General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBAT SHIT CRAZY: Fox News’ Lauren Ashburn Says It’s Not Fair to Blame Fox News for Misinformation
Fox News apparently feels the same way about the quality of their on-air programming as many big corporations do about the quality of their manufactured products. In other words, people have no right to question their ingredients. No matter how substandard or even harmful they may be.
Lauren Ashburn, who, with Howard Kurtz, co-hosts MediaBuzz (Sundays 11AM-12PM/ET) to discuss the state of the news media and the medias shaping of current events and their role in politics, culture, business, technology and sports, said yesterday that, its just not fair to blame Fox News for misinformation presented on their programming:
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/06/23/fox-news-lauren-ashburn-fair-blame-fox-news-misinformation.html
Thats right. Fox News is not responsible for its own content. The buck stops
nowhere.
Specifically, Ashburn was whining about fallout from her networks recent miscue surrounding the capture of Benghazi suspect Ahmet Abu Khattala. Youll remember that Khattala was inconveniently and suspiciously captured on June 17.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)Sounds like the people on Fox News are insecure. If you believe what you are saying then you should not worry about criticism. I would say the same thing if NPR, Huffington Post, MSNBC, or any other news organization was crying about the "meanies"....lol. I swear they have some problems over at Fox News.
Demeter
(85,373 posts)liberal N proud
(60,349 posts)They are propagating that they are not responsible. Trying to put in on record that they don't make this shit up when in fact they just made this shit up.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)telling the truth about something clearly false will be an infringement on someone's (a corporation; since they are people after all) right of free speech.
then the circle of bullshit will be complete and no one will be able to say anything contrary to the accepted marching orders of the right wing.
it's coming folks. we already live in a state of proto-fascism.