A Challenge to Donna: Be Honest
Updated! Are the newshounds responsible critics or dishonest deceivers? Here's a challenge that could shed some light on that question.
Just a few weeks ago, newsmutt Donna was incensed. Outraged! Why? Because Fox dared to broadcast a Presidential speech:
Fox Gives Free Commercial For Bush And He Isn't RunningThis afternoon, Fox went one better: live coverage of Barack Obama accepting the endorsement of Senator Ted Kennedy. Not just 20 minutes: nearly 30 minutes. No questions. No one from the Republican side to have 30 minutes to speak out about policies. A friendly audience. Letting him say whatever he wants. Precisely what the newspoodles claimed would never happen.
Today on America's Pulse Bush came out and spoke to a group in Chicago with Mayor Richard Daly [sic]. All it turned into was a free speech for Bush that sounded like he was stumping. Was it for him or to help the RNC candidates that are running now? He had no opposition, no one from the Democratic side to have around 20 minutes (the uninterupted time the President had) to speak out about policies.... I'd like to see Fox give a Democrat a 20 minute speech, no questions, with a friendly audience and let them say whatever they want. Nope, can't do that. That might be fair and balanced.
So how about it, Donna? Here's the challenge. Are you going to write a whole article devoted to this coverage? Complete with the headline: Fox Gives Free Commercial for Obama? Are we going to see that article today, or are you going to pretend it never happened? Are you an honest broker, or just a dishonest Fox hater?
We will watch, we will see, we will know.
Update: Gee, what do you know. Here's how Donna described the coverage of the Kennedy endorsement of Obama:
An election alert (it always has to be an alert on Fox News) said that Ted, Patrick and Caroline Kennedy came out to endorse Barack Obama.See, on Fox "an election alert said" they endorsed Obama. What about the 30 minutes of coverage? You know, that Fox would never do? You know, like the "free commercial for Bush"? Um, not a word. However, Donna did spot a Carl Cameron interview with John McCain which she described as--you guessed it!--a "free advertisement" for John McCain!
Why a "free advertisement"? Because, and we're not making this up, Romney wasn't interviewed too. You see, according to the anti-Fox terriers they have to bring all the candidates on at once or it's a "free advertisement".
Um, Donna, bringing a bunch of candidates in at the same time is not an interview. It's a debate. And if you're so concerned about Romney's view being represented, then why did you say nothing about his interview this morning? Just think, you missed another chance to show your ignorance by calling it a "free advertisement".
Well at least we know how Donna and the biased bassets did on the honesty challenge. They flunked.
