Why I don't like Fox News

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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!

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[pawslut.livejournal.com]

"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?"

Unfortunately, like I said in a previous post to Sylvan, it's okay to protest 'as long as you're being patriotic'. That seems to be the view, at any rate. The Bush Administration will do anything to bully you into not speaking out against them. And here's the evidence:

Stephen Down's arrest in Albany, New York for refusing to take off his shirt that said 'Give Peace a Chance'.

Vice President Dick Cheney's attempt to threaten legal action, with a threatening letter from the Office of the Vice President, against John Wooden and his website for making parodies of him and his wife. http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeSpeech.cfm?ID=12053&c=83

Bretton Barber of Michigan was instructed to leave his high school for wearing an anti-war shirt.

Students attending a graduation ceremony at an Ohio University Campus a year or two ago were threatened with expulsion, arrest, and losing their graduating status for 'turning their backs' on George W. Bush during his speech.

Thousands arrested in San Francisco.

Dozens arrested in Washington D.C., including famous author Alice Walker, for protesting the war.

This is just the tip of the iceberg. You won't see any of this on FoxNews, though. FoxNews is a damned near government run news station.

I advise anyone who is upset by this to write to their congressman, write to their senator, write to their governor, and don't vote Republican.