of sense…not.
Big heartedness and the symbolism of the gesture will go a long way toward reversing the Bush travesty’s.
Ummm…no they won’t. Again, this makes NO sense.
Fox is just one of the enemies that Obama must talk to, per his own prescription for diplomacy and running the country as a whole, and not by partisan means.
No, no, no…Fox isn’t an entity that needs to be engaged diplomatically, NOR are they a legitimate NEWS organization. They ARE very partisan and would NOT treat PE Obama in non-partisan manner if he chose to answer their illegitimate questions.
Your whole argument lacks any regard to context and is pretty much garbage.
December 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pmAssuming he can ignore the Hannityesque “afraid to talk to FOX” meme that even as we speak is surely percolating away to its optimal 3-hour-old coffee stank, Obama could basically do this forever. It’s sweet.
The only thing that would make it better is Obama pulling a Reagan and finally taking a question from FOX while walking to the presidential helicopter on the South Lawn — signaling that gosh-o-mighty it’s too bad but he can’t hear what you’re saying!
December 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pmHow long until we see the “XXX Days Since Obama Took a Question From Us” countdown clock on Fox?
December 1st, 2008 at 3:36 pmSince when does Faux care about actual news?
December 1st, 2008 at 3:38 pmTO FAUX NOISE: CRY ME A RIVER! You are finally getting what you so justifiably deserve…nothing. Cry your crock tears. No one with a functioning brain gives a care.
December 1st, 2008 at 4:19 pmI realize that I may be going against popular opinion here (and may be verbally eviscerated for it) — but I don’t think that FOX News should be completely left out in the cold. That’s something which the Bush administration has reportedly done consistently throughout the past eight years — sidelined or denied access outright to the representatives of any media outlets perceived as potentially being confrontational. While turn about may be fair play, I can’t in good faith condone any attempt to censor or restrain the press no matter who’s doing it — if it’s wrong when a Republican administration does it, it’s equally wrong when a Democratic administration does it and payback is not sufficient justification for doing it. Based on what I’ve seen of him so far, Obama is in my opinion more capable than Bush could have even hoped to be at holding his own in the face of confrontation anyway — and in so doing, he would prove himself the better leader.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:27 pmThe chicago tribune today ran a full-page ad from the loony organization that is trying to have the election annulled because they claim Obama’s birth certificate is not real.
December 1st, 2008 at 5:54 pmWhy don’t we just call it black and white? ALL news media outlets are arms of a political party. I agree, Fox News IS RNC….but CNN IS DNC by just as large a margin! So he shuts the opposition out….so be it, it is only logical. For those who are still complaining about GW NOT calling on Helen Thomas, perhaps the reason is exactly the same?
December 1st, 2008 at 7:40 pmWell of course I wouldn’t call on Fox News. They’re not a real journalistic organization. It would be like Obama calling on someone from The Daily Show, except it actually bills itself as a joke.
December 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pmmartygrn Says:
Helen Thomas is a journalist……fox, not so much. See the difference?
December 1st, 2008 at 11:28 pmI think the man in the pink shirt from “Horse & Hound” magazine should be recognized ahead of FOX.
December 2nd, 2008 at 12:49 ammartygrn Says:
I am sure you believe this but its flat out delusional. First CNN, that is Contains No News is hardly DNC thats ludicrous. NO network plays for the left like Fox does for the right. No one in their right mind could possibly believe this and Helen Thomas has asked hard but fair questions to EVERY President since John Kennedy. She doesnt carry water for Dems she asks them the same hardnosed questions she does Republicans. So NO it is no where NEAR the same reason. Helen Thomas is an institution she is the very epitome of legitimacy. Fox cant even DREAM of her reputation.
December 2nd, 2008 at 3:23 amOk, so maybe Ms. Thomas was a bad example. In actual fact, she is probably the ONLY true journalist left in existence! ABC-none, CBS-none, NBC-none, FOX-nope, CNBC-not a chance….try anyone else? Print? USA Today-nope, NY Times-not even close, LA Times-no one, Washington Post-not a soul!
Basically, what I am saying is that ALL media/reporters are questioning from their own agenda. Be they RNC, DNC, or any other point of view. I have not seen a truly objective news piece, TV or written, in a great many years!!
December 2nd, 2008 at 2:55 pmAfter reading the comments posted on your site I see that President-elect Obama has a lot of work to do if he intends on unifying the citizens of America. At this rate in eight we will be engaged in another civil war.
I guess it would be a FREE America if Fox News were banned from the airwaves. I thought a liberal minded person was open to dialog with those of opposing opinions…I guess I was wrong.
January 13th, 2009 at 3:51 pm