Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Fox: good for a laugh

Watching the cable news channels over the past few weeks, its not hard to draw these conclusions about Fox "News" Channel:

  1. Almost all Fox reporters are extremely Republican biased, and often their attempts at any sort of balance still involve subtle & less subtle bias, eg arguing & being negative with Democrats far more so than with Republicans, cutting them off mid-sentence, & attempting to ridicule them at every opportunity. Of course they would vehemently deny this, but that just reflects how blinded Americans are to their preferred party. If you are an independent American or a non-American (the other 96% of the world) you just need to watch it yourself.
  2. Their slogan is "Fair and Unbiased". That would be like Hitler's Nazi Party having the hide to use "A fair go for the Jews".
  3. There are laws in the USA about declaring political contributions, and about party advertising. The Fox budget ought to be included into the Republican and McCain campaign declarations.
  4. Bill O'Reilley is reasonable entertainment, but as a serious commentator is little more than a bad joke.

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