Fox News isn't even pretending anymore (Gene Lyons)

[mooseandsquirrel]

In theory, the national news media function in a free market of ideas: a self-regulating, relentless quest for what the old Superman comics called “Truth, Justice, and the American way.” (Actually, Clark Kent’s newspaper-reporter disguise strikes contemporary audiences as a sentimental anachronism. Today, he’d be a rogue cop or a CIA operative.)

In practice, Washington political journalism has become a subdivision of the entertainment industry: its best-known practitioners are second- and third-tier TV stars, and news itself a form of politicized “infotainment.” Even lowly print reporters and pundits can greatly improve their incomes by appearing on programs like “Hardball” and copping an attitude.

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[Kind of Blue]

1. "By taking sides so brazenly, Fox has gained audience share at the expense of turning itself

into a big fat political target." Love it. I'm glad to see more articles about this. Thanks for posting. K&R

[The Second Stone]

2. I don't think that they ever pretended

They just lied about being "fair and balanced".

[RedCloud]

3. Hello fellow avatar!

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