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5:07 PM Friday, November 6, 2009

The pundits who have been critical of the Obama administration for attacking Fox News as a political arm of the Republican Party rather than a legitimate news organization seem to have missed the point.

The Obama administration was not criticizing Fox News for disagreeing with them or for being critical of their policies. Fox News was being criticized for not adhering to the journalistic standards expected of a national news organization.

Would a news organization, other than Fox, organize and promote political events like the”tea parties” and actually have someone encouraging them to demonstrate for their cameras?

Would another news organization give credence to demonstrably false stories like Obama’s birth certificate or “death panels.”

Would another news organization present press releases and talking points from the previous administration as news, complete with typos?

Shouldn’t we expect better from an organization that promotes itself as “Fair and Balanced”?

Daniel E. Fraga

New Carlisle

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