Print
E-mail
Share
digg
Newsvine
Facebook
Stumble
Technorati
reddit
Fark
twitterTHE SENATOR’S SCANDAL :
Fox News had Hampton’s letter earlier than it said
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | 2 a.m.
In Today's Sun
Related Document
Sen. John Ensign with his wife, Darlene, and Cynthia and Doug Hampton.
The FedEx trail
June 11
- 4:57 p.m.: The priority envelope is picked up by FedEx in Las Vegas.
- 7:16 p.m.: The envelope leaves the Las Vegas FedEx facility.
June 12
- 12:28 a.m.: Arrival in Memphis, Tenn.
- 6:01 a.m.: Arrival in Newark, N.J.
- 7:44 a.m.: Arrival in New York City.
- 9:21 a.m.: Delivered to Fox News’ corporate offices in New York City.
Source: FedEx Internet tracking system
Sun Coverage
Sun Archives
- Ensign apologizes during lunch with GOP senators (6-23-2009)
- Back in Washington, Ensign received warmly (6-23-2009)
- Ensign back in D.C.; group plans ethics complaint (6-22-2009)
- In state GOP, Ensign finds few defenders (6-21-09)
- War of words between Ensign and Hampton escalates (6-20-09)
Fox News received Doug Hampton’s letter about Sen. John Ensign’s adulterous affair three days earlier than the network reported, according to information obtained exclusively by the Las Vegas Sun.
Fox said it didn’t receive the letter until June 15, when it arrived as an attachment to an e-mail. But FedEx tracking of a “priority envelope,” which a reliable source said contained the hard copy, shows it was delivered on the morning of June 12.
That would mean the national news organization had additional time to investigate and report Ensign’s affair before the senator’s own admission of the relationship with Hampton’s wife, who worked for the senator’s leadership political action committees.
The earlier delivery date also leaves a larger window of time for someone who either worked at the conservative network or was close to it to tip off Ensign.
On Tuesday, Tom Lowell, senior producer of “America’s Newsroom,” declined to comment on the FedEx delivery. Hampton had addressed his June 11 letter to the co-anchor of “America’s Newsroom,” Megyn Kelly.
“For our part, everything I can answer has sort of been asked and answered at this point,” Lowell said. “I’ve put out everything I knew.”
FedEx representatives confirmed that the document, sent from Las Vegas on June 11, was delivered to the Fox corporate headquarters address in New York City.
Las Vegas attorney Daniel Albregts, who represents Doug and Cynthia, declined to comment.
In response to the Sun’s story about the letter Friday, Lowell told the online Huffington Post that his network receives a lot of correspondence that takes time to sort through.
Hampton had noted in his letter that he would follow up with an e-mail as well as phone messages.
Lowell said a Fox staffer contacted Hampton, a former top aide in Ensign’s Capitol Hill office, on June 15 after receiving the e-mail but found Hampton evasive and not credible, so the network decided against pursuing a story.
The next day Ensign held a news conference in Las Vegas to confess to the eight-month affair, which ended in August.
Ensign’s office acknowledged that the news conference was called after Ensign received word that Doug Hampton had gone to Fox News. But the senator’s staff has not said who tipped Ensign off, and Lowell has insisted no one on his “editorial team” alerted Ensign.
This week Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz, responding to questions on Poynter Online, said a source told him that former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a Fox News contributor, “happened to separately receive the Hampton letter. But I don’t know if he told his former colleague Ensign about it or not.”
In the letter, however, Hampton told Fox, “This is the only letter of its kind and no other news stations have been contacted with this information.”
Santorum, who served in the Senate from 1995 to 2007, was unavailable for comment Tuesday. He is now a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative Washington think tank.
Like Ensign, Santorum is a conservative Republican with strong religious ties. The two men are said to be close.
Kurtz shared a Washington Post byline on a story last week that quoted Lowell as saying he did not show or send the letter to senior Fox executives and that he erred by declining to go after the story.
Jeff German is the Sun’s senior investigative reporter.
Discussion: 65 comments so far…
Post a comment
- Most Read
- Discussed
- Most E-mailed
- Shooting in parking lot of CVS leaves man dead
- Man, 26, dies in collision with truck traveling at 100 mph
- Holiday shoppers skip turkey for Strip stores
- Nevada’s just not for us, many top high schoolers say
- Casino venue in Singapore will have Las Vegas flavor
- CityCenter completion might spur home foreclosures
- Fontainebleau retail component seeks bankruptcy
- MGM Mirage: CityCenter not affected by debt woes
- Holiday Auction 2009 items
- Real estate experts cautiously optimistic about market
Blogs
The Kats Report
Could a savior of shuttered Las Vegas Art Museum be ... Peter Max? (5 Comments)
For Paul Stanley and KISS, rock and roll is not over (5 Comments)
Twenty years ago today, Human Nature took root on the farm (1 Comment)
Robin Leach's Las Vegas Celebrity Watch
Photo Gallery: Donny Osmond’s triumphant return to the Flamingo
The Kats Report
'DWTS' champ Donny Osmond still deft afoot in return to Flamingo (8 Comments)
Politics: The Early Line
Meeting of GOP governors draws challengers, not Gibbons (5 Comments)
Politics: Ralston's Flash
Oscar loves forcing developers to sign labor peace agreements, Culinary loves the city's downtown plans and all is forgiven (10 Comments)
Calendar »
- 28 Sat
- 29 Sun
- 30 Mon
- 1 Tue
- 2 Wed
-
KISS at the Pearl
The Pearl at the Palms
-
Christopher "Kid" Reid at the LA Comedy Club
LA Comedy Club @ Trader Vic's
-
Stevie Wonder at MGM Grand
MGM Grand Garden Arena | 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
-
UNLV Rebels vs. Louisville at the Thomas & Mack Center
The Thomas & Mack Center | 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
-
Joe Perry Project at the House of Blues
House of Blues | 8 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.
-
Vicente Fernandez at the Mandalay Bay Events Center
Mandalay Bay Events Center | 9 p.m. to 11 p.m.
-
Jay Leno at The Mirage
Terry Fator Theatre
The Sun
Locally owned and independent for more than 50 years.
Good digging, Jeff. Keep at it.
how dare you call it news. anyone who hasn't been brainwashed can tell you it's a right wing hack channel. no good news anymore, corporations not interested in giving people discussion on real subjects. more stories about awol sc gov than health care.
Faux News lies? I'm shocked, I tell you, shocked.
What a waste of airwaves.
Why would you send it to Fox News? Is Hampton living in a cave? Send it to a reputable news source with actual reporters! More than one, if possible!
"Fox said it didn't receive the letter until June 15, when it arrived as an attachment to an e-mail. But FedEx tracking of a "priority envelope," which a reliable source said contained the hard copy"
When all else fails.. make it up as you go along, right LVSun? A 'reliable source' and a 'priority envelope'.. if that's not Pulitzer Prize award winning investigative journalism I don't know what is.
"FedEx representatives confirmed that the document, sent from Las Vegas on June 11, was delivered to the Fox corporate headquarters address in New York City"
FedEx usually ships overnight JPM42
Good digging? What exactly is the signifigance of this story? The author, Jeff German, says this...
"That would mean the national news organization had additional time to investigate and report Ensign's affair before the senator's own admission of the relationship with Hampton's wife, who worked for the senator's leadership political action committees.
The earlier delivery date also leaves a larger window of time for someone who either worked at the conservative network or was close to it to tip off Ensign."
...but why would Ensign need to be tipped off about this since Hampton was extorting him for money to keep the story quiet?
Fox Noise is such a joke. It is amazing that people can not watch it for the entertainment channel it is, it certainly is not a news channel.
Now caught in a lie, let's see if they cite a left wing conspiracy............
Fox News lied? The sky is blue? The Pope is Catholic?
There's little doubt now that Faux News tipped Ensign's office off to the letter, thus Ensign's public mea culpa.
How can anyone doubt how shamelessly partisan Fox News has become?
It is a good story, showing Fox is being Fox, and I don't mean "fair and balanced." Plus the story could lead to other information. Hampton should have delt with the National Enquirer or Larry Flint they would have been more ethical than Fox.
The last 8 years were not kind to Doug Hampton, judging by the 2001 photo-maybe he didn't have the money for cosmetic surgery like Ensign.
Fox News, or someone close to it, may have confirmed the Hampton letter to Ensign, but he already knew about the letter from the extortion demands of Hampton.(if you don't give me sush and such, I'm sending this letter to the media) Big deal! I give Ensign credit(but not my future vote) for resisting the extortion demands!
By the way, Ksand, talking about partisan news operations, have you watched CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC lately? It's evidently OK with liberals to have all the MSM, except Fox, solidly in bed with Obama and the Democratic Party, but when Fox presents a fair and balanced view of the news, that is threatening. LOL...your cries of foul are comical.
ps. Rush and Hannity and Levin et al. are kings of the airwaves also!
enteaser You obviously are trying in desperation to save this lying Ensign, which is impossible. There is not a shred of evidence of extortion here.
You are delusional if you think anyone will buy your b.s. about the cerdibility of Fox News.And your juvenile rants about other news organizations is typical of right wing behavior when things don't go their way.
Every time one of these big mouthed,right wing,evangelsit, holier than thou jack ass Republicans who tell the rest of the world how to live and then gets caught doing the opposite is proof that the right wingers have lost their way and are no longer a real voice in American politics.This is the reason only one in five people claim to be a Republican.
All of your ranting about nothing is a testimony to the Republicans failed agenda.
I am sure in time you will blame Harry reid for Ensigns conduct.It is time for people like you to take responsibility for your leaders actions and quit making up feeble excuses for them.Grow up.
Rush a drug addict junkie who belongs in prison and Hannity an idiot on a daily basis.
"...but why would Ensign need to be tipped off about this since Hampton was extorting him for money to keep the story quiet?"
The only one pushing that story is Senator Ensign, and he lacks credible facts to support it.
I mean, if he was being threatened with extortion why didn't he report it to the FBI or the LVPD? He could have come clean AND had the evidence to prove that he was being blackmailed.
Homer and DouglasDemocrat,
All I can say is that you two are well named for this site!
Well duh, who else would push that story? Do you understand how extortion/blackmailing works? Here's part of an article from the LVRJ on Sunday...
"One legal expert said just because a lawyer might have demanded money doesn't mean something criminal occurred.
"That sounds like any civil settlement," Las Vegas defense attorney Robert Langford said of the lawyer's alleged demands. "That's what lawyers do. We make demands for exorbitant amounts of money."
Hampton legally could demand money as part of a settlement agreement if he had a valid civil claim for, say, wrongful termination, Langford said. The demands become extortion if Hampton threatened Ensign with harm if he didn't comply.
He added, though: "One lawyer's zealous representation is another lawyer or district attorney's extortion."
Langford, who has no connection to Ensign's case, represented a couple accused of extorting Rene Angelil, singer Celine Dion's husband."
So what? How long did every major media outlet in the entire country know that not only was John Edwards having an affair, but had also gotten his mistress pregnant while his wife was being treated for cancer?
I don't recall that story making headline news in the RJ, the Sun, or practically any other liberal media outlet.
Adultry isn't important - unless it's committed by a REPUBLICAN - then it's headline news!!
Why? Because Republicans stand for 'family values'?? And Democrats don't? Or do they?
And if they do, why was the major media ducking for cover when they found out about Edwards MONTHS before the story was reported.
If timing is so important here (what did Fox know and when did they know it and how long did it take to disclose it) then I am sure the Sun will devote just as much time and effort to writing about what the media knew about John Edwards' affair, when they knew it, and why it took months to disclose the information.
Right??? Riiiiiggghhhhttttt .....
What's new? FOX NEWS doing what it does on a daily basis. Yep, that "fair & balanced" news network.... The thing that surprises me the most is the number of people who buy into all the crap that FOX NEWS come out with on a daily basis......
Only one in five Americans, however, now admit that they're Republican.....that's interesting! With FOX NEWS dong its daily spin, look for those numbers to reach one in six, followed by one in seven, and etc.....in other words, "what was the name of that right-wing nut case party that the retarded man from Texas led just a few years ago?"
Hmmmmmm.....Republican? Republican? I guess there was actually a political party by that name at one time...? Hard to believe.....
Ah, the information is slowly coming out and new facts are begining to drip...Drip...DRIP - sooner, or later, we will get to the truth. I'm hoping Ensign and his Staff are stupid enough to draw this story out for months, between now and Ensign's attempt at re-election in 2012!
We certainly don't need to hear anything more out of Ensign, or his office, about "family values" or "defense of marriage" or "gays" or anything that has anything to do with being "christian" or "honest" and "hard-working" - Ensign's grossly blatant hypocrisy has destroyed all of his credibility FOREVER!
All I want to hear from Ensign is answers taken under oath, about:
"Did you, Sen. Ensign (R-NV), abuse your power as an employer over this employee?"
"Did you, Sen. Ensign (R-NV) ever psychologically or physically abuse this employee?"
"Did you, Sen. Ensign, (R-NV) ever stalk this woman?"
"Did you, Sen. Ensign, (R-NV) ever commit any crimes of sexual predation on this woman?"
Then, there's the long list of questions about the money - oh yes, we must always remember to FOLLOW THE MONEY!
Everyone should go to U-tube and see the memos handed down at Fox News from above to make sure their reporters spin everything to the right.
Of course Fox News is lying about this. Of course they tipped off Ensign.
Anyone who believes any differently, I have a bridge I want to sell you.
Brian,
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you are a reasonable person(unlike homer, DD, et al). So like I (and newyorkrebel) asked before, what's the big deal about this? If a responsible news agency, like Fox News, received a letter such as Hampton's alleging misconduct by Ensign, shouldn't they have contacted both Hampton and Ensign to get further details before broadcasting the story? Now Fox News admitted contacting Hampton and why they didn't admit contacting Ensign I don't know, but if they didn't, (and I agree with you that they probably did), then they certainly should have.
But therein lies the reason why Hampton wrote to Fox News in the first place. This affair happened about a year ago and all the while Hampton has been quiet about it all the while collecting money and jobs from the Ensign campaign. So he threatens to go public with the story unless Ensign continues giving him money. But he purposefully doesn't go to CNN or MSNBC, because either of which would definitely go public with the story to discredit a Republican. No, instead Hampton goes to Fox News because there's a chance that Fox will cover this up and allow Ensign to pay off Hampton in order to keep it quiet. It's the oldest story in the book, follow the money. Ensign's a dirtball, I have no desire to save him, but Hampton and his lawyers are even worse.
mr Burns wrote on June 24, 2009 11:34 AM:
hey boys and girls this is now OLD news..
Born Againer Mark Sanford admitted five minutes ago he was 'exxxploring' more than the wilderness on his mystery voyage, saying he was "unfaithful to his wife"
So the question becomes...are there ANY GOP Jesus fans who ARE having sex with their wives?
Onward Christian soldiers...
MB
I would like to take credit for my great analysis (although in jest) of two days ago for mentioning that Gov. Sanford might be a fellow adultry traveler like Ensign. Let's just say that all GOP Bible thumpers are commiting adultry until proven otherwise.
"So the question becomes...are there ANY GOP Jesus fans who ARE having sex with their wives?"
I can answer that question for you...yes, there are some GOP Jesus fans (SC Gov Sanford amongst them since he has 4 sons with her) who are having sex with their wives.
Now my question is...how stupid does one have to be to ask the question which I just answered?
mred,
Let's just say that all GOP Bible thumpers are committing adultery until proven otherwise. Instead of congratulating yourself, in jest or otherwise, practice your spelling!
...hmmm...stupid enough to be Governor of Alaska/Nevada perhaps?
Tough to say.
But meanwhile..
Hey GOP Fans...only 160 days to Christmas...never too early to buy a collectible from the diminishing list of leadership clothing in support of the Immoral Minority Party..
South Carolina Jesus Fan/Stimulus Package Hater and '12 Contender Mark 'The Exxxplorer" Sanford has admitted to a year long affair with an Argentinian (oooh..how exotic!)
http://www.republicandepot.com/Mark_Sanf...
So get yourself a Mark Sanford For President Golf Shirt today and don't be caught with your pants down asking "what would Jesus wear?"
Stay classy, Las Vegas.
MB
"Well duh, who else would push that story? Do you understand how extortion/blackmailing works?"
Actually, yes I am familiar with how extortion works. I'm just using the word as Senator Ensign's staff has been using it.
Senator Ensign's staff claimed that the Senator was threatened with "extortion". If that's the word they're going to use, then they better have the information to back it up (up to and including a statement saying they contacted law enforcement). Otherwise, it's the wrong word to use and it becomes nothing but political spin.
And next you state that Hampton and his family were collecting money and jobs for over a year from Senator Ensign (which is true). If that was in exchange for their silence, then that's a crime as well. Again, why wasn't law enforcement contacted?
hmmm, so I ask a question...
"Now my question is...how stupid does one have to be to ask the question which I just answered?"
...and Mr Burns responds...
"...hmmm...stupid enough to be Governor of Alaska/Nevada perhaps?
Tough to say."
...but it was Mr Burns himself who asked the stupid question that I was referring to, not the Governor of Alaska/Nevada. So actually, it's not tough to say that Mr Burns is delusional at best and an outright idiot at worst. Of course, he could be both!
"I don't recall that story making headline news in the RJ, the Sun, or practically any other liberal media outlet."
The fact that you consider the Review-Journal a "liberal media outlet" pretty much discredits your entire argument.
The Review-Journal not only buried the Ensign story by day 3, they ran an editorial blaming "the left" for Senator Ensign's predicament.
You know...if you can see Russia from your house, or like to harass waitresses in parking lots, then you TOO might be a GOP governor/presidential contender.
Just keep it zipped up till '12 and thump your bible...and let the moral preaching and high end tax cuts begin!
MB
And, just for enteaser...
The ALWAYS credible Fox News identified Sanford as a Democrat during his sexy time news conference.
http://bit.ly/153QnV
Either it was intentional (where you'll find my $5 bet), or Fox News is so incompetent they aren't aware that Sanford's a republican. Which is it, enteaser?
Doug,
That's the 2nd time you've asked that question, and obviously I don't know. I certainly agree with you that they (FBI and law enforcement) should have been contacted, but why they weren't only Ensign knows.
I'm glad you realize now that your statement("The only one pushing that story is Senator Ensign") was "DUH". but you evidently missed this statement from the extortion lawyer, Robert Langford, about the subjective nature of extortion...
"One lawyer's zealous representation is another lawyer or district attorney's extortion."
"I don't recall that story making headline news in the RJ, the Sun, or practically any other liberal media outlet."
The fact that you consider the Review-Journal a "liberal media outlet" pretty much discredits your entire argument.
Doug,
The clause, "or practically any other liberal media outlet" coming directly after "the Sun", clearly modifies the Sun, not the Review-Journal.
You are clearly not so naive or stupid to know that so that pretty much discredits your entire argument.
JEEEEESHE! What is it with these radical, right-wing, neo-con, nut-case, psuedo-christian, married-with-kids Republican men?
Now, before we can even get all of the facts on Ensign's lying and cheating - Governor Mark Sanford, (Republican-SC) is back from his little "hike" only to drop the bomb-shell that he was really in Agrentina with HIS mistress - and she's a married woman with kids TOO!
I'm stunned, Stunned, STUNNED at this level of STUPIDITY!
The Republican National Committee obviously needs to hold an emergency session and come up with a plan to get their house in order NOW!
May I suggest: Leave the doors open, throw open the windows, turn on the air, and begin by TAKING OUT THE TRASH! The Republicans need to come up with a comprehensive plan to clean, repair and renovate their house from the foundation to the roof and wall-to-wall!
ROTFLMAO!
ksand,
You asked...
"Either it was intentional (where you'll find my $5 bet), or Fox News is so incompetent they aren't aware that Sanford's a republican. Which is it, enteaser?"
...I'll answer neither. Obviously, none of us mere mortals, including yourself, can know the motives/intentions of Fox News, or are you claiming to be divine like BHO? And I've seen Sanford identified as a Republican many times on Fox News so they are not so incompetent to not be aware that Sanford is a Republican.
The obvious answer, although disingenously not included in your two choices, is that Fox News made a mistake today if they called Sanford a Democrat. No big deal, Fox News never claimed to be perfect, just fair and balanced. I didn't see it by the way, which is why I say "if" because from your duplicitous posts here, I wouldn't trust your version of anything!
Only a Faux News apologist would decline to answer that question. Further: it's not the first time. They previously chose to identify republican teen boy stalker Mark Foley as a Democrat. They have also identified failed presidential candidate John McCain as a Democrat.
Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
But hey, far be it from me to help dig your head out of the sand. Continue on, teaser.
The Conservative movement is dying.
It was on it's way out even before Bush killed it.
The demographics tell the story.
Fox News is #1 because it's the only place the dittoheads can go to
get their raw meat. Even though they represent only 24% of the electorate,
there are enough of them to make Hannity, Beck and O'Reilly rich, while
the Conservative movement continues to shrink.
The average age of the Fox News/Limbaugh fan is 65+.
The piety of Republican politicians has almost always been a cynical
ploy to get votes for their big business agenda.
The world is changing, as it always does. Time for the deadwood to step aside.
Comment removed by staff.
MJB,
As Mark Twain might have said, the death of the Conservative Movement has been greatly exaggerated. This is from a June 15th story...
"PRINCETON, NJ -- Thus far in 2009, 40% of Americans interviewed in national Gallup Poll surveys describe their political views as conservative, 35% as moderate, and 21% as liberal.
Call them out, Las Vegas Sun-
and don't let up.
Get this festering boil lanced so we can get on with legislative business and replace those who are "deeply sorry" on our time.
Accountability-seems pretty dang scarce in politics
and Fox needs a nosebleed for such pathetic and loony behavior.
Follow through on this, please?
I don't care how sick of it we get-all these scandals seem to d..r..i..f..t a..w..a..y
Enteaser you got your figures confused. The poll said only 21% of respondents admitted to being Republicans, not liberals. Reread the poll or post a link.
The poll showed a dying Republican party, a less than impressive count for Democrats, and a ton of Americans who think both parties suck. Which is probably the closest thing to the truth.
AngryReader,
No, I quoted the first line of the story...here's the link...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/conser...
...please post your apology here(I will not be holding my breath)
Enteaser, I saw the same thing on Fox, they identified Sanford as a Democrat, not as a Republican. There's also a link to a screengrab of the event. As others pointed out, this is not the first time. The least you could do is be intellectually honest and acknowledge their frequent errors.
It's also intellectually dishonest to believe they are fair and balanced. That doesn't excuse the Obama groupies at MSNBC, but at least admit Fox heavily leans to the right.
edgewise.
You ask me to be intellectually honest and acknowledge their frequent errors....hmmmm, what did I say in my very first post about this?
"The obvious answer, although disingenously not included in your two choices, is that Fox News made a mistake today if they called Sanford a Democrat. No big deal, Fox News never claimed to be perfect, just fair and balanced."
...now who is being intellectually dishonest? Why it's edgewise!
John Edwards - Senator - affair - national media - no reporting - NINE months
John Ensign - Senator - affair - one network - (Fox News) - no reporting - THREE days
One more time: why is it headline news in the Sun when Fox holds a story three days and NOT headline news when the entire national media holds the same story about a Democrat for NINE MONTHS, in the middle of a presidential election no less??
FOX NEWS = STATE TV
the GOP morality peddlers would do well to read the Bible instead of thumping it :-)
looooooossssssers! btw...who would WANT to have an affair with them??? yuck
For all you people who think Fox News is the only biased news network: What about ABC running what amounts to a 30-minute infomercial on Obama's government-run health care plan tonight WHILE REFUSING TO ACCEPT ANY COMMERCIALS THAT COUNTER OBAMA'S PLAN?
Yes, Fox News is slanted ... but no more so than ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC and CNN.
Oops, the above-mentioned ABC infomercial is 60 MINUTES LONG, not 30 minutes. Forgive me.
Hey, we don't "think" Fox News is the only biased news network - we KNOW how television journalism has devolved into entertainment with advertising and a biased news slant on ALL channels! Fox News is just the worst/best example of what's happened to the American version of propaganda!
MSNBC is slanted to the left - and none of them do a good enough job of just reporting the facts and leaving the commentary to the talk shows - that's all because of the pressure of building ratings!
Get real people, if you're really interested, you have to do more than make decisions based on 30 second sound-bites! Your ignorance is giving your power away! Do your homework, and vote responsibly! I'm all for debate, but, let's fight fair based on the facts shall we?
Which letter in MSNBC stands for "news"? That's the main difference. MSNBC admits they are opinion. Fox NEWS? Get the difference?
Carrie, to say Fox News is "slanted" to the right is like saying Perez Hilton is slightly gay.
Not the "liberal media bias" again...
The same "liberal media" that had 2 Republicans for every 1 Democratic politician during the Bush administration, and still has that same 2 R to 1 D ratio during the Obama Administration?
The same "liberal media" where Newt Gingrich and Karl Rove can get all the air time they want, but Paul Krugman has to practically throw a rock through a window to get noticed?
The same "liberal media" that couldn't stop yammering about Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers or whatever other picayune story that came along?
THAT "liberal media"?
I am guessing the reason the Sun ran the Ensign story more quickly and more prominently than Edwards is because maybe, perhaps, just maybe...Ensign is Nevada's senator and we happen to live in Nevada? That means LOCAL NEWS, of which the Las Vegas Sun covers. Conversely, John Edwards' affair = Not Nevada = NATIONAL NEWS. The Sun is not a national news media vehicle. Just a thought.
Sorry to shoot down your silly 'liberal media bias' theory. If you were really concerned about partisan censorship in media, perhaps we can talk about the RJ?
You mean FOX NEWs lied? What a shocker!!!
I would have no probelme with FOX NEWS if they were not based on a BIG LIE. They are not and never have been "Fair and Balanced."
FOX: "Clinton did it too, Let's bring on Newt and Dick Morris and maybe even RUSH to talk about this news event." (Takes one to know one.)
Did you notice Sanford's kids look more like their pool boy, than GOV. Sanford?
At least Sanford had an affair with the wife of a successful multinational businessman, Ensign was bottom fishing in the secretarial pool.
Don't worry Las Vegas, Heidi "Ice Age Sid" Harris will dig and get to the bottom of this. Because you all know , When you think of integrity, you think Sid!
Tells you all you need to know about FAUX News!
enteaser, Now Hampton has threatened Ensign? Hampton never extorted the lying Ensign and anyone except an out of contol nut job right winger knows it.You are pathological! Hampton should have punched Ensign in his lying face.
And by the way who are you to tell people how to post and correct their spelling. Just another extremest,high handed right winger when confronted and put in their place diverts to insults and changing the issues.
From all of your ridiculous posts and the fact the Sun has removed some of your insane rants tells everyone you are a nut job. Now grow up. Ensign is a liar and a hypocrite who is DONE, and you should be too.
Again, sounds like a bunch of crothy of men, liberal ctrothy old men. How in the hell, can you NOT notice that the media is biased. How can you be alive and NOT see that. I can not even take someone seriously if they can not even distiguish something so damn obvious to a reasonable person. I watch all networks and I see it DAILY. Hello! What a bunch of screaming Liberals! I see ignorance everyday and many of the "experts" on opinions blogging here are part of that.
"I watch all networks and I see it DAILY."
Then how can you everything I posted, and yet STILL claim the media is liberal?
The "liberal media" died in the 1990's when media consolidation occurred. It's a tired meme, and "working the refs" by claiming it still bends left is a falsehood that should be denounced.
Really WHO CARES? When President Clinton messed around it didn't bother anyone...Now this is all blown out of proportion... We need to quit getting distracted by the "noise" and start focusing on getting this country back on track...Common are we still in high school? I mean seriously...Can we all just grow up....
"rvep" you are simply DEAD WRONG! There were a lot of Democrats bothered by Clinton's totally innapprorpriate misbehavior - and when Clinton lied under oath - there were lots, and lots of Democrats that were outraged!
So, stop the stupid, broad-brush assumptions will way?
Going back to follow the rule of law IS GROWING UP!
Attention ALL U.S. senators, congressional representatives, and state governors:
* Which one of you HASN'T had an affair?
* Which one of you ISN'T beholden to someone or something?
* Now PROVE IT!
I really don't give a rats' behind about party affiliation. As far as I'm concerned, 98.9% of all elected officials are slime bags. Very sad state, don'tcha think?
You're all a bunch of fifth graders. Go do something meaningful.
Best estimates are that approximately 95% of the Republican Party and 75% of the Democratic Party are corrupt - so, it's around 70% that should be voted out ASAP!
The good news is we've still got about 30% of our elected representatives in Washington, D.C. trying to do the right thing, with dignity and due respect for our democracy!
Defending democracy is a daily duty!