RE: [Iraq] More enthusiasm than news in Fox's coverage of war

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2003 - 09:14:03 MST

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    John K Clark wrote:

    > Fox makes it quite clear that they hope the American side
    > wins, but at least they put all their cards on the table.
    > Would you rather have a network that pretended to be neutral
    > but really was not

    But that is exactly what FOX does! It's billed as neutral when it is not.
    "News without the spin," they say.

    > Then you really do want distorted information, war [is] full of
    > pizzazz and excitement and heated emotions.

    I'm referring to the journalism itself, not to the events reported.

    Example:

    Yesterday 3/28 Neil Cavuto responded on the air to a professor who had
    complained (correctly, imo) that Neil Cavuto "wears his bias on his sleeve."

    Here are selected excerpts from Neil Cavuto's insulting diatribe in response
    to the professor. This is what Cavuto said to the professor live on FOX last
    evening:

    -----
    "Well, professor, get over it.

    You might have a problem thanking troops defending your right to be the
    obnoxious, pontificating jerk that you are, but I don't....

    I'm not sure what runs through your veins, professor, but something tells me
    it's ice. Too cold to appreciate the rights you take for granted. And colder
    still to acknowledge the men and women fighting for your right to be the
    callous elitist you are.

    So am I slanted and biased? You damn well bet, professor....

    You have the right to be the self-absorbed, condescending imbecile you
    apparently are and I have the right to tell you that....

    You say I wear my biases on my sleeve. Well, better that than pretend you
    have none, but show them clearly in your work.

    You're a lie, a fraud and an ingrate. Too clueless to appreciate the country
    that gives you the right to be the Ivy League intellectual Lilliputian you
    are. And too selfish to be grateful that in this country, even your type can
    find work."
    -----

    In less than a minute, Neil Cavuto managed to call this professor a
    "pontificating jerk," a "callous elitist," a "self-absorbed condescending
    imbecile," a "lie and fraud and an ingrate," an "intellectual Lilliputian,"
    who is "clueless" and "selfish" and who has "ice running through his veins."

    That's typical FOX journalism. I'm sure the kids love it.

    -gts

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