Fox News...live from the Twilight Zone?
November 10th 2007 17:48
I sometimes wonder how so many on the right are so clueless on so many issues. How they can claim climate change is nothing but a socialist left conspiracy, or that there are no problems with American health care, or the biggest laugher, the claim that President Bush is doing a good job. But a fun little experiment can shed some light on it for you, if you are willing to suspend reality for awhile.
Get some news from more reputable outlets. You can get some good info from MSNBC or even CNN, but for a more complete picture, check out some overseas media. Take a look at the BBC, and go from there. Then go check out Fox News. It's like you slipped through a tear in the space-time continuum and are in an alternate reality where up is down, black is white, left is right, and everything is peachy keen in the land of God, flag, and Mr. Bush.
I did it for a little while this morning and saw multiple attacks on the science of global warming, a woman who claimed there aren't any problems with the health care system, multiple attacks on Hillary Clinton, and a lengthy interview with the mother of a murder suspect. They also seem to portray the crisis in Pakistan in a light that is far more favorable to Musharaf than what is seen on more reputable outlets.
When you factor in that many of the same people who depend on Fox for news think that good alternative info comes from Rush Limbaugh, Janet Parshall, or Pat Robertson's "700 Club" broadcasts, you can begin to understand how their views are so skewered. And therein lies the danger of propaganda masquerading as news. To the Fox viewer, they see what they are getting as real information that is, laughably, "fair and balanced." That's why in the title I compared Fox to The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, or an episode from The X-files. Three great shows, by the way - but fiction. I don't depend on them for my take on world and national events.
If you are an ardent Fox viewer, I challenge you to seek out other media with an open mind, and see what you think. And if you do get your news from other outlets and want to see how skewered it can be, take some time and check out Fox. You can get an understanding of what subtle (and not so subtle) propaganda is, and you will get up-to-the-minute coverage of the last time Hillary Clinton farted.
Get some news from more reputable outlets. You can get some good info from MSNBC or even CNN, but for a more complete picture, check out some overseas media. Take a look at the BBC, and go from there. Then go check out Fox News. It's like you slipped through a tear in the space-time continuum and are in an alternate reality where up is down, black is white, left is right, and everything is peachy keen in the land of God, flag, and Mr. Bush.
I did it for a little while this morning and saw multiple attacks on the science of global warming, a woman who claimed there aren't any problems with the health care system, multiple attacks on Hillary Clinton, and a lengthy interview with the mother of a murder suspect. They also seem to portray the crisis in Pakistan in a light that is far more favorable to Musharaf than what is seen on more reputable outlets.
When you factor in that many of the same people who depend on Fox for news think that good alternative info comes from Rush Limbaugh, Janet Parshall, or Pat Robertson's "700 Club" broadcasts, you can begin to understand how their views are so skewered. And therein lies the danger of propaganda masquerading as news. To the Fox viewer, they see what they are getting as real information that is, laughably, "fair and balanced." That's why in the title I compared Fox to The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, or an episode from The X-files. Three great shows, by the way - but fiction. I don't depend on them for my take on world and national events.
If you are an ardent Fox viewer, I challenge you to seek out other media with an open mind, and see what you think. And if you do get your news from other outlets and want to see how skewered it can be, take some time and check out Fox. You can get an understanding of what subtle (and not so subtle) propaganda is, and you will get up-to-the-minute coverage of the last time Hillary Clinton farted.
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Comment by Damo
Truth is a sin if it is not FOX truth
Fox provides the mouth piece for Murdoch and Murdoch is only interested in making himeslf richer and more powerful at any cost.
We had him in Australia for too long.
We know what he is like.
Comment by Ahmed
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Comment by Mountain Fog
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QUOTE ME NO QUOTES!
Years ago, Angela Rippon, an English TV interviewer of some note, interviewed Murdock. She attacked him, charging that, his news papers, particularly his headlines, both misinform and distort the truth.
Murdoch shot back: "Give me an example!"
Rippon shot back: "New York Post, the headline said, "Terror from the sky!"
Murdock: (He thought for a moment) "What is wrong with that?"
Rippon: "It was an article about an air conditioner that had rusted off the side of a building and crashed onto the pavement! Don't you find the headline just a little misleading?"
Murdock: "Not at all! If I was walking along and an air conditioner smashed into the pavement in fromt of me, I'd find it terrifying, and it came from the sky!"
I cannot believe I remembered all of that! It is probably slightly incorrect, except the heading is correct, however, it shows how he thinks. It is ONLY about selling newspapers, and serving the incumbent government's interests, which in turn protect his own interests. You can call him anything, but stupid!
At the end of the day, he is a billionaire, and you can't make that much money by showing traits of compassion and fair play. He lives in the realm of the successful psychopath, and sadly he is not alone, they run our big corporations, they run our governments and bureaucracies, and worst of all, we love a strong leader, so we keep them in power!!
cheers
fog