America Gets Its News From FOX

[SinA]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>Bush names <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/26/snow/index.html" target="_self">Tony Snow</a>&nbsp;as his new press secretary.</p><p>You gotta be kidding.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by SinA on 4-26-06 @ 12:34 PM</span>

[Plethora]

I dub April 26, 2006 - <em><strong>The Day The Last Pretense Died</strong></em><br />

[blakjeezis]

<p>It doesn't seem so crazy to me that a President would choose someone who worked in the media to be his press secretary. Yes, we all know Fox News leans right. Even more of a reason for Bush to choose this guy. I'm not sure about press secretaries throughout history, but I think Joe Lockhart&nbsp;worked in the media before he became Clinton's press guy. Is it so shocking that a president would pick press secretary with media experience and similar political tendencies? I dunno, seems pretty normal to me.</p><p>There are plenty of things to call out Bush on. Let's not make every move and decision the Pentagon Papers. </p>

[Freakshow]

<p>George Stephanopoulos anyone?</p>

[ShelleBink]

Can we get a countdown for when Bush leaves office?<br />

[Yerdaddy]

Yeah, what's the big deal? Lot's of businesses and agencies do in-house promotions.

[EliSnow]

<strong>Freakshow</strong> wrote:<br /><p>George Stephanopoulos anyone?</p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">I'm not sure of this, which is why I'm asking instead of stating, but wasn't Stephanopoulos the opposite of this?&nbsp; Didn't he work with Clinton&nbsp; politically first and then become a network media guy afterwards?</font></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by EliSnow on 4-26-06 @ 1:17 PM</span>

[badorties]

<strong>ShelleBink</strong> wrote:<br />Can we get a countdown for when Bush leaves office?<br /><p>here ya go ... </p><blockquote dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px"><p><a href="http://bushclock.lose.com/" target="_blank">bush countdown</a></p><p><a href="http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml" target="_blank">is it over yet</a></p>[/quote]

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by badorties on 4-26-06 @ 1:21 PM</span>

[A.J.]

<p>He worked for President George H.W. Bush as a speechwriter so it's not like he's not served in the White House&nbsp;before.</p><p>Besides, Mary Matalin went to work for Cheney in the first term after having been a familiar talking head on the networks.&nbsp;</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by A.J. on 4-26-06 @ 1:34 PM</span>

[Freakshow]

<strong>EliSnow</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Freakshow</strong> wrote:<br /><p>George Stephanopoulos anyone?</p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">I'm not sure of this, which is why I'm asking instead of stating, but wasn't Stephanopoulos the opposite of this?&nbsp; Didn't he work with Clinton&nbsp; politically first and then become a network media guy afterwards?</font></p><span class="post_edited">This message was edited by EliSnow on 4-26-06 @ 1:17 PM</span> <p>Yes he was press secretary first, but it just illustrates the point that it's a revolving door from politics to the media.&nbsp; </p>

[Furtherman]

<p>Actually, this guy has been an outspoken critic on Bush.&nbsp; </p><p>Hmmmm.... Bush may be up to something....</p>

[ShelleBink]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>badorties</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>ShelleBink</strong> wrote:<br />Can we get a countdown for when Bush leaves office?<br /><p>here ya go ... </p><blockquote style="margin-right: 0px;" dir="ltr"><p><a target="_blank" href="http://bushclock.lose.com/">bush countdown</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.aolwatch.org/bushold.shtml">is it over yet</a></p>

<span class="post_edited">This message was edited by badorties on 4-26-06 @ 1:21 PM</span>[/quote]<p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Thanks darlin'&nbsp;</p>

[Yerdaddy]

<p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12958831/site/newsweek/" target="_blank">Snow seems to be carrying on the Bush White House's tradition of contempt for the press, and thus, the public's right to know what it's representatives are doing.</a></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Indeed, there&rsquo;s been a lot of smiling and plenty of jokes and laughter during the first two weeks of Snow&rsquo;s tenure as Bush&rsquo;s new press guy. The atmosphere in the briefing room, which only weeks ago seemed poisonous beyond repair, now seems relaxed and different enough to compensate for the fact that reporters don&rsquo;t seem to be getting any more straightforward answers than before.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Snow has openly dodged questions on everything from the NSA wiretaps to immigration reform--all the while admitting to reporters that he&rsquo;s doing so. Perhaps the most artful dodge has been Snow&rsquo;s tendency to say &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know&rdquo;--a phrase that has been cited dozens of times in the last several briefings.</font></p><p><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">It&rsquo;s not unreasonable to think that Snow can and should only stick to the facts that he knows. But it&rsquo;s interesting to see how Snow has offered noncomments on issues where he should be fully up to speed. In some cases, Snow has been even less forthcoming than McClellan about what Bush and his advisers are doing.</font></p>

[Ndugu]

<p>Yerdaddy should just go to the White House, stick his head into a window in the oval office and say&nbsp; &quot;Ey, the fuck you doin?&quot;</p>