MoveOn demands that Democrats stay off Fox News

By Michelle Malkin  •  October 20, 2009 02:36 PM

A reader just sent this fresh missive from the Fox News Deranged-foot soldiers at MoveOn:

From: Noah T. Winer, MoveOn.org Civic Action moveon-help@list.moveon.org
Subject: Stay off FOX
[Recipient name redacted]
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 2:05 PM

Dear MoveOn member,

All year, FOX has worked 24/7 to block President Obama’s agenda—repeating lies about “death panels,” promoting Tea Party protests, and whipping up fake political scandals.1

Now, President Obama is fighting back. The White House communications director said FOX is a “wing of the Republican Party…let’s not pretend they’re a news network.”2 To draw attention to its biased coverage, President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.3

It’s about time Democrats stood up to FOX! Can you sign this petition asking Democrats to support President Obama’s stance by staying off FOX as long as he does? We’ll deliver it to Sen. Lautenberg and Sen. Menendez. Clicking here will add your name:

http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/o.pl?id=17603-12662345-_CGt.ax&t=3

The petition says: “Democrats should support President Obama’s effort to call out FOX. Please stay off FOX for as long as he does.”

Democrats often appear on FOX in hopes of reaching out to conservative viewers. But FOX cuts off their mic, distorts what they say, or runs biased headlines at the bottom of the screen.4 In the end, Democrats always lose on FOX.

FOX insists there’s a difference between its news shows and its right-wing opinion shows with Glenn Beck, Bill O’Reilly, Sean Hannity, and others.

But in August, FOX’s so-called news shows “aired 22 clips of town hall meeting attendees opposed” to Obama’s health care plans and zero in support. CNN and MSNBC were more fair and balanced.5

In another “news” story, FOX passed off a GOP press release as its own research—typo and all.6

FOX executives now describe the channel as “the voice of opposition” to Obama’s agenda. FOX president Roger Ailes—a former adviser to Nixon, Reagan, and George H.W. Bush—said, “I see this as the Alamo.”7

But a Capitol Hill newspaper reports, “In the House and Senate, Democrats who pledged to follow the administration’s near-boycott of Fox were hard to find, although many expressed support for Obama’s stance.”8

Democrats will only find the courage to join Obama if they hear from enough concerned voters. Sign this petition to ask Sen. Lautenberg and Sen. Menendez to stay off FOX. Clicking here will add your name:

http://civic.moveon.org/foxobama/o.pl?id=17603-12662345-_CGt.ax&t=4

Thanks for all you do.
–Noah, Nita, Michael, Kat, and the rest of the team

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  1. #101
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:25 pm, swede said:

    RedState
    Just a thought. When citing polls, consider the source. CBS has consistantly rated ObaMao’s approval 8 points above average polls. Sampling error dontcha know. Hey, and how ’bout that new WaPo/ABC “objective” poll that finds 57% job approval for ObaMao, but kinda sorta asked a whole bunch more democrats.

    CBS viewers don’t like Rush. There’s a shocker, huh.

  2. #102
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:31 pm, SHoward said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 5:19 pm, Red State Skeptic said:

    Wow, RSS, that pie chart is interesting. The percent of people that rate Rush unfavorable is just a little less than the percent that voted for Clinton in 92 and 96. The rest say “don’t know,” which is likely honest if they haven’t listened to him.

    One might conclude, therefore, that Rush isn’t quite as severly disliked as you claim. Perhaps that 40% is simply conditioned to bear their teeth at the sound of ‘Limbaugh.’ They probably haven’t listened to a word he’s ever said, either.

  3. #103
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:40 pm, SHoward said:

    RSS — After reading your link to Rush, I am wondering exactly what you mean by “praying for a prolonged recession.”

    If Obambi’s policies were fully implemented, that’s exactly what you’d have, and worse.

    Get one thing straight: Wanting Obambi’s policies to fail IS NOT the same as wanting either America or the Economy to fail. Except to libtards who believe Obambi can do no wrong.

  4. #104
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:49 pm, vickisoup said:

    Oh my gosh. Thug thugocracy at its most thuggish!
    :shock:
    These are RICO violations at every step. We need a modern-day Eliot Ness. Wait. Michelle is our Eliot Ness!

  5. #105
    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:51 pm, granite said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 2:46 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Who was that scratchy voiced woman who ran Dukakis’ campaign into the ground?

    Susan Estrich, I believe.

  6. #106
    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:02 pm, granite said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 6:25 pm, swede said:

    RedState
    Just a thought. When citing polls, consider the source. CBS has consistantly rated ObaMao’s approval 8 points above average polls. Sampling error dontcha know. Hey, and how ’bout that new WaPo/ABC “objective” poll that finds 57% job approval for ObaMao, but kinda sorta asked a whole bunch more democrats.

    CBS viewers don’t like Rush. There’s a shocker, huh.

    You beat me to it.

    Wow!
    CBS “news”!
    I’m all goose bumps….

    Sort of sounds like an annoying kid who might whine and blubber if not on a team in a pick-up tackle football game in junior high or high school: “But, but,…my Mom and Dad think I’m a good player!”

  7. #107
    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm, FireBlogger said:

    It looks like it’s on.

    When President Bush stated you are either with us or against us we know he meant.

    When the Dims say you are either with us or against us, we now know what they mean too.

    I never for one second believed Obama when he claimed he wanted to be the uniter.
    Total BS.

  8. #108
    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:08 pm, Wrathchilde said:

    Well, at least they called us tea partiers rather than teabaggers.

  9. #109
    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:50 pm, purealchemy said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:06 pm, FireBlogger said:
    It looks like it’s on.

    You’ve got that straight. Used the right language.

    Rush was right with the gang war analogy about the NFL.

    If the Obama’s are so fond of the arts,
    they should do an in-depth study of “West Side Story”.

  10. #110
    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:55 pm, vsatt said:

    Democrats will only find the courage to join Obama if they hear from enough concerned voters.

    Wow, they admit that Democrats aren’t operating on a core of deeply-held personal beliefs and values — they’re doing what polls well.

    Psst, it’s not courageous when you wait to see what everyone else says first.

  11. #111
    On October 20th, 2009 at 7:58 pm, mattm said:

    Cowards. The more the Dems fight Rush, Fox, Malkin, etc, etc, etc the more people it seems watch/listen/read what they say. Not the brightest move IMHO.

  12. #112
    On October 20th, 2009 at 8:18 pm, swede said:

    Rush was right with the gang war analogy about the NFL.

    If the Obama’s are so fond of the arts,
    they should do an in-depth study of “West Side Story”.

    pure – Is Rush a Jet or a Shark? I’m getting a weird picture of ObaMao singing “I Feel Pretty”.

  13. #113
    On October 20th, 2009 at 8:34 pm, cheapseat said:

    great; i go apoplectic listening to these lying sacks of dung like schuemer and pelosi and reid and dodd when they grace us with their wit and wisdom on fox. stay on msnbc where no one will hear you, and the ten who do were sychophant retards already.

  14. #114
    On October 20th, 2009 at 8:47 pm, prendad said:

    Move-On who? LOL. Just another jack-jaws mouthpiece for O-you-know-who. I could really, uh really, uh guess what.

  15. #115
    On October 20th, 2009 at 9:03 pm, sbw999 said:

    CNN and MSNBC were more fair and balanced

    .

    Truly we live in bizarre times, when someone can say with a straight face that MSNBC is fair and balanced.

    Censorship, demonization of those who oppose Dem/socialist policies by the media and the White House: Fascism. FASCISM. We live in dangerous times. The 2010 election will either be when traditional Americans start to take their Country back, or the tipping point when America is taken off life support, killed by liberal cancer.

  16. #116
    On October 20th, 2009 at 9:21 pm, GraniteMan said:

    President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.

    Since I get nauseous every time I see or hear Obama, FOX NEWS is my channel! I will watch it exclusively so his face will not be in front of me.

  17. #117
    On October 20th, 2009 at 9:28 pm, irving said:

    I have a theory that now that the left has power in all 3 branches of government, they feel that all the restraints are off. Everything that they ever thought would be nice to do someday is coming out now.

    So the war on Rush, and on Fox, and on insurance companies and doctors and whatever else, is happening because somewhere along the line, some leftist thought, “Someday, they’ll get theirs!”

    And now they think is the time.

    They aren’t planning these attacks as some kind of grand strategy. They aren’t thinking that there is a specific goal. They’re just letting out all the bile they (think) they’ve been hiding for years.

  18. #118
    On October 20th, 2009 at 9:48 pm, MtsEdge said:

    President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.

    Sophomoric snub.

    What would he say that any discerning person would believe?

  19. #119
    On October 20th, 2009 at 9:53 pm, swede said:

    irving said:
    I have a theory that now that the left has power in all 3 branches of government, they feel that all the restraints are off. Everything that they ever thought would be nice to do someday is coming out now.

    I think your theory is on target, but isn’t it amusing that with a majority in congress, and their “super majority” in the senate, they still can’t get their swill through? I find it encouraging that if they can’t ram their crap down our throats now, they never will.

  20. #120
    On October 20th, 2009 at 10:14 pm, granite said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 9:48 pm, MtsEdge said:

    President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.

    Don’t tease us now, B. Hussein…

    BTW, is that a threat or a promise?

  21. #121
    On October 20th, 2009 at 11:06 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    I have an idea to pass along to FNC. Adopt a standing newsroom policy that says whenever the POTUS refuses to appear then FNC has the obligation to substitute with another person of comparable integrity. In this case I think it should be Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (Baghdad Bob).

  22. #122
    On October 20th, 2009 at 11:18 pm, granite said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 11:06 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    I have an idea to pass along to FNC. Adopt a standing newsroom policy that says whenever the POTUS refuses to appear then FNC has the obligation to substitute with another person of comparable integrity.

    How about a cardboard cutout?
    Except, the cutout likely would have more integrity….

  23. #123
    On October 21st, 2009 at 12:24 am, jangar said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 11:06 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    I have an idea to pass along to FNC. Adopt a standing newsroom policy that says whenever the POTUS refuses to appear then FNC has the obligation to substitute with another person of comparable integrity.

    Better idea…

    When POTUS ducks FOX, take it as a green light to go all-out offensive…

    “…however, President Obama refused to answer questions from FOX News, therefore we will assume…”

  24. #124
    On October 21st, 2009 at 1:45 am, prendad said:

    President Obama will not appear on FOX for the rest of this year.

    That is the reason I watch Fox News.

  25. #125
    On October 21st, 2009 at 2:08 am, prendad said:

    But if his staff does decide to order him to appear on Fox News, I will watch the Barf-a-log, with bag in hand.

  26. #126
    On October 21st, 2009 at 3:25 am, happy2behere said:

    This is a bad thing?

    Combine this with news that the NY Times is laying off 100 people, and then see the writing on the wall.

  27. #127
    On October 21st, 2009 at 5:33 am, Uplander said:

    Noah T. Winer, MoveOn.org Civic Action moveon-

    Nice name, missing an ‘h’. Whiner

  28. #128
    On October 21st, 2009 at 6:11 am, Uplander said:

    Obama fails or America fails. It’s a clear choice.

  29. #129
    On October 21st, 2009 at 6:35 am, infidel4life said:

    Soros pulls puppet strings again. Leftards are allergic to independent thinking.

  30. #130
    On October 21st, 2009 at 6:51 am, cabrerski said:

    The pantywaisted Dims want the public to know that they can be tough on Putin, Ahmadinejad and other dictators throughout the world.

    Yet they are afraid of Chris Wallace?

  31. #131
    On October 21st, 2009 at 8:42 am, jangar said:

    Yet they are afraid of Chris Wallace?

    Projection. Doing everything they can to discredit a news source that is not blatantly on their side of thought.

    The left has the Kollective Kos Kids; we have FOX, Malkin, Limbaugh, Beck, etc. Our guns are bigger.

  32. #132
    On October 21st, 2009 at 9:27 am, pdigaudio said:

    The left has the Kollective Kos Kids; we have FOX, Malkin, Limbaugh, Beck, etc. Our guns are bigger.

    Our side also gets the prettier women. We get Michelle Malkin, Mary Katharine Ham and S.E. Cupp. They get Janet Reno, Helen Thomas and Rosie O’Donnell.

  33. #133
    On October 21st, 2009 at 10:07 am, smalltowngirl said:

    I got this e-mail from a lib friend of mine. What struck me was at the bottom of the page it was soliticing for money and it said,”Entirely funded by our 5 mill. members. No corporate contributions, no big checks from CEO’S.” Huh? George Soros? Oh, and it also said their “tiny staff” would use the funds for good stuff. Liars. Course my friend is a lovely dolt of a woman who sucks it all up.

  34. #134
    On October 21st, 2009 at 3:33 pm, KaosKlerik said:

    Is there anyway to get the citations for the assertions in the email?

    I’d be interested to see if really FOX pipelined a GOP press release (including typos). If true I’d bet they did so with transparency.

  35. #135
    On October 21st, 2009 at 9:13 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    moron.org attacking the Main Stream Media – who woulda thunk it?

    Main Stream Media? But of course. Fox’s ratings beat PMSNBC’s and CNN’s ratings combined. Fox’s Red Eye at 3:00 AM beats CNN’s prime time ratings at 8:00 PM. Glenn Beck is kicking Oberman and taking names. Fox News Is The Main Stream Media

    And if you disagree with me then you’re probably a racist.

  36. #136
    On October 21st, 2009 at 9:14 pm, PKAmmoTroop said:

    On October 20th, 2009 at 11:06 pm, Danceswithdachshunds said:

    I have an idea to pass along to FNC. Adopt a standing newsroom policy that says whenever the POTUS refuses to appear then FNC has the obligation to substitute with another person of comparable integrity. In this case I think it should be Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (Baghdad Bob).

    I was thinking Sponge Bob would be better. At least he’s honest.

  37. #137
    On October 22nd, 2009 at 4:56 am, Micheleeroo said:

    Moveon’s letter is liberal fascism on display. These people actually don’t think Fox has the right to report on the Tea Parties? Stunning.

    The Left hates free speech. For others, that is.

  38. #138
    On October 23rd, 2009 at 4:28 pm, jwm said:

    Please read Krauthammer’s excellent column.http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZTNhZGQxYzVmMjU4NjY3NTIwMWFjMDQ0ZjJlODM0MzA=#

    We will not submit. Not to the terrorists, not to Obama, not to anybody, we are Americans.

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