Never in the history of this country have you seen a President so intent on silencing a News Channel. The President and his WH staff have thrown everything but the kitchen sink at Fox News without anything to show for it except soaring ratings and a larger viewership for Fox News. If the intent was to send out a message that anything that Fox News reports should not be given any credibility by the other media outlets that report the news, it is not working.
Spin Control:
It was hilarious watching everyone from David Axelrod to Rahm "Deadfish" Emanuel, Valerie Jarret and Anita Dunne spend valuable time over the weekend trying to explain away their toxic comments. While it may be a mystery to this WH & President as to why Fox News is not yet lock step with the rest of State Run Media, it is no mystery within the industry that Fox News is the only outlet that asks tough questions and holds this WH accountable.
Anita Dunne made it clear in her recent commnents about what she and the WH think about Fox News:
"What I think is fair to say about Fox -- and certainly it's the way we view it -- is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party," Dunn said on CNN. "They take their talking points, put them on the air; take their opposition research, put them on the air. And that's fine. But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is."
It is laughable that she really thinks that CNN is a credible source for news. CNN, the same Network that takes its marching orders from the Obama Administration and was forced to fact check an SNL skit in which the President was made fun of.
They Controlled The Message:
But coming from Anita Dunne, it is not surprising that she would make such a devisive and extreme remark about a news network. This is the sam Anita Dunne that bragged about how they "controlled the media and the message". Really? Now that is news. What took so long for her to make that piece of breaking news?
This is also the same Anita Dunne that made the following statement in front of a room full of High Schoolers:
A lot of you have a great deal of ability. A lot of you work hard. Put them together and that answers the "why not" question. There is usually not a good reason. And then the third lesson and tip actually comes from two of my favorite political philosophers: Mao Tse Tung and Mother Teresa, not often coupled together, but the two people that I turn to most to basically deliver a simple point, which is, you're going to make choices. You're going to challenge. You're going to say "why not." You're going to figure out how to do things that have never been done before. (Source: foxnews.com)
These are the two people she most often turns to. She turns to Mao Tse Tung. I don't need to fill you in on Mao Tse Tung, but this is one of the most vicious human beings that ever walked the face of the Earth. A killer responsible for the deaths of over 70 million people. This man should not be anyones favorite anything. This is where Anita Dunne and the WH are coming from ideologically.
It is the worst of Marxism, it is the the worst of Socialism and they will stop at no end until they get what they want. Total Control. They want to control the Healthcare message, the Cap & Trade message, the Amnesty Message and the rest of their radical agenda just like they did during the election. They controlled the media and the message then and they want to do it now.
This wreaks of Hugo Chavez and Castro who have shut down all opposing media. This is where this WH wants to take Fox, and conservative talk radio. It is a way to distract Americans from the Healthcare debate which they are losing and put to the Bulls eye on Fox News.
Representative Dana Rohrabacher said it best when he said:
"Barack Obama’s world vision comes from a Marxist background … I see him as someone who is honestly trying to do what he thinks is right … but we do need to recognize that his world view will lead us into a place that is totally contradictory to what American tradition is all about." (source: Hot Air)