red states rule
11-03-2010, 02:35 AM
An oped in the Washington Post blames Fox News for the Dems losing the election
Once again, the liberal media does not report when Dems lose elections - they spin
John Boehner, Haley Barbour and other Republican leaders held a "results watch" at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Washington. For a true victory party, you had to go to Fox News.
At Rupert Murdoch's cable network, the entity that birthed and nurtured the Tea Party movement, Election Day was the culmination of two years of hard work to bring down Barack Obama - and it was time for an on-air celebration of a job well done.
"That's an earthquake," exulted Fox's own Sarah Palin, upon learning the not-unexpected news that Republicans would gain control of the House. "It's a big darn deal."
"It's a comeuppance," Fox News contributor (and Post columnist) Charles Krauthammer contributed.
"I have one word," said Sean Hannity. "Historic."
And Chris Wallace struggled for words. "A gigantic - not a wave election but a tidal wave election," he envisioned.
This cheerleading on the final day of the 2010 election cycle was to be expected. Murdoch and News Corp. took the unusual step of donating $1.25 million to the Republican Governors Association and another $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which led the effort to defeat Democrats. According to a report by the liberal watchdog Media Matters, no fewer than 30 Fox News personalities have endorsed, done fundraisers, or campaigned for Republican candidates or groups in more than 600 cases across 47 states.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110207572.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Once again, the liberal media does not report when Dems lose elections - they spin
John Boehner, Haley Barbour and other Republican leaders held a "results watch" at the Grand Hyatt in downtown Washington. For a true victory party, you had to go to Fox News.
At Rupert Murdoch's cable network, the entity that birthed and nurtured the Tea Party movement, Election Day was the culmination of two years of hard work to bring down Barack Obama - and it was time for an on-air celebration of a job well done.
"That's an earthquake," exulted Fox's own Sarah Palin, upon learning the not-unexpected news that Republicans would gain control of the House. "It's a big darn deal."
"It's a comeuppance," Fox News contributor (and Post columnist) Charles Krauthammer contributed.
"I have one word," said Sean Hannity. "Historic."
And Chris Wallace struggled for words. "A gigantic - not a wave election but a tidal wave election," he envisioned.
This cheerleading on the final day of the 2010 election cycle was to be expected. Murdoch and News Corp. took the unusual step of donating $1.25 million to the Republican Governors Association and another $1 million to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which led the effort to defeat Democrats. According to a report by the liberal watchdog Media Matters, no fewer than 30 Fox News personalities have endorsed, done fundraisers, or campaigned for Republican candidates or groups in more than 600 cases across 47 states.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/02/AR2010110207572.html?hpid=opinionsbox1