Fox News & the Nat'l Enquirer

[juldea]

I ate in the lounge today. The TV was playing Fox News. They were doing a bit on a new piece of information in that case about the missing Utah woman - seems that The National Enquirer has a breaking news story from the convenience store worker that saw the woman's husband after he allegedly killed her.

The National Enquirer.

They even had a reporter from said rag being interviewed by the Fox reporter. Seriously.

Remind me why anyone considers Fox to be valid reporting?

Comments

[waya3k.livejournal.com]

Because they aren't on the payroll of the DNC.

In all seriousness the Nat. Enquirer has broken several valid news reports. It isn't all crap. Though I don't read anything from it at all...

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Right, like Bat Boy and various aliens and reappearances of Jesus.

Maybe they do have a true story peppered into their paper every now and then, but this does not make them a legitimate news source, and anyone who associates themselves with their reporting ruins their own credibility amazingly.

re: DNC

[etherial.livejournal.com]

Instead, they're bankrolling for the RNC. Just like CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC.

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[waya3k.livejournal.com]

Muhahaha! The only reason that Fox News seems conservative is because they actually tell both sides of the story and aren't Republican bashers like the rest of the news agencies...BTW, leaving from work so that's my last say.

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[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

"both sides of the story"

Bwah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah!

"...like the rest of the news agencies"

Bwah-hah-hah-hah-hah-hah!

Oh, that was good. I needed a laugh for the weekend.

Re: DNC

[mistercranberry.livejournal.com]

i won't claim to know how rightist fox is, i watched one primary debate this year on fox news (seemed a serious job), and accidentally turned to it once when looking for something else (the interviewer was flattering toward the democratic pol she was talking to). but i did once accidentally see some correspondent reporting on that ten commandments business in alabama, who "explained" that the claims of secularists were baseless because "separation of church and state" originates with someone who wasn't involved in writing america's founding documents.

making up that kind of weirdness to make a political point screams bias to me.

Re: DNC

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Heh, watch more. No, wait, forget I said that. Only one of us should have to suffer. I've given up on Fox & Friends since they've devolved to infantile name calling. But Fox News Sunday is always a good for a fair and balanced view of the righty side of the world.

They didn't quite bingo yesterday, though. Only four of the five panelists managed to produce unchallenged falsehoods--I thought it would have been a sweep since Brit "I will squint harder and repeat myself until you believe me" Hume was hosting.

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[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

Wow. It must be nice to live in a little dream world.

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Why, because they *tell* us they are, of course!

No, seriously. This is why most people believe it.

[ex-dervish821.livejournal.com]

I agree.

[flyingindie.livejournal.com]

There is a petition floating around somewhere trying to get Fox to stop advertising its news as "fair and balanced" because it's so blatantly conservative and biased. I think I signed it through a Democratic website.

Yeah, Fox sucks balls.