All the FOX that's Fit to Print

Wonkette
has the whole kit and kaboodle of memo-y goodness from FOX news chief John Moody. A whole year starting 5/9/03 and ending 5/5/04. If you want to know how Fox messaged the message-I mean news head over for a gander.

We'll have to devote some time to the tornadoes, simply out of respect to the magnitude of damage they did. [sic]Let's spend a good deal of time on the battle over judicial nominations, which the President will address this morning. Nominees who both sides admit are qualified are being held up because of their POSSIBLE, not demonstrated, views on one issue -- abortion. This should be a trademark issue for FNC today and in the days to come.

I'm shocked, shocked to find out that FOX might not be as fair and balanced as they clame. At least they felt it necesarry to do a small bit on tornado, ya know out of respect, before hammering on the democrats who are what, did I get that right, are using abortion as a litmus test for judicial nominees.

on the 2nd of june 2003We have good perp walk video of Eric Rudolph which we should use. We should NOT assume that anyone who supported or helped Eric Rudolph is a racist. No one's in favor of murder or bombing of public places. But feelings in North Carolina may just be more complicated than the NY Times can conceive. Two style notes: Rudolph is charged with bombing an abortion clinic, not a "health clinic." and
TODAY'S HEARING IS NOT AN ARRAIGNMENT. IT IS AN INITIAL HEARING.

Its always nice to show a perpwalk when we have good footage. And its nice to be reminded that no one should assume that one is a racist without proof, nor that anyone should cheer the murder or bombing of public places even if they aren't so public "abortion clinics". Its also nice to see the backhanded slap of sensitivity
fox has North Carolina and the NYT. Oh and there is so much more.

From: John Moody
Date: 3/23/2004

TUESDAY UPDATE: (With thanks to Michelle Novy in DC) SHEIKH YASSIN WAS NOT A "SPIRITUAL LEADER" OF HAMAS. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF HAMAS, OR ITS IDEOLOGICAL LEADER.

Attention mice: the cat is back.
(My thanks to Ken and David for filling in.)

Now I can feel better that the guy in the wheelchai that they took out with a helicopter gunship was not a "spiritual leader" now I can sleep at night

ON AIR TALENT: COULD WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO CUT DOWN ON MOUTH CANDY WHEN GETTING OUT OF GUEST SEGMENTS, SUCH AS, "WE APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE."

Quit kissing the asses of our guests-kay.

We will be on full alert for Hamas retaliation for Yassin's precipitious departure, both in Israel and the US. Hamas's vow of vengeance must be taken seriously.

The so-called 9/11 commission has already been meeting. In fact, this is the eighth session. The fact that former Clinton and both frmer and current Bush administration officials are testifying gives it a certain tension, but this is not "what did he know and when did he know it" stuff. Do not turn this into Watergate. Remember the fleeting sense of national unity that emerged from this tragedy. Let's not desecrate that.

Protect Dear leader from any implication of impropriety-this is not watergate and if we repeat it enough it cant possibly be true. Yeah I remember that sense of National unity actually I kind of remember it was a worldwide phenominon, before the bullies on the beltway started playing cowboys and indians. Yeah lets not forget that Dear leader told the rest of the world to cheney themselves.

Yassin's assassination took the spotlight off Pakistan, but operations there continue. We'll make full use of Palkot and Harrigan from Afghansitan.

And there's the Kobe hearing, which we'll preview. The accuser, whose personal past is now a matter of public conjecture, is likely to testify this week.

2004-03-24, John Moody

Now that all of that gossipy goodness has been let out of the bag, lets consider the combat credentials of Kobe's Little Big Man. Its great to have a big black penis to envy.

We can't let Fox Juggernaut Bill O'Liely off the hook either in todays all Fox All the Time Blog installment part Two. From The Nation via the Atrios way comes a startling revelation about how O'Liely Spins the news

I was impressed. O'Reilly, who had announced his show as the "No Spin Zone," was actually playing a balanced soundbite, one that accurately reported the commission's findings both that there was no evidence linking Saddam and 9/11, and that there was some evidence of contacts (if no "collaborative relationship") between Saddam and Al Qaeda. Maybe all those nasty things Al Franken had said about O'Reilly weren't true after all.

But suddenly O'Reilly interrupted, plainly angry, and said, "We can't use that.... We need to redo the whole thing." Three minutes of silence later, the show began again, with O'Reilly re-recording the introduction verbatim. Except this time, when he got to the part about Kean, he played no tape, and simply paraphrased Kean as confirming that "definitely there was a connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda." The part about no link to 9/11 was left on the cutting-room floor.

I'm shocked, shocked, to find out that there is spinning going on in this establishment. Please tell me it isn't true David. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that the most honest man in television, a talented award winning (2 peabody awards,no,wait-make that polk award, and I didn't even win one of those-my old show did when they hired some real journalist-I know its relative)
OK so maybe not award winning, but just damn good journalistic integritude having guy.

But then I decided to go one step further: "It seems to me like the pot calling the kettle black, Bill, because I just sat here five minutes ago as you re-recorded the introduction to this show to take out a statement from the head of the 9/11 commission stating that there was no evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11."

Apparently O'Reilly does not like being called "the pot." He exploded, repeatedly called me an "S.O.B." and assured me that he would cut my accusation from the interview when the show aired. He also said I would "never ever" be on his show again. At this point, I wasn't sure whether to take that as a threat or a promise.

Sure enough, when The O'Reilly Factor aired later that night, both Thomas Kean's statement about 9/11 and my charge about O'Reilly deleting it were missing.

Again I find myself astonished to discover that O'Liely might have a thin skin. Unfreakinbelievable amount of arrogance. None of the shit posted above should be a suprise, but it sure is nice to have the worst of my suspicions documented. Flatulent Gassbags indeed.