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The Fox On Fox On Fox Emails

Since I’ve gone to FoxCT I’ve noticed a misconception held by some people who’ve never watched us. They think FoxCT is Fox News.

Since I’ve gone to FoxCT I’ve noticed a misconception held by some people who’ve never watched us. They think FoxCT is Fox News. The people who tell me that do not like Fox News.

I wish you well, but personal principles prevent me from EVER watching Fox News.

A commenter on my blog posted that Saturday. She would probably like us. She’ll give it a try because I’m asking nicely. I can’t get to everyone.

We are associated with FNC, but only in the barest way. They have nothing to do with the way we assign or report news. We do use some items from their straight news reporters like Wendell Goler and Claudia Cowen. These people are down-the-middle reporters. We are also affiliated with CNN and use their reports.

We carry Fox News Sunday. We carry it like we carry The Simpsons and American Idol.

You wont see O’Reilly, Hannity, Beck or Greta on our air.

Fox is owned by News Corp. I work for Tribune Company. We are co-owned, co-located, co-staffed and co-managed with the esteemed Hartford Courant.

I work with people who do a very good job. It’s definitely a step up. Give us a try.

My Two Cents On Keith Olbermann’s Suspension

I am a believer in taking the high road and standing by your principles. Keith Olbermann walked away from his. Corporate policies aside that’s sad in the abstract.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock you’ve heard by now MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann is off-the-air for violating an NBC News policy. He donated to a political campaign without permission. Donating in and of itself is not against the rules. Permission from management is, however, required.

Others like Joe Scarborough have given to campaigns in the past. Scarborough followed the rules. No harm, no foul.

MSNBCs reacted swiftly.

I became aware of Keith’s political contributions late last night. Mindful of NBC News policy and standards, I have suspended him indefinitely without pay. – Phil Griffin MSNBC president

I’ve read a lot of people supporting Keith. Not me. Not this time. It has nothing to do with the program itself (though Keith became a little over-the-top over time) or its political bent.

Simply put MSNBC did the right thing.

My lack of support has nothing to do with other cable anchor/commentators making donations (as Rachel Maddow argued in her own commentary in support of KO). It has everything to do with Olbermann’s earlier criticism of Fox News for its political contributions and the political fundraising and drumbeating of ts ‘stars.’

I am a believer in taking the high road and standing by your principles. Keith Olbermann walked away from his. Corporate policies aside that’s sad in the abstract.

Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center called Olbermann “the worse hypocrite in the world.” It’s not that the conservative Bozell needed an excuse to rail against anyone on MSNBC, but here he is fully justified. The mere act of Olbermann making a contribution was totally hypocritical!

I hope the suspension is temporary. It was necessary.

NPR Was Wrong To Fire Juan Williams

I have thought about that day many times and have tried to use it positively to make me a better person. I am not proud of what was going on in my head.

Juan Williams the analyst was fired from NPR because of comments he made on Fox News where he also worked. On the face of it that doesn’t seem right. It’s not right when you look deeper either!

It’s not often I agree with Michelle Malkin or Bill O’Reilly. I do one here. I will side with the politically right who feel Williams was jobbed.

“I mean, look, Bill, I’m not a bigot. You know the kind of books I’ve written about the civil rights movement in this country. But when I get on the plane, I got to tell you, if I see people who are in Muslim garb and I think, you know, they are identifying themselves first and foremost as Muslims, I get worried. I get nervous.” – Juan Williams on Fox News “The O’Reilly Factor

As soon as I read that I thought of a similar story from my life. Stef was young. She and I had gone to New York City. We were on our way to the Museum of Natural History when we boarded the Uptown Express instead of the local.

As we blew by 81st Street I realized we were the only white people on the train and were headed to 125th Street Harlem where we’d have to get off, walk upstairs to the mezzanine, walk back to the downtown platform and hop a local to the museum. I was upset. I was apprehensive.

We got on the downtown train not far from a group of young black men in their teens and twenties. They were a little loud, but not in a disturbing way. I held Stef close to my side because I was fearful.

I am writing about bigotry within me. It was unfounded. I was not threatened. I should not have judged those young men based on their age or the color of their skin. I was wrong. I still had the fear.

I have thought about that day many times and have tried to use it positively to make me a better person. I am not proud of what was going on in my head.

Juan Williams was making a parallel point.

To have real dialog we have to confront our own weaknesses. Looking back on what Williams said makes it clear he was doing just that.