Obama Fox News Shut Out Continues

Patrick Gavin at FishbowlDC has been documenting who Barack Obama has called on for questions at his transition press conferences, and notes that the President-elect continues to sideline reporters from Fox News. Fox has gone 0 for 5 "since the election." Of course, news of who got the privilege of asking a question today sort of puts this in hilarious perspective:

UPDATE: Questions went to Liz Sidoti (AP), Caren Bohan (Reuters), Jake Tapper (ABC), Peter Baker (NYT), John McCormick (Tribune), Tribune, Dean Reynolds (CBS).

Wow. So Dean Reynolds, the "whiny-whinerpuss" diva who famously complained about how bad the Obama plane smelled and how rotten he was getting treated on the trail by the Obama campaign, gets to ask a question and Fox doesn't? HA HA BURN.

Comments

[cmp]

12:12 PM on 12/24/2008

EXCUSE ME!! Fox news $hits on Obama time and time again, and he's suppose to give them the floor? WHY? Good for you President Obama. My mother always told me that when people talk bad about you, don't defend yourself, just walk away. That advice has always worked for me. Let them think what they want; they're going to anyway.

[DyslexicPalindrome]

12:58 PM on 12/03/2008

No "Fox News" is Good News :)

[meede]

09:42 AM on 12/03/2008

Happy to see CNN didn't get a question. In one of last week's press conferences, CNN asked what was a multi-part question so maybe they'll be left off for the number of parts. Works for me as CNN believes themselves to have 'entitlement'.

[youknowwhat]

08:29 AM on 12/03/2008

When Obama said that he thought that wives were off limits, even Mccains, I think he meant it. Fox ignored his request. I'm thinking this is some payback.

[rasit]

07:50 PM on 12/02/2008

When Fox News becomes REALLY "Fair and Balanced", then may be its correspondents will be called.

[karela]

07:03 PM on 12/02/2008

Fox doesn't contribute anything of value. Why give them assistance.

[lisakaz2]

06:13 PM on 12/02/2008

What's the point in having them ask a question? They won't. It'll just be an excuse for them to get in some talking point disguised as a question. Who's got time for that?

[geaaronson]

05:55 PM on 12/02/2008

FOX NEWS is a news organization?!!!! I thought they were a political party.

[zenaby56]

05:44 PM on 12/02/2008

It will be interesting how FAX takes it. I am glad to see that this is happening.They have provided the most distorted and dangerous kind of reporting, and not just on this election. Fox promotes hate and divisiveness and is bad for this country!

[Whatashame]

05:24 PM on 12/02/2008

The most painful thing you can do to someone is ignore them. Pretend they don't exist.

[karela]

07:06 PM on 12/02/2008

Yeah. And guess what? If all the news is about you and you ignore them and cut them out enough and for long enough--------then they just might begin to disappear for real. They've grown like crazy during the past eight years because they were direct mouth pieces for the Bush administration. There's a new kid in town Fox. You're irrelevant history. As in the fading away of Morgana, we forget you into oblivion.

[SwingVoter]

05:24 PM on 12/02/2008

A four year shut-out would be more appropriate.

[ron1000]

04:54 PM on 12/02/2008

Fox News(GOPTV) correspondents are not journalist, they are messengers for Roger Ailes.

[brooklyncitizen]

04:47 PM on 12/02/2008

I didn't realize Fox had reporters.

[feliznavidad]

07:22 PM on 12/02/2008

No reporters. Just talking heads -- or the other end.

[snesich]

04:44 PM on 12/02/2008

I only hope that Obama keeps it up! Fox "News" is not a legitimate news organization. They're a right-wing propaganda machine, designed to help conservative and Republican candidates and their corporate clients.

Don't ever call on those Murdoch lackeys and dirtbags, President Obama. They don't deserve any acknowledgement. They're the lowest of the low.

[neocon666]

04:35 PM on 12/02/2008

The fact that Fox isn't getting any first hand information for their stories shouldn't effect the content of their "news" broadcasts, since they never used facts to begin with.