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Summary: Fox News hosts and contributors have criticized President Obama for shaking hands with Hugo Chavez, but a Media Matters search of the Nexis database found no examples in 2002 of Fox News personalities criticizing President Bush's handshake with Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov, whose government the State Department has condemned for human rights abuses.
Fox obsesses over Obama-Chavez handshake, but ignored Bush's handshake with Uzbekistani president
Seeded on Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:22 AM EDT
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But a Media Matters for America search* of the Nexis database found no examples in 2002 of Fox News personalities criticizing President Bush's handshake with Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov, which took place during a White House photo op in March of that year.
"Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with limited civil rights" where police and the National Security Service (NSS) -- identified as "the former KGB" -- "committed a number of killings of prisoners in custody."
It further noted, "Although the law prohibits these practices, both police and the NSS routinely tortured, beat, and otherwise mistreated detainees to obtain confessions, which they then used to incriminate the detainees.
Police also used suffocation, electric shock, rape, and other sexual abuse."
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#1 - Tue Apr 21, 2009 6:26 AM EDT
"The Nexis database found no examples in 2002 of Fox News personalities criticizing President Bush's handshake with Uzbekistani President Islam Karimov, whose government the State Department has condemned for human rights abuses."
No, and there are likely no examples to be found. Has FoxNews ever really criticized President Bush for anything? It's not like they're not in the business of equal time, fairness, or impartiality.
"Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with limited civil rights" where police and the National Security Service (NSS) -- identified as "the former KGB" -- "committed a number of killings of prisoners in custody."
It further noted, "Although the law prohibits these practices, both police and the NSS routinely tortured, beat, and otherwise mistreated detainees to obtain confessions, which they then used to incriminate the detainees.
Police also used suffocation, electric shock, rape, and other sexual abuse."
Another reason why Fox News wouldn't dare call attention to President Karimov and Uzbekistan's human right abuses, during the meeting with President Bush, is that they so perfectly parallel the Bush administrations human rights violations.
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#2 - Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:02 AM EDTNo, and there are likely no examples to be found. Has FoxNews ever really criticized President Bush for anything? It's not like they're not in the business of equal time, fairness, or impartiality.
And Fox continues to confirm this.
- 6 votes
#3 - Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:06 AM EDTSay what you will about Olbermann and MSNBC, both Olbermann and Maddow do and will call out Dems when they feel they are in the wrong. Can anyone imagine Beck or O'Reilly calling any Repub out?
- 7 votes
JonesGirl:
You are correct in your comment re Olbermann. A few nights ago he really lambasted Obama on the non-prosecution of Bush Admin torturers!
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This was a link on another seed here. It shows how childish Fox News really is.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x8355723#8355873
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