{"id":1329,"date":"2009-07-11T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-11T07:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1329"},"modified":"2009-08-17T10:46:08","modified_gmt":"2009-08-17T17:46:08","slug":"the-fox-nation-declares-victory-over-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=1329","title":{"rendered":"The Fox Nation Declares Victory Over Obama"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the start, the Fox Nation presented itself as a community intended to reflect “your values, your voice.”<\/em> In its official Statement of Purpose they claim that…<\/p>\n

“The Fox Nation is for those committed to the core principles of tolerance, open debate, civil discourse–and fair and balanced coverage of the news.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And from the start, that has been a lie. The brazenly partisan web site has never bothered to uphold even a pretense of tolerance, open debate, or civil discourse. A brief venture into the comments posted on their overtly biased news items exposes a population consumed with hostility and a bitter disgust for government and the democratic process they profess to revere.<\/p>\n

Displayed on the site’s featured stories today is headline that goes farther than ever to reveal the true role that Fox Nation was created to play. The role, not of a fair and balanced source for news, but of an advocate for a far-right agenda and an opponent of the progressive policies and values for which the American people just voted. The headline reads “FOX Nation Victory! Obama’s Drive for Climate Change Bill Delayed!”<\/em><\/p>\n

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The obvious bias expressed in this item destroys any pretense of neutrality. What’s more, it arrogantly assigns to itself the credit for this alleged victory. Fox Nation appears to believe that they are responsible for the legislative delay that they herald as a triumph. They fail, however, to offer any evidence for why they deserve to share in this pseudo-glory. This should put an end to any debate as to whether Fox is pursuing its own ends. It should, but it won’t. Fox defenders, blinded by dementia, will undoubtedly continue to insist that Fox is merely a counterweight to the rest of the media that they falsely regard as liberal.<\/p>\n

To compound the absurdity of this item, the article linked<\/a> to the headline is a story in the Washington Post that merely describes a delay due to the fullness of the Senate calendar. The Senate is busy with its top priority, the healthcare bill, and Sen. Barbara Boxer, the chair of the Environment and Public Works Committee, insists that the Climate Change bill will be addressed when the Senate returns from its August break. In other words, there is no “victory”<\/em> in any legislative sense. The bill is moving forward in a relatively routine fashion.<\/p>\n

So while the Fox Nation swaggers before its Mission Accomplished<\/em> banner, the only real victory they have achieved is the unmasking of their deceit and their intent to manipulate public opinion. Now that is a cause to celebrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the start, the Fox Nation presented itself as a community intended to reflect “your values, your voice.” In its official Statement of Purpose they claim that… “The Fox Nation is for those committed to the core principles of tolerance, open debate, civil discourse–and fair and balanced coverage of the news.” And from the start, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,8],"tags":[183,527,623],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-propaganda","tag-barack-obama","tag-fox-nation","tag-fox-nation-victory"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-lr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5201,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=5201","url_meta":{"origin":1329,"position":0},"title":"Fox Nation Exists Solely To Bash Obama","author":"Mark NC","date":"8\/17\/2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Fox Nation, the Internet community of Fox News, has completed its transition into a nearly 100% Obama Bashing Internet destination. 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