Adam Back writes: > Look at this shit on fox news, look how they bias the question and > mis-represent the issue.
FOX recently fired two reporters after they refused to change the facts of a news story. Fox said to them, "We paid $13 billion for these stations, and we'll tell you what the news is." In a unanimous decision, the 2nd District Court of Appeals overturned a $425,000 jury award to another FOX reporter who was fired after refusing to alter the facts of a story. THe judge ruled FOX had a right to lie, deceive, and mislead. MSNBC just fired Phil Donahue after a marketing report outlined a "nightmare scenario" in which MSNBC was perceived as giving a forum to anti-war sentiment while all other networks were engaged in patriotic flag-waving. MSNBC has now hired Jesse Ventura and Michael Savage, in order to try and compete with FOX on its own level. When CNN tried to cover the Palestinian side of the Mideast Conflict, Israel threatened to drop CNN and pick up FOX instead. CNN caved instantly. All CNN copy is now required to be reviewed by upper management in Atlanta before broadcast, and anything that isn't pro-Israel is killed. FOX's star ratings performer is of course Bill O'Reilly, a former schoolteacher and Asshole Douche of the first magnitude. Americans want "Rah Rah" reporting. America is Great. Our war is noble. God is on our side. Anyone who opposes us is evil. We've pretty much gotten to the point where the only places real news can be found in America these days is on Indymedia and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. A sad situation for a country with an alleged "free press." I guess markets control the press even better than government ownership does. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"
