LadyEllen
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Joined: 6/30/2006 From: Stourport-England Status: offline
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Wilbur, you wouldnt know fair and balanced if they each stood in front of you wearing T shirts, one saying "fair" and the other "balanced" and waving placards with the same mottos whilst chanting "fair and balanced" before a 6ft high concrete installation spelling out the same. On every occasion that I have the opportunity to see the US output of Fox news it just amazes me that they can say what they say in the way they say they it. Its a propaganda outlet, nothing more nothing less. Now if you agree with the content then thats one thing, but to try to say its fair and balanced would be an utterly unreasonable position. If you ever have chance to see the UK output of Fox news I'd hope you'd note the difference immediately; right of centre, certainly, more sensationalist than other outlets, certainly, but still a reasonable source of news. The difference is not down to "socialist censorship" or any such imagined reason but down to one simple fact - that we have in the BBC and ITN news teams a standard to meet against which Fox UK, if it tried to copy Fox US, would become a joke, just as Fox US is to anyone in the US with more than a high school education and, I would wager, that should go even for those who agree with its biased content output. On the indictment thing, no one is going to be indicted even though there are more than enough grounds to do so and secure a conviction in the public interest. The precedent set for similar resolution of future leaders' law breaking makes it something that no one whether incumbent or future hopeful would want to see for fear of facing the same themselves one day. E
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In a test against the leading brand, 9 out of 10 participants couldnt tell the difference. Dumbasses.
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