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President Barack Obama accused Fox News as operating in a talk radio format. Fox News only strengthened that argument Sunday as they allowed only White House detractors to comment on the situation. Chris Wallace went so far as to suggest the White House was using mob tactics in it's "war against Fox News." Of course, Fox couldn't find any White House defenders to appear on the Sunday talk show.
It's "what some people are calling the administration's Chicago way of doing business," said Wallace referring to a scene from the classic mobster movie "The Untouchables." Wallace's comparison follows other commentary by the right wing echo chamber. The Wall Street Journal's Kimberly Strassel was one of the first:
A White House set on kneecapping its opponents isn't, of course, entirely new. (See: Nixon) What is a little novel is the public and bare-knuckle way in which the Obama team is waging these campaigns against the other side.
Glenn Beck followed the script with a rant about the White House "beatdown" of its enemies the following day.
That's the Chicago way and now we have it in Washington with Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama.
What was it that Obama promised on the campaign trail? Oh yeah, a "new kind of politics." America didn't think the "new" politics would be even worse than the "old" politics.
Agree with the administration? Fantastic. Dare to stand in the way of "reform"? Uh-oh.
No longer is it a gentlemen's disagreement that can be debated. No, you are going to play ball or get a beatdown.
Media Matters put together some examples of how Fox opinion bleeds into Fox "News."
Young accessory maker Nuu at IFA showed a new iPhone 4 add-on that promises a fully integrated keyboard. The Mini-key melds a protective case for the Apple phone itself with a slide-out, tilting QWERTY keyboard to reassure those jumping from phones with physical keyboards. The design takes advantage of iOS 4's built-in support for keyboards, although whether it uses Bluetooth or the Dock Connector isn't known....
Eminem producers FBT Productions have scored a significant upset in a case against Universal Music involving iTunes royalties. A court of appeals has rejected an earlier court decision, which suggested that song and ringtone sales at iTunes could be treated in the same way as CD sales, generating only 12 percent in revenue for the music's creators. If carried through, the ruling will instead see Universal sublabel Aftermath pay FBT 50 percent of its related intake, under a contract provision that treats iTunes sales as reusing masters....
The newly united British divisions of Orange and T-Mobile today said they would switch on free roaming across each other's 2G networks on October 5. The optional service will let customers on either network use GSM voice and EDGE data should they be in an area where their regular service is weak or missing. It should improve T-Mobile's coverage in Northern and Western England and other parts of the UK....
A listing for an iLife '11 Family Pack has actually been floating around Amazon.com for several weeks, observers note. The entry claims a $99 pricetag, and a shipping time of two to four weeks. It should in fact be possible to go through with an order, even though Apple has yet to announce iLife '11 or begin selling its own copies....
Internal Veirzon info slipped out today revealed that Motorola's Droid 2 has triggered an unusual level of satisfaction among its owners. The Android phone has the lowest return rate of any Verizon phone, BGR learned, indicating that many of its buyers hare happier even than for the Droid X. It comes even with similarity to the older phone and a $200 contract price....
Two key Asian countries should get the iPhone 4 within a matter of days, accounts say. South Korea's KT has announced a September 10th release date; pre-orders have been ongoing since last month. The carrier is reported to have planned a launch for July 30th, but been hampered by government approval. The device did get certification, however, by early August....
Nokia's plans for its in-house Nokia World expo should include its first mainstream Eseries touchscreen phone, leaks revealed on Monday. The E7, a touchscreen QWERTY model, is said by Reuters to be at the September 14 show. The tips didn't provide more details, but it may be a Symbian^3 slider somewhat reminiscent of the MeeGo-using N9....
The next version Parallels' Mac virtualization software, Desktop 6, is already appearing on store shelves, a report notes. A photo is claimed to show two editions at a Fry's Electronics in Roseville, California. One is a standard version, while the other is a special "Switch to Mac" edition designed to make it easier to migrate from a Windows PC....
Samsung today attempted to explain why they have chosen to fit its iPad rival with an LCD instead of its vaunted AMOLED technology, as featured on its Galaxy S smartphones. On the launch of Appleís super high-resolution Retina Display, which is built using very similar structural technology to Samsungís Super TFT LCDs, Samsung was quick to criticize Apple's technological breakthrough in display resolution. Among Samsung's claims at the time was that an AMOLED display uses 30 percent less power than an equivalent LCD-based display....
AMD and NVIDIA may focus their attention on mid-range graphics with new introductions this fall, based on early details divulged this morning. The Radeon HD 6000 series would start with just two models in the 6700 line; their names aren't known by DigiTimes, but they would be the Barts XT and Barts Pro hinted earlier and would be direct replacements for the 5750 and 5770. Both are rumored to get their unveiling in October....
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