{"id":8332,"date":"2012-10-31T03:24:02","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T10:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8332"},"modified":"2012-10-31T03:24:02","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T10:24:02","slug":"fox-news-a-fundamental-threat-to-american-democracy-and-the-enemies-of-the-american-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=8332","title":{"rendered":"Fox News: A Fundamental Threat To American Democracy And The Enemies Of The American People"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday’s edition of the Judge Jeanine Pirro show on Fox News, Pirro hosted a discussion with celebrated media analysts Ann Coulter and Pat Caddell. The segment was predictably filled with partisan histrionics and wild-eyed hyperbole aimed at what they perceive to be the “liberal”<\/em> media.<\/p>\n

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Setting aside the hysterical irony of Fox News pretending to make a neutral assessment of the bias of any other media, the Coulter\/Caddell team managed to outdo themselves and the network for which they so ably shill. Caddell, in particular, articulated an emotionally unhinged rant about how fatally biased the media has been in favor of President Obama. Caddell stammered and came close to slobbering as he vented his extreme disgust for the press. And then, in a fit that seemed more like a seizure, he spilled the unvarnished truth that had been swelling his pea-brain to unnatural dimensions:<\/p>\n

“The leading mainstream media…they have become a fundamental threat to American democracy and the enemies of the American people.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good Lord! That’s a striking revelation coming from a devoted Fox News flunkie. And the only logical assumption is that he is talking about Fox News itself. Since we know that the “leading mainstream media,”<\/em> based on viewership and circulation, is Fox News and its corporate parent entities (i.e. the Wall Street Journal), Caddell is indicting his employer as an enemy of the American people. And not a minute too soon.<\/p>\n

Anyone tuning in to Fox News can see an unending stream of bile spewed at President Obama and Democrats\/liberals in general. They seek to blame Obama for a wide array of invented scandals. They hype survey data by disreputable pollsters who always seem to find Obama trailing. They interview a familiar cast of Obama-haters who never disappoint in lavishing insults on their perceived ideological adversaries on the left. And many of those guests are actively employed by right-wing organizations and candidates, but Fox never discloses those affiliations.<\/p>\n

I couldn’t agree more with Caddell that such blatant dishonesty and misrepresentation is the work of America’s enemies. I just didn’t expect it to come from a Fox News wingnut who is paid to serve that enemy. The proof of their dastardly misdeeds is seen in surveys that show that Fox viewers are significantly more ill-informed than viewers of other media, or even people who watch no news at all.<\/p>\n

What’s really funny, though, is how upset Fox gets when other media fail to jump on their bandwagon of lies. For some reason Fox can’t comprehend that legitimate reporters don’t want to tarnish their reputations by disseminating the same kind of falsehoods that are the hallmark of Fox News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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