GOP Talking Head Admits it Owns FOX? Don't "Misunderestimate" Republicans
By Heather Monday Apr 13, 2009 6:00pmh/t FairWinds at Daily KOS. From their diary:
On April 6, 2009, the University of Colorado hosted the 61st Annual Conference on World Affairs, which included a panel presentation entitled Rebranding Republicans: Don't Misunderestimate Us, recorded by and broadcast on C-SPAN. Among the panelists was Robert G. Kaufman, author of In Defense of the Bush Doctrine: Moral Democratic Realism and American Grand Strategy, published in 2007. In a ten-minute presentation, Mr. Kaufman posited five "core principles" that Republicans must embrace if they are to succeed "when Obama fails."
There is much to find disturbing in Mr. Kaufman's presentation, such as his assumption that Obama will fail and his assertion that "multiculturalism is a euphemism for the Balkanization of the United States". However, his "recommendation" that the GOP "acquire another television network" to disseminate its message in future elections is both an audacious proposal and a stunning admission.
Kaufman stated: The fifth thing that Republicans have to do is understand the problem of communicating in a world where much of the television media, particularly, is hostile...If I had to recommend one single thing that the Republicans should be doing to help articulate the message, it is to acquire another television network so that there is not just FOX, but multiple sources of alternative information that will do a much better job than we did in 2008 to keep things honest.
Kaufman is not a spokesperson for the GOP but this slip is one that probably deserves some notice as the diarist writes. Heaven forbid that any of them they don't have enough control over our airways as it is already. Right now there are about six media companies that control almost everything we watch on television, at the movies and listen to on the radio. How could the GOP survive without one more Fox News channel to promote their agenda? It just boggles the mind.
My take on this is that it was unusual to have anyone actually admit that the GOP controls Fox, much less say they need another one. Maybe someone can look up Mr. Kaufman to see if he wants to stand by his statement and ask him who told him that the GOP has "acquired" Fox.
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They have let it slip a few times that they "own" Fox but this is remarkable.
It sounded to me like he said "other News source" and not an admission of ownership. I mean we like PBS and BBC, but don't claim "ownership" of them. We suggest our freinds watch those sources of news because they are less biased. He was just acknowledging that Fox is biased, but not part of the team.
Like has been said before, if ils and Murdoch were offered enough money they'd sell out the republicans and slant news our way, the socialist way, or toward Ron Paul. To them it's a money game, not a news game.
How do you explain the word "acquire?," as in "acquire another news source?"
Kaufman said exactly what's quoted above. He's admitting - or at the very least opining - that Fox has been "acquired" by the Republican Party.
There is absolutely no realistic alternative interpretation of his remark. There is also no realistic alternative explanation for Fox's performance as a "news" outlet. The only thing noteworthy about Kaufman's comment is its unprecedented candor.
Fact #2 is they already own most of the media.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2009/041309.html
..GOP's lapdog! I almost used a another "dog" expression but I think lapdog is more appropriate.
GOP's lapdog!
I prefer the term "professional ball washer".
No one noticed that when Dick Cheney walks around, Glenn Beck is right in front of him scrubbin' and rinsin' scrubbin' and rinsin'
Everything you need to know about Fox News and the GOP is in here:
http://zombie.stinque.com/bible/Main_Page
The Bible is a bunch of bull shit and enslaves women and makes the rich able to have sex with anyone they choose
truth sometimes. Unfortunately, its usually a slip of the tongue and you have to be there to memorialize. Other than that is the usual lie fest.
Yes. Don't ever uderestimate a liar. If they can contoll three news source they will still be left with 28%. We must be careful to make sure we rebut all the lies and smears convincingly. I doubt if they can regain controll if president Obamas plans work and we are vigilent in our rebutals of their propaganda.
The difference between Dems and Repugs :
Dems have a 50 state strategy .
Repugs have a 50 network strategy .
no shit gop owns fox...........really. fox is a fraud and deceptive media. they create news. they want obama to slip and fall so bad they can't help themselves but to make up/edit statements. what concerns me are the people that are addicted to deception. this demographic of watchers don't cross check sources. that may present doubt to what they want to hear. just like this TEA party bullshit. these people have NO idea what they are speaking of. sure get angry about the TAX code but don't blame obama.
people should be angry with wallStreet more so than the government in my opinion. this socialism chant take a good look at wallStreet. oh and if you don't want socialism don't use the medicare system.
Can you imagine Fox promoting the hell out of these tea parties if they had been started by liberal groups while Bush was president? Never, ever, ever, ever, ever would have happened. That's why Fox is a propaganda channel, not a news channel.
To look at the news now, you have to make a conscious effort to remind yourself of Bush's two cash rebate programs and his massive bailout of the financial sector after the collapse of Lehmann Brothers. Not to mention the Seniors' Prescription Drug Benefit, the biggest entitlement program since LBJ's Great Society.
Stimulus and spending are only bad when Democrats do it.
... on so many levels. What Kaufman says is disturbing and the fact that he actually admits it publically is shocking.
Of course they want to acquire another television network. It helps to catapult their lies.
'Multiculturalism is a euphemism for the Balkanization of the United States'? He actually said that? Unreal.
Multiculturalism has worked well in Canada for many years and it's one of the best things about living here.
"However, his "recommendation" that the GOP "acquire another television network" to disseminate its message in future elections is both an audacious proposal and a stunning admission."
Oh really, like CBS, ABC and NBC aren't owned and operated by Repuke scum already?
was shot down over Shanksville, then corrected himself and said it crashed. Somehow that little slip didn't get much publicity either.
of the Republicans and conservative Reich-Wingers.
We all KNOW THAT already. It's part of the VAST right-wing conspiracy that is finally being CRUSHED by a well-informed voting public. (Bet Rove didn't see THAT ONE coming!)
it's time for the government to move and move quickly. there must be laws made that breaks up media corporations, creates criterion for what can be called news, and prevents the formation of propaganda outlets by any part.
But up the ownerships and make it more of an even playing field.
Corporations and political parties should NOT be the driving factors for whats reported.
Mr. Kaufman's lunacy aside, he's wrong about one essential: the Republicans don't own Fox, corporations own both of them. Don't forget that or mistake the structure. The Republican party is the public policy arm of the megacorporations, and the media (such as Fox) are the corporate communications arm. He's right that Fox and the Republican party work as a coordinated pair, but he's as crazy as a division manager who thinks he runs the company if he thinks either one are calling the shots. Both serve the megawealthy fascists and their corporate empires.
Fox News would start talking the Democrats up.
Sad, that even the Republicans believe the "liberal media" myth. They ought to know that the CORPORATE media will look out for its own profit interests first, before party or country, for that matter.
If it really was driven by the money, the money would be behind the party that produces better economies. The super rich do better under democrats. Profit margins shouldn't have ideologies.
The top 1% went from owning 50% of the wealth to 90%.
And the top 0.1% now own 50% of the wealth.
They were perfectly happy with the way things were going, and could care less about the current crisis.
These are the people (like Murdoch) who own the media. They're the people who are telling us it's the fault of those "stupid" people who took out mortgages. They're also the people who, despite sinking their companies, are walking away with hundreds of millions of dollars (like the AIG guy).
Do you really think they care what happens to the rest of the country? Murdoch makes money with or without a good economy. The CEOs have plenty of money to wait out this depression, until they can step back into their currently unfashionable roles. With hundreds of millions, they don't need to scramble to find a job. They don't feel the effects.
They could care less about the broader economy, so long as nobody tries to mess with their slice of the pie. And THAT'S why they're using their power to put up such a stink.
Let's not forget that defense contractor GE owns 1/6 of the national media. When added to the GOP's 1/6, that's 1/3 that is controlled by the same interests.
Last year before the election, didn't Ann Coulter say something to the effect that it would now be easier to win the presidency because "This time we have the media"?
and O'Reilly said the same thing. We have to take back the propaganda media or destroy them.
Panic will do that to you, which I suspect they are, because now it is sinking in that they will be a minority for a long, long time, maybe forever.
Question: if Fox has allowed itself to be "acquired" by the GOP, what's in it for Rupert Murdoch? He's a businessman. He must have set a price for turning his network into the propaganda arm of the Neocons.
Maybe the IRS has been looking the other way when the Murdochs have moved their profits offshore. Maybe some family trust accounts didn't get audited. Maybe he got himself a handshake deal for more broadcast licences or bandwidth down the road. Maybe certain Republicans in Congress and the Justice department promised to cooperate when Fox applies to extend copyrights on its film library.
Well said.
Some people - Keith Olbermann for one - insist that Murdoch is in the rightwing propaganda business only for the money. How naive! He would never create a TV outlet supporting the Democrats - or even one that is truly fair and accurate - even if it promised to earn him huge profits.
Since he began his media empire in Australia, Murdoch has never varied in his policy to have his outlets manipulate the news in favor of conservative, even extreme rightwing, views. With one phone call he could end these fascist-like calls for revolution seeping out of Fox, or even tell Hannity, Beck and O'Reilly to stop smearing, lying, distorting. Instead he chooses to continue using his money to create division and confusion in the United States. Is that why he became a U.S. citizen?
For the last time, it's not a marketing problem!
In the past, my advice would have been to achieve a pint of measurable success when you're in power. But it's too late for that now. You'll never be in power ever again.
Listen to former President George H.W. Bush refer to Fox News Channel president and Fox Television Stations Group chairman Roger Ailes as "our man Ailes."
Right now there are about six media companies that control almost everything we watch on television
But...but...but...deregulation is GOOOOOD.
St. Ronnie told us so.
@ Liberal AND Proud
"Right now there are about six media companies that control almost everything we watch on television"
AND read in newspapers / magazines.
BOYCOTT TELEVISION, CORPORATE MEDIA AND THEIR SPONSORS
Whatever they say would be vetted for its' YouTube potential, a la ex-Sen. George Allen.
a complaint with the FCC.
bullshit pile when I see it.
He is just regurgitating more Reslug puke that intelligent people overwhelmingly rejected when voting.
Lies, conspiracies and incitement are no substitute for honest, academic debate based on principles, but I guess those people aren't "in" anymore with the GOP.
I once believed that some liberals were the condescending ones, but if they ever were, they had nothing on the contempt Fox has for its audience. Lenin himself was more respectful towards his "useful idiots."
Moreover who the hell in the world doesn't already know that the terribly racist and bigoted Faux Noise is totally bought and paid for by the GOP.
...he was just off by a few years.
that they need more news outlets for "alternative information". What the hell is that, exactly? There's truth, there's "fair and balanced" reporting as Fox claims, and other "alternatives"? As they say in court, you don't have to keep your story straight if you are telling the truth. The truth is the truth and doesn't change. Yet, the Republicans need alternative news outlets, where we get their spin on the truth. I wondered for eight years why, when W was in some terrible mess, it never led on Fox. There was always some obscure story that was far more important and his idiotic exploits were downgraded. Must be that alternative information they are talking about.
Kaufman: "I misspoke..."
in 3...2...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/4/13/71951...
Does this mean he thinks this is a real word? Or is he just being snide?
Look what's buried in the middle of the page on Drudge - WOW!
FLASH: Murdoch to form new news gathering venture headed by former FOXNEWS chief John Moody... Developing...
The GOP owns Faux... or does Faux own the GOP...? whoooooo
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