Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Fox News Posted Fake Kerry Story

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Vern Green wrote:

> There is one key difference here between Dan Rather's little issue and 
> Fox News' issue. Dan Rather went on National television to what? 6, 7, 
> 10 million viewers and put forth falsehoods as fact.

Absolutely.  The more important difference is that they promised 
repeatedly that the documents were definitely not fake.  It's in a whole 
different league.


> Does this negate Fox's claims of being fair and balanced? In some 
> circles it probably lends itself to have this interpretation. I 
> personally do not take a lot of influence from it.

Right.  It isn't a big deal, but it's a medium-sized deal and they need to 
do something.  They've had two absurdly bad, false, anti-Kerry stories 
within a single week.  It makes you wonder about their credibility.  If 
the stories had been completely false anti-Bush stories, what would have 
happened?  Fox News is explicitly pro-Republican, not "unbiased."

Mike
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