Fox News’ alternate reality
As I said in my last post, you can tell how poorly Republicans did in their televised question and answer session with President Obama by how much Fox News brings on conservatives to discuss it while showing very little of it – particularly anything the president had to say outside of a few mistakes. Add this “America’s News HQ” segment to the long list of fast ones Fox News has pulled to keep its conservative audience blissfully ignorant of the event to set them right on course down Talking Point Lane.
Senator John Barrasso is the latest solo conservative performance I’ve witnessed on the topic. The formula remains the same. Present surgically cut clips to contain any stink. In this instance we see Republicans asking questions but we get no substanative response from the president. We’re told by Fox News’ anchor this is to set the tone. Typical of these interviews with conservatives the senator is given softball questions to coax out all the standard talking points we’ve heard a zillion times on Fox News. A zillion and one hardly is too many for the Kool-Aid drinkers glued to their sets.
There are many of the president’s responses cut from this segment. However, since much of what is discussed regards the standard Obama-bashing smear that him and the Democrats ignored Republican health care ideas I’ve included some of what President Obama had to say on the topic when asked at the Republicans’ retreat. There’s a bit of a history lesson in it that few Republicans – and certainly not Fox News – want to hear because it puts a whole new perspective on all the charges by Glenn Beck and others at Fox News that the Democrats are a pack of radical Marxists.
If you’re used to fiesty give and take between guest and anchor keep in mind there’s a conservative in the house – two if you count the anchor. So when Senator Barrasso boasts a single piece of the Republicans’ health care plan, portability across state lines, will boost the ranks of the insured magically by 12 million don’t expect a correction by the anchor that, in fact, the Congressional Budget Office scoring of their entire plan only increases that number by 3 million through 2019. Just enough to keep up with population growth.
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