This day in ‘fair and balanced’ — Fox News makes Pelosi a ‘monster’?
Who's Fox calling a "monster"?
Notice anything strange about the above picture? While Googling for a picture of House and Senate leadership for a post about healthcare reform, I happened to come across this pic that was posted as part of this Fox News story on how resignations were complicating Democrats’ 2010 election picture. And while I couldn’t find anything about “monsters” in the story, the picture, an AP photo that’s also not about “monsters,” was given this title by the news editor: “pelosi_clyburn_110709_monster_397×224.jpg.” What’s that all about? I used to work as an online news editor, and I can tell you, NBC wouldn’t have been amused if we had, say, created news photos with a Republican lawmaker, let alone a senior one or a female one, with “monster” in the title. I guess the standards are just a little bit different at “fair and balanced” Fox News … Read more
From the desk of: ‘No S–t, Sherlock’ … Murdoch’s Post out to ‘destroy Obama’
Well there’s a surprise. And now, there’ll even be discovery! Read more
How much longer can Shep Smith take it?
Fox News’ lonely champion of “fair and balanced” reporting continues to fight the good fight:
We’re with you, Shep. And when you’ve finally had enough and leave Fox News, I’ll be sure to tune in to your next gig.
Fox anchors getting testy over ‘fair and balanced’
Could the White House strategy of marginalizing Fox News be starting to rattle their anchors? Signs point to yes. Watch what happens when one of the network’s “news” men gets hit with the company slogan on the air:
That’s a lot of anger, anchor man with two Gs, two Rs and two Ts in your name!
Meanwhile, Michael Wolffe figures it out: Read more
Connect
Book deals
Links
Finalist: Best Liberal Blog
Poll
Loading ...
