Fox News : Irony is Dead

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Fox News : Irony is Dead
Mediaite has an internal from managing editor Bill Sammon. It's in response to the (shocking!) revelation that at least one member of the Fox News team was whipping up the 9/12 crowd prior to a live report, pretending it was a studio audience. Which, of course, it pretty much was considering Fox News was an unofficial sponsor of the event.

But the video has been a huge embarrassment. (Hey, live by raw video, die by raw video, right?) So Sammon typed up a memo and said all the things that normal journalists would say in this situation. The funny part, of course, is that Fox News no longer practices journalism. Instead, it's transformed itself into the Opposition Party of the Obama White House, so Sammon's supposedly straight-faced pleas for impartiality read more like a clever parody.
Sep 23, 2009 11:17 AM
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I wish there was some legal action that could be taken against this shit. Or V from V for vendetta...
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i dont watch tv any more because news is not news, its sensationalist drivel that soars to the lowest common denominator. ugh
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Journalism has always been hypocritical. It's always been about finding the drama. Why do you think they're called "stories?" No one covers the 100,000 airplanes that land safely, only the one that crashes. The information age has only made it more transparent as the "journalists" have to compete side-by-side with the tabloids and gossipers. Don't blame them though. It's all about ratings, and ratings are pure democracy. People are getting, unfortunately, exactly what they deserve.
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