“Fair and Balanced” Fox News Poses Yet Another Slanted Question
April 29, 2009 at 9:17 pm 1 comment
The Fox News Blog solicited responses from the opining public in the following manner:
YOU DECIDE: Specter Switches Parties — Do You Approve or Disapprove?
Arlen Specter, who has been sent to the Senate five times by Pennsylvania Republicans, announced today that he is switching parties. He will run for reelection to his current post as a Democrat in 2010. The move puts Democrats within one vote of a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate.
The devil, of course, is in the details. Notice how the Fox Forum gives entire credit for Specter’s recurring seat in the Senate to Pennsylvania Republicans. While it’s not entirely incorrect to say the PA Republicans sent Specter to the Senate, it would be much more accurate (read: unbiased) to attribute his election to the Pennsylvanian voters. Leave it to Fox to cloak a question in partisanship. Ironically, they’re the ones whining about the media’s ostensible “liberal bias.”
Nearly 6,000 responses have been posted as of 2:00 pm PST, and (understandably) most are heated. While a majority of the self-selected commenters are flagrantly conservative, a sizable group of liberals have weighed in. You might wonder why members of the latter group would even bother reading Fox News, but the liberal readership likely finds the blatantly skewed news entertaining in its caustic and unapologetic manner. I certainly do: The conservative media never ceases to amaze and amuse me!
The Lollygabber 
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Andi Kay | July 8, 2009 at 2:47 am
You must read Jennifer Traig’s Devil in the Details. Its a memoir about a woman who grew up with religious OCD. You’d love it. Sorry, I was distracted by the first line of your entry. I’ll go back and read it now.
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