More Fox critics emerge on the right

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  1. bluefrog

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    Your saying the same thing just a different way. "A porno shop has the same stories as a library, which are a compilation of other publishers"

    I see what your trying to say but logic is just not there. Fox News typically writes and produces it's own stories. Their headlines are hand picked by a human being with an agenda. Just because other news sources are covering the same story it doesn't mean they're covering it from the same perspective.
     
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    You think foxnews.com has some agenda against Oprah?

    You do know the Wall Street Journal and Fox are both owned by Murdoch...
     
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    Without a doubt

    Ok, WSJ = a legitimate news source, Fox News, not as much
     
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    Hmmmm...

    http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/66879-pelosi-bill-jail-for-no-insurance

    The nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation reported that the House version of the healthcare bill specifies that those who don’t buy health insurance and do not pay the fine of about 2.5 percent of their income for failing to do so can face a penalty of up to five years in prison!

    The bill describes the penalties as follows:

    • Section 7203 — misdemeanor willful failure to pay is punishable by a fine of up to $25,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year.

    • Section 7201 — felony willful evasion is punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 and/or imprisonment of up to five years.” [page 3]
     
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    Ok, so Dick Morris may be a biased source. How about ABC News and Obama himself?

    http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalp...-for-those-without-health-care-insurance.html

    Interview with the President: Jail Time for Those without Health Care Insurance?

    Under the House bill those who can afford to buy insurance and don’t’ pay a fine. If the refuse to pay that fine there’s a threat – as with a lot of tax fines – of jail time. The Senate removed that provision in the Senate Finance Committee.

    Mr. Obama said penalties have to be high enough for people to not game the system, but it’s also important to not be “so punitive” that people who are having a hard time find themselves suddenly worse off, thus why hardship exemptions have been built in the legislation.

    “I think the general broad principle is simply that people who are paying for their health insurance aren't subsidizing folks who simply choose not to until they get sick and then suddenly they expect free health insurance. That's -- that's basic concept of responsibility that I think most Americans abide by,” Mr. Obama said, “penalties are appropriate for people who try to free ride the system and force others to pay for their health insurance.”

    The President said that he didn’t think the question over the appropriateness of possible jail time is the “biggest question” the House and Senate are facing right now.
     
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    Good clip. Those young Turks shouldn't pick on O'Reilly though. He's a Peabody award winning journalist.

    These politicians are playing strange game criticizing Fox publicly. On one hand distance themselves from the far right and appeal to more moderates but on the other hand they make a powerful adversary. Mark Twain said “Never pick a fight with a man who buys his ink by the barrel.”
     

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