Fox News - 'We club lefties to death'

[four more wars]

I am copying this article direct from page 7 of the media section of th print edition of the London Guardian (UK). FOr those that don't know the Guardian is a left leaning daily UK wide broadsheet of some repute. I couldn't find the article online which is why i am reproducing it in full here: (the section is called "Media monkey's diary")

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'Fox News is famously sensitive if anyone accuses the Murdoch owned channel od being anything less than "Fair and Balanced". So imagine monkey's suprise, then to read these comments by its London bureau chief Scott Norvell in a piece attacking the so called 'Leftism' of the BBC

"Even we at Fox news manage to get some lefties on the air occasionally and often let them finish their sentances before we club them to death."

he says in the Wall street journal.

"Foz news is, after all, a private channel and our presenters are quite open on where they stand on particular stories. That's our appeal.....The BBC's institutionalised leftism would be easier to tolerate if the coperation were more honest about it"

Ah, so it's ok to be biased as long as ou say so. But where does 'fair and balanced' come into it?

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Perhaps we can use this next time some wingnut starts bleating about the Liburul Meedya. Idiots.

[redqueen]

1. When did he say that? Has he been fired yet?

Imagine... a moment of candor from the "Fair and Balanced" team.

:rofl:

[kentuck]

2. DU - "We kick FOX's ass ! "

with the truth.

[Just Me]

12. hee hee,...here, it's foxes in the lions' den,...

,...rather than the chicken house! }( We don't feel compelled to be nice to assholes.

[Straight Shooter]

3. Club them to death with what? Hypocrisy? Duplicity? Lies?

We are not baby seals. We have fangs and claws.

[sui generis]

4. no matter how hard they try

they sound kind of shrill, hollow, bombastic, and most of all really really really insecure.

Hey Fox, they have anti-psychotic medicine for your condition that works just fine after they get you "adjusted".

About the only thing you're capable of "clubbing to death" is your little weeners while doing porn "research" for the AFA.

[Crankie Avalon]

5. "FOX News --

'We avoided the draft back when we were young and had our chance to REALLY see some action.'"

[otohara]

6. Dems Should Not Go On Faux News

period! Let them club each other to death.

[Just Me]

13. Hmmmm. "LEAVE ALL LIARS BEHIND".

I like it. Especially with Fox doing a nose-dive in ratings!!!

[KharmaTrain]

7. I Think This Meme Is Taught In Schools...

...like the one Gluckert/Gannon went to run by Blackwell and taught by "reporters for Bob Novak". It's a blanket justification for these right wing hacks to lie and manipulate stories and is the "balance" Faux claims its bringing to "journalism".

Ever since Watergate, the right wing has beat the concept of "liberal media" to death. For years I could deflect that comment by citing the number of owners like Murdoch (and the ones I worked for) who were far from liberal. That ended with hate radio and corporate media.

America's "deregulation" of media removed a lot of independent voices and checks and balances on what is seen and heard. The Repugnicans have exploited this with a massive propaganda operation that operates openly and freely within this corporate media and has coward anyone who dares to cross them with the loss of career and lifestyle.

Whenever someone criticizes a Faux, be assured the "liberal media" crap will be rolled out. You rarely hear examples...just names..."Rather, Michael Moore, CBS..." and it's been effective. A major reason for this is the lack of a liberal media and voices to fight back. It's going to be a long road to destroy this meme, if ever.

Cheers!

[four more wars]

8. I'm bumping this because......

I still can't believe a high ranking member of Faux news actually came right out and said what we all know to be true

[gratuitous]

9. Faux News: Wholly Without Merit

At least, according to the judge who dismissed their laughable lawsuit against Al Franken.

[AspenRose]

10. Sounds like Sean Hannity to me

"Even we at Fox news manage to get some lefties on the air occasionally and often let them finish their sentances before we club them to death."


O'Lielly, too.

[Guaranteed]

11. So? We kicked the shit out of them in the Schiavo case.

Without even lifting a finger. ;)