Atrios makes a good point about Fox News:
The problem with Fox isn’t that it’s conservative, it’s that it’s basically a propaganda outlet for the GOP. The difference is an important one. Back when Clinton in power, their true nature was somewhat obscured by the fact that were doing what media should be doing at least in broad terms, which is be skeptical about the actions of the powerful. Back when Bush was popular, it was also easier for people to fail to understand just what Fox does on a daily basis. But now that they spend 24/7 propping up Mr. 30% and his gang of incompetents, the absurdity of considering them to be a “news channel” should be apparent.
I started watching Fox News at about the time we invaded Iraq. They advertised with the slogan, “We Report, You Decide,” and within a few hours I noticed that they never, ever played a story straight. You might not notice the constant editorializing about the war — CNN and CBS and the New York Times all got teary-eyed about “our brave soldiers” during those early days in Iraq. But Fox was different. Reporting even something as simple as an auto accident, they never resisted tacking on a little sermonette about the deeper cultural meaning of the event.
I watched Fox for about two days, then decided they were not a trustworthy source of information. I haven’t watched since.
You know who played the Iraq War story straight? The BBC. There were brave British soldiers in the fight, but the BBC reported just the facts. They left it to each of us to decide for ourselves how to feel about those facts.
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