Re: (MEDIA) More enthusiasm than news in Fox's coverage of war

From: MaxPlumm@aol.com
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 04:12:44 MST

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    gts wrote:

    "And then there's Sean Hannity of FOX. He takes the prize for the most
    offensive."

    Perhaps he takes the prize for being most offensive to you. I don't think any
    fair-minded observer would characterize Mr. Hannity as anything less than an
    unapologetic conservative. However, he has yet to do anything as nauseating
    as a "human interest" interview with Saddam Hussein, so he is most certainly
    not the most offensive journalist to me, or I'm sure a number of other
    members.

    "A few weeks ago, Hannity interviewed a liberal who made what I thought was a
    very good point: she argued that Bush had only aggravated the situation with
    N. Korea by labeling that country as part of his "Axis of Evil." In her
    view, the word "Evil," especially when capitalized, has religious
    connotations and should not be used by high-level government officials in
    international affairs. I'm not a liberal but I agreed completely with her
    point."

    Aside from the issue of whether or not "Evil" should be used by high-level
    government officials, I would ask in what sense you seriously believe Bush
    "aggravated" the situation in North Korea. Bush's use of that terminology did
    not suddenly made Kim Jong Il desire to possess nuclear weapons. He in no way
    motivated Kim Jong Il and communist North Korea to suddenly desire to conquer
    the Democratic South. He in no way made Kim Jong Il's regime any more brutal
    and tyrannical. So, really, how did Bush's labeling of Kim Jong Il's regime
    as a bad one make it any more bad, "evil", or any more horrible than it
    already was? Unless you are seriously going to attempt to argue that by
    calling a spade a spade, Bush has somehow absolved Kim's regime of all
    responsibility for its subsequent crimes against humanity, since after all,
    Bush "aggravated" the situation?

    Regards,

    Max Plumm



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