ImNotBlue says:

m… that’s just silly. Come on, be serious. Here we go:

1- FOX doesn’t “tear about MSNBC every night.” In fact, they only a rare occasions talk about them… and certainly not as much as Olbermann talks about FOX. I think you’d be hard pressed to find an evening where KO didn’t mention FNC at least once… whether it’s a full segment, or a mention in the WPITW, it’s quite literally every night with that guy.

2- How was FNC “state run media?” Exactly what examples can you give me (and I hope they’re better than the ones I pick apart below)?

3- Tony Snow began his career as a journalist and television pundit well before FNC ever came along. Taking a break from that, he worked for President George H.W. Bush (the first one), as speech writer and then “Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs.” (This is all Wiki stuff.) After that ended, then he went back to media stuff and joined FNC in a variety of different positions, until he left to join the Bush Administration in 2006.

The point is, this is someone who had a long career BEFORE FNC… and if you really want to play that game, compare Snow’s FNC to WH, with all the former journalists currently working for the Obama Administration… including: Rosa Brooks (LA Times), Linda Douglass (ABC), Jay Carney (Time Magazine), Peter Gosselin (LA Times), Jill Zuckman (Tribune), etc. The fact is, every president winds up hiring someone in “the media” to work for them… mostly because they’re often well educated, know the subject matter, and have good experience communicating the message. Snow’s appointment isn’t the “evidence” you think it is.

4- Karl Rove would have been sucked up by ANY network willing to fork over the dollars. Ex-insiders are always getting scooped up. What about Howard Dean now working for MSNBC, or Harold Ford Jr. on MSNBC, or even Geraldine Ferraro at FNC? Are those also “Nuff said” examples? This is media, and big names help get bigger ratings… but for you to align them with “obvious bias” either means you’re not familiar enough with the business, or your selective outrage is only focused on what you perceive to be “non-Democrat friendly” outlets. Either way, no good.