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
Filed under: Middle East, Young Turks, Rupert Murdoch, Fox News
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Reader Comments ( Page 3 of 3)
31. 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
32. where did hezbola and hamas come from mars ? Has this guy had is head in the sand for the last 30 years
Richard at 11:35PM on Aug 27th 2007
33. why don't you a$$holes take fox, lieberman,joel and rest of you people leed the way and maybe we will follow you'al
rollingjo at 10:34PM on Aug 28th 2007
34. i don't no what url means joe
rollingjo at 11:24AM on Aug 29th 2007
35. i'm 81 years old , what do expect
world war 2 joe
joe at 10:07PM on Aug 29th 2007
36. Hmm a news channel can declare war thought that was presidents job GOD I HATE LIBERALS YOU ARE SO IGNORANT
Dave at 7:03PM on Aug 30th 2007
37. "IRAN IS A THREAT TO US"???????WHAT THAT COUNTRY CAN DO OVER HERE???COME OVER THE ATLANTIC AND ATTACK US????URRIGHT???.....COME ON GUYS...THEY ARE A THREAT TO ISRAEL...THATS THE TRUTH...SO KING GEORGE IS GOING TO ATTACK ALL THE COUNTRIES WHO HATES ISRAEL....GIVE HIM 8 MORE YEARS..LET HIM ATTACK IRAN,VENEZUELA,CASTROS CUBA,N KOREA,SUDAN AND ETC....ETC......THEY WILL SPLIT THIS COUNTRY TOO...LIKE WHITE AMERICA...BLACK AMERICA....HISPANIC AMERICA....ASIAN AMERICA....GOD HELP US PLEASE......
gt at 11:49AM on Sep 7th 2007