# So How Will Fox Spin OBL Death? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 2, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451 "2011-05-02T04:21:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/1 "2011-05-02T04:21:19Z")
Obama did what Bush couldn’t, how is Fox going to make him pay for it? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/2 "2011-05-02T04:33:56Z")
They had Rivera on, and he was blathering about the spotty coverage on “rival network” CNN. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/3 "2011-05-02T04:35:55Z")
Bush put all the pieces in place, and Obama just happened to be hanging around when it happened. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/4 "2011-05-02T04:36:28Z")
I don’t know, but the teabaggers I know in person literally hate Obama more than Bin Laden based on their responses to todays news. I even brought this up and they said ‘yup, we do’. I have no idea if Fox will have the same behavior. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/5 "2011-05-02T04:37:13Z")
Trump will come out claiming that he pushed Obama into making that move. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/6 "2011-05-02T04:42:07Z")
My predictions: 1. Call it “a victory for all America”. Big emphasis on the military and CIA. Give them all the credit and none will be left over for the White House. 2. Refer a lot to bin Laden being a has-been who was no longer an active threat. This implies he was a harder target to hit a few years ago. 3. Talk a lot about how bin Laden’s death will create possible unrest and terrorist attacks in his memory. Make it sound like his death might be a negative thing. 4. “Accidentally” put up a graphic identifying him as Osama bin Laden (D). ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/7 "2011-05-02T04:42:10Z")
Who really cares what Fox thinks? Bin Laden is dead! Dead is dead is dead! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/8 "2011-05-02T04:42:51Z")
I understand they already had a headline that read \*\*Reports: Obama bin Laden Dead \*\* ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/9 "2011-05-02T04:43:00Z")
So far Fox has had a big Boehner over it. I have noticed no sniping yet. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/10 "2011-05-02T04:45:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > My predictions:… > 4. “Accidentally” put up a graphic identifying him as Osama bin Laden (D). Or Barak Obama (R) ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/11 "2011-05-02T04:46:55Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > Obama did what Bush couldn’t, how is Fox going to make him pay for it? They’ll report the news so the majority of Americans can rejoice and leave it to the politically self absorbed to invent something to bitch about. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/12 "2011-05-02T04:47:46Z")
[Found a pic.](http://raptorjesu.tumblr.com/photo/1280/5122359806/1/tumblr_lkjtlhtgPN1qz5ew6) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/13 "2011-05-02T04:50:25Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [Found a pic.](http://raptorjesu.tumblr.com/photo/1280/5122359806/1/tumblr_lkjtlhtgPN1qz5ew6) _Please_ tell me that’s a fake. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/14 "2011-05-02T04:52:47Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > They’ll report the news so the majority of Americans can rejoice and leave it to the politically self absorbed to invent something to bitch about. Let me guess, you’ll be here all week, tip the waitresses. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/15 "2011-05-02T04:55:37Z")
> [@sh1bu1](#): > > Let me guess, you’ll be here all week, tip the waitresses. Try the [del]veal[/del] pork. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/16 "2011-05-02T04:58:37Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > _Please_ tell me that’s a fake. Not as far as I know. I think this deserves quoting from the MPSIMS thread: > [@Obama announcing death of Osama bin Laden \[edited title\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obama-announcing-death-of-osama-bin-laden-edited-title/580435/205): > > If the soldier who shot him is gay, Fox News will announce, “Bin Laden a victim of the gay agenda.” ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/17 "2011-05-02T05:09:38Z")
Very little spin thus far and actual praise for Obama. Don’t worry Der Trihs, I’m sure you can find something to get worked up about. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Sensitive](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58956e/32.png) [@Darth\_Sensitive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Sensitive)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/18 "2011-05-02T05:11:02Z")
Really Geraldo? “This is bigger than the moon landing” ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/19 "2011-05-02T05:11:52Z")
Tomorrow’s Fox News headline: “African-American male confesses to murder of homeless elderly man” ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451/20 "2011-05-02T05:27:11Z")
That should be an Onion headline! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-will-fox-spin-obl-death/580451.md?page=2)