From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue May 13 2003 - 21:08:32 MDT
Mike Lorrey wrote:
> What o'Rielly doesn't do is
> allow guests to twist the truth or write new definitions of
> the word "is".
O'Reilly doesn't allow his guests to do anything except listen. :) Thanks
though for telling me that he supports gun control. Now I think even less of
him. :)
> FOX clearly identifies its editorial programming from its
> news programming, unlike what the rest of the media does.
I'll give you an example of FOX-biased news reporting that comes to mind:
prior to Gulf War II, Jimmy Carter published an op-ed in a major newspaper
expressing his sincere concerns about the impending war. Rather than treat
this as factual news worthy of careful and intelligent journalism, which it
was, FOX portrayed it as some kind of scandal.
I distinctly recall the lead-in to the commercial break "Coming up after the
break: Jimmy Carter takes a cheap shot at president Bush!"
Now, I am not a democrat and I have never voted for any democrat, but I must
say that Jimmy Carter deserves better than that. He's a fine man worthy of
my respect even I disagree with his politics. Unfortunately the FOX audience
is always hungry to chew on liberals so FOX gave them the meal they were
wanting.
FOX did the same to the Pope, of all people. I'm not Catholic but I do have
several devout Catholic friends. I was appalled for their sakes that FOX
went out of its way to criticize and disrespect the Pope for allegedly not
having the moral authority to have an opinion about the war. If the western
world's most prominent religious leader has no moral authority then who
does?
Somehow I think FOX would not have criticized the Pope had the subject been
abortion.
-gts
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