--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Although I share the outrage about Fox News's dirty tricks, it > represents the splintering of news agencies aimed at specific markets. > There has always been bias in media, but in the past it either > pretended to fair or actually tried. Now with 24 hour coverage > fighting for our eyeballs news has become more blatantly biased and > aimed at target belief markets. > > Anyone who watches Fox is not only being influenced by the bias, but > is creating it as they reward the show by watching. We all know > exactly what we are getting if we choose that channel at least. I > think I am beginning to prefer this overt bias to more sneaky forms > that mascaraed as objective journalism. I think that ship has sailed > as an ideal in modern media. > > One nice use for Fox News is a rebuttal to the typical conservative > claim that ALL mass media has a liberal bias. > > Everybody now chooses networks that support their pre-conceived > notions. We are clannish apes.
Good points, Curtis. I make a habit of, on a daily basis, not only reading David Horowitz's frontpagemag.com (cnservative) but Ariana Huffington's huffingtonpost.com (liberal). > > > > > --- In [email protected], nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Right now, Fox News is trying to paint Barack Obama as foreign, > > un-American, suspicious, and scary. They're trying to send Americans > > the message that our country's first viable Black candidate for > > President is not "one of us." > > > > I've joined on to ColorOfChange.org's campaign to push back on Fox, > > publicly demanding they stop their race-baiting and fear mongering. > > If that doesn't work, then we'll go to their advertisers and the FCC. > > I wanted to invite you to sign on as well. It takes only a moment: > > > > http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/?id=2357-561284 > > > > Here's what happened recently: > > > > After Senator Obama won the nomination, he and his wife gave each > > other a "pound" in front of the cameras. Fox anchor E.D. Hill called > > the act of celebration a "terrorist fist jab." Then last week, a Fox > > News on-screen graphic referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's baby > > mama"--slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man's child. > > It was a clear attempt to associate the Obamas with negative cultural > > stereotypes about Black people, an insult not only to Michelle Obama > > but to women and Black people everywhere. > > > > After each of the incidents mentioned, Fox issued some form of weak > > apology. But what does it mean when you slap someone in the face, > > apologize the next day, then slap them again on the third? It means > > the apology is meaningless. > > > > These aren't one-time incidents--they're part of a pattern that > > continues no matter how often Fox is forced to apologize. Fox has a > > clear record of attacking and undermining Black institutions, Black > > leaders, and Black people in general. > > > > If we don't push back now, we will see more of the same from now until > > November. Please join me in helping to bring an end to Fox's > > behavior. > > > > http://www.colorofchange.org/foxobama/?id=2357-561284 > > > > Thanks. > > >
