The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

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Originally Posted by scaeagles

That means that since a large majority of journalists are mostly critical of Bush because he isn't far enough to the left (or is too far rto the right) that they can not be considered fair and balanced. Is that what you are meaning to say?

No, that isn't what I meant to say. First of all, I can't agree with your premise that journalists are critical of Bush due to his political leanings. The press has always been critical of whoever is in power, democrat or republican. They were highly critical of the last administration and they are highly critical of this one. That is their purpose and it seems fair to me.

But Fox takes it a step further by being pro-republican, anti-democrat regardless of who is in power. At that point, it isn't news anymore, it's propaganda. And you know what, so be it. If that is how they want to run their news organization, that's fine. Where my problem lies with Fox is that they call themselves "fair and balanced". That is a lie.

Therefore, it is no surprise at all that the administration would choose someone from Fox to get their message out. Nobody has more experience at this then someone from Fox. But to combat the appearance of their own bias, they all start talking about how critical this guy has been of Bush and this is what rubs me the wrong way. What they fail to mention is that the ONLY time he is critical is when Bush tries to do something even remotely moderate.

Therefore, Mr. Snow will fit in just fine in his new position. It's not really any different from his last job, neither of which required him to be fair, nor balanced.

That was my point.