Video: How big media partners with left-wing blogs
posted at 5:45 pm on May 7, 2009 by Allahpundit
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An unusually enlightening palate cleanser. If Fox News anchors started posting on HA, the hunt would be on for every last incendiary sentence ever left in the comments to prove that we’re a “hate” site. As it is, the leading lights at CBS, NBC, and MSNBC have been known to grace sludge pits like HuffPo and dKos and nary an eye is blinked, even when they “forget” to mention that they’re blogging there. I can almost understand that, though: Given the media’s own ideological slant, lefty sites must seem to them practically nonpartisan in tone, in much the same way that the left is forever convinced it represents the ideological center. This mini-expose could have gone much further, needless to say — it ain’t just media types who turn up at dKos, and the lack of any mention of JournoList is almost a fatal flaw — but it’s a noble attempt. Enjoy.
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Fox News simply openly endorses partisan political rallies, and its hosts participate in them. Other than that, the prospect described by you is very horrendous.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Who says I’m not Megyn Kelly?
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Who says I’m not Megyn Kelly?
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Gulp! Will you marry me?
faol on May 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
radiofreevillage, can’t you find another village for which to be an idiot?
Master Shake on May 7, 2009 at 5:51 PM
I do.
Abby Adams on May 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
What’s the blog angle there? Everyone knows Fox is partisan. The point of the vid here is that the people patronizing lefty sites tend to present themselves as objective.
Well, maybe not Olby.
Allahpundit on May 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Fox News simply openly endorses partisan political rallies, and its hosts participate in them. Other than that, the prospect described by you is very horrendous.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Did you attend a tea party? Didn’t think so. The one I attended was hardly partisan.
txag92 on May 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
*yawn* Novel.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Only someone who thinks of the world in terms of R or D think the tea parties were partisan in nature.
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 5:53 PM
lorien1973 on May 7, 2009 at 5:49 PM
I do.
Abby Adams on May 7, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Ah crap.
faol on May 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
a sea of collective thought – which explains the astroturfing they are so good at….
jcrue on May 7, 2009 at 5:54 PM
Name One?
PappaMac on May 7, 2009 at 5:55 PM
radiofreevillage, I know you are too dishonest to acknowledge it, but Fox hosts think a lot of Republicans are doing things wrong too.
Speedwagon82 on May 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Yes, it probably was lengthier than you are usually capable of reading in one sitting.
Master Shake on May 7, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Question for NBC/CBS/CNN/ABC: Name the conservatives who you employ who are on camera on a regular basis.
Yawn.
Observation of FOX: Name the liberals who they employ who are regularly on camera.
Juan Williams
Mort Kondracke
Mara Liasson
Eleanor Clift
Alan Colmes
Bob Beckel
Ellis Hennison
I’m sure there are more. This bunch quickly comes to mind, however.
Fair & Balanced.
perroviejo on May 7, 2009 at 5:58 PM
I think this is probably the best explanation for it. Couric and others probably do see HuffPo and Kos as plain old outlets for information, not the lefty nutter cess pools that they are.
myrenovations on May 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Uh, uh, David Gergen? Does that count? Uh, uh…
Abby Adams on May 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Aren’t a few reporters at Fox Freepers? I know Tony Snow was.
SnarkVader on May 7, 2009 at 5:59 PM
And all the rest openly endorse one political party over the other. So?
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Fair & Balanced.
perroviejo on May 7, 2009 at 5:58 PM
So said Hillary’s camp!
faol on May 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
I just can’t imagine she’s that dirty.
Esthier on May 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
I seem to recall Fox News “promoting” an event in Denver and sending their hosts to participate. Hmm, it’s all coming back to me… there were these cheesy Greek columns and lots of dorks chanting “Yes We Can”… I guess that must be the event you mean.
evergreen on May 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Yeah, if you’re counting bed-wetters.
perroviejo on May 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Yeah, but Fox has always been considered that hyperpartisan monster. Tu quoque doesn’t quite fit here, except for supporters of Fox.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 6:01 PM
Well, not Alan anymore.
Esthier on May 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM
seem to recall Fox News “promoting” an event in Denver and sending their hosts to participate. Hmm, it’s all coming back to me… there were these cheesy Greek columns and lots of dorks chanting “Yes We Can”… I guess that must be the event you mean.
evergreen on May 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM
Were they “enchanted” or just had leg chills?
faol on May 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM
And which ‘partisan political rally(ies)’ would that(they) be?
anuts on May 7, 2009 at 6:03 PM
I don’t know who pretends to be objective anymore. And I don’t get this “blog angle”. HA is viewed by many as a hate site. This has little to do with the fact that say Michelle regularly appears on FoxNews. What are we talking about exactly?
HotAir is loved at FoxNews and vice versa. DailyKos is loved at MSNBC and vice versa. We live in the times where TV news stopped pretending to be objective. I don’t see the slightest problem with it. Market corrects for any skewness. Conservatives needed an outlet they could like, and such outlet appeared and beat everybody else. I fail to see what the big deal is.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
And CNN simply openly endorsed Saddam Hussein’s genocide against his own people for a decade, endorsed the lie that the US nerve-gassed civilans in Laos, endorsed the lie that US troops murdered Iraqi journalists, and endorsed snipers shooting American soldiers in Iraq.
What was your point again, exactly?
Oh, that’s right. Never had one.
Del Dolemonte on May 7, 2009 at 6:05 PM
He was on one of the shows last night.
From Wikipedia: “On November 24, 2008, it was announced that Colmes would leave Hannity and Colmes at the end of 2008. Colmes will remain a commentator at Fox News.”
perroviejo on May 7, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Technically, Mort is “moderate” not liberal.
ladyingray on May 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I fail to see what the big deal is.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 6:04 PM
Maybe it’s the 20 to 1 ratio.
faol on May 7, 2009 at 6:06 PM
I saw this at the Anchoress:
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Bill O’Really actually asked that question one night to MS-DNC bimbette Mrs. Alan Greenspan.
She couldn’t answer it.
Del Dolemonte on May 7, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Ah. I figured he’d still come back regularly but didn’t think he’d been on in awhile.
Esthier on May 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Really? Can you give us some examples?
Del Dolemonte on May 7, 2009 at 6:08 PM
eat garbage together.
upinak on May 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Don’t know…if Tony Snow blogged there, shouldn’t be too hard to dig it up and post the link. With that one link, you could make a very strong rebuttal. Go get ‘em!
AUINSC on May 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Id Hit it
/someone somewhere
William Amos on May 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM
the greater problem with Bathtub Boy ( Olberdouche ) is not his hyper-partisanship but his near-psychotic personality:
His ranting, spittle-laced spewing of crackpot ideas and juvenile personal attacks on anyone who even hints as disagreement with the Current Left. He’s a Crank–deranged and silly, like a 12-year-old who’s absorbed slogans and drivel from equally stupid Leftoids
much like ‘radiofreeIdiot’ here……..
It’s not WHAT they think–it’s the Sad Fact that Olbermann and his ilk can’t or won’t think.
How can you argue with a mentally challenged gossip-mongering idiot?
Janos Hunyadi on May 7, 2009 at 6:09 PM
radiofreevillage:
The big deal is that the left is always ragging on Fox and yet they themselves are tools and liars. That is the big deal.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM
You mean after over a decade of self-righteous “FOX is a Republican mouthpiece!!!!” crap?
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Right. And technically I’m Daffy Duck.
Admittedly, Mort is honest, which is extremely rare for a lefty – which means he’s likely hated by the rabid left (aka Katie Couric’s inner circle).
perroviejo on May 7, 2009 at 6:11 PM
damn, beat me to it.
omnipotent on May 7, 2009 at 6:11 PM
FoxNews has always been most biased. As of last two years MS-NBC caught up with them.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM
I’m not a fan of Ben Affleck, but I thought he did a better Keith Olbermann than KO does.
ProfessorMiao on May 7, 2009 at 6:13 PM
By every objective standard, that is completely false. Fox has always leaned more to the right, but it’s also long been more to the center.
There have been several studies that proved this.
Esthier on May 7, 2009 at 6:14 PM
radiofreevillage:
One reason Fox is number one is that more and more people see that bias at other networks and are tired of it.
And Fox reported on the Tea Parties, the other networks did their best to ignore them, until CNN finally had to acknowledge them by humiliating and attacking the people there. I think anyone who saw that silly woman from CNN in Chicago would have to say she was biased. Anyone with any sense anyway.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Finally! For years I’ve been putting the suggestion into the box at work to switch the TVs to FoxNews instead of CNN. Today, FoxNews was on all the TVs! I was stunned…I looked around to see if there were any snarky leftists lying about after they heard a difference of opinion and fainted.
kirkill on May 7, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Fox does a better job of giving both points of view than the other networks do.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 6:16 PM
FoxNews has always been most biased. As of last two years MS-NBC caught up with them.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 6:12 PM
The Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA) is a nonpartisan research and educational organization.
Not what they say.
faol on May 7, 2009 at 6:17 PM
Right, and CNN trots out a ‘reporter’ to shill for Obama. You have no clue how deep-seated the bias is in the media, do you? Willful ignorance is no excuse.
Richard Romano on May 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
I mean listen to the idiot on this piece right here, talking about Bush’s deficits being the biggest in history, well that is an obvious lie. Did the socalled reporter question that? No. And the usual crap about Bush’s tax cuts etc. Those tax cuts took millions of poor people off the tax rolls entirely. I wonder if those people realize that when those tax cuts run out it might not only be the rich paying more.
One thing they can count on, they won’t be hearing about it from msnbc or cnn.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 6:18 PM
awesome job on the video clip.
The Wall on May 7, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Put evidence to your rant — show us objective proof of this. I know it’s hard, being the hyper-emotional leftist that you are, but I’m sure you can find a non-partisan study to support your contention?
Richard Romano on May 7, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Nice video but this guy buried the lead. MSNBC anchors take several segments and the angles for those segments directly from Think Progress, Crooks and Liars, HuffPost et al. You can literally predict what and how Keith Olbermann will discuss a topic if you look at those sites around noon.
AYNBLAND on May 7, 2009 at 6:20 PM
great video. knew about Olby, but not Couric and Williams.
That having been said, dude needs to get a friend to do the voice overs. Every time he said “blawg” my ears bled.
Trent1289 on May 7, 2009 at 6:21 PM
Yes, there was an underserved segment of people. But it’s not that they didn’t like bias. It’s that they wanted a bias of a different kind.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 6:22 PM
the problem is cnn and msnbc do pass themselves off as objective, and almost everyone believes them. up until about a year ago, even i thought cnn was objective and watched hardball from time to time. I was getting partisan news, and hadn’t the slightest clue that it wasn’t objective. not until i discovered sites like HA did the truth come out.
Chiasmos on May 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Terrific (C) AP
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Henceforth I’m going to think of you as Dona Esthier Quixote. :-) Oldnuke sweeps large hat (with feather) off and bows deeply. My you be victorious in all your jousts. :-)
Oldnuke on May 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:tonysnow/index?tab=comments;brevity=full;options=no-change
SnarkVader on May 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
zzzzzzzzz…..huh? Oh…him again…..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Patrick S on May 7, 2009 at 6:23 PM
MSNBC doesn’t do it anymore. CNN probably does. But they are much more objective than either Fox News or MS-NBC.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Weird seeing Tony’s posts. He’s greatly missed. :(
SnarkVader on May 7, 2009 at 6:25 PM
So let the media do what it does. It still begs the question on WHY people can’t see thru this. You can. I can. So the root of the problem is not the media. It is an uneducated electorate. Media is a diversion. Education is the problem and that is where our efforts should be focused.
Start working on education within your own homes first, then within the civil sphere, work for state and local control and tax credits to break up the government monopoly!
People seem to identify education as a problem but won’t do anything about it because “everyone else’s schools are the problem — my school is just fine.” Wrong!
PrincipledPilgrim on May 7, 2009 at 6:26 PM
No surprise here, but allow me to present another example.
Every time Doris Kearns Goodwin appears on a program, she is introduced as a presidential historian – as if all the listeners should just sit back and listen to an expert give us the lowdown on presidential conduct. Then she proceeds to rip into Nixon, Reagan and Bush, while always praising the likes of Kennedy, Johnson, Carter and Clinton.
She’s a liberal hack, and they should add that to her title.
The only people they fool are the fools.
fogw on May 7, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Heh. :) You’ve grown fond of me. Or else, you think I’m completely nuts. I’ll take either.
Esthier on May 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
You said it, so it must be true! Voila, the self- justifying world of the leftist. No evidence needed, only emotion and will.
Richard Romano on May 7, 2009 at 6:31 PM
No evidence — just nonsense, thanks for proving our point, moron.
Richard Romano on May 7, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Good job…except he wasn’t a Fox anchor then..he was the Press Secretary.
AUINSC on May 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
It goes all the way to the top………
…………. and the beat goes on.
Seven Percent Solution on May 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Meghan McCain sez Republicans are mean and bad bad bad for bringing this up.
Now she’s going to go and flip her hair at us.
doufree on May 7, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Only in the bizzaro leftist MSM world we live in can Fox News be seen as “far right.” Sure, they lean right. But only lean. Most of the rest of the MSM are totally devoid of any conservative counterpoints. They don’t “lean” left. They live there.
It’s not for nothing that Fox News continues to trounce those other guys. For one, the leftist audience is split many ways. Hell, they’re all left. Fox is the only island in that sea for conservatives to not feel like they’re being insulted. And Fox also picks up the smaller segment of folks who actually like hearing informed, heated debate. Fox actually gives liberals airtime and equal say. Don’t even pretend any of the networks, MSNBC, or CNN offer the same to conservatives.
Sugar Land on May 7, 2009 at 6:42 PM
For proof in the difference between FoxNews and the other Pravda networks, all you have to do is look at the redacted items. If you hear about anything newsworthy Fox will have something to say about it, the other will simply bury it if it shows the lying hypocrisy of Obama or any other Democrat.
kirkill on May 7, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Yawn…color me NOT SURPRISED!!!
Liberty or Death on May 7, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Nope, the others will say they are balanced when they have 3 liberals and one conservative, and the 3 libs berate and scream at the conservative the whole time.
Now Ann Coulter squashing Joy Behar on Larry King barely alive, that was balanced! I’ll give ‘em that one.
kirkill on May 7, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Last year the MSM gave up any shred of credibility regarding impartiality. This year they are proving it.
Christian Conservative on May 7, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Snark:
yeah, I bet you miss Tony Snow. The man died of cancer and some of these lefty blogs you are so fond of practically did a dance on his grave.
Meanwhile we have George Whats his face over ABC pretending he is an objective observer..it is as if that little stint in the Clinton White House never happened.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 6:49 PM
I don’t know about fond (blushes) but I like your posts and admire your patience. Your initial round with apacalyps was the first time I remember seeing one of your posts. I laughed a lot over that exchange, knowing what was coming. I don’t think you are nuts, far from it. You and I disagree on some things but agree on a lot more. I would never have the patience to actually engage with someone like rfv. Lost cause and a waste of time. I’d only do it for fun. You however wade right in and keep on pluggin’. Admirable. Some would disagree, I’m sure.
Oldnuke on May 7, 2009 at 6:54 PM
CNN is more objective than Fox? Prove it.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 6:54 PM
^ For example, refer me to some negative or even skeptical stories about Obama on CNN. I could find you plenty or such reports about Palin from Fox.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM
The only thing wrong with this is that this guy keeps talking about the “Mainstream Media” as if there were still such a thing. Journalism is officially dead. It was dead prior to this last election cycle, but it should be obvious to all by now that it no longer exists. There is Fox, which leans right and the communications division of the Democratic Party. That’s fine. We all know that. Why then keep referring to them as mainstream. Democrat Press Corps. Left-wing Media. Not drive-by, nor willing accomplices. They are the mouthpiece for the Democratic Party. Someone needs to let this kid know.
Leonard210 on May 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM
*of
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 6:56 PM
More like 3 liberals and one squishy representing all conservatives.
ddrintn on May 7, 2009 at 6:58 PM
People like you fascinate me. You assume that because someone doesn’t worship at Palin’s feet or walk in lockstep with Rush, they must be a liberal. Tell me, what lefty blogs am I so fond of?
SnarkVader on May 7, 2009 at 7:00 PM
LOL, you must have been on a smoking break when I posted evidence of CNN’s “objectivity” at 6:05 PM. Care to spin those facts for us?
BTW we are still waiting for your evidence that “many” people consider Hot Air a “hate site”. Let us know when you have an answer.
Del Dolemonte on May 7, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Snark:
People like me???
As if you knew me. I don’t even listen to Rush and I don’t care if you worship Palin or not.
The point is that you just had to make some crack about a dead man, and then you smirk when someone notices.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 7:03 PM
I’ve already sent two link. I have no idea why they don’t show up. I hesitate to duplicate messages because I don’t want to clutter the thread.
radiofreevillage on May 7, 2009 at 7:03 PM
Firedog Night wrote a piece defending Huffington today……for the blog. :)
The one place where any other blog could take on Huff and beat them is through some decent article writers.
Their writers really are weak.
AnninCA on May 7, 2009 at 7:04 PM
I made a crack about a dead man???? How the hell did you come up with that? Tony was a Freeper. I posted a link. I said he was missed, which he is. He was a class act and a great guest on Imus every time he appeared. How the eff is that a crack?
SnarkVader on May 7, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Del Dolemonte:
I am sure there are people who consider HA a hate site, and most them think that Bush planned 9/11 too. There are a lot of loons out there you know.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 7:07 PM
Snark:
If I misunderstood your intent and saw some sarcasm at the mention of his death where none was intended, then I apologize.
BTW, where did the stuff about me and Rush and Palin come from. When did I mention either one of them?
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I assure you, there was no sarcasm intended. He was an elegant, classy man who left this earth way too early.
What I said about Rush/Palin was me being defensive and I apologize for that. I’m feeling a lot like Meghan McCain these days. LOL!
SnarkVader on May 7, 2009 at 7:13 PM
And they wonder why ratings are so abysmal?
coyoterex on May 7, 2009 at 7:14 PM
I just re-read the whole exchange. I didn’t understand Terrye’s response either. After reading it again…I still don’t.
Oldnuke on May 7, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Oldnuke:
My mistake. I think I have been in too many exchanges with too many hostile people and now I see them everywhere.
I honestly though the reference to Tony Snow being missed was some offhand nasty remark.
My mistake.
Terrye on May 7, 2009 at 7:20 PM
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