{"id":1197,"date":"2009-02-10T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T05:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1197"},"modified":"2009-02-11T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2009-02-11T19:13:46","slug":"confirmed-fox-news-is-the-pr-arm-of-the-republican-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1197","title":{"rendered":"Confirmed: Fox News Is The PR Arm Of The Republican Party"},"content":{"rendered":"

As if it weren’t already abundantly clear, Fox News has generously demonstrated just how intertwined they are with the Republican Party. This item<\/a> from Media Matters about the stimulus bill requires no further commentary from me:<\/p>\n

\"FoxIn tracking how and when the bill purportedly ‘grew,’ [Fox News host Jon]<\/em> Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen graphics cited various news sources from those time periods. However, all of the sources and cost figures Scott cited, as well as the accompanying on-screen text, were also contained in a February 10 press release<\/a> issued by the Senate Republican Communications Center<\/strong>. One on-screen graphic during the segment even repeated a typo from the GOP document, further confirming that Scott was simply reading from a Republican press release.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow!<\/p>\n

Update 02\/11\/09<\/strong>: Jon Scott issued an apology on today’s program. However, he only apologized for the typo. He didn’t say anything about the fact that the whole segment was him reading from a Republican press release and presenting it as if it were independently produced news.<\/p>\n

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Scott and Fox News actually seem to believe that the problem here is an incorrect date and not that a so-called news enterprise is acting as the broadcast press agency for Republican Party propaganda.<\/p>\n

Double Wow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As if it weren’t already abundantly clear, Fox News has generously demonstrated just how intertwined they are with the Republican Party. This item from Media Matters about the stimulus bill requires no further commentary from me: In tracking how and when the bill purportedly ‘grew,’ [Fox News host Jon] Scott referenced seven dates, as on-screen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[33,508,509],"class_list":["post-1197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-propaganda","tag-fox-news","tag-jon-scott","tag-media-matters"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-jj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4793,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=4793","url_meta":{"origin":1197,"position":0},"title":"Fox News Watch Obsesses Over Media Matters","author":"Mark NC","date":"7\/3\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The Fox News weekend schedule seems to have been interrupted. 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