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Snow says 'people ought to
learn' from Fox News
Ron Brynaert
Raw
Story
Tuesday October 30, 2007
According to former White House spokesman Tony Snow, critics
of Fox News would be better off "learning" from the
controversial 24-hour news network than sniping at it.
The former Fox pundit's comments came during a conversation with
People Magazine's managing editor Larry Hacket at the American
Magazine Conference in Boca Raton, Florida on Sunday, as related
by Conde Nast blogger Jeff Bercovici.
"There's perceived bias on the part of Fox because they
don't treat conservatives as knuckle-dragging morons....I think
the rap on Fox having a bias is an unfair one," Snow reportedly
said. "My sense is rather than grousing with a winning formula,
people ought to learn from them."
Think Progress takes Snow to task for claiming that his former
boss, President George W. Bush, is "not the type to dis the
press," by reprinting an old picture of Bush holding a copy
of "Bernard Goldberg’s anti-media screed Bias, which
Bill Press said at the time was "a message to the media."
(Article continues below)
According to Media Bistro, Snow "remained remarkably on-message"
during the interview.
The site reports, "A magazine vet who currently heads up
corporate communications at a major media conglomerate marveled
to us after the interview, 'I was fascinated by all the questions
to which [Snow] said, 'I don't know.' In communications, you're
supposed to have the answer for everything.' To us, Snow's question
marks made him seem uninformed like a fox."
Further excerpts from Bercovici's column:
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On the effects of the 24-hour-news cycle on journalism: "There
are structural problems right now that make it very difficult
to cover the White House the way it should be covered....People
are trying to keep up with the electronic media. So what happens
is you end up thinking, what can I do quickly and what can I do
that people are going to watch? ....If you're doing it in real
time, you can get real stupid."
On David Sanger of The New York Times: "I call him 'Secretary
of State Sanger' because he's got a certain confidence in his
views."
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Full
article at Portfolio.com's Mixed Media.
Further excerpts from Media Bistro column:
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On the media's political leanings: "The Washington press
corps is the most reliable Democratic voting bloc."
Hackett: "Is the Democratic race over?" Snow [immediately]:
"Yes." Hackett: "Why?" Snow: "Because
it is."
Audience Q: How much did you interact w/ vice president Dick
Cheney?
Snow: [In meetings, Cheney] "doesn't speak up unless it's
vital to do so."
On how Snow thinks his replacement Dana Perino handled communicating
to the press exactly when former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez
gave notice: "I have not spent a lot of time watching press
briefings since I left."
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FULL
MEDIA BISTRO COLUMN AT THIS LINK
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