And I thought they were fair and balanced. Just shocking.

yeah, pretty damning, using a man’s own words on reporting on him

Tee Hee.

Even more Tee Hee is they still call him all this stuff today, it worked Fox!!!

Written by Mediaite Matters , eh ?

The only bias shown here is from the people who believe this stuff constitutes “bias”. Referring to health care reform with a proper phrase and using someone’s own quotes to report on them is what a real news organization does. I don’t know why some have to regurgitate the b.s. that Media Matters spews out.

Ummm, what’s wrong with pulling quotes from someone’s book? I guess if you invest all your time in trying to find dirt on Fox, as Media Matters does, you have to put out your “findings” as little as they may be. Soros can’t be happy with his investment in Media Matters and MSNBC, for that matter.

Of course Sammon used to be editor of the Washington Times, so there is that Reverend Moon connection again. Moon was put in prison by the Republicans, and guys like Sammon are his revenge, since FOX is single-handedly ripping the Republican party apart, because ultimately America is just.

A list of Obama quotes sounds just like a campaign fact sheet? Cut it out, Colby.

Just like the other so-called “scandalous” memos, this one equals nada, nothing, zilch, zero….but laughter all around. “mediaite staff” published this article, I guess that means they all concurred that MM has found a smoking gun or something.

YUP, quoting the candidate is a smoking gun.

Too damn funny mediaitestaff. Honestly, you should put MM on your “do not venture to” list of web sites instead of one of your prime sources and favs.

Honestly – this is laughable.

OMG! Then they used those OBAMA QUOTES on the air!?

AT LONG LAST, SIR, HAVE YOU NO DECENCY!?!

Once again, liberals consider verbatim quotes to be smears.

Sammon knows what his audience wants to hear. All other considerations are irrelevant.

Media Matters is also reporting that Fox News pulled clips from MLK’s “I have a dream” speech, to use on MLK day. MM is interviewing dream interpreters to expand on this story.

Yaaaaaawn!

Replay any of the Network coverage on politically divisive issues and the story is blatantly framed to support the Democratic position.

Pablo said:
A list of Obama quotes sounds just like a campaign fact sheet? Cut it out, Colby.

Oh, you’re just upset because your boy Sammon was caught with his pants down. I’ll bet you are one of those idiots who actually thought Fox was fair and balanced.

Of course it’s not about using Obama quotes, it’s about a concerted effort to manufacture a narrative by a so-called “news” agency.
That’s not journalism, it’s propaganda.

I think all of these “leaked” memos must be purposely revealed. Whoever claims they show some sort of violation of journalistic ethics is not to be taken seriously.

So, when do we get some MSLSD editorial memos to compare these to?

cjd ohio 1 said:
yeah, pretty damning, using a man’s own words on reporting on him

If you think those quotes prove he is a Marxist you are the type of idiot Fox hoodwinked.

WOW this one is great

Written “by Mediaite Staff” from Media Matters about “references to socialism, liberalism, Marxism and Marxists,” along with “a couple of his many self-described ‘racial obsessions’.”

That was the subject of the e-mail….as Sarah Palin would say…this story is full of wtf’s and not about Bill Sammon. The most glaring wtf is the person who wrote this story, “Mediaite Staff!”

“Mediaiate Staff,” I never did think much of that “Staff” family. Especially their kid “Mediaite” – he was always a trouble maker and always got into trouble and lied about it…I guess he hasn’t changed.

News organizations should only do stories on unknown people. This way there is nothing known about them and the organization can’t be accused of using someone’s past statements or actions, when reporting on them.

BFD said:
Of course it’s not about using Obama quotes, it’s about a concerted effort to manufacture a narrative by a so-called “news” agency.
That’s not journalism, it’s propaganda.

Quoting a candidate verbatim = propaganda. Gotcha. Goebbels did that all the time, right?

Pablo said:
So, when do we get some MSLSD editorial memos to compare these to?

They have news on that channel? I just see a lineup of wananbe comedians then Lockup starts.

Color Me Badd said:
If you think those quotes prove he is a Marxist you are the type of idiot Fox hoodwinked.

you imply shit, i said nothing but a fact…….the rest is in your head

electric cars and high speed trains

BatBoy said:
Written “by Mediaite Staff” from Media Matters about “references to socialism, liberalism, Marxism and Marxists,” along with “a couple of his many self-described ‘racial obsessions’.”

Colby doesn’t want to blow his afternoons with Shep. Who else makes the call to use the Mediaite Staff byline but the Managing Editor?

TfT said:
Honestly – this is laughable.

You got that right. I had to reread the story to see if I could find the bias? Tommy Christopher has NO cred on this subject. There is NOTHING wrong with anything Sammon has done. What a crock.
This commentary is a JOKE.

I just saw on the MM website that they are going after Fox and Friends. Apparently, Brian Kilmeade was interviewing Franco Harris and asked him about the Immaculate Reception. Doesn’t he know that you aren’t supposed to reference something that happened in the past?

Pablo said:
A list of Obama quotes sounds just like a campaign fact sheet? Cut it out, Colby.

Pablo, isn’t it funny this “report” was done by “Mediaite Staff?” Methinks it’s because they don’t want any one of them singled out for this shoddy excuse for a story. As has been said, yaaawwwwn. Using someone’s actual quotes is a crime? Please.

Just a thought… who is this “Mediaite Staff” person who wrote this? Perhaps it is an employee for Media Matters? Could be.

Pablo said:
Colby doesn’t want to blow his afternoons with Shep. Who else makes the call to use the Mediaite Staff byline but the Managing Editor?

Bingo!

gordonbloyershow said:
You got that right. I had to reread the story to see if I could find the bias? Tommy Christopher has NO cred on this subject. There is NOTHING wrong with anything Sammon has done. What a crock.
This commentary is a JOKE.

This comment shows what a crock this bozo called gordon blowhard show is. Fox has been exposed as a fraud – sort of like you Gordo.

BatBoy said:
WOW this one is great

Written “by Mediaite Staff” from Media Matters about “references to socialism, liberalism, Marxism and Marxists,” along with “a couple of his many self-described ‘racial obsessions’.”

That was the subject of the e-mail….as Sarah Palin would say…this story is full of wtf’s and not about Bill Sammon. The most glaring wtf is the person who wrote this story, “Mediaite Staff!”

“Mediaiate Staff,” I never did think much of that “Staff” family. Especially their kid “Mediaite” – he was always a trouble maker and always got into trouble and lied about it…I guess he hasn’t changed.

Comment of the thread!!!

MsUnderestimated said:
Pablo, isn’t it funny this “report” was done by “Mediaite Staff?” Methinks it’s because they don’t want any one of them singled out for this shoddy excuse for a story. As has been said, yaaawwwwn. Using someone’s actual quotes is a crime? Please.

Just a thought… who is this “Mediaite Staff” person who wrote this? Perhaps it is an employee for Media Matters? Could be.

Methinks you have your head buried firmly up your ass. You must be a plant. No one can be this stupid.

Waiting on the President’s address.

Is this Obama’s ‘TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!” moment?

That is pretty funny that “Mediaite Staff” signed the post. Come on, man!

About Sammon’s memo – how are quotes cherry picked from a book PUBLISHED IN 1995 suddenly a NEWS story just weeks away from the presidential election? That’s embarrassing.

Ummm, where’s the bias exactly? There’s nothing opinionated in this memo… these are all facts, and pretty concerning ones. I’m glad there’s someone bringing these facts to light, since the other side–the majority of the liberal media–never will.

What is so biased here? In order not to be bias, quotes by Obama in his books aligning himself to socialism should be ignored? To bring them up is somehow not straight news? Of course it’s straight… there’s no opinion here.

Perhaps if more people paid attention to things like this when Obama was campaigning, they wouldn’t be so shocked by how radically left he ended up being in the first 2 years.

But whether you like him or not, pulling quotes out of a book isn’t bias!

Ridiculous article.

da-wdc said:
That is pretty funny that “Mediaite Staff” signed the post. Come on, man!

About Sammon’s memo – how are quotes cherry picked from a book PUBLISHED IN 1995 suddenly a NEWS story just weeks away from the presidential election? That’s embarrassing.

Yeah… weeks away from a presidential election…. what better time to discuss these alarming quotes?! It’s totally relevant because of the upcoming election… it IS a news story BECAUSE of the election.

jacobjakeu said:
Ummm, where’s the bias exactly? There’s nothing opinionated in this memo… these are all facts, and pretty concerning ones. I’m glad there’s someone bringing these facts to light, since the other side–the majority of the liberal media–never will.

What is so biased here? In order not to be bias, quotes by Obama in his books aligning himself to socialism should be ignored? To bring them up is somehow not straight news? Of course it’s straight… there’s no opinion here.

Perhaps if more people paid attention to things like this when Obama was campaigning, they wouldn’t be so shocked by how radically left he ended up being in the first 2 years.

But whether you like him or not, pulling quotes out of a book isn’t bias!

Ridiculous article.

Let me guess, you were home schooled?

Man, “The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy” has been EXPOSED! We’re BUSTED! Actually quoting a man’s auto-biography as a source for his world-view on how he would act as President…THE AUDACITY!!

We would have gotten away with it if it wasn’t for those meddling MM kids!!!!!

Pablo said:
Quoting a candidate verbatim = propaganda. Gotcha. Goebbels did that all the time, right?

How did something Obama wrote 2 years earlier become pressing news for Fox News to continuously report? What made it “NEWS” the week before the election?
Granted, if the Republicans had a problem with Barack’s past writings they should have definitely used it in the campaign against him, but that is not the role of a news organization.
Unless they are a wing of the Republican Party and don’t want him elected.

Where are all the memos from Sammon putting Palin and McCain in a negative light? Those 2 both said a lot of pretty stupid things in their political lives yet I don’t see Sammon stressing that to be pushed.

Anyone who doesn’t see these memo’s as pimping for the Right has their head up their ass.

BFD said:
How did something Obama wrote 2 years earlier become pressing news for Fox News to continuously report? What made it “NEWS” the week before the election?
Granted, if the Republicans had a problem with Barack’s past writings they should have definitely used it in the campaign against him, but that is not the role of a news organization.
Unless they are a wing of the Republican Party and don’t want him elected.

Where are all the memos from Sammon putting Palin and McCain in a negative light? Those 2 both said a lot of pretty stupid things in their political lives yet I don’t see Sammon stressing that to be pushed.

Anyone who doesn’t see these memo’s as pimping for the Right has their head up their ass.

It’s not. Fox has been caught red handed (so to speak) and the peanut gallery has no idea how to respond. They’re probably in a state of shock.

da-wdc said:
About Sammon’s memo – how are quotes cherry picked from a book PUBLISHED IN 1995 suddenly a NEWS story just weeks away from the presidential election? That’s embarrassing.

Yeah,what about the quotes that show how much Barry loves capitalism?

da-wdc said:
About Sammon’s memo – how are quotes cherry picked from a book PUBLISHED IN 1995 suddenly a NEWS story just weeks away from the presidential election? That’s embarrassing.

They’re not a story. They’re background.

BFD said:
How did something Obama wrote 2 years earlier become pressing news for Fox News to continuously report? What made it “NEWS” the week before the election?Granted, if the Republicans had a problem with Barack’s past writings they should have definitely used it in the campaign against him, but that is not the role of a news organization.Unless they are a wing of the Republican Party and don’t want him elected. Where are all the memos from Sammon putting Palin and McCain in a negative light? Those 2 both said a lot of pretty stupid things in their political lives yet I don’t see Sammon stressing that to be pushed. Anyone who doesn’t see these memo’s as pimping for the Right has their head up their ass.

1. a news organization should not examine a candidates prior writing. got it

Big surprise from the GOP’s opposition research arm. Fair and Balanced my ass.

BFD said:
How did something Obama wrote 2 years earlier become pressing news for Fox News to continuously report?

^^^^^^

Gasket said:
Big surprise from the GOP’s opposition research arm. Fair and Balanced my ass.

Reading a candidates bestselling book = oppo research. Gotcha. Lee Atwater was the master of that.

BFD said:
Granted, if the Republicans had a problem with Barack’s past writings they should have definitely used it in the campaign against him, but that is not the role of a news organization.
Unless they are a wing of the Republican Party and don’t want him elected.

Sort of like how Bush’s DWI from years earlier was “late-breaking news” in October 2000? I’m glad no new agency picked up on that one, huh?

Man, I missed the days when ol’ Uncle Walt called it down the middle. Or Dan Rather for that matter. But like they say, “That’s the way it was”……..

cjd ohio 1 said:
1. a news organization should not examine a candidates prior writing. got it

Especially if they are “The Change we have been waiting on”

So basically it was another talking points memo proving Fox News’ bias?

It was a good speech, one that any Republican could have gave.

I have reserved hope that this ostensible move to the right by Obama is for real, but he’s going to have to show in his actions that he’s grown up, and abandoned his progressive roots.

Garth said:
It’s not. Fox has been caught red handed (so to speak) and the peanut gallery has no idea how to respond. They’re probably in a state of shock.

Guilty as charged! It’s time to let CBSNBCABCCNNMSNBCNYTIMESWASHPOSTNPRHUFFPO tell me what is REALLY going on…….

Pablo said:
Who else makes the call to use the Mediaite Staff byline but the Managing Editor?

I was thinking that maybe Tommy had a hand in this. He is use to making up claims by starting them out as, “Some people say….”

Some people say…forget that…it is me… I say, some writer did not have the cojones to sign their name.

PPJ “Pretty Poor Journalism!”

Dsiscokid said:
Guilty as charged! It’s time to let CBSNBCABCCNNMSNBCNYTIMESWASHPOSTNPRHUFFPO tell me what is REALLY going on…….

I forgot AP

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
So basically it was another talking points memo proving Fox News’ bias?

No, it was verbatim Obama quotes.

cjd ohio 1 said:
1. a news organization should not examine a candidates prior writing. got it

A news organization should not examine a candidate’s prior writings in a concerted, conscious and company-wide attempt to bring down that candidate. That was the purpose of the email. To provide his news producers with ammunition to disparage a Democratic candidate. And, of course, his news producers read the email and used the information therein to hurt the presidential chances of Obama. Than again, I’m sure Sammon wrote emails to his staff with a bullet-point list of all the comments worth criticizing that Sarah Palin has made. I mean, that’s what a fair and balanced network would do, right?

BatBoy said:
I was thinking that maybe Tommy had a hand in this. He is use to making up claims by starting them out as, “Some people say….”

If it were Tommy it would have been at least twice as long and half as coherent.

redleaf said:
To provide his news producers with ammunition to disparage a Democratic candidate.

Verbatim quotes. Just dastardly!

BFD said:
Of course it’s not about using Obama quotes, it’s about a concerted effort to manufacture a narrative by a so-called “news” agency.That’s not journalism, it’s propaganda.

Of course ;)

redleaf said:
To provide his news producers with ammunition to disparage a Democratic candidate.

It’s cool if it’s a Republican, though. Mandatory, actually.

Dsiscokid said:
Guilty as charged! It’s time to let CBSNBCABCCNNMSNBCNYTIMESWASHPOSTNPRHUFFPO tell me what is REALLY going on…….

As far as you are concerned. It couldn’t hurt.

And to think, Dan offered up his thanks to mediaite staff for a job well done, after all the hits this site has received. Perhaps the thanks and gratitude for a job well done was a tad premature, after this story, it’s kind of funny that mediamatters runs the place round here.

Note to mediaitestaff – even MSNBC is gonna give up its FDS pretty soon, take note, please. Let go of your FDS/SDS/BDS….it’s bad for your health.

NORBIT Jr. said:
It was a good speech, one that any Republican could have gave.

I liked his praising the Egyptian military. They deserve it.

redleaf said:
A news organization should not examine a candidate’s prior writings in a concerted, conscious and company-wide attempt to bring down that candidate. That was the purpose of the email. To provide his news producers with ammunition to disparage a Democratic candidate. And, of course, his news producers read the email and used the information therein to hurt the presidential chances of Obama. Than again, I’m sure Sammon wrote emails to his staff with a bullet-point list of all the comments worth criticizing that Sarah Palin has made. I mean, that’s what a fair and balanced network would do, right?

the media job is to be the devils advocate. challenge candidates and make them define their positions, and defend their logic……….but thats not how it works

Pablo said:
Verbatim quotes. Just dastardly!

Dastardly MMers! They foiled our plans! There are on to us……….

Is “Mediaite Staff” a euphemism for Media Matters now?

Just sayin’.

It seems that the far right loons are having an especially difficult time coming to grips with the fact that Fox News is officially the propaganda wing of the far right. Rather than argue against it you would think these idiots would embrace it, but those on the far right of course known to be absent the logic gene. That’s a well known fact. And you see it here.

TfT said:
Note to mediaitestaff – even MSNBC is gonna give up its FDS pretty soon, take note, please. Let go of your FDS/SDS/BDS….it’s bad for your health.

SDS? Has Bill Ayers been writing for Mediaite?

Garth said:
It’s not. Fox has been caught red handed (so to speak) and the peanut gallery has no idea how to respond. They’re probably in a state of shock.

Yeah, I’ve got nothin’. Guilty as charged!

Pablo said:
Yeah, I’ve got nothin’. Guilty as charged!

No shit.

Pablo said:
No, it was verbatim Obama quotes.

Nice try, notsosmart, but I’m smart enough to know when Fox purposely omits and distorts things to meet their own agenda.

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
So basically it was another talking points memo proving Fox News’ bias?

Exactly! The gig is up! Faux News been OUTED as a sinister evil takeover plot by vicious white men (and the Saudi prince!) who cling to God and guns! Now I don’t know what to watch 24/7……

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Nice try, notsosmart, but I’m smart enough to know when Fox purposely omits and distorts things to meet their own agenda.

Apparently, you’re not smart enough to read the memo.

LOL at the Righty’s who can’t explain why Sammon wasn’t pushing the Palin quote where she couldn’t name a Supreme Court decision.
Or the McCain quote that said “”the fundamentals of our economy are strong,”"

Where is that memo? lolol

Please, please don’t take away Beck from us! Or his chalkboards! You win, MM, you win! We give up!

cjd ohio 1 said:
the media job is to be the devils advocate. challenge candidates and make them define their positions, and defend their logic……….but thats not how it works

The media’s job is to report the facts, wherever those facts take them. FNC downplays facts that don’t fit their political worldview and give more airtime to facts that do.

The media’s job is to hold the powerful accountable. If a powerful Democrat needs to account for his actions, FNC will make sure Hannity, O’Reilly, etc. will hold their feet to the fire. If a powerful Republican needs to account for his actions, FNC will make sure Hannity, O’Reilly, etc. will either downplay the story or find a way to blame it on liberals.

Dsiscokid said:
Exactly! The gig is up! Faux News been OUTED as a sinister evil takeover plot by vicious white men (and the Saudi prince!) who cling to God and guns! Now I don’t know what to watch 24/7……

Watch what you always watch – Glenn Beck. I think it’s kind of obvious given your callow and incoherent commentary. Worthy of someone who resides in Beck’s ass. How is the smell?

Oh, duh. Garth = Sarah P. = Ted. That figures.

BFD said:
LOL at the Righty’s who can’t explain why Sammon wasn’t pushing the Palin quote where she couldn’t name a Supreme Court decision.
Or the McCain quote that said “”the fundamentals of our economy are strong,””

Where is that memo? lolol

You’d have to ask Media Matters about that. Have you seen all of Sammon’s memos? And do you think they’d release the ones you mention if they exist?

BFD said:
LOL at the Righty’s who can’t explain why Sammon wasn’t pushing the Palin quote where she couldn’t name a Supreme Court decision.Or the McCain quote that said “”the fundamentals of our economy are strong,”” Where is that memo? lolol

Or Biden telling Couric how ol’ FDR talked to the folks about issues on TV. And the President campaigning in 57 states. Tell ‘em BFD.

I don’t think there has been more than a couuple of intelligent comments here.

Maybe Bill doesn’t know that the 11th Commandment is “Thou shalf not use a liberals OWN words against them”.

redleaf said:
The media’s job is to report the facts, wherever those facts take them. FNC downplays facts that don’t fit their political worldview and give more airtime to facts that do. The media’s job is to hold the powerful accountable. If a powerful Democrat needs to account for his actions, FNC will make sure Hannity, O’Reilly, etc. will hold their feet to the fire. If a powerful Republican needs to account for his actions, FNC will make sure Hannity, O’Reilly, etc. will either downplay the story or find a way to blame it on liberals.

and every other media outlet does the same, msnbc comes to mind, so unless you are willing to call out all media, quit pissing into the wind

Pablo said:
Apparently, you’re not smart enough to read the memo.

Apparently I am because I did. They were specifically to point out certain things in them not taking into account the actual CONTEXT of the writings. I don’t expect you to know because you’ve undoubtedly never read the book.

Pablo said:
Oh, duh. Garth = Sarah P. = Ted. That figures.

Oh right – Pablo = spud = humidifier. Yipes!!

Garth said:
Worthy of someone who resides in Beck’s ass. How is the smell?

Ahhh SarahP , I presume . New name ,same anal fixation

Garth said:
Watch what you always watch – Glenn Beck. I think it’s kind of obvious given your callow and incoherent commentary. Worthy of someone who resides in Beck’s ass. How is the smell?

Welcome back Sarah P/Ted. You can change names and pics, but you can’t change anal fixations.

BFD said:
Or the McCain quote that said “”the fundamentals of our economy are strong,””

Didn’t Barney Frank say that too?

redleaf said:
The media’s job is to report the facts, wherever those facts take them. The BigMedia downplays facts that don’t fit their political worldview and give more airtime to facts that do. The media’s job is to hold the powerful accountable. If a powerful Republican needs to account for his actions, BigMedia will make sure Maddow, O’Donnell etc. will hold their feet to the fire. If a powerful Democrat needs to account for his actions, BigMedia will make sure Maddow, O’Donnell etc. will either downplay the story or find a way to blame it on CONservatives.

Calvin said:
Didn’t Barney Frank say that too?

That don’t count!!! He’s a ……………………..Democrat

Courteous Commentary said:
I don’t think there has been more than a couuple of intelligent comments here.

Get off of your high horse or go somewhere else.

Most people here are fucking sick of it.

Liberal Tormentor (formerly Seeing 2012 From My Window) said:
Maybe Bill doesn’t know that the 11th Commandment is “Thou shalf not use a liberals OWN words against them”.

Aren’t you the one always shouting about things being “taken out of context”?

Calvin said:
Didn’t Barney Frank say that too?

Well, he said this, I guess:

“Fannie and Freddie are fundamentally sound, THEY ARE NOT IN DANGER OF GOING UNDER…… i do think their prospects going forward are very sound”

Calvin said:
Didn’t Barney Frank say that too?

Yeah, Fox ran that into the ground.

Thanks for proving my point.

Calvin said:
Didn’t Barney Frank say that too?

Found it:

FRANK: There are good sovereign wealth funds and bad sovereign wealth funds because there are bad and good countries. They’re buying because of the security in the United States. Even with volatility this is still a place people want to put their money. This is a very stable democracy with a fundamental economy which has been damaged now but which we expect to come back.

I predict this thread will be a record breaker for most posts. :)

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Apparently I am because I did. They were specifically to point out certain things in them not taking into account the actual CONTEXT of the writings. I don’t expect you to know because you’ve undoubtedly never read the book.

Oh, you can bet your ass I have.

BFD said:
I predict this thread will be a record breaker for most posts. :)

Just wondering, what is the record? The highest I found was 300. How ’bout you?

Hooray, I have a post awaiting moderation!! lol

http://www.mediaite.com/online/bill-sammons-latest-leaked-fox-news-memo-looks-like-campaign-fact-sheet/comment-page-4/#comment-306164

Dsiscokid said:
Just wondering, what is the record? The highest I found was 300. How ’bout you?

I think we’ve been up to four, but I could be wrong.

Pablo said:
Oh, you can bet your ass I have.

What chapters are the quotes from then, notsosmart?

Oh my god….this is horrible news…oh no this cant be happening…how could Fox do this…this is the end of days….it cant get worse then this….oh Fox,how could you….this is a major,major scoop…..a major scoop.

Thank the lord for Media Matters.

Pablo said:
Oh, you can bet your ass I have.

His/Her big black ass , no less.

I can’t imagine the seizures and head banging that will happen among right wing wacko families all across America when they learn that Fox News is not fair and balanced but rather the propaganda arm of the tea-bag right.. But why should they care?

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
What chapters are the quotes from then, notsosmart?

I read it, sweetie. I didn’t memorize it. I take it you did?

Still no Big Eddie, eh?

Is he on vacation or is he banned for spamming the personal info of a user on this board?

This place isn’t the same without him.

It’s better.

Bill Sammon actually read both of Obama’s autobiographies and pulled direct quotes out of it in order to educate and inform people who watch the news network he edits?

Sacre Bleu!

This is a major scandal!

Pablo said:
I read it, sweetie. I didn’t memorize it. I take it you did?

Excuses excuses, you’re only proving that you have no idea what’s going on, notsosmart.

OxyCon said:
Bill Sammon actually read both of Obama’s autobiographies and pulled direct quotes out of it in order to educate and inform people who watch the news network he edits?

Sacre Bleu!

This is a major scandal!

I know, you’d be amazed at how many Fox news morons think this is no big deal. But they exist…under rocks mostly.

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Excuses excuses, you’re only proving that you have no idea what’s going on, notsosmart.

Yes, because if you can’t cite which chapters particular quotes from a book are in 3 years after reading it, you don’t know what’s going on. Brilliant.

Are you trying to suggest that I’m also notsofast? I’m not. Don’t be silly.

Bwahaahahahahah! This is the funniest thing i have ever read on this site. How DARE he quote Obama’s actual words. Good lord. What is our country coming to.

What’s even funnier is that Colby’s too much of a bitch to put his name on it.

FleshBomb said:
This is the funniest thing i have ever read on this site. How DARE he quote Obama’s actual words.

What’s funny is you don’t know the difference between quoting someones actual words and stressing staff to repeat those quotes ad nauseam.

It figures that Faux News would report on the contents of President Obama’s books. It’s a good thing all the real news organizations kept all that Marxist and socialist crap a secret. This is why no one trusts Faux News!

BFD said:
What’s funny is you don’t know the difference between quoting someones actual words and stressing staff to repeat those quotes ad nauseam.

Seriously? What’s wrong with stressing your staff to repeat someones words? We are talking about someone who was running for the President of the United States. Seriously? This is the hill you want to die on? Bwhahahahahah!!!

You libs are just getting too easy. You really are complete morons.

BFD said:
Where are all the memos from Sammon putting Palin and McCain in a negative light?

.
Quoting BHO’s own words does what, BFD.

It puts him “in a negative light”.

Absolutely outrageous!!!!

More evidence of why Major Garrett resigned. You do not tell a serious journalist how to frame his story.
He looks so much happier now…going where he wants…saying what he wants.

Good for him.

FleshBomb said:
Seriously? What’s wrong with stressing your staff to repeat someones words?

That is not news, that is the manipulation of the news.

This isn’t rocket science.

The_Reasonable_Lib said:
Nice try, notsosmart, but I’m smart enough to know when Fox purposely omits and distorts things to meet their own agenda.

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So, exactly what was omitted/distorted?

BFD… you just admitted that quoting Odummy’s own words put him in a negative light. Do you not even realize how crazy you sound? Of course you don’t. You’re a typical left wing numb nut. Much like most of the staff of Media Matters…er…mediaite. Bwhahahahahah!

BFD said:
More evidence of why Major Garrett resigned. You do not tell a serious journalist how to frame his story.He looks so much happier now…going where he wants…saying what he wants. Good for him.

He pulled a “David Horowitz” on us……Dang MM, revealing our “cabal of fraudulent news by reading a candidate’s own auto-biography……..Maybe BO was mis-quoted in his own book like Sir Charles was in his……….

I’m still confused why this is a big deal. This site, and others like it, pretty much blew off journolist as a no-big-deal, and yet journolist coordinated message across the networks with the whitehouse. Just look last week, when Obama was Reagan – clearly every network repeated the same thing….from abccbsnbc to cnn andmsnbc and the nytimes etal, and nada, no biggie, nothing, zip, zero, zilch on that level of coordination and messaging across the liberal left media outlets. And yet, Sammon has to go for publishing Obama’s own words.

Why is this such a big deal? What about all those Sammon memo’s that highlights McCain’s words? Why isn’t MM releasing those also? What? MM has an agenda and mediate staff is coordinating that message across the blogosphere?

Snicker; once again, a nothing story.

BFD said:
That is not news, that is the manipulation of the news.

This isn’t rocket science.

Quoting someone’s own words is now a “manipulation”. Only in the mind of an Odummy sycophant. Congrats!

OMG….Colmes just told O’Reilly he was sick of being called far-left anti-American and Bill lost it.

Shouting, pointing, temple throbbing and everything! lolol

Expect a thread soon. :)

So much for civility on The Factor.

Oh No! Insisting Barry be held to his own words and not running DNC press releases as news like the rest of the media. How dare they.

sarcasm off

TfT said:
Just look last week, when Obama was Reagan – clearly every network repeated the same thing….from abccbsnbc to cnn andmsnbc and the nytimes

Where did Time Magazine get their cover this week from? I never knew Reagan and Obama were tight like that!

BFD said:
OMG….Colmes just told O’Reilly he was sick of being called far-left anti-American and Bill lost it. Shouting, pointing, temple throbbing and everything! lolol Expect a thread soon. :) So much for civility on The Factor.

Did he use the term of endearment “Left wing smear merchant”?

Dsiscokid said:
Did he use the term of endearment “Left wing smear merchant”?

lol…no but when Colmes told Bill he was sick of the name calling Bill went apeshit. Bill does not like to look at himself.

Colmes told Bill…YOU CALL ME A FAR LEFT LOON, AM I ANTI-AMERICAN?

Now Bill told Laura Ingraham it was a “little shoot out” lol

BFD said:
lol…no but when Colmes told Bill he was sick of the name calling Bill went apeshit. Bill does not like to look at himself. Colmes told Bill…YOU CALL ME A FAR LEFT LOON, AM I ANTI-AMERICAN? Now Bill told Laura Ingraham it was a “little shoot out” lol

Bernie got him last night about selling his Patriot fleece sweaters at a WH shin-dig. BillO’s response – “Yeah, I set up a booth on the East wing lawn”

BFD said:
OMG….Colmes just told O’Reilly he was sick of being called far-left anti-American and Bill lost it.

Shouting, pointing, temple throbbing and everything! lolol

Expect a thread soon. :)

So much for civility on The Factor.

Don’t worry, we caught that on our basement Tivo. As soon as we get done wiping the Cheeto crud off our fingers, we here at MM headquarters are going to upload it and then spam it to everyone on our listserv. Tommy should have something up in a couple hours.

Grammie said:
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So, exactly what was omitted/distorted?

The part about Frank Marshall Davis.

In the opinion of Gerald Horne, a contributing editor to the CPUSA publication Political Affairs, Davis was “a decisive influence in helping Obama to find his present identity” as an African-American.

Sammon is slipping. :-)

Enough of this witch hunt. I’ll take the information from Fox News as closest to the truth than I would from the main street media. I grew up watching NBC, ABC, and CBS and was stunned to watch how they didn’t report the truth about the 2008 presidential election. They lost their way and should be embarrassed to show their face in public.

Man, forget Beck v. Stewart, I want to see Savage v. BillO Round 2, or better yet Boortz v. BillO Round 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUCSx43CTQM – Savage v. BillO Round 1
I can’t find the clip on Neal Boortz on “The Factor”, if you can find it, it’s a classic!

Sometimes you just have to suck it up folks and admit your unqualified praise of someone (or something) is simply not supported by new revelations.

Trust me I know the feeling. Years ago I was a huge supporter (and defender) of both Al Gore and John Edwards b/c of their support for the poor and middle class. Then I learned how dead wrong I was and have come to loathe these two phonies.

Many of you need to do the same regarding Fox News. Any of you holding onto the unrealistic and irrational view that Fox News is “Fair and Balanced” is simply not supported by the facts.

Enjoy FNC programming (if you must) but be honest with yourself.

Leftist Asshat said:
Don’t worry, we caught that on our basement Tivo. As soon as we get done wiping the Cheeto crud off our fingers, we here at MM headquarters are going to upload it and then spam it to everyone on our listserv. Tommy should have something up in a couple hours.

hey this definitely contributes to all sorts of great thoughts and ideas. Thanks for thinking outside of the box instead of being a name calling asshat who doesn’t have a single original thought.

Michael_T said:
Any of you holding onto the unrealistic and irrational view that Fox News is “Fair and Balanced” is simply not supported by the facts.

Aside from the endless parade of liberals arguing liberal views, that is.

Ben Pratt said:
hey this definitely contributes to all sorts of great thoughts and ideas. Thanks for thinking outside of the box instead of being a name calling asshat who doesn’t have a single original thought.

Thank you so much for the kind words. It’s always my goal to provoke deep thought and discussion about subjects like “Faux News is evil because…”

Leftist Asshat said:
Thank you so much for the kind words. It’s always my goal to provoke deep thought and discussion about subjects like “Faux News is evil because…”

excellent i’m glad you could contribute on such a topic. other conservatives just wouldn’t be able to handle the fact that his favorite network is so poorly run that they can’t even hide behind the lie of journalistic integrity anymore and they essentiall are the weekly world news in television form.

Leftist Asshat said:
Don’t worry, we caught that on our basement Tivo. As soon as we get done wiping the Cheeto crud off our fingers, we here at MM headquarters are going to upload it and then spam it to everyone on our listserv. Tommy should have something up in a couple hours.

post of the night! Hilarious!

BFD said:
lol…no but when Colmes told Bill he was sick of the name calling Bill went apeshit. Bill does not like to look at himself.

Colmes told Bill…YOU CALL ME A FAR LEFT LOON, AM I ANTI-AMERICAN?

Now Bill told Laura Ingraham it was a “little shoot out” lol

Calling Comes a far leftwing loon is just telling the truth..and Bill didn’t answer on the latter because, Colmes is anti American as it is. That is also the truth. Lefties hate the truth when it applies to them personally. Poor fools.

And is there anything surprising about this? What rational, intelligent person would watch Fox News looking for news. Fox news is a right wing entertainment network masquerading as a news network for resentful, uninformed people.

Pablo said:
Michael_T said:
Any of you holding onto the unrealistic and irrational view that Fox News is “Fair and Balanced” is simply not supported by the facts.
Aside from the endless parade of liberals arguing liberal views, that is.

I’ve heard that defense before usually followed by a comment about the fact that Olbermann never had anyone on from the Right. (Of course completely overlooking the fact that the same is true of Glenn Beck’s program.)

Anyway I have two things to say about so-called liberals appearing on FNC.

1) Most of them are what I would call “soft liberals” who know their place in Roger Ailes’ grand plan. I.E., don’t be too critical of conservatives or their agenda. Keep it polite … keep it civil … and most of all keep it milquetoast.

2) Given Roger AIles faults (and there are many) his real strength is creating compelling television. You really think Megyn Kelly, Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity would be as interesting if they didn’t have guests from the Left to argue with?

The whole “Fair and Balanced” slogan is a facade and cannot be defended because Ailes adds a few weak-kneed liberals to present a foil for his hosts.

Thanks Mediaite Staph, what would we do without this viral information.

armwood said:
And is there anything surprising about this? What rational, intelligent person would watch Fox News looking for news. Fox news is a right wing entertainment network masquerading as a news network for resentful, uninformed people.

Listen Up…Armwood is here! Armwood’s motto, – “I build myself up by putting others down!”

I suppose you think you have hoodwinked some new folks thinking you are “intelligent” by saying “What rational, intelligent person would watch Fox News looking for news.” A not very intelligent person might end that sentence with a question mark…RIGHT????

I will give you one high five because you didn’t say that we underclass were “racists,” or is that coming in your next post??????

You need to go to bed Armwood, it is later down there in Georgia way!

cjd ohio 1 said:
yeah, pretty damning, using a man’s own words on reporting on him

exactly

Michael_T said:
You really think Megyn Kelly, Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity would be as interesting if they didn’t have guests from the Left to argue with?

Yes and here is the proof…

January 2011 Top Cable News Shows
By Molly Stark Dean on February 1, 2011 7:00 PM
Fox News Channel was the fourth most-watched cable channel in primetime for the month of January. The network had the top 11 programs in Total Viewers and nine out of the top 10 in A25-54 viewers.

Michael_T said:
1) Most of them are what I would call “soft liberals” who know their place in Roger Ailes’ grand plan. I.E., don’t be too critical of conservatives or their agenda. Keep it polite … keep it civil … and most of all keep it milquetoast.

So, you don’t watch Fox News. Anthony Weiner, reeling it in. Marc Lamont Hill, shushing for whitey, just like Sharpton. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, trying not to offend conservatives.

I could go on forever, but…fail.

Media Matters’ M. J. Rosenberg:

1/10/11 – Calling Glenn Beck an anti-semite

1/28/11 – Up to his eyeballs in a pool of his own anti-semitic filth.

Yep, those Jews that control America are responsible for the Egyptian uprising. Why anyone reads that drivel is beyond me. Maybe Colby can explain it.

Michael_T said:
I’ve heard that defense before usually followed by a comment about the fact that Olbermann never had anyone on from the Right. (Of course completely overlooking the fact that the same is true of Glenn Beck’s program.)

Anyway I have two things to say about so-called liberals appearing on FNC.

1) Most of them are what I would call “soft liberals” who know their place in Roger Ailes’ grand plan. I.E., don’t be too critical of conservatives or their agenda. Keep it polite … keep it civil … and most of all keep it milquetoast.

2) Given Roger AIles faults (and there are many) his real strength is creating compelling television. You really think Megyn Kelly, Bill O’Reilly or Sean Hannity would be as interesting if they didn’t have guests from the Left to argue with?

The whole “Fair and Balanced” slogan is a facade and cannot be defended because Ailes adds a few weak-kneed liberals to present a foil for his hosts.

Bob Beckel (worked for Walter Mondale), Kirsten Powers (worked for Bill Clinton) Alan Colmes (one of few liberal talk radio hosts with an audience) Marc Lamont Hill (respected Columbia prof.) Marc Levine (constitutional lawyer and legislative counsel to Barney Frank) Mara Liason, Judith Miller, Juan Williams, Pat Caddel.

What makes these people “weak kneed?” Were you expecting Noam Chomsky showed up on Fox and Friends?

By the way, using a man’s own words against him when discussing his political views seems fair to me.

Who gives a crap about this story, only media matters and the libs care, I like Bill Sammon and wish we saw more of him on Fox. All you here are like OMG!!! These memos are a bombshell, I first read this and thought , so what, but typical media matters, can’t find much so make a big deal out of these old memos that don’t say much anyway, and most people don’t care or don’t even know him.

Garth said:
This comment shows what a crock this bozo called gordon blowhard show is. Fox has been exposed as a fraud – sort of like you Gordo.

The only frauds around here are you cowards that hide behind phony names to attack others.

gordonbloyershow said:
The only frauds around here are you cowards that hide behind phony names to attack others.

The choice to put one’s real name out there is just that, a choice. But I do admit that you have more credibility, gordon, because you do. That being said, credibility has more to do with what you say, than who you are.

Could anyone honestly call Media Matters anything less than a propaganda machine?

So, what’s the problem here? Sammons was simply quoting from Obama’s book? How is that a bad thing?

gordonbloyershow said:
The only frauds around here are you cowards that hide behind phony names to attack others.

Gordon, for the billionth time, it’s the internet. Nobody gives a shit but you. Stop already. We heard you.

Pablo said:
Reading a candidates bestselling book = oppo research. Gotcha. Lee Atwater was the master of that.

Atwater had a joke about Mao being his favorite political philosopher… or so claimed Anita Dunn. Haven’t seen any evidence to support that, but hey, I’m sure she’s outraged about this.

Tell us something we don’t know about Fox News.

Jerps said:
Could anyone honestly call Media Matters anything less than a propaganda machine?

About as much as Fox News yet Media Matters doesn’t claim to be a news agency.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/oct/04/fox-news-inaccuracy-class-itself/

Dave Richards says:

So, what’s the problem here? Sammons was simply quoting from Obama’s book? How is that a bad thing?

I thought it might be a little hard to blame Obama for another thing he had nothing to do with, good try! “Fox” gets caught running game for,….. about the 100th time and someone … anyone, makes efforts to defend them, classic! Why can’t Fox just say they are a “right wing tea network”? All the teas will still watch and they don’t have anyone more that watches! Just come clean!

timcajun said:
All the teas will still watch and they don’t have anyone more that watches

Darjeeling never misses Greta.

Quote: ” Sammon’s memo collects quotes from Obama’s autobiography, Dreams of My Father, that Sammon said claimed “references to socialism, liberalism, Marxism and Marxists,” along with “a couple of his many self-described ‘racial obsessions’.” (end of quote by Mediaite staff)

The question I would have is, Why was no one from any other network asking questions about Barack Obama’s self-stated beliefs?

Why did all the other major news outlets refuse to ask about all the leftist influences in his life? His father, his mother, his grandparents, his mentor in Hawaii, Frank Marshall Davis, his friends at Occidental, his professors at Columbia, his Weather Underground friends in Chicago, his minister the Reverend Wright, his associates at ACORN, and the list goes on.

Why were the entire news resources of NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, the New York Times, the Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, and the National Enquirer all devoted to researching Sarah Palin’s biography and her children? Why did they refuse to discuss Barack Obama? By November 2008, we knew more about the history and dogma of Mitt Romney and the Mormon church, and the financial details of Cindy McCain’s beer distributorship, Rudy Giuliani’s marital eccentricities, than we ever learned about Barack Obama from the mainstream media.

J Baustian said:
Why did all the other major news outlets refuse to ask about all the leftist influences in his life? His father, his mother, his grandparents, his mentor in Hawaii, Frank Marshall Davis, his friends at Occidental, his professors at Columbia, his Weather Underground friends in Chicago, his minister the Reverend Wright, his associates at ACORN, and the list goes on.

Quoted for outstanding perspective. Obama quite possibly was the least vetted president in history.

Pablo said:
Michael_T said:
1) Most of them are what I would call “soft liberals” who know their place in Roger Ailes’ grand plan. I.E., don’t be too critical of conservatives or their agenda. Keep it polite … keep it civil … and most of all keep it milquetoast.
So, you don’t watch Fox News. Anthony Weiner, reeling it in. Marc Lamont Hill, shushing for whitey, just like Sharpton. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, trying not to offend conservatives.
I could go on forever, but…fail.

Good point. I should not have limited it to the Fox News regulars.

Jerps said:
Could anyone honestly call Media Matters anything less than a propaganda machine?

Yeah – a propaganda machine for TRUTH. Why don’t you try READING some of their work before condemning them? MM articles are carefully researched. They provide links to their sources. Pick any MM article at random and disprove the sources cited therein. We’ll wait.

Right-weepers complain about MM’s accuracy but never produce verifiable proof to the contrary.

Dave Richards said:
So, what’s the problem here? Sammons was simply quoting from Obama’s book? How is that a bad thing?

Quoting out-of-context is a VERY bad thing . . . and all too typical of Fakes “News.”

Paleoconservatarian said:
J Baustian said:
Why did all the other major news outlets refuse to ask about all the leftist influences in his life? His father, his mother, his grandparents, his mentor in Hawaii, Frank Marshall Davis, his friends at Occidental, his professors at Columbia, his Weather Underground friends in Chicago, his minister the Reverend Wright, his associates at ACORN, and the list goes on.

Quoted for outstanding perspective. Obama quite possibly was the least vetted president in history.

When is the last time you asked any of those questions about any candidate?

Fox tried hard to play guilt by association with little regard for facts. It didn’t work.

CosmosDan said:
Fox tried hard to play guilt by association with little regard for facts. It didn’t work.

Rather, the types of Joun-O-lists from the left tried hard to disregarded the implications of Obama’s known associations with little regard for facts. “Take one of them–Fred Barnes, Karl Rove, who cares–and call them racists… This makes *them* sputter with rage, which in turn leads to overreaction and self-destruction.”

Least vetted president in history. By design.

When is the last time you thought such was in the interest of the country?