Monday, September 28, 2009

OLYMPICS, OBAMA, AND FOX NEWS: THEY REPORT, THEY DECIDE




Fox News promotes themselves with the slogan, "WE REPORT, YOU DECIDE." But is that the case here? This is a front page headline top story web clip from Fox News just a few minutes ago. It was only up for a short time, it is gone now. They frequently do this; that is, they publish a skewed headline for a few minutes, then take it down so it amounts to something akin to a propaganda commercial. Rather than being an unbiased news organization as they claim to be, Fox reveals that they are biased in this opinionated headline. First, is the extra commentary or the subject matter really appropriate for or worthy of front page headline news material? And second, instead of letting "you decide", they make a judgement. An unbiased headline would have simply reported that Obama is pitching for the Olympics to be in Chicago. If they truly wanted you to decide, they would have left it at that. Why doesn't Fox News just come out and say that they are a Right wing organization?


2 comments:

anniebodnar said...

& if he didn't go... and Chicago didn't get it... then he'd get shit for that. basically ANYthing he does, the wingnuts are against... criticism with some descernment and a love of the facts are welcome... otherwise, we need to turn off the bs and not give it any energy or acknowledgment.

The Spin Killer said...

Annie,

Exactly. Sometimes the BS though is hard to recognize...identifying it and putting it to rest is what TSK is all about. Thanks for participating!

TSK

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