FOX Using the Same Attacks on Obama They Used Against Kerry

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Did you see Barack Obama go on The O'Reilly Factor last night—right into the belly of the beast? While we didn't want Obama to appear on FOX initially, he wisely chose the same night John McCain delivered his RNC speech (the same night FOX received some of its highest ratings) to make an appearance. Talk about stealing the GOP's thunder!

Obama was no doubt trying to appeal to conservative voters, since 88% of FOX viewers voted Republican in 2004. But FOX won't let their conservative base go without a fight. That's why O'Reilly needled and interrupted Obama, trying to get him to simplify many of his answers—a far cry from the softballs O'Reilly lobbed at many prominent Republicans like Rudy Giuliani in the past. And that's why FOX has been attacking Obama with the same relentless smear tactics that they used against John Kerry four years ago. Watch them use the exact same attacks.

Don't let FOX repeat its history of distortions. Send this video to everyone you know! And get a copy to networking sites like Digg as soon as possible. Make sure everyone knows that FOX is always willing to distort, slander, and smear—whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda.

And for more on how damaging FOX and the corporate media have been, tune into Meet the Bloggers today at 1pm ET/10am PT. Our guest host, punk rock icon Henry Rollins, will be joined by bloggers Jonathan Kim (FOX Attacks!), Liliana Segura (AlterNet.org) and Paul Waldman (Media Matters) to discuss the media's overt bias.

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[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That's kind of why I was surprised he went on. I've never been impressed with O'Reilly's skills as an interviewer - if nothing else he pushes people to say what he wants, rather than what they believe.

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That's kind of why I was surprised he went on. I've never been impressed with O'Reilly's skills as an interviewer - if nothing else he pushes people to say what he wants, rather than what they believe.

I think it was a smart move on Obama's part. He's got to make himself available to the press as much as possible.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

That's kind of why I was surprised he went on. I've never been impressed with O'Reilly's skills as an interviewer - if nothing else he pushes people to say what he wants, rather than what they believe.

I think it was a smart move on Obama's part. He's got to make himself available to the press as much as possible.

Yeah but O'Reilly isn't "the press", though he has an audience that's quite a bit larger than his "talents" deserve.

As a member of the public I'd prefer that he be interviewed by an actual journalist and not a narcissistic hack.

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Don't let FOX repeat its history of distortions.

when msn, nbc, abc, and the rest get listed too, wake me up. otherwise it's just selective outrage.

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when msn, nbc, abc, and the rest get listed too, wake me up. otherwise it's just selective outrage.

Bingo.

Obama was no doubt trying to appeal to conservative voters, since 88% of FOX viewers voted Republican in 2004.

Where are figures for the other networks?

But FOX won't let their conservative base go without a fight.

What fight? The other networks have started to recruit conservatives but it's not much more than tokenism so far.

That's why O'Reilly needled and interrupted Obama, trying to get him to simplify many of his answers—a far cry from the softballs O'Reilly lobbed at many prominent Republicans like Rudy Giuliani in the past.

How dare O' Reilly ask Obama about his views on the surge! The real issue is Palin's family.

And that's why FOX has been attacking Obama with the same relentless smear tactics that they used against John Kerry four years ago.

Examples? How can you swiftboat a guy who lived his political life on the goodship Lollipop?

Don't let FOX repeat its history of distortions. Send this video to everyone you know! And get a copy to networking sites like Digg as soon as possible. Make sure everyone knows that FOX is always willing to distort, slander, and smear—whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda. And for more on how damaging FOX and the corporate media have been, tune into Meet the Bloggers today at 1pm ET/10am PT. Our guest host, punk rock icon Henry Rollins, will be joined by bloggers Jonathan Kim (FOX Attacks!), Liliana Segura (AlterNet.org) and Paul Waldman (Media Matters) to discuss the media's overt bias.

Naturally all those people have no biases.