Soundbite: Fox News Bias Obvious To “Anybody With Eyes And Ears”

“To point out that this network is different, that it is intensely politicized, that it inhabits an alternate reality defined by an imaginary conflict between noble heartland patriots and devious liberals—to be aware of these things is not the act of a scheming dictatorial personality. It is the obvious conclusion drawn by anybody with eyes and ears.”

–Thomas Frank, Wall Street Journal

In a blistering Journal op-ed today, What’s The Matter With Kansas? author and liberal political commentator Thomas Frank came down on the side of the White House in the seemingly never-ending Fox News/Obama battle. He slammed the network for continually making the Obama=Nixon analogy, pointing out that what made Nixon infamous was his scorched-earth policy with respect to his enemies, and dismissed Fox as indulging in “persecution fantasy.” But Frank doesn’t exactly come out rooting for Obama, either; he criticizes his “heavy-handed,” overly dire approach to the conflict for giving Fox easy opportunities to counterattack.

Thomas Frank: Obama Is Right About Fox News

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