{"id":834,"date":"2008-03-17T20:54:07","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T03:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=834"},"modified":"2008-03-18T14:36:08","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T21:36:08","slug":"republican-spin-thats-what-theyre-there-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=834","title":{"rendered":"Republican Spin? That’s What They’re There For"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love it when Fox News honchos confess to their biases. Like when Rupert Murdoch admitted<\/a> that he tried to shape public opinion on the Iraq war.<\/p>\n

Now, Fox News senior vice president, John Moody, has stumbled into honesty<\/a>. In discussing his hiring of Bush adviser Karl Rove, Moody said:<\/p>\n

“Are we getting a Republican spin? Of course. But that’s what he’s there for. There’s no attempt to conceal that.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, if we can only get Moody to admit that with regard to the rest of his network’s hosts. As for Rove, he does appear to be attempting to conceal his spin, describing instead as “insight.”<\/em><\/p>\n

This isn’t Moody’s first truth eruption<\/a>. In November of 2006, following the Democratic sweep of Congress, an internal Fox News memo from Moody to his troops was leaked. Amongst the many disclosures of bias contained in the memo were these:<\/p>\n

“…let’s be on the lookout for any statements from the Iraqi insurgents, who must be thrilled at the prospect of a Dem-controlled congress.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~~~<\/div>\n

“The elections and Rumsfeld’s resignation were a major event but not the end of the world. The war on terror goes on without interruption.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

See? It’s not the end of the world. We still have our lovely war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love it when Fox News honchos confess to their biases. Like when Rupert Murdoch admitted that he tried to shape public opinion on the Iraq war. Now, Fox News senior vice president, John Moody, has stumbled into honesty. In discussing his hiring of Bush adviser Karl Rove, Moody said: “Are we getting a Republican […]<\/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":[33,199,45],"class_list":["post-834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-propaganda","tag-fox-news","tag-john-moody","tag-karl-rove"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-ds","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6008,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=6008","url_meta":{"origin":834,"position":0},"title":"Merry Christmas Karl Rove, From Fox News","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/24\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"In the spirit of the holiday season, Fox News has given a Christmas gift to former George W. 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