Archive for June 27th, 2009

Fair & Balanced

It’s hard to judge whether someone is lying, or is simply wrong. I’d hate for journalists to be afraid to report on controversial issues for fear that some of the details might be incorrect.

But this is beyond ridiculous.  When accused of lying to the public, Fox News response is: “So?”

Wouldn’t you at least pretend that you were serious?

This afternoon, I wanted to give Fox some credit. While CNN was giving in-depth, frontline coverage of Michael Jackson’s estate, and MSNBC was running a 2 hour special called “Farrah’s Story,” Fox was the only news network who was covering the revolution in Iran or the Cap & Trade bill in the Senate.   Instead, I’m just upset that my news options this afternoon are accurate coverage of dead celebrities, or intentional misinformation on the issues that matter.