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White House Vindicated: Fox is NOT a News Outlet
If you haven't seen this, you must.
While Fox News has made ratings hay with the White House's diss that they are not a news source, now we have indisputable truth.
Racheal Maddow made the point before this that having a political perspective did not preclude news, but rather doing other things (like organizing political rallies), did.
I'd add consciously using old footage as if it was from that day (they can scream about it being a "mistake" all they want, we all know that just isn't possible) to falsely "pad" a story to promote a specific agenda qualifies too.
Thank God Jon Stewart is actually a reporter, because the media could have missed this. Oh wait, they did miss it...
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MSM reporters are reluctant to call Fox News a fraud because those reporters criticizing Fox today may require a job at Fox tomorrow.
Fox is the only "news" media site that will criticize other networks on a continuous basis on multiple different shows. Maddow and Olbermann going after Fox is not the MSM norm.
November 12, 2009 3:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'd think that this, objectively, can be called a lie.
As far as reporters resumes go, they should think outside of the box... a little controversy is good for ratings, so how long till someone talks about this and Dobbs objectively on MSM?
Or does Jon Stewart do all the heavy lifting? Seriously he will be the first comedian to win a Pulitzer...
November 12, 2009 3:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stewart loves his job. And he loves looking at video. And he has a staff that loves looking at videos.
And he hates to let go.
He keeps this up he may get a Pulitzer.
But he may end up teaching others how to get a Pulitzer later on.
November 12, 2009 10:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hasn't every other cable news network followed FNC's lead by having 60 minute opinion shows during the prime time hours?
Keith Olbermann and Sean Hannity have the same show, just at opposite sides of the political spectrum. The same could go for Rachel Maddow and Glenn Beck.
True, most of the opinion shows on CNN or MSNBC are hosted by people who are less glib and have more tact (except Olbermann, of course) than the partisans at FNC, but we cannot forget that all of these stations are trying to make money. Save regular news for the daytime hours when nobody is watching and then bring out your heavy artillery during prime time.
It's not rocket science.
Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity are really good at what they do and a lot of people dislike them for exactly the wrong reasons. There's no crime in somebody offering commentary or opinion; Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann, and Rachel Maddow do just as much of this as Beck or Hannity.
Some people are Yankees fans while others are Red Sox fans. You could go to blogs or message boards from those two baseball teams and get the same arguments that you people are making here.
November 13, 2009 11:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Gettysburg - You are somewhat correct, in that both FOX and some MSNBC programming is opinion based.
But...seriously...Rachel and Keith at least SOURCE their facts, present them accurately, and don't use footage from several months ago as if it was yesterday.
Integrity?
FOX ain't got none, don't need none, ain't got time for no stinkin' "integrity".
Lies and fraud?
FOX has time for that, as it supports their agenda.
Rupert Murdoch is only 'Murikan to cut his taxes. He doesn't give a crap about this Nation, only our currency. His machine spews deceit and fakery on a daily basis.
In no way is it comparable to MSNBC or Comedy Channel's meager offerings of reality.
November 13, 2009 12:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't argue for one second that Rupert Murdoch is, for lack of a better term, a carpetbagger. But given FNC's ratings domination, you don't think MSNBC or CNN would snatch up a Bill O'Reilly or Sean Hannity (maybe even Glenn Beck) if they decided to leave Fox?
Obviously any of these aforementioned guys wouldn't fit the ideological vibe of MSNBC or CNN, but television is a business after all and those guys get ridiculously large ratings. Having Olbermann followed by Hannity on a nightly basis would actually be pretty damn intriguing.
November 13, 2009 10:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
The contention is that Fox's advocacy for the GOP is continuous and no limited to prime time shows.
November 13, 2009 1:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's absolutely true.
November 15, 2009 4:19 PM | Reply | Permalink