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Anita Dunn's exit a big win for Fox, O'Reilly and Beck

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Niall O'Dowd

Published Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 2:41 PM
Updated Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 2:23 PM

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Counter-productive: The resignation of White House communications director Anita Dunne is a big victory for Fox, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck
Counter-productive: The resignation of White House communications director Anita Dunne is a big victory for Fox, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck

The resignation of Anita Dunn as communications czar in the White House is a victory for Glenn Beck, Bill O'Reilly and Fox News.

Dunn resigned  soon after she made this infamous statement about  Fox. "The reality of it is that Fox News often operates almost as either the research arm or the communications arm of the Republican Party," she said.

The powerhouse website WorldNetDaily was the first to report the tempest, and Dunn's politial obituary was soon written as well.

Fox attacked back and the fallout was immediate. Other television channels backed Fox, no matter how much they agreed with Dunn and her comments which were later also backed up by David Axelrod, Obama's most senior advisor.

But Dunn went and done it again a few weeks later when she proclaimed that Mao Tse Tsung was one of her favorite philosophers.

No matter what she meant to say the fact is that Mao killed millions on his march to  power and also when in power in China  and is hardly the pin-up boy she suggests.

I think the weight of both those missteps doomed Dunn.

Her attack on Fox was puzzling to begin with.

The oldest no-no in the book is picking a fight with someone who owns a printing press, or in
Fox's case, a vast arsenal of media outlets.

Dunn simply never explained what she was trying to do which came across as a blatant attempt to censor Fox and make them untouchable.

But in today's "Tower of Babble" media world, Fox is a major player and ignoring them or shunning them is like trying to play soccer without the football.

They are simply a necessary part of the media furniture and no matter how much the Obamaites dislike them they have to deal with them.

Dunn of course will claim that she was an interim appointment and wanted out anyway but the recent slip ups have messed with that message.

Look for the Obama camp to quietly end the Fox fixation and allow their spokespersons back on the air with Chris Wallace and others.

Glen Beck and Bill O'Reilly it seems talk loudly and also carry a big stick.

Obama and his acolytes should have known that.

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Posted by Pat Riley on Dec 09, 2009, 01:41 PM EST
I think Fox News is right in pointing out when any politicians' policies or acts are helpful or harmful to the nation and in explaining why as long as the reporter keeps his/her own personal views on the subject OUT of the report. It seems to me that Dunn would have been better off if she had simply stated why she objected to Fox News rather than ramble on as she did.
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Posted by IronMountainMovies on Nov 18, 2009, 10:23 AM EST
Fox News is a contradiction in terms. As to them being a 'necessary part of the media furniture' this is only made possible if they are allowed to go unchallenged. The failure of the Obama administration to back this woman up in what any reasonable person can see is a true representation of Fox, was a lost opportunity to challenge the vitriol and biased misinformation this so called news outlet passes for news and political debate. There are things crawling around in landfills that have more integrity and usefulness than the entire Fox corporation.
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Posted by 2BorNot2B on Nov 14, 2009, 02:56 PM EST
Anita's photo above has the following caption: "Counter-productive: The resignation of White House communications director Anita Dunne is a big victory for Fox, Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Beck" Here's a couple of additional thoughts on the subject --- a) Counter-productive? Why so? As a WH Communications Director, she happened to be the bottom rung on the shove-the-responsibility-for-WH-bunders ladder. The thin-skinned-One and his hatchet men threw out a trial balloon by attacking FOX and it blew up in their face.They thought the heretofore fawning media would respond in the usual manner: either vilifying or attempting to marginalize those who dared question the 'Dear Leader', or keeping silent. On this occasion, however, the threat was a bit to real for the MSM. If the admin were to succeed in knocking down a media empire like FOX, they thought... what was there to prevent it from targeting any other network or 'reporter'? Their rear-end was in peril, that was just a bit too close for comfort! The media responded unfavorably siding with FOX... and the rest is history --- b) A victory for FOX? I'd think it's more a victory for those who know it is better to have freedom of press than living under the threat of an administration who can run roughshod over those who disagree or question its policies. The present admin. with the past conniving of a silent MSM had so far been inclined to think their dictates will go unexamined and unquestioned. Thank God for the reaction of the press in this case.
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Posted by Felicia on Nov 14, 2009, 05:23 AM EST
Yeah, one less czar in Obama's kingdom. TraveLynn, how right you are. I've been in that boat too. It's frightening but more frightening to think how easy it is to get into the "let the government take care of me" mentality.
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Posted by benbhoy on Nov 13, 2009, 10:08 AM EST
FOX NEWS IS FOR AMERICANS WHO CANNOT THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
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Posted by semperfidelis on Nov 12, 2009, 05:30 PM EST
TravelLynn- well said and a tip of the hat to you.






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