Remember when they were claiming Romney was going to win in a landslide while the rest of the country was laughing at them? That proved they want to twist things up to get the result they want. It didn't matter what the truth was any more than it has mattered to what it is when they are talking about, or not talking about, the men and women risking their lives for this country.
The list of "despicable things Fox News did in 2012" has two reports involving the military. While this is a "left leaning" site, it does not change the fact that FOX did them.
12 most despicable things Fox News did in 2012
From producing its own anti-Obama video to spinning furiously on unemployment, the network had a banner year
BY MARK HOWARD, ALTERNET
JAN 5, 2013
1) Romancing Petraeus: Fox News CEO Roger Ailes tries to recruit for the GOP.
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward revealed that Fox News CEO Roger Ailes had dispatched a Fox News defense analyst, to Kabul, Afghanistan to recruit Gen. David Petraeus as a GOP candidate for president. The notion of a news network soliciting candidates for political office is a perversion of the role journalists play in society. In response, Ailes claimed that it was “a joke” and that he “thought the Republican [primary] field needed to be shaken up.” Where Ailes got the idea that it was his right and/or duty to shake up the GOP primaries is unexplained. News people are supposed to report the news, not make it. Woodward’s story affirms that Fox News is a rogue operation. Its intrusion into the political process debases journalism by breaching all standards of ethical conduct. And it debases democracy as well by exploiting its power and wealth to manipulate political outcomes.
5) Fox lies about military access to voting in Ohio.
This year Republicans in the state of Ohio sought to amend their early voting law so that only members of the military would be permitted to vote early in the three days prior to the election. Democrats objected to this as it discriminates against certain voters, and they filed suit to preserve the right of every Ohio citizen to vote early. Fox News picked up the story advancing the premise that Democrats were seeking to take something away from our military. Anchor Shannon Bream falsely declared that “If President Obama gets his way, the special voting rights of some of America’s finest will be eliminated.” The truth is that Democrats in Ohio were suing to ensure that nobody’s rights were eliminated. The Ohio GOP was deliberately attempting to suppress the votes of citizens they presumed would vote Democratic. And Fox News helped them in that mission by brazenly lying about the substance of the debate.
Obama Not Trying to Curb Military Early Voting
Military Vote
The Center for Responsive Politics reported last month that self-described military personnel had donated $678,611 to Obama, 85% more than the $398,450 the Romney campaign has collected.
The other issue viewers notice is that FOX doesn't seem to have much time covering all the problems our veterans face coming home any more than they have time to cover what is happening in Afghanistan.
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