Fox has long been a propaganda arm of the right wing fringe. Good entertainment, but no one should mistake it for news, let alone fair and objective.
Mainstream television analysts should have pointed this out, but they lost their balls years ago, and have become entertainment outlets as well. "Saucer boy" was at most a local news event, maybe something that deserved 60 seconds. But wow, were those shots of the saucer flying over Colorado great to capture eyeballs.
Turns out it was a publicity stunt. It worked, too, showing that the nation's media has become so craven that it can be manipulated by a simple wannabe actor looking for a "reality show."
But back to Fox: Aside from Jon Stewart, who is giving Fox the incredulity and scorn it has earned? Even the print media has mostly (read it here) failed to point out the obvious:
Fox is not much more than a smear machine.
And now, like every bully, Fox "news" has become a whiner.
"Surprisingly, the White House continues to declare war on a news organization instead of focusing on the critical issues that Americans are concerned about like jobs, health care and two wars," Fox News Senior Vice President Michael Clemente said in a statement.
How absurd. Declare "war?" Please, Mr. Clemente, don't flatter yourself. It doesn't take that much effort to point out that Fox is a propaganda organ. Plenty of time left in the day to improve the plight of mankind.
See the innuendo in Clemente's statement? That is a Fox technique. Because it is easy, because it can trick simple minds. Make a statement by asking a question. Never miss an opportunity to show disrespect for the other guy.
Like the venal utterance from Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) who thought it "interesting" that swine flu epidemics broke out during Democratic administrations. Like nearly everything out of the weaselly mouth of dim-witted Sarah Palin.
The Fox mission is to scream instead of question, to ask loaded questions, to play games with language and not engage in thoughtful discourse.
Fox is the channel of fear mongers and is used for hate speak. It is more Archie Bunker than Walter Cronkite. Mistaking Fox for news ruins the dialogue in this country over important issues. The Obama administration is right to give it the attention it deserves.
