Behind the Fox News Facade

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/fox_news_is_propaganda_20110213/

Sheep are the smartest animals in the farmyard, Fox News is ... a propaganda machine, and Julian Assange may have four love children.These discoveries and more after the jump.

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Fox News: If You Only Knew
Asked what most viewers and observers of Fox News would be surprised to learn about the controversial cable channel, a former insider from the world of Rupert Murdoch was quick with a response: “I don’t think people would believe it’s as concocted as it is; that stuff is just made up.”

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[tularetom]

1. I wish this "Fox News insider" would come out of the closet

Stories like this are tantalizing, but ultimately they lack credibility without being connected to a face.

[saveferris]

2. If the Fox "Deep Throat" comes out

They'll kill him. Destroy his reputation. Paint him/her as unstable.

They are a deeply immoral operation. It's what they do.

And it's all due to sickly Roger Ailes with an assist from the Dirty Dugger himself, Rupert Murdoch.

[thereismore]

3. Actually I heard that the pigs are the smartest. nt