UPDATED BELOW
Following up on this post, here is what actually happened (RE: Fox lies):
1. Major Garrett was in fact part of the interview pool
2. The networks DID not play "hero to Fox" but rather had to use a single camera crew due to logistics.
3. Despite the facts, Fox and the glue-sniffing idiots who defend them, spread word far and wide of the "Nixonian" (interesting how that term suddenly popped up everywhere and all at once, as though a memo had been issued) war against them and Obama's "enemy list" bullshit.
So in short, Fox fabricated a story to make themselves look like victims of a fabricated war on them being waged by the evil Commie Obama. Now tell me, is that journalism? And they wonder why they are seen as propaganda? Stephen Glass would have more credibility with me than these opportunistic feeders and spreaders. At least he was a lone culprit, not an entire organization built around distortion, lies, and ugly rhetoric:
"TPMDC spoke with a network bureau chief this afternoon familiar with the situation who was surprised that Fox was portraying the news as networks coming to its rescue.
"If any member had been excluded it would have been same thing, it has nothing to do with Fox or the White House or the substance of the issues," the bureau chief said. "It's all for one and one for all."
A Treasury spokesperson added: "There was no plot to exclude Fox News, and they had the same interview that their competitors did. Much ado about absolutely nothing."'
It should be official by now, but if it is not, let me spell it out for you. A reputable "news" organization does NOT fabricate stories as part of a fabricated larger story in which they themselves are the fictional victim. A reputable "news" organization does not attack the leader of the nation for the color of his skin, his middle name, or conspire with a political party to smear the POTUS via ad hominem attacks. A reputable "news" organization DOES NOT allow the business side to dictate how a story should be reported. Fox News is NOT a reputable news outlet. But I did defend their right to access and I would still defend it. That is the difference between ethics and the political prostitution that Fox passes off as journalism.
UPDATE
John Cole does a fantastic job addressing the Fox "News" issue.
Charles Johnson takes Hot Air to the wood-shed over the racist, violent rhetoric (and spew Fox News talking points)
Ron Chusid and Glen Greenwald address the faux-victim (or foxictim)
My pal Gottlaff has a bit of footage too
