Friday, February 23, 2007 at 7:36 am EST

When FOX Attacks

Posted by JHC in Media, Video, Campaign

OutFoxed director Robert Greenwald has a new website — FoxAttacks.com. Their plan appears to be to compile videos that highlight FOX News Channel’s unfair and unbalanced reporting and help readers figure out how best to respond.

Their first focus: biased FOX News reporting about Sen. Obama. Unsurprisingly, it makes for a pretty long and interesting video:

We discussed here previously how Sen. Obama has “frozen out” FOX News reporters looking for interviews. While FOX reaches more viewers than any other cable news network, and while it’s important for a candidate to reach voters of all stripes with his message, it is still very encouraging — and long-overdue — to see a Democrat take this kind of step against an ostensible news organization that is clearly so intent on reporting only one side of the story.

In fact, MoveOn.org has launched a campaign to encourage the Nevada Democratic Party to cancel a debate for the candidates they are scheduled to cohost with FOX News in August. From their website:

Fox is a mouthpiece for the Republican Party, not a legitimate news channel. The Democratic Party of Nevada should drop Fox as its partner for the presidential primary debate.

A response from the Nevada Dems is here.

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