Tapper: But that’s a pretty sweeping declaration that they are “not a news organization.” How are they any different from, say –Oh, Jakey Jake Jakester. Really?Gibbs: ABC -
Tapper: ABC. MSNBC. Univision. I mean how are they any different?
Gibbs: You and I should watch sometime around 9 o’clock tonight. Or 5 o’clock this afternoon.
Tapper: I’m not talking about their opinion programming or issues you have with certain reports. I’m talking about saying thousands of individuals who work for a media organization, do not work for a “news organization” -- why is that appropriate for the White House to say?
Gibbs: That’s our opinion.
How is Fox News different from ABC? Fox News recently purchased a full-page ad in the Washington Post and lied about its TV news competitors, including ABC News.I swear to God that Village journalism is exactly like friggin' high school. Jake wants to be a cool kid, so he's defending the FOX News clique cause picking on Obama is badass.Fox News claimed that the other cable and network news outlets had "miss[ed]" the Sept. 12, anti-Obama rally in Washington, D.C., when in fact TV news orgs, like ABC, covered the protest extensively. So, Fox News publicly smeared Tapper's employer, but Tapper can't figure out how Fox News is different from ABC.
Somehow I'm thinking we've not gone anywhere from 1996. Song remains the same.
It's true, you get more credibility in the Village for defending the sacrosanct culture of opinionists (since there is a lack of journalism) than you do for besting your competitors... unless you are Fox. In which case you bash your competitors and then let them cover for you when someone states an honest fact about them. And, of course, the employers of people like Tapper will give him a pat on the back for standing up to the WH... for Fox.
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