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A while back, I found this comment at Newshounds, a site with the motto, "We watch FOX so you don't have to":
WAR IS PEACE.
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
FOX IS NEWS.
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY.
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.
FOX IS NEWS.
--Chuck Anziulewicz Homepage 08.13.08 - 10:54 am
The reason that resonated with me is, the network and its ardent fans absolutely will not admit that FOX "News" is biased toward conservatives and Republicans. Anybody with eyes and ears and a brain can see that it is. Despite their Fair and Balanced motto, they show their bias in almost every program, in countless ways.
Defenders will say that only The O'Reilly Factor is biased, and that Hannity & Colmes is balanced because of its right-left format. Bollocks. From their story selection, to their chyrons, to the angle they hit stories from, and the guests they put on to discuss the stories, they show their bias. Almost everything about FOX "News" shouts their slant.
So it is particularly amusing that FOX is now calling CNN biased in print advertisements. And using typically twisted logic to boot.
[Excerpt]
In a feat of heroic irony, Fox News published an ad promoting itself that called CNN a partisan network. It is beyond me how they could have completed work on the ad with all the laughing that one would expect to ensue. But they did complete it and it was printed in several newspapers including the Washington Post and News Corp. sister pub, the Wall Street Journal. . .
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