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Conservative Murdoch owned Fox News is using bully boy tactics again. This time, they are trying to get Democrat candidates for U.S. President, Senator Obama and Senator Edwards, to buckle to their threats and accusations.

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Fox News Attacks Obama
8 jan  |  Barack Obama has refused to be interviewed by right-wing Fox News all year and the pressure is getting to the network. Loudmouth host Bill O'Reilly got physical with an Obama staffer in an attempt to get close to the popular Senator. . . read more
Fox News Is Wrong on Obama
21 apr  |  Murdoch's Fox News has been carpet bombing Barack Obama with negative stories, distortions and smears - benefiting the Republicans' preferred adversary, Hillary Clinton. But responsible media wouldn't follow Fox's lead, would they? . . read more
Fox News Gets Owned
23 apr  |  Murdoch owned Fox News is busy trying to tear down Barack Obama and won't stop talking about his controversial pastor Jeremiah Wright. Fox made the mistake of talking to another pastor about the issue and got completely pwned. . . read more
Barack Obama on Fox News
28 apr  |  Murdoch-owned Fox News has been savagely attacking Barack Obama and Obama has been refusing to appear on the network - but he cracked and sat down for an interview with Fox News Sunday. . . read more
News Hounds
23 jul  |  They watch Fox News so you don't have to . . read more
Fox News Attacks Michelle Obama
10 jul  |  Murdoch-owned Fox News is smearing Michelle Obama with racist stereotypes, offering feeble apologies then slandering her again. Refering to Michelle as Barack's "Baby Mama" is just one of Fox's attacks. . . read more
Fox News Porn
18 nov  |  Murdoch owned Fox News, available on pay TV in Australia, is supposedly conservative but it shows a lot of flesh and seems obsessed with sex. It's easier than covering the tough news issues like Iraq and the lies that led to war. . . read more
John Edwards Endorses Obama
15 may  |  John Edwards came in 'third' in the Democrat party race to be nominated for U.S. President and now the former Senator and Vice Presidential candidate has thrown his weight behind Barack Obama. . . read more
Why is it called social media? There's no similarity
7 jun  | 

By Sean Maguire

The term social media is deceptive, it suggests a similarity to ‘the media' when really there isn't one.

The media is about investigation and analysis, while social media is about reaction and discussion.

The media breaks a story like the death of Osama and then it virally spreads on Facebook and Twitter; how much did these social media sites add to the story?

Was it a Facebook reporter standing at the press conference listening to Obama?

Was it a Twitter sub-editor desperately trying to collate thirty different rumours into a workable and believable timeline of what happened?

Was it a Tumblr blogger that put together that Pakistan's most prestigious military academy was in the same town as Osama?

No, social media was the megaphone to the media's whispers, yet, it's the megaphone we're celebrating and calling the revolution.

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Fox News is Wrong
2 aug  |  Murdoch owned Fox News has a long history of giving global warming sceptics uncritical air-time. This video exposes some of the lies being peddled under the name of "news". . . read more
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