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

From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 30 2003 - 05:40:33 MST

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    Max Plumm wrote:

    >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.

    Well then I'll give you another example: approximately a year and a half
    ago, during a time at which abortion doctors were being murdered by pro-life
    militants, an abortion doctor appeared on FOX to be interviewed by Hannity.
    Hannity refused to address the man as "Dr." despite the fact that he was a
    fully qualified MD. The doc politely asked Hannity to refer to him by his
    proper title. Hannity refused, and then made a point of referring to him as
    "Mr." several more times during his scathing verbal attack against him and
    abortion. Keep in mind that, as I stated above, this was during a time at
    which abortion doctors were being murdered by snipers. In fact that was the
    very topic of the show.

    Regardless of what anyone thinks of abortion, to treat an abortion MD that
    way on national television, at that moment in history, was reckless and
    downright sinister. It was at that moment that I decided that Hannity had
    crossed over the line from "unapologetic conservative" to "pure asshole."

    > 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.

    By labeling N. Korea "Evil," Bush escalated the war of words and reduced the
    probability that the US will be able to coordinate any kind of multilateral
    effort to peacefully disarm N. Korea.

    Kim Jong Li expressly complained about being labeled "Evil." He took it
    personally, just as anyone would, and since then he has been more
    belligerent than ever.

    It's not in the best interest of the US that we portray our foreign policy
    as anything remotely similar to a Holy Jihad.

    -gts

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