ladyliberal
Progressive Princess
- Aug 5, 2011
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odd. for being in such a tizzy, they don't seem to have mentioned it on their website. Could you, perhaps, be full of shit? Quite likely.
I don't know if it was up when you posted, but it is certainly there now as I post: Obama Mangles History, Smears 19th Century President - President Obama - Fox Nation. They used the rather slanted headline, "Obama Mangles History, Smears 19th Century President".
I thought Obama's comment was a bit glib and disrespectful (it was also historically incorrect, apparently) but he's certainly correct that Hayes was not a great president. On Reconstruction, his heart seemed to be in the right place, but following a disputed election he was unable to prevent the civil rights of Southern blacks from being severely curtailed.
I went to Fox News - Breaking News Updates | Latest News Headlines | Photos & News Videos, did a search on Rutherford B. Hayes, and this doesn't show.
In any case, 1 article is a tizzy? Does that standard apply to all media, or just Fox?
"Tizzy" refers to an emotional state. To the extent that a large media organization can be said to have a coherent emotional state I doubt Fox News was affected one way or the other by "Hayesgate". You'll note that I did not discuss the characterization implied by "tizzy", only the fact that there was, contrary to your suggestion, indeed a relevant story on Fox's website.
Speaking of which, your recent suggestion that Fox's website has only published one article mentioning this appears to be false. A second one is: Obama Moralizing More On Green Energy | Fox News.
A third one is: Obama Mocks A GOP Predecessor As Technophobe -- And Unfairly, President Hayes Expert Says | Fox News, though this appears to be nearly the same as the first, with only the headline changed.