Why I don't like Fox News

[chipotle]

Quoted from Scot Hacker's blog:

Protests clog NY, Philly, Washington. In San Francisco more than 1000 are arrested. Fox brushes up against this news, does all it can not to treat it with revulsion. I mean with Shock and Awe. How can anyone protest at a time like this?, the reporter asks. Our boys are halfway across the world at risk of dying to protect our very right to protest, and they're protesting? The irony is thick like chemical weapons gas, the reporter nearly coughs. Fox puts convicted war criminal Oliver North in the field as a reporter--that's what credibility is all about. 16 die in a helicopter crash--12 brits and a 4 yanks. Or so I hear on CNN. When Fox does the same story a few minutes later, they tell us that four people have died. If you're not American your life isn't worth prime-time mention. The info graphic tells me the cruising speed and gas mileage of the Abrams tank and I feel informed.

Remember, kids, the Liberal Media™ is biased--Fox is there to set things right for us!

Comments

[pathia.livejournal.com]

Deleted the first because it was repetitive.

Oliver North is obviously a controversial person, but lets look at his history. What was he before he got into politics?

A Marine

When he ran here (I live in Virginia), he garnered quite a bit of votes even though he was a independent candidate. I live approximately one mile from Quantico Marine base. The votes in this district counted over 75% for Ollie in that election. (In school people often looked at me funny when I said my dad worked locally but _wasn't_ military.)

What does that have anything to do with him being a reporter? Well, they have him because he's a good person to stick in with the troops. Given that fact he used to be one himself and obviously they view him favorably.

[chipotle.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I think Scot's point really has to do with North's appeal, which tends to be to the fairly far right. Former marine or not, "embedding" him as a reporter makes a statement in much the way embedding Ralph Nader as a reporter would. (Although Nader wandering off and trying to find manufacturing defects in Abrams tanks could be a source of unexpected entertainment.)

[pathia.livejournal.com]

Well, he's only one. I really doubt Fox _only_ has Ollie embedded, and like I said from my personal experience of living where I do, mostly a military town....well, the military is quite right-wing.

When I look at even the local elections here, it's crazy. The way you win, even for something as small as clerk of the court. You try to get the state republican party nomination, if you do, you win. Period.