Fox News Complains About ABC's "Unprecedented Access," Ignores Their Own (VIDEO)

Next week, ABC News plans to air a news special entitled "Questions for the President: Prescription for America," which will afford President Barack Obama the opportunity to field questions on his plan for health care reform. This has given the good folks at Fox News a big old sad, because of ABC's "unprecedented access" and the very limited opportunity available for Griff Jenkins to dress up like the ghost of Thomas Paine, "ambush" the participants, and blame ACORN for rationing health care, like we were from Saskatoon or something. Karl Rove says that what ABC is doing has never been done before! Sean Hannity claims journalism is dead! Gnashing of teeth, rending of garments, vows to run counterprogramming, loud noises!

But, of course, this whole thing is ridiculous. Didn't Fox News enjoyed "unprecedented access" to the the White House during the presidency of George W. Bush? And wasn't that access so unprecedented that Bret Baier, of Fox News, stood in front of teevee cameras, declaring it to be unprecedented? And didn't Baier get to go mountain biking with President Bush and fly around on Air Force One and stuff? And didn't Fox also get "unprecedented access" to the Vice President as well? Jesus, wasn't it only weeks ago that NBC News had unprecedented access to the White House, where they all bought hamburgers and plugged Conan O'Brien's move to the Tonight Show? Yes, of course, all these things are true. But here's a mashup video from Daily Kos, that shows the total absurdity of these claims that ABC is getting "unprecedented access" to the White House.

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My God! Did you know that mash-up videos making fun of Fox for complaining about "unprecedented access" to the White House aren't even themselves unprecedented? It's true!

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Anyway, maybe now everyone can drop the whole issue of unprecedented territorial pissing and maybe do an analysis of health care reform policy on the merits, which would actually be without precedent!

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Comments

[jayevans20]

Keith Olberman said it best last night on Worst persons in the world. Keith mentioned how Fox news had unpresidented news coverage of the white house courtesy of Carl Rove. Can any one spell
Hip ocri te without fox news? I don't think so.

[kcmookie]

Man dude, it is HYPOCRITE.

[Ubikwity]

It's nearly as annoying as O whining about the negative coverage he gets from FOX.

[kcmookie]

Or equally as annoying as your douchebagg­ery...

[jayevans20]

Keith Olberman said it best last night on Worst persons in the world. Keith mentioned how Fox news had unpresidented news coverage of the white house courtesy of Carl Rove. Can any one spell Hipocrite without fox news? I don't think so.

[captainigor]

Dear Faux News:

P!$$ OFF!!!

--regards,
the White House

[cyclobenzaprine9]

And Fox News had unlimited access to W's bathroom, 24/7.

[dzent1]

For snorting coke and whackin' off.

[progressiveguy100]

Ok this is laughable. For the eight Bush years they practically had an office in the WH Press office. What a joke these guys are.

[Dustee]

Hypocrite number one...Fox News Channel.

http://www.dailykostv.com/w/001852/

[JessWonderin]

So the next question is:

Why didn't Fox use it's "access" to verify and REPORT the JOHN ENSIGN AFFAIR when they got the LETTER five days before the "Press Conference"???

Seems THAT GOP access should have been used to do some NEWS . . .

naw . . . better attacking the man cleaning up "the mess" . . . .

[zent4]

They get unprecedented access to the likes of Rove, Cheney, Limbaugh, Behner etc. Oh I forgot, nobody else cares about them but Fox

[jazzycafe]

That was highly amusing. Wow, that was the best example yet of the blatant lies that Fox News tells its audience on a regular basis. Rove and Hannity sitting there just outright lying to the devoted, mindless crowd out there.

That is what these guys at Fox think of you out there who watch them. They think that little of you, that you are so ignorant, incapable of thinking for yourselves. Bravo, Fox News fans.

[SCboy]

These guys have been through the looking glass too many times. They should take their act to Broadway and call it "FOX in Wonderland­." Cast suggetions:

Alice -- Nicole Wallace
Caterpillar -- Karl Rove
Mad Hatter -- Sean Hannity
Queen of Hearts -- Megyn Kelly
Cheshire Cat -- Steve (Doofy) Doocy

[luvangelHussein330]

LOL!!!

[TomFox]

Great casting...­.do you think they could take it on the road?

[hrholmes]

well that's IT! I'm calling for a 9 alarm Wahmbulance!

[jazzycafe]

Fox News should just be happy enough that they have unlimited access to their ultra right wing idol, Sarah Palin.

[JessWonderin]

Did they cover the "Letterman 15"?????

[MyGuyO]

It's now our turn Faux News. We took it constantly for 8 years of the Bush Admin.

Eat your hearts out.

[kdlaiusa]

Their news is faux, and now whining is also faux. This news channel is hopeless. Would people please stop watching it if you have some decency left.

[truthartbeauty]

Sean Hannity wouldn't know real journalism if it jumped on him and fkd him.

[Shayrae]

LOL. Methinks you're right. Interesting scenario that.