Obama Vs. Rupert Murdoch: Fox News' Blatant Transition into GOP TV |

AlterNet, Media Matters by Eric Boehlert | Oct. 13, 2009 (Opinion)

Fox News has transformed itself into the Opposition Party of the Obama White House, which, of course, is unprecedented for a media company in modern-day America. That partisan embrace means the news media have to expand beyond typing up Fox News-ratings-are-up and the White-House-is-angry stories, and it needs to start treating the cable channel for what it is: a partisan animal. Full Story »

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 by Dwight Rousu - Oct. 15, 2009

Boehlert presents a new categorization, a new paradigm, that reframes how to look at Fox, in a cogent insightful manner.

When Boehlert frames it this way, a lot of the pieces fit with his new categorization of Fox.

It’s clear that in 2009, Fox News is no longer in the business of journalism. Fox News isn’t trying to inform people, it’s trying to misinform them. That’s not journalism. It’s propaganda. But as long as the press continues to hold up the façade of journalism, Fox News will try to hide behind it.

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