Fox might as well be on Bush's payroll

[Tennessee Gal]

This is a killer editorial column!

What's going on: Fox News seems to think it runs United States
The network might as well be on Bush's payroll.

Welcome to the United States of Rupert Murdoch.

At least that's how it seems. The incredibly arrogant Fox News Channel now regards itself as the U.S. government -- although its attitude is closer to the thought-police style of the old Soviet Union -- with the power to silence anyone who criticizes it.

Here's a couple of recent examples.

By now you've probably heard about Fox's lawsuit against satirist Al Franken over his forthcoming book, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right." Fox maintains that the words "fair and balanced" are copyrighted by the cable channel.
The hysterical lawsuit also accused Franken of being "shrill," "unstable" and lacking "serious depth or insight." Knight Ridder columnist Brian Lambert wrote: "Have Fox's lawyers ever watched their own channel? It's essentially programmed by and for the shrill, unstable and depthless."

Lambert added: "This, I remind you, is from the people who employ Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly and give Matt Drudge and Ann Coulter more air time than most non-Republicans."

read the article: http://www.theleafchronicle.com/news/stories/20030824/opinion/120217.html

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[_NorCal_D_]

1. This is an excellent article.

EOM

B-):thumbsup:

[mitchum]

2. They share a joint checking account

[laura888]

3. great article!

thanks for posting!

[Spazito]

4. Thanks for the link!

Great article!

[salin]

5. Interesting - this site is part of Gannett (USA Today)

wonder if it was picked up by other USA Today papers.