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Saturday, September 19, 2009

Fox News Ad Starts Fight With All Their Competition, Competition Fights Back by Steve Krakauer

FNC Ad Starts Fight with All Their Competition

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Ya know, the fact that the other media outlets are complaining about the Fox ad is a good thing. At least this is a tacit acknowledgement that an adjustment needs to be made in their approach to the news.

At least we hope so.

Yes, other news outlets ran some of the September 12, 2009 protests in DC, albeit reluctantly and after it took them by surprise that the protests were so well attended.

However, what continues to cause the other networks heartburn is the continuing perception that “they” remain in the liberal Obama camp and are shilling for the liberal agenda and the Obama administration.

The other networks certainly worked hard to marginalize and trivialize the protests by showcasing accusations that the protests were not really about (http://tinyurl.com/mllav6) the economy, national debt, nationalization of key sectors of the means of productions, such as the banking industry and the auto industry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEr65ZX6gLw

The perception remain that opposition voices will continue to not be heard over the fear many citizens have over health care being nationalized, it will cost more, the government will get in between you and your doctor and that Obamacare will bankrupt the nation.

It is paradoxical that the networks who have complained in the wake of the ad are calling attention to the dynamic that they have missed the boat on fair and accurate and comprehensive coverage of the public policy initiatives of the Obama administration.

And that is why the “public’s assessment of the accuracy of news stories is now at its lowest level in more than two decades of Pew Research surveys…http://people-press.org/report/543/

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Mediaite http://www.mediaite.com/print/fox-news-ad-starts-fight-with-all-their-competition/

Fox News Ad Starts Fight With All Their Competition, Competition Fights Back by Steve Krakauer 4:34 pm, September 18th, 2009

The Washington Post ran a full-page instigating ad in today’s paper from Fox News that asks: “How Did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC And CNN Miss This Story?” referring to the D.C. tea party protests on 9/12.

CNN’s Rick Sanchez said “you lie!” (seriously, he said that) – since his network and all the others did cover the protests. He also played a clip of Bill O’Reilly saying CNN covered the protests. But Fox News is sticking to their guns, and WashPost is defending the ad buy. What?

Every network defended their coverage today, and TVNewser has a rundown of those defenses, plus this from Michael Tammero, VP of Marketing for FNC.

“Generally speaking, it’s fair to say that from the tea party movement … to Acorn … to the march on 9/12, the networks either ignored the story, marginalized it or misrepresented the significance of it altogether.”

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It’s also pretty much why the Post is totally fine with their decision. A spokesperson tells Politico

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Here’s the bottom line: Fox News didn’t “miss” this story because they were the story. They’ve driven the story, promoted the protests and covered them because they are the protests. The Fox Nation, the FOX opinion/community arm of the network’s web properties drove this story by actively helping register people to attend tea parties around the country. Glenn Beck promoted the D.C. protest (“It’s Time To Stand Up” he implored his audience) because he started the entire 9/12 movement.

Just look at the way Foxnews.com’s supposed “news” story covered the protests in D.C. From their “news” report:

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Read the entire article by Mediaite here: http://www.mediaite.com/print/fox-news-ad-starts-fight-with-all-their-competition/

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