Why Fox News Is Un-American

That Rupert Murdoch may tilt the news rightward more for commercial than ideological reasons is beside the point. What matters is the way that Fox's model has invaded the bloodstream of the American media. By showing that ideologically distorted news can drive ratings, Ailes has provoked his rivals at CNN and MSNBC to develop a variety of populist and ideological takes on the news. In this way, Fox hasn't just corrupted its own coverage. Its example has ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala - via Jay Rosen, Nicholas Kristof, MuckRack, Newsweek, Memeorandum

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Peter Henry
3.6
by Peter Henry - Oct. 20, 2009

The teaser: "Fox News isn't just bad. It's un-American." Point is not proven, but the piece isn't crap. The news organization it reviews (Fox News) is thoroughly full of crap, well-documented with several examples. But this doesn't imply that it is anti-American. Yellow journalism may or may not be an American invention, but Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch are certainly following in a sordid, very American, tradition. I think Weisberg is overreaching here. But just because there's overreach doesn't mean the piece itself is crap, as its examples are well-chosen and well-argued although not particularly insightful.

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