Sunday, September 20, 2009
more examples of fair and balanced
by Karl Frisch
Sunday, September 06, 2009
fair and balanced all right
Fox TV to address important issue of nation's dancing
From Mercury News wire reports
Fox TV had a big decision to make: Go ahead with the season premiere of a dancing show, or postpone it an hour or so to broadcast the President of the United States giving an address to a rare joint session of Congress to talk about the defining issue of his presidency — health care. Fox went with the dancing................
Thursday, September 25, 2008
because we're living in oz
because they think we're stupid - they think by shutting people who dare speak the truth OR they think by lying to us we won't find out about all THEIR dirty little secrets
once again FAIR AND BALANCED MY BIG FAT ASS
Fox host tells guest mentioning McCain role in Keating Five scandal to 'pipe down'
Nick Juliano
'Cut his mike,' producer suggests
The Keating Five scandal, and John McCain's role in it, has received relatively little mention in presidential campaign coverage, and at least one Fox News host seems dedicated to keeping it that way.Appearing Thursday morning on Fox & Friends, radio host Mike Papantonio tried to remind viewers about McCain's intervention with federal regulators on behalf of real estate mogul Charles Keating, who was trying to avoid regulations of a savings and loan he owned during the S&L crisis of the 1980s.
F&F's Steve Doocy told Papantonio to "pipe down," called him "rude" and demanded he "cut it out." A show producer could be overheard saying "cut his mike."
As Papantonio tries one last time to explain the details of the Keating Five scandal, Doocy again cuts him off.
"This is not the History Channel," he says....
Thursday, August 28, 2008
more evidence of fair
fair and balanced my big fat ass
Fox News aired two minutes of Democratic keynote address, discussed Ayers instead
In its August 26 coverage of the second night of the Democratic National Convention, Fox News aired just over two minutes of former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner's nearly 20-minute keynote address to the convention. Rather than air Warner's entire speech, Fox News cut to commercial, then Fox News host Alan Colmes stated, "In other election news, an independent group supporting John McCain released an ad last week attacking [Sen.] Barack Obama's ties to former Weather Underground leader Bill Ayers," and aired an ad from the Obama campaign responding to the independent ad. Colmes and co-host Sean Hannity then interviewed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is supporting Sen. John McCain.
In contrast, both MSNBC and CNN aired the entirety of Warner's address.........