I watched some FOX on the JetBlue TV on the trip out to Ocala. How anyone could think that network is fair and unbiased is beyond me. One show in the particular, the Beltway Boys, was just a Democrat slam-fest between extreme right and radical right.
Plus, the points they made were self-contradictory. At one point they played Tereza Heinz' speech about how a woman with an opinion should be considered self assured just like a man. One of the guys first says, "Didn't we leave that problem behind in the 50's." And then goes on to say, "I have no problem with opinionated women", all of a minute later.
Then later, after spending twenty minutes telling us how much of a liability she is, they say talk over a Democrat talking about her, saying "Why is Tereza important to the voters? She isn't on the ticket!"
And, of course, the news coverage itself is biased. Just look at the words they choose. One example is their using the term gay marriage instead of same sex marriage as every other network does. In case you haven't noticed, only people who are against same sex marriage use the term gay marriage. Apparently we are supposed to be afraid of the word gay. That's enlightened thinking.
What they say under the images is also important. Where other networks just cover Iran, Fox decides to put the 'War on Terror' iconography underneath Iran coverage.
I suppose all of this is just a natural extension of the right-wing hate machine that has the goal of the complete destruction of the Democratic party and an end to all liberal thought. What saddens me is when people defend fox as an example of how news should be. That's like looking at the state run news in the Islamic countries and saying, "That's news as it should be."
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