Reply #13: fair and balanced [View All]

[norrinr]

hmmm

I still reckon that "Fair and Balanced News" or "Fair and Balanced Channel" is misleading enough to warrant a complaint.

This is of course a false stereotype but americans have the reputation of suing people as a national pastime - usually just to gain money - but in a case like this I can't see anyone walking away from the courts with a sackful of money even if they should win.

Perhaps that's the real reason it's not being done.

In a different but parallel situation, in May, Foxnews was investigated by the UK's ITC - Independent Television Commission - for extreme bias during the most recent war - apparently nothing came of it - some have hinted that Murdoch has too much power for the ITC to take on.
Sounds familiar.