David Oberman wrote:
> "Avoid normal situations."
> wrote:
>
>> _Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism_. This movie is kind of
>> interesting because it's a leftist "moral crusade" documentary that's just,
>> well, wrong. They spent a lot of time making a case that Faux News is ruining
>> American democracy, but if the American people were smart they wouldn't watch
>> it. After the first 15-minute stretch of thinly disguised right-wing
>> propaganda, they'd say, "These people are nuts," and change the channel...
>> or better yet, realize that "television news" is an oxymoron and not watch
>> any of it... or, better still, not watch TV at all. However, you can't tell
>> folks who run around shouting, "All power to the people!" that The People are
>> not real bright, so they blame Rupert Murdoch for The People's poor decisions.
>
> I'll look for this documentary. I hate the way Fox prefaces every
> genuine news item with "This is a FOX NEWS ALERT!" What follows is
> invariably just ... news. But I guess when Greta spends six months
> covering Anna Nicole in meticulous detail, an actual piece of news
> could be construed as a FOX NEWS ALERT!!
I thought the documentary very well done especially in exposing the
hypocrisy and posturing at Fox News. It was also an eye-opener for me
since I had only heard about these shennigans second-hand and had never
quite believed they could be so outrageous and egregious.
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Frank in Seattle
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