I am writing this first blog assignment about the lies and deception and one sidedness to our modern news media and in particular fox news as they are undeniably leading the race to the bottom.
Firstly everyone would have to admit and agree that fox news is heavily republican slanted, I mean look at how they actually sponsor Sarah Palin and build a studio in her house, is that an example of "fair and Balanced"? I think not. Secondly lets look at who owns fox new, Rupert murdoch. Murdoch has long been known as a strong republican, he even went as far as donating 1 million to the republican governors fund, which drew a large amount of critisism as it clearly shows a news organization as favouring a political party.
Third just take a little time to examine what they comment on and the amount of lies they tell, the video shown above is just one of many examples.
Next here is an excerpt talking about some of the other affiliations key people at fox news have.
"Fox daytime anchor David Asman is formerly of the right-wing Wall Street Journal editorial page and the conservative Manhattan Institute. The host of Fox News Sunday is Tony Snow, a conservative columnist and former chief speechwriter for the first Bush administration. Eric Breindel, previously the editorial-page editor of the right-wing New York Post, was senior vice president of Fox's parent company, News Corporation, until his death in 1998; Fox News Channel's senior vice president is John Moody, a long-time journalist known for his staunch conservative views.
Fox's managing editor is Brit Hume, a veteran TV journalist and contributor to the conservative American Spectator and Weekly Standard magazines. Its top-rated talkshow is hosted by Bill O'Reilly, a columnist for the conservative WorldNetDaily.com and a registered Republican (that is, until a week before the Washington Post published an article revealing his party registration--12/13/00).
I could continue this post on and on forever so I am going to end it here. A good write up about the workings that go on at fox news and a lot of the facts about how they conduct there business can be found here http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067
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