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Best Exposé of the Day: The Guardian on Fox News Fake Impartiality

Michael Tomasky writes in The Guardian Unlimited:

Britons may be familiar with Rupert Murdoch, but I don't think the UK has a beast quite like the American Fox News Channel. Celebrating its 11th year on the air, Fox is a breathtaking institution.

It is a lock, stock and barrel servant of the Republican party, devoted first and foremost to electing Republicans and defeating Democrats; it's even run by a man, Roger Ailes, who helped elect Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George Bush senior to the presidency.

And yet, because it minimally adheres to certain superficial conventions, it can masquerade as a "news" outfit and enjoy all the rights that accrue to that.

More here.

Note: Which reminds me why making a mental note of this is vastly important to save ourselves. Big media -- especially this sort of big media -- is poison. -ferg

Image source: Fred Prouser / Reuters / New York Times

posted by Fergie @ 11/20/2007 12:31:00 AM