Saturday, January 30, 2010

Media Matters Daily Summary 01-30-10

Fox cuts away from Obama-GOP Q&A but airs GOP "response" in its entirety
During President Obama's question and answer session with Republican members of Congress at the GOP House Issues Conference, Fox News Channel was the only cable news network to cut away and not show the exchange in its entirety. However, Fox News subsequently aired all of the "Republican response" press conference held by House Minority Leader Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), and Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) after the question and answer session with Obama. Read More

"Bolshevik plot": Right-wing media declare Obama a radical who threatens America
Urging that "we've got to close the gap a little bit between the rhetoric and the reality," President Obama stated during his January 29 question and answer session with House Republicans that "if you were to listen to the debate" over health care reform "you'd think that this thing was some Bolshevik plot." Throughout Obama's administration thus far, conservative media have embraced such rhetoric, routinely attacking Obama's agenda as socialist, communist or fascist and telling audiences that Obama and health care reform are a threat to America itself. Read More

Fox News' top shows largely ignore Obama-GOP event
Following President Obama's address and question and answer session with Republican members of Congress at the GOP House Issues Conference, Fox News' three top-rated programs spent a combined total of four minutes and five seconds covering the event during the January 29 broadcasts. The event was widely praised across the political spectrum, and Marc Ambinder wrote that prominent Republicans "found their arguments simply demolished by the president." Read More

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