The real reason the WH is attacking Fox News: Containment


	The real reason the WH is attacking Fox News: Containment

jatfla

10-20-2009 5:31 PM

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jatfla says:

And damage control.

What do they have to lose from an alternative view of the affairs of the world? If the Administration is acting in the best interests of the United States and with integrity, they have nothing to fear.

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Most Americans still haven’t heard of Van Jones, for instance; and the strategy is now all about containment…</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/20/the-real-reason-the-white-house-is-attacking-fox-news-containment/"> the official said</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/20/the-real-reason-the-white-house-is-attacking-fox-news-containment/"><STRONG>Let’s make sure that we keep perspective on what are the most important stories, and what’s being driven by a network that has a perspective.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/20/the-real-reason-the-white-house-is-attacking-fox-news-containment/">“They’re not really a news station,” Axelrod told ABC</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/20/the-real-reason-the-white-house-is-attacking-fox-news-containment/">The bigger thing is that <STRONG>other news organizations like yours ought not to treat them that way</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/20/the-real-reason-the-white-house-is-attacking-fox-news-containment/">Emanuel</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/20/the-real-reason-the-white-house-is-attacking-fox-news-containment/">“More importantly, is to <STRONG>not have the CNNs and the others in the world basically be led in following Fox</STRONG>, as if what they’re trying to do is a legitimate news organization.”</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/AD781D3C-DAE4-4F74-91DF-3CFBA8C9C1FC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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