Fox News Winner Over White House in Dunn vs Beck Fight Says ... NY Times!

If the New York Times is declaring Fox News the victor in the skirmish with the White House you know it has been a lopsided battle. You may remember this started when White House Communications Director Anita Dunn 'called out' Fox News. Beck responded by installing a 'Red Phone Hotline', then aired a tape where Dunn said that Mao was one of her favorite philosophers. On the defensive, Dunn countered by saying that she was joking, and then added "Let it be noted that I also quoted Mother Teresa, but no one is accusing me of being a saint!". I was unconvinced, as I believe most others. Still, to see the New York Times give Fox News an unequivocated victory...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/10/17/new-york-times-declares-fox-news-winner-fight-obama (bold mine)

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Here's something virtually every American likely thought they'd never see: the New York Times declaring Fox News the winner in a fight with Barack Obama.

Yet, that's what David Carr declared in "The Battle Between the White House and Fox News."

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After discussing past Presidents who unsuccessfully fought the press, Carr first scolded the White House, and then declared an unpredictable winner:

Even though almost all the critiques contained a kernel of truth, in each instance the folks who had the barrels of ink, and now pixels, seemed to come out ahead. So far, the only winner in this latest dispute seems to be Fox News. Ratings are up 20 percent this year, and the network basked for a week in the antagonism of a sitting president...[T]he administration, by deploying official resources against a troublesome media organization, seems to have brought a knife to a gunfight.

Carr seemed even less impressed with the tactics the Adminstration has been employing in this battle"