TV Guide: O'Reilly is Not "News"

Image from source, NewsCorpse.com

This is hilarious. TV GUIDE, a Newscorp entity, and therefore a Rupert Murdoch property like FOX "News," apparently doesn't consider The O'Reilly Factor to be "news," but does count Countdown with Keith Olbermann in that category. This will undoubtedly make Olbermann cackle with glee, and cause O'Reilly's head to explode.

The truth is, the shows are not comparable. The Factor is almost entirely commentary, with faux outrage about "the War on Christmas," and body language experts, and whatever evil thing MediaMatters.org or MoveOn.org has done in a given day. Countdown, by contrast, is in large part commentary, but about 75% of it is commentary on the important news items of the day--often huge items entirely overlooked by The Factor (or Hannity & Colmes, and On the Record for that matter).

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TV Guide Says Fox News Is NOT News

The debate over whether Fox News is a legitimate news enterprise has seized many in the press and academia. But the transparently partisan presentation in their reporting should make for a short and dull debate. Now, an uncharacteristically honest depiction of Fox News can found in an unlikely place.

TV Guide publishes the industry’s most widely read magazine of program listings and this is how they categorize news programming for their readers: (See Image). . .

Read the rest at: NewsCorpse.com

NOTE: The graphic was altered by the author of the piece to change the logo. Otherwise, the chart is allegedly legitimate.