Written by Ann

Last week, White House communications director Anita Dunne called Fox News “a wing of the Republican Party.” The President himself has referred to Fox News as “one station on television that is entirely devoted to attacking my administration.” Fox News claims that the white House is refusing to send any white House spokesperson to be interviewed by the network. The White House denied the charge. Then, on Tuesday, October 22, the White House tried to ban Fox News from the press pool made up of five news organizations organized by the White House Correspondents Association. The other four news outlets (ABC, NBC, CBS, and CNN) refused to participate if Fox News was banned.

What has prompted this acrimony between the White House and Fox News? It may stem from Fox News’ summer coverage of the highly-charged town hall meetings and demonstrations against the Obama health care bill. Fox also led the story resulting in the resignation of White House official Van Jones and congressional investigation of ACORN, the community activist organization with a past association to the President.

What do you think of the White House tussle with Fox News? Do you think Fox has been “fair and balanced” in its coverage of the White House? Should Obama be attacking a 24-hour news organization?