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Permalink Last night, Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee conceded he hadn't heard a word about the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, and the conclusions that Iran's nuclear-weapons program was shut down more than four years ago. There are a variety of theories as to how a leading presidential candidate could be this uninformed, but I've got a new one: maybe he only watches Fox News.
Iran: The Ticking Bomb" -- would kind of coverage would this week's news receive? I focused on Fox News' four prime-time political shows: Special Report with Brit Hume, The Big Story (John Gibson), The O'Reilly Factor, and Hannity & Colmes. I then checked Monday's transcripts, reflecting the news the day the NIE conclusions were announced, and Tuesday's transcripts, following the president's press conference on the NIE. On Monday, the day the NIE conclusions surprised the world, three of the four Fox News programs made no mention of the story at all. The exception with Special Report with Brit Hume, which featured a discussion between Hume, conservative media personality Fred Barnes, conservative media personality Mort Kondracke, and conservative media personality Charles Krauthammer.
If they find out how to reprocess uranium, it's a short step from that to a nuclear program." Barnes argued, "Well, look, this is not a case for diplomacy. And Krauthammer concluded that intelligence officials might be wrong. And there are good guesses, and they describe this latest thing as they have high confidence. After these gripping news items, John Gibson asked, "We've got the IAEA saying they're not trying to make one. We have got Ahmadinejad saying we just cascaded 3,000 centrifuges, we're on our way. The bad news is, the discussion was with former UN Ambassador John Bolton, who called for a congressional investigation into an NIE he dismisses, and right-wing personality Glenn Beck, who said the NIE might be right, but it's proof of Bush's greatness. And people wonder why Fox News viewers are so confused about reality.
Swan said: On Monday, the day the NIE conclusions surprised the world, three of the four Fox News programs made no mention of the story at all. Fox Propaganda 3 On December 5th, 2007 at 1:08 pm, lib4 said: Kondrake and Powers are NOT really conservative commentators but are the type of self hating "liberals" Fox News loves to promote so they can claim balance In Conservative land since Powers and Kondrake side with Cons 99 times out of 100 they are considered liberals. Professionally they seem quite mediocre but always seem well informed with respect to any and all crimes involving white blonde female victims. But with respect to their political acumen, collectively they are dumber than a sack of door knobs. At least they serve as an excellent barometer on who NOT to support in an election. illegally obtained from the United States" at an unspecified time prior to 1965...
The best leverage the White House had, Kissinger argued, was to withhold delivery of Phantom fighter jets which Israel had contracted to purchase from the US in 1968, and which could be used to deliver a nuclear warhead; or to threaten "their whole military supply relationship with us." However, Kissinger, a Jew who fled Hitler's Germany before coming to the United States, also recognized Nixon would be subjected to "enormous political pressure" from domestic Jewish groups if he followed either of those courses...
wo rld/mideast 6 On December 5th, 2007 at 1:21 pm, Grumpy said: Ah, but the fact that the non-Fox media reported on the NIE at all, gave it any credibility, and forgot to mention how it totally validates George W Bush just goes to show how liberal they really are! These same people who rejected the statements of Saddam Hussein that he had no WMD, are embracing the comments of Ahmadinejad because he says he does, or is close. And then you have the contingent of people like John Bolton, who are convinced the NIE was put together by intelligence operatives who have it in for Bush. If there were ever a case to be made for why the Bush administration to hit the road sooner, rather than later, it's that there little to no trust associated with anything they say and anything they do - and I would argue that it is this atmosphere which presents more danger to the nation that the so-called enemies we've been told are out to get us. Fox News would make a great state-sponsored propaganda network, and given the FCC's willingness and interest in helping to consolidate the media outlets, and Rupert Murdoch's efforts to own everything, it's entirely possible that we are closer to that than we would like to think we are. See page 110, paragraph 2: In light of evidence contrary to our well crafted, narrow world view, there is no such evidence.
On December 5th, 2007 at 1:45 pm, Shalimar said: Why is Beck appearing as a guest on FoxNews? Please, please, please tell me CNN has fired him, or at least will be letting him go soon.
On December 5th, 2007 at 1:56 pm, goatchowder said: It's all coming down. The whole edifice- fake bullshit media, fake bullshit corporations, fake bullshit religions, fake bullshit economy, fake bullshit government- is about to collapse under the weight of its own bullshit, just like the Soviet Union did.
The Republican Party has been hijacked by Neo-Cons and they continue to manipulate the masses with propaganda via Fox "News". Maybe, with this story out, the people will start to pay more attention to Ron Paul about diplomacy and ending the war immediatly based on going there under false pretenses.
On December 5th, 2007 at 2:26 pm, -jayinge- said: Apart from Faux News' and the right-wing's selective rejection of disquieting data it's also still clear that they want their war. I won't be surprised if they commence hostilities shorty after the next election. Course seven years of being "Bushed" has left me kinda paranoid.
On December 5th, 2007 at 3:12 pm, editor said: FWIW, on Monday when I first heard this, I did a Google search and the second article listed was from Fox News. It's not that they didn't cover it, it's that they spun it with fear, as usual: The US intelligence community has concluded with "high confidence" that Iran halted its nuclear weapons development program in the fall of 2003 under international pressure, but is continuing to enrich uranium, and could be capable of developing a weapon as early as late 2009.
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