Memo to the media: Fox News is now the Opposition Party
(Blog Post) Fox News has changed the rules. Now the press needs to change the way it covers Fox News. Full Story »
Posted by Jo Bobenhouse SmithReview
Mr. Boehlert presents a clear and compelling case for revising the part FOX Media places in our political structure.
In a follow-up email to me, Greenwald noted the similarities between Fox News’ overt role in U.S. politics with places like Venezuela, where the opposition TV station led the failed 2002 coup attempt against Hugo Chavez, as well as Italy, where Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a media magnate, uses his TV ownership to agitate. “Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch are really using that model to organize and galvanize this protest movement,” wrote Greenwald. “It’s a totally Fox News-sponsored event.”
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Mr. Boehlert challenges MSM to review perspective and analysis of FOX coverage.