How Fox News Outsmarted the White House
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 15th, 2009 4:32 am by HL
How Fox News Outsmarted the White House
John Batchelor, Daily Beast
How Fox News Outsmarted the White House by John BatchelorHot Topics: Photo Galleries, Big Fat Story, Health Care, Hungry Beast, Art BeastEnter your email address:Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas:Message: Gerald Herbert / AP Photo The White House brain trust’s attack on Fox News as a GOP communication “arm” shows its ignorance of the network’s true purpose: show business. And the Obama team’s media war is just giving Murdoch what he wants. After David Axelrod sneaked into…
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