Clinton Surrogate Ed Rendell Praises Fox News For "Most Objective," "Balanced" Coverage

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Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, a strong supporter and prominent surrogate of the Hillary Clinton campaign, appeared on Fox News' morning show "Fox & Friends" today and praised the network for its "objective" and "balanced" coverage.

"I think during this entire primary coverage, starting in Iowa and up to the present, Fox has done the fairest job, has remained the most objective of all the cable networks," Rendell told host Steve Doocy. "You actually have done a very balanced job of reporting the news, and some of the other stations are just caught up with Senator Obama, who is a great guy, but Senator Obama can do no wrong, and Senator Clinton can do no right."

Doocy told Rendell, "I just had a tingling in my leg when you were talking about that," a reference to MSNBC host Chris Matthews, who has been criticized for unfairly treating Hillary Clinton and who once announced on air that he felt a "thrill going up his leg" during an Obama speech.

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Recently, "Fox & Friends" was the center of mayhem at the network, when an anchor walked off set over a dispute about Obama's comments on race and "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace railed against the network for what he called "two hours of Obama-bashing." "Fox & Friends" hosts later claimed the walk-off stunt was a joke, and Wallace admitted that he regretted speaking out against his network.


 
 

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Now watch as he CLEARLY lies about the Florida Democrats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs-SAYaJKN4

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:42 AM on 04/02/2008

so it was this guy that did "inhale"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:47 AM on 04/02/2008

I'm from Philly......WTF happened to Ed Rendell? This man was our mayor...a damn fine one . What
have the Clintons promised Ed? Or....His wife Midge?
.
I don't know what happened to you. ED.......you have been looking and acting like a damn fool.
You could have supported Hillary without selling your soul.

Yo Ed!!! .....You're dead to me

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:44 PM on 04/01/2008

and me, another Pennsylvanian

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:23 PM on 04/02/2008

THE CLINTON'S HAVE 936 FBI FILES. DO YOU THINK THAT THEY ONLY HAD FILES ON THE GOP? GET REAL. IT IS NOT WHAT THEY HAVE PROMISED RENDELL OR HIS WIFE, IT IS THE FBI FILES.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:03 AM on 04/02/2008

Someone should ask Hilliary Clinton (the hypocrite) when she is going to ask Governor Rendell to denounce and reject Louis Farrakhan . Read the story (Philadelphia Mayor Joins Farrakhan to Calm Ethnic Tensions) at the following website. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE1DD173FF936A25757C0A961958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:45 PM on 04/01/2008

Funny how Huffington took this off the main page.

Funny how Olbermans worst person award for Walmart is front page, but nothing who beat Walmart last night............. Ed Rendell.

This primary is going to hurt these surrogates in their next round of primaries.
If I was running against Rendell for that nomination I would just play this video over and over:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEb0njdbsOg

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:48 PM on 04/01/2008

Funny he's all cosy to FOX now. They continue to promote that Sen. Obama is Muslim, reported incorrectly her attended a madrassa, and used his middle name to continue to scare its viewers among other things. Obama, rightfully, has decided not to engage FOX news because of their extreme bias, so Sen. Clinton and her supporters are all that's left for FOX to interview.

On the other hand, MSNBC's Morning Joe is pro-Clinton, but I watch it because he doesn't make such outrageous accusations about Obama. The Governor certainly knows should Sen. Clinton or Sen. Obama get the nomination FOX will wage an all out war against either of them. What a silly thing for him to have said!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:55 AM on 04/01/2008

Doesn't Gov. Rendell understand that Fox is harsher on Obama because he's going to be the nominee? He must not have gotten the memo. Only a Clintonite would lavish praise on the ultimate media appendage of the Bush Administration, Fox News. Simply absurd.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:48 AM on 04/01/2008

I am sorry, but anyone who thinks, let alone says, that Fox News is the most objective and balanced coverage is out of their mind. Fox News would try to take a story about an old lady walking down the street and turn it into "Old Ladies walk the streets looking for little children to eat".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:03 AM on 04/01/2008

I'm happy that Governor Rendell said what I've been thinking. Until the last few months, I didn't watch FOX as I considered it propaganda only. Now NBC and MSNBC have stooped even lower. There"s no pretense of news reporting there; it"s the Obama PR network. Fox"s talking heads are indeed more professional than Matthews, Carlson, Olbermann, Shuster, and Brzezinski. When this group is on the air, I expect to hear a statement that says "I'm Barack Obama, and I approve this message"

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:50 AM on 04/01/2008

pffft

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:49 AM on 04/02/2008

Yes, because reporting actual truths, like "hillary lied about bosnia" and "hillary can't catch up" is a terrible bias!

I hate to point out that "anti obama" does not equal "fair and unbiased".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 PM on 04/01/2008

If I had to pick , I would choose FOX to MSNBC also these days.
He is correct !
More balanced than the incessent partisan Mathews/Olberman !

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:48 AM on 04/01/2008

it isnt THESE DAYS bul..................fox has always given two sides......of every issue...something the other two commie stations NEVER DO.....

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:40 AM on 04/01/2008

Who's drinking the Kool-aid now?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:27 AM on 04/01/2008

The kindest thing to say of Ed Rendell is that he like, McCain are having
Senior Moments.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:16 AM on 04/01/2008

rendell is on his way out with fox, bush and clinton...end the drama, vote obama.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:39 AM on 04/01/2008

It's odd that Fox has been more even-handed. But Rendell is right

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:41 AM on 04/01/2008

You are talking about the same Fox news that continues to bring up Hillary's connection to Vince Foster and has asked whether Hillary would have a "PMS meltdown during a time of national crises"?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:39 AM on 04/01/2008

True. And that's a scary fact. The reason they've been actually objective is they can wait until after the DNC Convention to once again distort for their Republican candidate.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:05 AM on 04/01/2008

I am trying to desperately to stop smoking and to delete FOX news from my cable lineup. I do not want my kids exposed to either one of those ills.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:16 AM on 04/01/2008

let me guess nan......you dont mind if your kids hear
cnn........................the commie news network????

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:40 AM on 04/01/2008

It is always so funny to hear Yanks make that kind of plainly silly statement. But, if you should like to read actual news try news.bbc.co.uk - you might actually get out of the he said/she said silliness laced with a bazillion commercials that is the forte of the so-called news media of the US. And then you might actually eventually learn that this is about the only country where there remains any level of support for the war on Iraq (note I did not say "in Iraq"), that socialized medicine in general actually works, is far more humane and delivers better value for money than the US insurance company perverted system. All the best love, maybe someday this forever adolescent country will actually grow up. Most likely after the place achieves bankruptcy due to the plainly idiotic economic policies trumpeted by the likes of Fox News and the Republican party. Folks, the party is just about over - now comes the hangover of being the world's most indebted country. Well done.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:03 AM on 04/02/2008

What is going on with the governors in the metropolitan area? For a moment I thought that Ed Rendell might restore some sense of credibility to the office of governors in this area in the aftermath all that has been going on, however his comments about Fox news being' balanced and fair ' unfortunately just reinforced my fears that some sort of insanity seems to be prevalent in that high office.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:04 AM on 04/01/2008

I grew up in Philadelphia. One of my college friends was Rendell's deputy press secretary while he served as mayor. I knew him as a charismatic and intelligent Mayor...He saw Philly thru some tuff times and helped to heal and rebuild after the Goode Fiasco. Who is THIS guy? What does he owe the Clintons? Lately, he comes off as a lowly lackey. A goon. A Made Man. Suddenly the former Mayor of Philadelphia is praising Fox like a good Republican? Yo Eddie, you're dead to me!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:04 AM on 04/01/2008

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. HRC AND BILL HAVE 936 FBI FILES FROM THEIR TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE. YOU DON'T THINK THEY ONLY HAD THE FILES ON THE GOP. WHY WOULD RENDELL ACT LIKE THIS NOW?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:00 AM on 04/02/2008

Keith Olbermann was actually being PRO Clinton when he chastised Rendell for saying that nonsene. He listed all the bad things that Fox said about Clinton. I bet the governor feels like a first class fool after hearing all the bad stuff they say about Hilary what part of that is objective.

I maintain people have NO CLUE what objective reporting means they just throw it around as some vague concept to mean that theya re not criticizing a candidate. If the canddiate isnt doing anything substantive that is worthy of criticism are they suppose to make it up fabricate it. They are good news and bad news and people make a choice whats substantive that means there is NO such thing as objective reporting.Unless a robot is writing the news it has to bias to a certain degree.

Keith Olbermann is the best thing going. No one criticizes the Bush administration and their attack on Civil liberties like he does. Thats what the media is suppose to do be the 4th Branch of government to give the American people the truth about their govermnent. People like Lou Dobbs and Joe Scarborough are joke in that department.

McCain says he didnt expect the Shia/Shia violence evne though there was tensions to the contrary. Obama response he is not suprise by it because it fits in with his analysis.

Thank goodness for Keith or the doddering McCain would be getting a free ride.

Carol

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:00 AM on 04/01/2008

Oh wow, now there's news. Keith Olbermann found a new list of bad things to say about Clinton--and got to blame it on Fox.!Talk about a "tingling feeling"!

I haven't watched Fox's coverage but no one could be more biased than MSNBC.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:43 PM on 04/01/2008

keith olberman is the best thing going.....good freaking grief...the man lies like a rug...but i guess a liberal WOULDNT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.................

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:41 AM on 04/01/2008

Do you even read the articles on the Huffington Post? Stop spewing your hatred and ignorance and go educate yourself.

P.S.

Stop watching Fox News. They are brainwashing you.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:13 AM on 04/02/2008

Example please.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:31 AM on 04/01/2008

I too, am doing what I thought I would never have to resort to - preferring Fox News because if they are going to bash the Democrats, at least they do it equally

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:43 AM on 04/01/2008

Question is...who has their finger on the scale of balance....news isn't even from day to day.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:55 AM on 04/02/2008

ed, ed, ed ...hatched up any blowing up little kid plots lately????????
Don't they have recall's in the keystone state????????
Would this ASSHAT sell his own mother into a russian slavery ring to get his "hillamatrix" nominated??????
And another thing whats with the combover coloring ...it's not working playboy!!!!!!!!
BUT A Heartfelt congrats on WINNING WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD this evening ......YOU TRULY DESERVE IT.
AND I would like to nominate the most Dishonorable hack from PA, for worst person in ETERNITY.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:30 AM on 04/01/2008

Now there's a guy who knows the meaning of the word "loyalty". Unfortunately he doesn't know the meaning of the word "truth".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:21 AM on 04/01/2008

Billary must have promised Ed Rendell a job. And talking about being a Judas, the only reason he was elected was due to the votes of blacks in Philadelphia. All those wonderful, god-fearing people in the middle of the state don't take kindly to Jews (like Rendell) or blacks.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:13 AM on 04/01/2008

The man has gone delusional. Got no respect for him anymore!

I guess birds of the same feather flock together.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:51 PM on 03/31/2008

I agree, I used to like him, anyone who has a "serious" interview with Doocy, or whatever that flakes name is has to be delusional. Maybe Fox has offered him a job.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:17 AM on 04/01/2008

Rendell could atleast have the decency to wipe Murdochs spooge off his chin before he goes to the camera.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:28 PM on 03/31/2008