Dorian Gray
8th April 2010, 03:54 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1514
That story starts out with Murdoch being Murdoch, but I wanted to draw your attention to this:
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But while Fox News' head cheerleader was trumpeting his network's objectivity and slinging scorn at liberal bias he sees in the rest of the media, Fox News' coverage and its connection to the activist right has been drawing flak from some prominent national conservatives.
Yesterday, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, who is strongly identified with both the fiscal- and social-conservative wings of the GOP, wound up cautioning some conservative constituents at a town hall gathering not to "catch yourself being biased by Fox News that somebody is no good."
Coburn's plea for viewer skepticism came in defense of his courtly aside about Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom he characterized as "a nice person." When a wave of grumbling followed, Coburn stood his ground, asking the crowd "how many of you all have met her?" before proceeding to chide them for echoing the Fox-branded view of Pelosi as a poor specimen of humanity.
The Coburn episode was especially striking, since he happens to be one of the most stalwart conservatives in the Senate, netting a 96-point rating on the 100-point scale furnished by the American Conservative Union.
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That is just... cool. I can't ... it's just classy. Here's one of the most conservative guys in Congress stepping back and using critical thinking and skepticism, and saying "I don't agree with her ideology, but that doesn't mean she's not a nice person. And maybe you shouldn't boo her unless you've met her, huh?" He's not drinking the kool-aid. He's not borrowing talking points. He's just doing his job. And that's refreshing.
That's also me, Dorian Gray, recognizing something good about a reeeeeeeally conservative Republican, for the record.
That story starts out with Murdoch being Murdoch, but I wanted to draw your attention to this:
snippo marx
But while Fox News' head cheerleader was trumpeting his network's objectivity and slinging scorn at liberal bias he sees in the rest of the media, Fox News' coverage and its connection to the activist right has been drawing flak from some prominent national conservatives.
Yesterday, Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn, who is strongly identified with both the fiscal- and social-conservative wings of the GOP, wound up cautioning some conservative constituents at a town hall gathering not to "catch yourself being biased by Fox News that somebody is no good."
Coburn's plea for viewer skepticism came in defense of his courtly aside about Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, whom he characterized as "a nice person." When a wave of grumbling followed, Coburn stood his ground, asking the crowd "how many of you all have met her?" before proceeding to chide them for echoing the Fox-branded view of Pelosi as a poor specimen of humanity.
The Coburn episode was especially striking, since he happens to be one of the most stalwart conservatives in the Senate, netting a 96-point rating on the 100-point scale furnished by the American Conservative Union.
snippo lighter
That is just... cool. I can't ... it's just classy. Here's one of the most conservative guys in Congress stepping back and using critical thinking and skepticism, and saying "I don't agree with her ideology, but that doesn't mean she's not a nice person. And maybe you shouldn't boo her unless you've met her, huh?" He's not drinking the kool-aid. He's not borrowing talking points. He's just doing his job. And that's refreshing.
That's also me, Dorian Gray, recognizing something good about a reeeeeeeally conservative Republican, for the record.