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Machiavellian on 27 July 2018
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coolbeans said:

Machiavellian said:

We see this in these threads all the time.  Its like the people who post the links do not actually expect people to read them.  Its the same with the videos they post where you can clearly see them being edited, cut short or do not include the question or follow up questions.  Its a very old tactic when providing misinformation and Trump uses it a lot.  You throw out a video and some links without context hoping no one actually view or read them.

Now I'm just really, really curious how much of this comment relies on his interpretation of said links, and not actually reading them & considering what I'm trying to highlight.

So lets take your first Link.  What is Obama actually taking aim at.  As stated within the text, is Fox operating as entertainment or as a news agency.  By Fox News own admission, they are an entertainment network.

https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/04/01/fox-news-for-entertainment-purposes-only-disclaimer_n_15727044.html

So, what is it.  Are they actually a news agency or entertainment and if they are entertainment, how should their news network be viewed.

On the second link, its even more interesting when you read the whole email thread on the subject.  So when the White House first reached out for the interview, only NBC, ABC and CBS was included.  Guess who was not included first.  CNN and FOX.  It was only when someone noticed that FOX was not included that it raised to this level.  I will say on this one that you can make a point that Obama administration probably never going to have FOX news as the first source for any interview but no where do you see then actually banning someone from the network or from events.  Even so, you never seen them accuse any news agency as enemy of the people etc.

As for the third link you made, well, the guy did not have the right credentials so basically a non issue on that one

https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2015/06/free-beacon-plays-state-theater-in-vienna-209686