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[...] Reporters Demand CNN on Air Force OneOutside Beltway - The White House press corps last night complained about having to watch Fox News on Air Force One . During a briefing led by White House spokesman Scott McClellan as President Bush was traveling to New Orleans, Louisiana, the Washington Post s Jim [...]

By: eddie

eddie — Tue, 02 May 2006 17:01:29 +0000

Your statements regarding taxpayers' rights so completely misses the point. The point is that the United States as a government should not be dictating what news sources are available and which are not in a governmental facility. Period.

The fact that Limbaugh is provided to the troops but equal time for an opposing view is equally unacceptable in a democracy.

There are two viable and fair remedies:

In the case of the televisions, the point should be to simply turn them off. You so much as imply that there must be something better for these jokers to do on the plane than watch the same cable news stories over and over.

In the case of Limbaugh, I think it makes more sense to simply get rid of opinion on air forces radio, except to the extent provided by members of the troupes themselves. But for Limbaugh to be saying anything substantive to our troupes is a travesty: Drug dependent do-nothing bloviators do not present anything of value to those individuals who at least are putting there lives on the line for their country. Let them speak their minds.

By: Railroad Stone

Railroad Stone — Tue, 02 May 2006 06:46:47 +0000

It isn't strange to want the television in front of you turned to a station which doesn't decrease your intellect.

What is abnormal is hiding from other points of view. Fox loves Bush and agrees with him and generally strokes his ego whenever possible.

Do you really think he granted them exclusivity for any other reason?

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 02 May 2006 00:21:46 +0000

Besides, Fox "news" is an entertainment program, not an actual news reporting operation.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 01 May 2006 04:18:37 +0000

Fox has the biggest audience of the cable news channels. Any network news broadast, withered as they are, are watched by far more than watch the cable channels combined. And the McNeil News Hour on PBS is watched by a lot more people than ever watch O'Reilly.

By: Dummocrats.com

Dummocrats.com — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 16:22:35 +0000

Reporters Demand CNN on Air Force One...

Reporters Demand CNN on Air Force One...

By: Craig

Craig — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 17:35:06 +0000

On the flip side, I recall an Air America radio host, Ed Schultz (sp?), who the Pentagon blocked from being included on the Armed Forces network that included Rush Limbaugh. (I don't know what finally happened with that).

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:45:31 +0000

Roderick: I work in a DoD facility. The televisions are all turned to the same channel, controlled centrally. When it's not local propaganda (security awareness and the like) it's on a news channel. It seems to rotate pretty regularly between Fox, CNN, and MSNBC. It may be a daily rotation, although I haven't tracked it.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 13:04:07 +0000

Well I work for the DoD in central FL and my office is located within a defense contractor's facility. Everyday the station is tuned to FOX. Of course I have no beef with it because this is a private company although it is heavily funded with taxpayer dollars.

When I had to go to the local air force base to update my government identification the station in the waiting area was tuned to FOX. I'm sure this isn't a mistake. There were many other civilians there soaking up the brainwashing. So it's not just Air Force One.

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:06:14 +0000

And the best repsonse award goes to Barry . . . Good job.

By: Donkey Cons

Donkey Cons — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 22:50:21 +0000

Blog-O-Rama 4-28 ...

Outside the Beltway reports that Jim VandeHei of the Other Paper doesn't like Fox News, and complained about having to watch it on Air Force One. Hint to Jim: You're on Air Force One, OK? I guarantee you there are, oh, 45,000 reporters in this countr...

By: KC

KC — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:39:48 +0000

For God's sake, there are 4 TVs available, and from what I read, they were all tuned to Fox. Is it too much to ask to be able to have ONE of them tuned to CNN?
I don't dictate programming and music at friends' houses, but I'm sure they'd let me check my email on their computers. Look at it that way - they're checking up on their own damn job.
Reich Wing crybabies have nothing else to blog about today, I guess.

By: BillB

BillB — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:32:10 +0000

Christopher, liberals have been calling for troops to come home for quite some time now, so the first part of your post doesn't make any sense. As far as mid-term elections go, we'll see, but right now, things don't look too swell for republicans. When confronted by their democratic opponents with questions like "why did you vote to give Oil Corpoartions tax givaways?" or "why did you vote to make it illegal to bargain for lower drug prices?" what will the average republican candidate say? On the economy, your belief is exactly what I hope republicans say on the stump: "the economy is great!" Unprecidented corporate profits may pump up economic numbers the way they are analyzed by some, but most Americans see no benefit in huge corporate profits.

By: BillB

BillB — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:23:18 +0000

They do NOT have anything better to do than watch television. They are not journalists. They are stenographers for the administration. If they say anything embarassing to the administration, they lose their access. So, I imagine watching a little television is a great way to pass the time.

By: Robert

Robert — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 20:30:39 +0000

CNBC is owned by General Electric.

I hear its practically a hippie commune at GE.