Whiner-in-Chief

The Nation by John Nichols | Oct. 13, 2009 (Opinion)

(Blog Post) Griping about Republicans on Fox and off-message bloggers in pajamas hurts Obama much more than the targets of the administration's wrath. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct 13, 2009 - 7:14 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Cynthia Gilbert (review), alan segal (review), Lynn R. Willis (review)
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Edited by: Cynthia Gilbert - Oct 13, 2009 - 11:03 AM PDT
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 by Lynn R. Willis - Oct. 24, 2009

John Nichols makes a compelling case in this opinion piece for President Obama to order his staff to stop whining about Fox News. Nichols argues that ALL media is, by definition, biased, and that, besides, if one looks at the historical record, the folks at Fox News are rank amateurs when it comes to bashing the incumbent. Indeed, in Mr. Nichols' opinion, President Obama's skills and persona are such that he needn't fear the needling he might get from Fox (or any other ... More »

My view on media bias (i.e., journalistic ethics) is that journalists should correct their own by calling each other to the higher standard of ... More »

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 by Cynthia Gilbert - Oct. 13, 2009

Interesting take on the Fox-Obama wrangling. John Nichols has several valid points for the Obama communications folks to seriously consider. While ... More »

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 by alan segal - Oct. 13, 2009

This is really an irritating article and a classic example of why the Republicans with their hate talk and desire to delegitimize the President and have the country fail are controlling the debate in this country. Finally the Obama Administration pushes back at Republican attack lies and propaganda posing as news, being sponsored by supposedly politically neutral advertsiers, and one of the leading liberal voices The Nation, jumps on the criticize Obama wagon. No wonder liberals ... More »

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