{"id":6452,"date":"2012-02-18T03:27:28","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T11:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6452"},"modified":"2012-02-18T03:27:28","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T11:27:28","slug":"the-psycho-analyst-fox-news-quack-analyzes-media-matters-founder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6452","title":{"rendered":"The Psycho Analyst: Fox News Quack Analyzes Media Matters Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Abominable “Doctor”<\/em> Keith Ablow, part of the Fox News medical “A” Team, published an article on FoxNews.com with his insights into the mind of Media Matters founder, David Brock. Suffice to say that ducks would be offended by referring to this character as a quack.<\/p>\n

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The article sported the headline: What’s Eating Media Matters’ Founder David Brock?<\/em> It purported to be a psychological profile of Brock and an attempt to explain what Ablow perceived as Brock’s hostile motivations. Ablow, whose dubious ethics resulted in the severance of ties with the American Psychiatric Association, began his column with a disingenuous disclaimer saying that…<\/p>\n

“David Brock is not one of my patients. I have not interviewed him, and I would never hazard a diagnosis of him.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, it needs to be noted that Ablow frequently “hazards”<\/em> diagnoses of public figures despite never having examined, or even met, the subject. And hazard is just the right word for it. He has offered an utterly deranged psycho analysis of President Obama<\/a>, as well as perverse praise of Newt Gingrich<\/a>, specifically citing his history of serial adultery as a positive character trait that would make him a better president.<\/p>\n

However, Ablow’s disclaimer falls flat when just a few paragraphs down he says this:<\/p>\n

“A sailboat adrift, in danger of capsizing, looks for the strongest wind to keep it moving. Direction matters little or not at all when drowning is the other option. Brock would seem to be captaining such a ship-of-self. […] his own self-loathing might be unbearably palpable.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Somehow Ablow doesn’t consider that to be a diagnosis. Neither does he regard his later comments comparing Brock to “despots and dictators and even cult leaders”<\/em> to be outside the bounds of remote analysis. And to top it off, Ablow concludes his unprofessional and ethically offensive ravings by prescribing advise to Brock that he…<\/p>\n

“…take those steps necessary to uncover those demons from the past he has denied, for they are now quite visible to those of us who have the proper lens to see them, and they will not be denied forever.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So while Ablow began by declaring that he wouldn’t “hazard a diagnosis”<\/em> of Brock, by the time he finished he had delivered not only a diagnosis, but a prescription as well – a prescription replete with demons who will not be denied. Frightening, isn’t it?<\/p>\n

This article is just another episode of Fox News’ week-long campaign to smear Brock and Media Matters. It is their attempt at a preventative first strike in advance of the book Media Matters is releasing next week: The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine<\/a><\/p>\n

Fox News has launched a massive effort to counter what they must fear is an effective, critical examination of the network and its principles. They have already aired more than a dozen stories so far on their most popular programs, including the O’Reilly Factor and Hannity. Friday morning’s broadcast of Fox & Friends featured a Steve Doocy interview of Tucker Carlson. Doocy could not even mention Brock’s name without appending a pejorative. For instance, “David Brock, an admitted drug user…”<\/em> or “David Brock, an admitted liar…”<\/em> And take a look at the on-screen graphics they used<\/p>\n

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Note that the subject of this interview was an alleged expose of the donors to Media Matters. So it was a financial story that had nothing to do with Brock’s mental status. But even from a financial perspective, the story was a bust. Apparently Doocy was astonished by the shocking revelation that a liberal media watchdog group was supported by liberal donors. It must have taken a pretty sharp reporter to uncover that scoop. But the really good news was disclosed by Doocy himself when he revealed at the end of the segment that…<\/p>\n

“Finally, this has been such an explosive series that you’ve had at the Daily Caller, exposing what these people at Media Matters are doing, and yet, aside from a few blogs and the Fox News Channel, it really hasn’t gotten much traction in the mainstream media, which floors me.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Poor Steve and Tucker. Nobody likes their hollow and brazenly biased smear campaign enough to help them to disseminate it. They must be awfully depressed. Maybe they could schedule some time with Dr. Ablow to try to get to the root of their depression. Actually, it wouldn’t require much of a commitment in time because of Ablow’s unique ability to diagnose patients without even having to meet with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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