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FOX’s “balanced” analysis of the Petraeus hearings
Posted on September 18th, 2007 by robertgreenwald

To laugh at the ridiculousness, to scream at the outrageous or to… Well fox went to new lows in their analysis of Petraeus' testimony last week.  When our friends at Media Matters let us know that they had 7 to 1 analysts in favor of escalation, it was hard to believe, even for FOX!  22 minutes supporting the escalation and only 3 and half against it.  They went to such great lengths, they even cut away to Ann Coulter when Democrats questioned Petraeus!

Bill had an idea to show all this in 90 seconds, so he and Jonathan jumped right into it.   Then we argued amongst ourselves for two days about what we should do about it? What could we ask, encourage, motivate folks to do.  Yelling at the TV screen not being a desired option.

So we throw the question to you, our activists and media observers.  What should be done about FOX? And given this ridiculous imbalance, should we encourage liberals and Democrats to stop going on FOX until the rules are fair, the deck is not stacked?

Give us your thoughts…

UPDATE: We messed up on the title card and put September 10th, 2008 when it should obviously have been 2007.   We know about the error, and will fix it before September 10th 2008.  :)

  • truth machine
    My gut says, "No".

    There's a word for people who depend on their "gut" for information: ignoramuses.
  • Robert
    Really and truthfully... what is the market share for Fox News? Do they get significan audiences? My gut says, "No". The nation appears to have been shocked into action, at least for the time being, and will soon vote out large numbers of phoney right-wing nuts who have proliferated as part of the anti-Clinton propaganda that began soon after his election. We just have to believe that the next Democratic president and Democratically-controlled Congress will take effective actions and not squander the opportunity for political expediency.

    I realize that many people have bought into the propaganda that the federal government should be small and that publically funded initiatives are akin to "socialism" but the role of the federal government as what seemed to be invisioned by our country's founders is to provide for the common wellfare. That includes bridges, roads, telecommunications, schools, retirement, and healthcare. What kind of stupid nation are we to neglecting these things? And in the name of "lower taxes"? Let me ask you how much your local taxes have increased to compensate for the decrease in Federal spending? Oh, you don't see it? Try looking at your local roads and bridges. Ever bitch about how crappy your public schools have become? Know anyone who has gone broke paying for a surgery?

    I think most people are starting to care about this stuff and thankfully, idiots like those on Fox News clearly do not. Therefore, their wanninginfluence will lead to their removal from our airwaves.
  • eyeopener007
    It all boils down to what Reagan did in 1988 bowing to pressure from the right: "Abolishing the Fairness Doctrine" which allowed channels like Fox News and Rush Limbaugh to exist. 92% of radio talk show hosts are right wing persuasion. Public airwaves belong to the public and the fairness doctrine must be restored. Insist that the presidential candidates promise to restore the fairness doctrine and bust the 5 media monopolies which control our thought process.
  • Unkonw
    What are you Crazy?, were trying to make peace not war.
  • Stop the war in Iraq and Iran
    Men and women stand brave for the time has come. You stand here today but for what? Do you stand here as it is right or true, or as you wish to protect your empire, your king, your families. I tell you now no reason is good enough to fight for except the reason of virtue. Think, one day your name will go down, one day you will be declared a warrior, you will be seen as gods amongst men. I will not stop fighting as long as my men fight by my side, you are the troops that walk earth when you should be walking heaven. You wish to know your destinies? You wish to see your futures? Then go out there and grasp it, take it in your hands. For today my friends you are no longer mortals, for today you cannot die. Death haunts every battle, he is cruel and takes away the spirit of men, do not fear him allies for as long as I live I will fight him every step of the way, I will push him away to enemy ranks and together, as one, we shall create a war like none other! Death is inevitable but only for our enemy we are invincible our pride is inconcealable our hearts are indestructible and our souls are will never fade. We will show them what we can do, they fear us men, they fear us more than anything. We to them are demons they to us are ants, let us crush them down, charge fourth men, charge fourth, for today is the day that we are seen through every eyes as heavens warriors. We are more powerful than any of hells allies combined. We are the warriors of destiny, we are the men that will go on fighting no matter what happens. Each man in this army is strong enough to take on the enemy alone but combined we are a force that makes heaven shake and hell erupt, we are a force that can defy the skys, the laws of nature, the laws of time. We are the men that will lead the empire and I tell you now I could not of picked a better army for you my friends are the best. What did your ancestors die for, did they want us to be loose? NO! They did not they wanted us to come forth and overwhelm our enemies, overpower their empires, destroy their hopes, and crush their dreams. By the end of this battle death will be our ally yet life will still support our cause. We may defy everything, but nothing can defy us, nothing can stop our charge, nothing can break our souls, and most of all, nothing will make! Us! Loose! This! War!
  • Stop the war in Iraq and Iran
    It's a hard thing
    To have your peers scorn
    Your ideas and thoughts
    They say I'm a traitor
    That I don't have respect
    And that I should be taught
    I'm not saying I'm right
    I'm not saying I'm wrong
    But I would like to speak
    To raise my voice up
    And just be heard
    That is all I seek

    There are people who fight
    To maintain our rights
    And I support them all
    By speaking my mind
    And you’ll always find
    Me crying when they fall
    They protect our land
    So I won’t stand
    And ever block their way
    But I can’t cease
    Airing my beliefs
    Despite what others say
  • "Just change the channel" one commentor said. Yes, what a dandy solution to the problem, eh? Ignore it! BRILLIANT! Now... where can I get me a mindless population like this to control?
  • kitebro
    Just change the channel? Why not turn the page when you see an ad you don't like? Christ!
  • Mary
    Why doesn't somebody follow the money?
    Fox and its owners are getting something out of the propaganda it's spewing. What ever happened to the scandal regarding the paid "news-gandists" about three years or so ago? How much money is the Bush Crime Administration giving out to Fox and other propagandists to this day? Why doesn't some Democrat investigate that?
  • Ruth Usrey
    Frankly, anyone who watches the aimless pap that Fox calls programming deserves to be ignorant. TURN IT OFF!...Noone needs the Simpsons that badly.
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