Yeah I saw it, its not really entertaining like the Michael Moore type movies but is definately informative about the tactics Fox uses. Before, even thought I have always disagreed and thought he was stupid, I enjoyed watching the O'Reilly Factor, now I don't anymore. Basically, what the video is showing is that Fox isn't a news outlet as much as it is an opinion outlet, and its true. Most of their shows are opinion, with very specific stories chosen, all doctored up to look like news. It also shows how Fox claims to be "Fair and Balanced", but the people they use to represent the left side are all no-name pushovers instead of real, legit correspondents. Its just a shame that so many people buy into this, Fox News is far and away the top rated cable news station.
The whole Liberal media thing is such a misinformed thing to say. Most media outlets are quite Liberal is you look at Fox News as moderate. On a line from -10 to 10, with -10 being the most liberal and 10 being the most conservative, I would say most media falls inbetween -1 and 0, but Fox falls probably around 4-5, at least. There are always exceptions, but they aren't the blatant ones that people try to say. CNN is owned by AOL/Time Warner, ABC is owned by Disney, CBS by Viacom, NBC by General Electric, Clearchannel probably owns 4-5 radio stations in your city, just face it every major media publication is answering to some sort of big business, and I don't care what business that is, if its not going to look good for them on their interests the media will not be reporting it. The Liberal Media thing is such a cliche, its stupid.
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