Fox News Channel aggressively pushed for the Iraq War. And they got it. Now, they are doing the same exact thing with the Iran War. See video below for indisputable evidence. The question is, will they get what they're looking for again? Will we have another war started by Fox News Channel?
Of course, Fox can't do it alone. But lucky for them, they don't have to. Joe Lieberman, well-placed neo-cons in think tanks throughout DC (like Michael O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack), Republicans in Congress and Dick Cheney are all working together to make this sick neo-con fantasy into a reality.
The question now is whether the rest of the media will be suckers enough to go along. You can see clear as day in the video above that Fox is following the same exact playbook they used to start a war with Iraq. But what helped tremendously that time was that the rest of the media bought it and actively helped them to promote it. So far, I haven't seen very much skepticism on the claims about Iran when I turn on TV, just like before the Iraq War.
After all of the hand wringing by the media about how they got it wrong in Iraq, I sure hope to God they aren't going to make the same exact mistake about Iran. So far, the signs are not encouraging. But Brave New Films, among others, are putting them on notice. Let's see, if they get it right this time.
I was on a press conference call this morning with Robert Greenwald of Brave New Films and Senator Bernie Sanders and Greenwald said that they have five more hours of footage just like this from just April of this year on. They out up an hour of it on their website. It's hard not to call Rupert Murdoch and Roger Ailes warmongers after seeing this footage. I wonder if they lose any sleep at all over the people killed in the senseless wars they start?
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Will the Rest of the Media Let Fox Start Another War?
Posted Aug 23rd 2007 10:25AM by Cenk Uygur
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1. FOX NEWS - WE DISTORT, YOU IMBIBE.
Richter at 3:27PM on Aug 22nd 2007
2. Let me guess...you believe the U.S. Government covered up UFO's, didn't really land a man on the moon, and sent two aircraft full of people into the Twin Towers. You are a bunch of wacko's. Not name calling, it's just that the internet has given wacko's an outlet to voice their opinion. There's no accountability for what you say anymore, so that just opens the doors for wacko's to say whatever they like. The internet kind of levels the playing field for the wacko's and non-wacko's alike. However, now wacko's can remain somewhat anonymous so you don't have to be accountable for the unbelievable junk that you believe. That video piece was so sliced and diced...kind of like if I said that ABC News was pushing that we rid ourselves of bears and then showed a bunch of reports they did regarding bear attacks...it's just crazyness. You are a wacko, please go away.
Eric Elrod at 11:41AM on Aug 23rd 2007
3. HOW STUPID CAN THREE JOURNALISTS(?)BE TO MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT? THERE ARE THREE BRAINS AMONGST YOU, WHY DIDNT YOU CHOOSE TO USE AT LEAST ONE OF THEM? DO YOU REALLY THINK WE SHOULD TAKE YOU SERIOUSLY? A NEWS STATION DOESNT, AND CANT, START A WAR. BUT MAYBE YOU MIGHT REMEMBER, IF YOU TRY REAL HARD, A LITTLE SOMETHING CALLED 911? MAYBE YOU MISSED IT, PROBABLY PLAYING WITH THE IPOD, SIPPING YOUR STARBUCKS AT THE TIME. OR MAYBE YOU HAVE A-D-D, SEEMS TO BE ALOT OF THAT IN THE COUNTRY THESE DAYS. IF NEWS STATIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR WARS AS YOU SUGGEST I GUESS LIBERAL STATIONS LIKE ABC, NBC, AND CBS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE OTHER WARS BEFORE CABLE CAME ALONG? YOU LEFTIES ARE GREEN WITH ENVY OF THE SUCCESS AT FOX NEWS AND THE REAL JOURNALISTS THAT SET AT THEIR DESKS AND REPORT THE NEWS ACCURATELY. THEY ARE INDEED FAIR AND BALANCED AND CONSIDERING THEIR RATINGS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY BELIEVE THAT AS WELL.
Mary at 4:27PM on Aug 22nd 2007
4. If we do go into Iran it will be to protect American interests.
Adam at 4:34PM on Aug 22nd 2007
5. You MUST be joking! This is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The reason why FOX is so powerful is that you readily admit how powerful they are! What a joke. All along, I thought it was all Bush's fault. Was Hurricane Katrina FOX's fault, too? Good God.
Jenny Bea at 12:06PM on Aug 26th 2007
6. "3. If we do go into Iran"
Hopefully, that will not happen, just ground
the AWACS for a couple of hours and let the IAF
take care of it. They did it before and they
at least have the stomach to due what is necessary.
JZabchuk at 4:51PM on Aug 22nd 2007
7. Besideds the fact the Iran has been responsible for terririst attacks on Americans since the Carter administration, how exactly is a news channel going to start a war?
What kind of an elitist are you to think that everyone who watches FOX will blindly rush to war because of reporting?
Perhaps all of MSNBC's viewers will storm the White House looking to impeach the President?
Simply put, Iran is a big threat. Try actually looking at evidence from a wide variety of news sources and then decide if war is justified. But remember, Iran is supplying explosive devices that kill our troops for quite a while now. To me, that is an act of war, and I didn't get that info from Fox.
Joel at 4:52PM on Aug 22nd 2007
8. Sure sign a liberal is in over their heads.....Promote Fox News....I swear, the left is obsessed with them...you can't watch msnbc, who's format is such an obvious and amatuerish attempt to be Fox Left that is's sad.
twann9852 at 6:46PM on Aug 22nd 2007
9. Fox news is an excellent way to get correct, unbiased information. The war started after we were hit on 911. Fanatics brought this war to us, not a news station. When we go into Iran, and I have no doubt we'll have too, my hope is that the congress won't micromanage it (in my opinion, the reason we've been in Iraq as long as we have) and let the military go in and do what they are trained to do...KICK ASS and get it over with.
victory thru strength at 5:54PM on Aug 22nd 2007
10. And shame on AOL for giving these wacko's a platform to spew their America hating crap!
Eric Elrod at 6:02PM on Aug 22nd 2007
11. 5. Joel
Iran is a big threat to whom exactly?
Ventrue at 8:05PM on Aug 22nd 2007
12. How dumb do you think we are? I am positive I could make a compilation quite similar to that but of different programs other that Fox "promoting" war. And aren't you promoting it too by posting this? AOL has lost a ton of credibility in my opinion for allowing you to post such a sensationalistic piece.
will at 8:11PM on Aug 22nd 2007
13. News Television is much like this blog. One Conservative - Five Liberals. Seems odd how the liberals find that unfair. LOL
Mel at 8:43PM on Aug 22nd 2007
14. Does the USA have nuclear weapons? UH, HUH. Does China as well? UH, HUH. Saudi Arabia? UH, HUH. CCP? UH, HUH.
FOX news is not a legitimate news channel. They are caterers of the GOP agenda.
Iran is dangerous, more so than was Iraq. Why do we find it to become our mission to be at war with anyone we feel is a threat. Inane statements, such as, 'do you remember 9/11/', UH, HUH.. My daughter got home 2 hours pre-attack. My sister worked at Merril at the WTC. Spare me the rhetoric.
The idiocy of the chant of 'LIBERAL', as if it is a dirty word. LEFTIE, a common part of FOX news(sic) evening vocab.
WTF, what WMD's? Oh yes, Bush told it was so. Then he told us it wasn't so. My sister, My daughter, My sister, My daughter...........
I never realized the extent of insanity that exists among our citizens. The way we actually believe everything this government tells us. The FRIGHT FACTOR!!
Shit, use your brain God has given you and make your own rational deductions. I suppose in this time of fear and delusional thought FOX has brought these paranoid persons to their knees.
OIL< OIL< OIL. Viet Nam, Iraq, Iran and so forth. That's ALLLLLL FOLLLKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!
rhodalee at 8:49PM on Aug 22nd 2007
15. By the by, Mary, if you actually believe that FOX has true journalists, I suggest you pick up your epic romance novel, which I am sure you consider was penned by an actual novelist.
WTF is wrong with Starbucks? Only Democrats and nary a GOP supporter have the pleasure of a Latte?
Only us whacky ( GOP dirty word ) Liberals have ipods?
My what a world of epic proportion consisting of fantasies and pixie dust you must live in...
Do not forget to take your anti-psychotic meds tonight. K? K.
rhodalee at 9:07PM on Aug 22nd 2007