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Fox News: Bragging Rights Does Not Earn An Emmy!

2008-09-06T12:46:34Z

The 29th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards are being held this year. The Emmy's are being announced and leading the way are PBS, CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, MSNBC and The National Geographic Channel.

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Fox News is not nominated for any Emmy. National Geographic is the only channel under the NewsCorporation to be nominated for an Emmy.

Instead of doing responsible journalism, the media has been on this "gotcha" game! Of course, America's most watched news network Fox News is leading the way to making our American news media quite a joke.

Oh, wait! Before we claim the "LIBERAL BIAS" label, let's review the facts.
Barack Obama, presidential candidate and senator from Illinois. On a tour of the Middle East, Europe and Asia, Senator Obama has been gathering support from many leaders. Of course, Fox News is not on the tour with senator. I guess, when the media covers Senator Barack Obama, we'll see him walk the "safe streets" of Baghdad in a bulletproof vest and have hundreds of military soldiers, two Blackhawk helicopters and at least one hour to meet the people in the city. Of course, last year April 2007, Senator John McCain was there and made his most embarrassing move by saying Iraq is safer, but went forth with a bulletproof vest and hundreds of military guards. That move was panned by the media. McCain proudly said that the media was his base! In March 2008, all the conservatives were in an uproar over two things. Jeremiah Wright and Senator Hillary Clinton's Bosnia gaffe, come to mind. Of course, with the Jeremiah Wright issue surfaced; the conservatives were all over it. They practically ignored Senator McCain's Iraq coverage because they were in dismay that he was their Republican presumptive nominee.

Senator Barack Obama, Congressman Robert Wexler, MoveOn.org, ColorOfChange, and rapper Nas are protesting Fox News [Bill O'Reilly, John Gibson, Juan Williams, Sean Hannity, and Michelle Malkin]. Once again, Obama may have "frozen" Fox News again? Can we say Madrassah, Madrassah or Barack Hussein Obama! Or can we say the "liberal media" once again? Whatever Fox News!

Robert Wexler, Florida Democratic congressman is the one who helped Dennis Kucinich draft the Articles of Impeachment on President Bush. The congressman is a "proud liberal" and has been taking on Fox News for many years. Bill O'Reilly sends his stalkerazi Geoff Jenkins confront Wexler. O'Reilly wants to "expose" Wexler for living in Maryland while being a representative of Florida. Ok, why don't we go after President Bush, Senator John McCain and many other congressmen for living?

Gavin Newsom, mayor of San Francisco is under fire. Fox News blames him for deaths of a woman's family being killed by a gang member who is an illegal immigrant. Fox News is now claiming that San Francisco is a "sanctuary city" for allowing illegal immigrants immunity from U.S. Customs. I don't know the policy of San Francisco, but I can say that this has been longer than Newsom's term. Newsom is ranked one of the most popular mayors in the nation. Fox News is going after him and his constituents are not tolerating that!

Nas, a New York rapper was criticized by Bill O'Reilly after he was to perform at Virginia Tech University. The MoveOn.org group and ColorOfChange teamed up with the rapper to denounce the media. Nas released "Sly Fox" going after the network. Other rappers who were targeted by the network included Ludacris, Jay-Z, DMX, Jam Master Jay, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Eminem, and rival rapper 50 Cent.

What we do... First denounce them as "Opinion Media". Keep reminding your conservative friends that Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Greta Van Susteren, Brit Hume, Geraldo Rivera, Alan Colmes, Steve Doocy, Gretchen Carlson, Brian Kilmeade, Bill Hemmer, Megyn Kelly, Jon Scott, Jane Skinner, Martha McCallum, Trace Gallagher, Shepard Smith, John Gibson, Chris Wallace, Neil Cavuto, E.D. Hill, Greg Gutfield, Julie Bandaras, Rush Limbaugh, Dennis Miller, Ann Coulter, Michelle Malkin, Juan Williams, Dick Morris, and Karl Rove are a piece of........! They are overpaid commentators who do not care about the truth, my video, and the millions of voices against this network. But guess what, there's going to be some retribution!

More and more voices are standing up against the corporate owned media. We will make Fox News sweat, and send a message to each network that the "games" are over. No more blind following, we are awakened!

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Netroots Nation 2008

2008-09-06T12:30:13Z

Bloggers ascended on Austin Texas last week to meet candidates and talk about issues. Young voters were the top of conversation for many who believe they will impact the November elections

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TPMtv: Gavin Newsom on Green Policies and Politics

2008-08-27T21:14:09Z

Your Daily Politics Video Blog: We caught up with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at Netroots Nation, where he introduced the closing keynote speaker, environmental and social justice activist Van Jones. In a wide-ranging conversation, we talked about green policy measures he's implemented in his city, his possible candidacy for governor of California, and his wedding coming up this weekend.

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Sanctuary City - Kudos to San Francisco

2008-06-17T21:31:14Z

Mayor Newsom is facing a lot of heat for his most unpopular decision yet—an $83,000 campaign to advertise San Francisco as a sanctuary city for "illegal" or undocumented immigrants. The purpose of the campaign is to make undocumented immigrants feel safe and secure, encourage them to report crimes, use health services, and send their children to school. It also comes as a symbolic stance against the many nationwide anti-immigrant measures and the rising popularity of immigrant scapegoating.

Some taxpayers are livid--why should their tax dollars be used to promote services for "illegal immigrants" when the city is undergoing fiscal crisis? It is a good point, and yet the undocumented immigrant population of San Francisco probably pays more than $84,000 in sales and property taxes to the city.

Sanctuary City - A Civil Disobedience on the Right Side of History

2008-04-04T15:16:18Z

In his latest act of civil disobedience, Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco is launching a media campaign to let undocumented immigrants in the City know that San Francisco does not support federal raids and promised to roll out a plan to give identification to all ‘illegal immigrants.' Obviously, this goes against the recent tide of anti-illegal immigrant hysteria and federal immigration laws, which has authorities agitated.

This is not the first time that Mayor Newsom has expressed an interest in civil disobedience. His last act of civil disobedience involved giving marriage licenses to thousands of gay and lesbian couples, which only got disrupted by court orders. At that time, he was blamed for inspiring Republicans to place anti-gay marriage propositions on the 2004 presidential election ballots that led to a higher turnout of Evangelical Christians, and cost John Kerry the election. If the issue of ‘illegal immigration' takes center stage in the coming elections and costs the Democrats the White House once again, Newsom and the pro-migrant movement would probably be blamed for having the ovaries to do the right thing.

Sanctuary derives from "a sacred place; a holy spot, a place of refuge and protection." Since churches started giving sanctuary to asylum seekers from Central America in 1981, many colleges and cities also adopted similar policies. Today, granting sanctuary is no longer a religious exercise, but has taken on political significance-it is an act of civil disobedience, recognition that something is wrong with the status quo and that we need to act outside the boundaries of the Law to bring attention to and rectify those wrongs.

The modern-day sanctuary city can be likened to the Underground Railroads. This is when ‘illegal is illegal' makes no sense - after all, abetting and aiding runaway slaves was illegal, being black and sitting in the front seats in buses was illegal, fighting against the British for independence was illegal-but do not tell us that these were acts of wrongdoing because that would belie and denigrate the existence of this very Nation-State. Do not tell us that upholding the laws of the United States is ALWAYS morally justifiable and the right thing to do, because we know that is not true.

SF Mayor Engaged - BAD IDEA!!!

2008-09-05T11:19:42Z

Gavin Newsom Engaged. Watch the entire show at www.theyoungturks.com

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