BARACK OBAMA vs FOX NEWS

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Barack Obama 2008: A Look Back

This lens looks at the historic candidacy of Senator Barack Obama and the not so fair and
balanced attacks by the Right Wing's top propaganda machine that is Fox News.

THE BEGINNING

President Obama announces his candidacy for President of the United States.
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HANNITY AND COLMES: RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA MACHINE

A NOT SO FAIR AND BALANCED LOOK AT A RACIST SCUMBAG

I have watched and followed politics in these United States for the past 30 years, and at no time
can I recall us (U.S. citizens) being subjected to the level of punditry that we are exposed to today.
One of the leaders of this "pack" is Fox News' Sean Hannity. Night after night millions of citizens tune in to Hannity and Colmes to watch two grown men
attempt to create the facade that Fox is "Fair and Balanced." Right wing faithful tune in to cheer as Hannity makes assertion after assertion, the majority of the time false assertions aimed at anyone even slightly left leaning, all the while, Alan Colmes sits and awaits his turn to provide a weak rebuttal espousing the left point of view. Left wing faithful tune in to see what outrageuos garbage Hannity will spew next, certainly not because they enjoy him, it is somewhat like the saying "KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE, BUT YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER." Sean Hannity has made it his personal mission to point out the negative in the black community, while never acknowledging the positive. Mr. Hannity will very cleverly paint blacks as whiners, always looking for a handout and from my point of view there is a MINORITY in the black community that whines, however, the majority of blacks in this country face racism in one form or another every day, and are not looking for handouts. I am a black professional in a large southern city, and there is many a day that I, having to use elevators throughout the day, dressed in traditional business attire, find myself riding to my destination with a lone white woman that always seems to clutch her handbag a bit tighter for fear that I may be one of those "black criminals" she sees on television news. This is one example, but I could go on with many more, my point is that "elevator white woman" is representative of an America that has yet to grow up. It is fear of the unknown that drives racism, simply put, after all these years, black America is still a mystery to white America and Sean Hannity is the standard bearer for this dillemma we find ourselves in. Of course there are others, Rush "PILL POPPING" Limbaugh, Bill "PHONE SEX NUT" O'Reilly, Juan "SELL OUT" Williams, Ann "NEEDS DESPERATELY TO GET LAID" Coulter, and can't forget about that whole FOX and Friends crew in the mornings. These are all white people who could care less about learning about anyone that is different from them, and their beliefs, and it is these people that are on our airwaves daily purporting to be "great american's. The divisiveness created by the daily rants coming from "FAUX NEWS" is nearly criminal and certainly harmful to the nation. Now, with that said, we live in a country that provides for freedom of speech and ideas, and I support anyone's right as an American to speak out for what they believe in, but when it is a clear attempt to steer our daily discourse toward a particular point of view, from people who claim to be "in step with the real America," from people who don't have a clue as to what it is like to be a minority in this country, and frankly could care less, we have to step up and call them out for what they really are, lock-step, GOP tools that are on a mission to guide the country toward an agenda that doesn't really work for everyone in our country, but they wouldn't know because they are in the studio all day and reacting to what else, what they see on television. We as a Nation need to wake up to the organized manipulation and propaganda that confronts us on a daily basis. We need to begin to think for ourselves and not allow non-thinkers such as those folk at "Faux News" to make our minds up for us. A perfect example of the manipulation that we are subjected to is a report that can be seen on You Tube from Faux News' E.D. Hill. Following Senator Obama's now famous "fist bump" with his wife
Michelle before he was to give his speech after securing the Democratic nomination, she introduced a segment on her show that charachterized their show of affection as a "terrorist fist jab." Huh....
Of course she later apologized, but even most non-black folk understand that gesture to be a show of affection, but these people don't because they don't know anyone that is black, or dare I say anyone not white. Fox contributor Liz Trotta let's slip a not so funny joke about Obama being assassinated, and later apologized. Where does it end? Well it doesn't, there are many other mind boggling things that have come out of this network, You Tube has a wealth of these "faux pas." This is a network that holds up the likes of Oliver North, a liar, G. Gordon Liddy, a thief/liar, and Mark Fuhrman, a known racist, and buddy of Mr. Hannity, as regular contributors. When will we wake up people, not white, not black, not latino, not asian, but all of us collectively wake up and realize that we are being bamboozled on a daily basis by these people.

MORE TRUE WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN

NETWORK

This performance is phenomenal! This scene is 30 years old and is even more relevant today than it was in it's time.
This scene speaks a truith that we as Americans can ignore no more. Leave the pundits alone and let's return to a time when we thought and fought for ourselves. The propaganda comes from all sides, be aware and informed on your own, do your homework.
Let's Wake Up America!
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...and with that said....

Through this lens it is my hope that people can begin to discuss the things that are really going on
within our borders, and take the focus off what is happening outside of them. This country that we live in today is certainly not the country that I grew up in when it comes to our core beliefs. That is because we are allowing pundits like Hannity to do our thinking for us, and marching lock-step behind an Administration that is clearly corrupt and elected by the Supreme Court, not the people.
What have we come to? Do your own research, find out what is really going on, and make up your own mind. Don't let a scumbag like Sean Hannity decide for you what to think, find out about what really happened in Florida in 2000, find out what really happened with Valerie Plame and "the leak," find out why Bush/Cheney find it necessary to circumvent the Constitution at every turn, find out why Bush/Cheney didn't want to testify before the 9/11 commission, and follow the course of events on that fateful day. ASK QUESTIONS!!!!! This is supposed to be a democracy, find out why Bush/Cheney never want to answer questions about anything. Don't let the propaganda machine that is FAUX NEWS inform you, inform yourselves.

OBAMA TAKES HIGH ROAD IN FINAL DEBATE

All of the months of negative dribble from McCain's campaign will contribute to his defeat. Americans have shown that they are over all of the attacks. 100% of McCain's campaign ads have been negative and filled with everything that voters are tired of. McCain just doesn't get it and now he and his supporters are paying the price.
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ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM THE PRESIDENCY????

Sarah Palin could be our next president.....

I would love to see a woman become President of the United States, but this is not the woman! Wake up people, we don't need a hockey mom with a very sheltered background, as well as a very limited knowledge of our citizenry running the free world. No man or woman should be elected president when they have no idea of the conditions of those in the inner city, the lower 48 suburbs, or pivotal Supreme Court decisions. WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!! This is scary stuff.
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Sarah Palin: FOX LOVES HER

Palin: One heartbeat away from the presidency?

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You Have to See to Believe

Fox News Madness for your Enjoyment

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OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

HE IS NOT A MUSLIM FOX PEOPLE

THE BARACK OBAMA STORY
Follow a timeline in Senator Obama's life and learn his complete story. From Hawaii and Indonesia to Chicago, and the nations capitol.

OBAMA WINS DEBATES

Fox Focus Groups Give Obama the Edge

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OBAMA NEWS

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COLIN POWELL ENDORSES OBAMA

Weeks after contributing $2,300 to the McCain campaign, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, and former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorses Barack Obama for President.
Citing McCain's lack of judgement in the choice of Sarah Palin, as well as an erratic, misdirected GOP platform and campaign, Secretary Powell could not see choosing John McCain as President.
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FAIR AND BALANCED?

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Obama Answers...

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FROM THE WARPED MIND OF BILL O'REILLY

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Fox and Friends

Unbelievable clips from the "Fair and Balanced" network.

Each morning as I am having my coffee, I tune in to "Faux News" to get my daily dose of garbage, and to monitor what lies, and distortions are being told. Steve, Gretchen, and Brian are the unfortunate souls Fox has wheeled out to spew the network's propaganda. Many mornings I find myself wanting to jump through the television screen and violently shake them (being nice) and ask if Fox has them on some kind of drug that forces them to say the things they do. Below I have provided some examples of what a morning with this group can be like.
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OUTFOXED

Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

Outfoxed takes a look at Fox News, and with the help of former Fox employees shatters once and for all the myth
that Fox News is "Fair and Balanced." You will not believe what you see, or maybe you will.
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REAL NEWS

COURTESY OF MSNBC

Get the latest headlines, updated every half hour!
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Impeachment?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has taken Impeachment "off the table" meaning it will not come to a vote in the House of Representatives. This after she and other democratic leadership have acknowledged law breaking within the Executive Branch.

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A Little Diversion

What do you think?

Share with me your opinion on this topic regardless of where you stand politically.

  • Margo_Arrowsmith Nov 23, 2008 @ 7:16 am | delete
    Two weeks after the election, Bush is still up to tricks and Limbaugh is already calling this the Obama Recession. It isn't going to stop now that he is elected. I look forward to the evolution of this lens. *****

    Obama's Daughters
  • saraht43 Oct 27, 2008 @ 11:56 pm | delete
    You obviously disagree with fox news on Obama, what about the New York Times and the Chicago Sun as well as Obama's own debates and interviews from back in Feb and Mar of this year?? See the link below of an email I recieved today. Very interesting.

    http://tinyurl.com/5u9ghx

    Very well presented lens, but as you said I would---- I agreeably, disagree with your point of view.
    Sarah
  • EuroSquid Oct 25, 2008 @ 5:20 am | delete
    I can not wait for the election to be over and to have a new administration. GW Bush has been a disaster.
  • Reggie_Marigold Oct 24, 2008 @ 3:52 pm | delete
    Is it really bias if they tell you that they're republicans while other network peoeple don't tell you who they are, but simply say that they aren't biased? Rhetorical question. I odn't know the answer. Over all I think your lens is great even though I don't totally agree. ^5 *VOTE!*
  • paperfacets Oct 24, 2008 @ 1:46 pm | delete
    What a loaded lens. Good work. John Adams wrote to his son. "Public business, my son, must always be done by somebody....If wise men decline it,others will not; if honest men refuse it, others will not." Too bad money can won elections. He also lamented the nastiness to public business, even in 1800.
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