Organizers of the annual convention of leftist bloggers, Netroots Nation, decided that any reporter from Fox News coming to cover the event would not be given ordinary press credentials, but would have to wear a tag reading: Opinion Media. Fox News would be the only media organization forced to do so since the netroots are determined to believe that Fox is totally unfair.
Maybe they missed Hillary Clinton and some of her campaign people come right out and say that Fox was the only news outlet which was fair during the primaries.
Anyway, this line really made me laugh out loud this morning: "The idea to label Fox journalists as opinion media is, in fact, not a new one. It’s been tossed around on blogs, and MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann also mentioned the idea on his show last summer."
Keith Olbermann? Hahahahaha. Sorry. No one is more of an opinionated media than Keith. It's just that the netroots like his opinion.
Does Fox care? A spokesman called the credentials affair a "moot point" since they would not be sending anyone to cover the Houston convention this weekend anyway.
I am not sure if this is lamentable or just funny. Does this group say anything about the fact that the "big three" are sending their main anchors with Obama to the Middle East, but they have not sent them anywhere with McCain? One could call that fairly unbalanced.
Posted by: Orianna Laun | July 18, 2008 at 08:10 AM
Great point on the 3 anchors.
Posted by: Diane | July 18, 2008 at 08:14 AM
The wacko left bloggers like Kos are just trying to influence and control the message just like anyone else involved in politics. Unlike everyone else, they are a few steps removed from reality.
Posted by: Displaced Texan... | July 18, 2008 at 08:47 AM
Conservatives may control talk radio, but the liberal left does a better job on the internet/blog area. Yes, the liberal democrats have removed themselves from reality.
Posted by: Ron | July 18, 2008 at 09:01 AM
Your gonna believe who you want to believe. Olbermann? Much more n touch with reality than O'Reilly, Savage, Limbaugh, etc.
Clinton? Any chance HER opinion is biased Because SHE didn't get the coverage SHE wanted from the Other 3? Since when is Clinton your spokesperson for honesty and reality? (Can't call them the big 3 any more, doesn't Fox rating equal or surpass theirs?)
Posted by: Rand Conley | July 18, 2008 at 10:12 AM