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Title: Clintonista-Obamunist Robt. Reich caught in another lie: Fox News that didn't exist in '94 led '94 conservative charge
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Big Journalism
URL Source: http://bigjournalism.com/fross/2010 ... d-conservative-charge-in-1994/
Published: Jan 27, 2010
Author: Frank Ross
Post Date: 2010-01-27 02:25:18 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: Reich, Obama, Clinton, Fox News, 1994
Views: 564
Comments: 4
Former Obama economic advisor, Clinton Secretary of Labor, and Berkely Prof. Robert Reich claimed yesterday in his column at Salon.com that Fox News played a role in the conservative resurgence of 1994: But Prof. Reich overlooked one minor detail: Fox News Channel’s first broadcast wasn’t until October 7, 1996. The plan for FNC wasn’t even outlined until , so what could explain such a patently false claim? Is the professor suggesting that even in 1994, Fox News’ imminence did in fact play a role in the political upheaval of that year? Or is this a moment where Fox Derangement Syndrome enters the realm of full-blown paranoia? Either way, where was Salon on this one to save Reich from himself? And would Prof. Reich tolerate fact-checking this poor from his college students? Just wondering.
In December 1994, Bill Clinton proposed a so-called middle-class bill of rights including more tax credits for families with children, expanded retirement accounts, and tax-deductible college tuition. Clinton had lost his battle for healthcare reform. Even worse, by that time the Dems had lost the House and Senate. Washington was riding a huge anti-incumbent wave. Right-wing populists were the ascendancy, with Newt Gingrich and Fox News leading the charge. Bill Clinton thought it desperately important to assure Americans he was on their side.
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#1. To: Happy Quanzaa (#0)
Reich is the end result of gravity compressing a formally 6'2" gentleman into dwarf. Today he's best suited for seasonal elf work.
***GASP*** Meanwhile...where are the WMD's?
This title seems off from the link...
Reich routinely makes things up, tells the world, and never responds when busted as he is here.
Still pretending Long Island is Manhattan? (laughing)
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