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Who said anything about disbanding, or I missed a post....
I always got a kick out of the fair and balanced thing being stated just before and just after they slam a guy for his differing point of view, barely letting him get a word in edge ways.
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Fox News is the sleaziest, most over-hyped news network. It's the closest thing we've got to state-run TV. Just wait until the elections, then it's Democrat bashing and Republican glorifying all the way to the end.
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Thanks Veers, now I know my replacement for the comedy channel....
Yes, the political 'debates' here at flare are going to be interesting.....
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On FOX, you hear a Dem give an opinion, and Rep slam him for it (Now that "slamming" = "disagreeing in other than a whisper"
This is opposed to most other networks, where you hear a Dem give an opinion, and two other Dems congratulate him on having that opinion. And every so often they have a Rep on, give him a couple moments to speak, so they can claim they're not biased anymore.
Or Bill Bennet's gambling will be a three-day headline story, but Jesse Jackson's adultery, illegitimate child, use of charity funds as hush money, and coverup of the fact will be "World in 60 seconds" copy, and gone in a day.
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Ritten: I hope you mean Fox News will become your new comedy channel, because I certainly am not trying to be funny. Can anyone say, with a straight face, that Fox News is fair and balanced? And that it is not always waving a red, white and blue flag? It's like that comic Mallard Fillmore. But that's another rant.
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Yes, Veers, I was, I was mildly amazed at Fox's treatment of Ed Asner a week or two ago. Cutting him off everytime he opened his mouth, disagreed with him in tones that made clear the insinuation that she thought he was an ass, etc...
It gave the fair and balanced scheme a run for it's money...
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That travelogue was absolutely fascinating. Well done Harry for bringing it to our attention.
One note:
quote:Ever wonder why CNN seems to be the only Western news organization regularly allowed into North Korea? The next room perhaps offered a clue. In the 'Gifts from America' room a whole section of one wall is taken up by gifts from CNN. A few engraved plaques, a coffee cup (yeah, a freaking coffee cup!), a logo ashtray, etc. Probably at most a couple hundred bucks worth of crap that nonetheless get pride of place in the museum - for they reveal obvious signs of respect from a world famous news organization. The people at CNN are certainly using their heads and showing they know how to play the game. Though one wonders how that fits in with journalistic integrity . . .
Wasn't there something a couple of weeks ago from CNN about how they'd kept shut up about all sorts of dictatorial activity and human-rights violations in the name of keeping in the authorities concerned's good books and thus being able to maintain a journalistic presence in the specific country?
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