FOX News - UNFAIR and UNBALANCED! - Selling Snake Oil News

So FOX News claims to own the slogan, “Fair and Balanced!” Now, that’s even more amazing than if Charles Manson had made “Sugar ‘N Spice” his trademark. False and misleading advertising is clearly forbidden under federal law and in most states in this country. One has to wonder why there is there no similar regulation guarding the people of America against the deceptive dissemination of misinformation disguised as “news!”

FOX News really takes the cake. Describing FOX News as “Fair and Balanced” may possibly be the greatest misrepresentation of a “product” since the cure-all tonics of the past. Like Fox News, the phony elixirs of the old west were sold by con men trying to make a fast buck! Anyone tuning in to FOX News, at any time of day, hears a slick and polished sales pitch for something that looks like news, sounds like news, and is even called “news.’ People rely on networks such as FOX news for information which they need in order to make informed decision that can drastically affect their lives. When they tune in they believe they’re getting news. What they’re really getting is a large dose of snake oil that is totally useless and very, very dangerous.

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I think it's disgusting that about 95% of the Media is owned by the same few corporations, who just happen make good off the government. Didn't the media used to mean something? Wasn't it meant to be for the people? Now it's just a public relations branch for the government.

I think the media got off when the people stoped voting = giving the media moguls a chance to take control at the behest of their masters and the people they pay. Simple solution - mobilise the voteing public to elect candidates spurned by the media or agitate for the media to take a stronger line - ake a look at the fall out from the Hoon inquiry in the UK - Public owned broadcasters can make a difference - it doesnt all have to go the goverments way.

Captive media have been a propaganda phenomenon for many many years.

You REALLY need to be concerned when your free speech on the internet starts getting restricted.

WOW, what an incredible link, thanks for posting it!!!!



So Cheney is allowed to be VP of the US when he had a lawsuit against him by the General Accounting Office!?

I maintain my opinion that the current administration is engaging in a destructive "GROUPTHINK" that has deviated far from the goals of a democratic republic.

MK

Groupthink, and high crimes, and treason.

Right in front of its citizenry.