White House tries to bar Fox News from intervewing pay czar

Fox News by James Rosen | Oct. 25, 2009 (News Report)

(Video) "I think it's outrageous that the White House tried that, Number One. My second reaction is that I'm really cheered by the other members (of the White House Press pool) saying, 'No, if Fox can't be part of it, we won't be part of it.' But what it's really about to me is the Exective Branch of the government trying to tell the press how it should behave...This democracy only works with a free and unfettered press." David Zurawick of the Baltimore Sun. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Walter Cox - Oct 25, 2009 - 12:09 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Walter Cox (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Jim Lang (review), Fabrice Florin (review)
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Oct 25, 2009 - 12:48 PM PDT
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 25, 2009

One-sided report from Fox News about its dispute with the White House, which claims that it is not a news organization. While this 2 min. video clip seems factual about the latest developments, it is self-serving, poorly sourced and fails to provide adequate context about this complex issue. For example, Fox could have presented opposing views instead of the lone Baltimore Sun columnist interviewed for this piece. This subject deserves more depth and fairness than is provided here.

I also question the wisdom of the Obama administration in trying to single out Fox News - even though I cringe whenever I watch most Fox News shows, ... More »

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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 25, 2009

This is Fox News reporting on itself. No one from the administration is interviewed, no dissenting views are given a voice. Nevertheless it gets point for being news worthy.

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 by Jim Lang - Oct. 25, 2009

In this report the facts are provided accurately but the analysis is very obviously one sided. This piece illustrates the manner in which straight news reporting and opinion can be mingled.

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 by Walter Cox - Oct. 25, 2009

This two-minute video tells this very important story with admirable brevity. The drama that has unfolded during the past week, with the White House's all-out assault on FOX News, is unprecedented--with the possible exception of Nixon's assaults on The Washington Post. A heartening story of how the other news networks (ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN) stood together with FOX to affirm freedom of the press in America.

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    Washington Post by Howard Kurtz | Oct. 22, 2009 (News Analysis)
    The Foxified debate over whether the White House is being mean to a certain network is morphing into a broader argument about the politics of negativity. The question, ...
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