On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 3:08 PM, donz5 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> August 2010: Sean Hannity contributes $5,000 to Michelle Bachmann. Not >> a peep from Fox New management. >> > > > Well, Fox News has no restrictions against network employees contributing > money to political causes or campaigns. And according to NBC, their policy > is that personalities need to get permission before donating money....
http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/11/05/5417114-on-cable-news-and-cable-not-news I posted most of this to Dave's Facebook when he linked to Rachel Maddow's response, but it seems to fit here, too. Rachel's excuse is, "Keith did this, but what FoxNews does is worse." Is that really the standard to be compared to? Because the MSNBC hosts do not specifically state the name of a candidate is supposed to be some critical difference between their brand of partisan rhetoric and that of FoxNews? I think that is splitting the hair mighty thin. If you watch an MSNBC program with an IQ higher than 85 and can guess who the host voted for, the host has a political bias and has swayed away from being a journalist reporting facts. What FoxNews does, they do openly and in some cases salaciously -- that I grant you. But just because I usually agree with Keith doesn't mean I don't understand he regularly features equally biased pieces. If the rule is not to do something and he did it, than he deserves to get in trouble. If he finds the rule wrong, then he should not work for the company. He doesn't get to break the rules because he is a popular host. As is often the case with fame, we hold known people to a higher standard. In this case, Keith was informed of the standard and chose to ignore it. In such an instance, it would have been wrong for NBC to do nothing -- in fact, it would have made them FoxNews. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
