FOX news

[neko]

Detractors of Fox, America's No. 1 cable news network, have always complained that it twists the truth, refracting people and events through a conservative prism until they acquire the distortions of a fun house mirror.

These criticisms, of course, are metaphors – or at least they were until a week ago, when a Fox program aired unflatteringly altered photographs of two New York Times staffers whose work had raised the broadcaster's hackles.




The doctored pictures, which weren't identified as such to viewers, have stirred a froth about journalistic ethics in media circles here, pitting liberal-minded broadsheet against populist network in a conflict that bears all the scars and sniping of a political race.

The seeds of the dispute were sown last week, when Times reporter Jacques Steinberg wrote a story on cable news ratings. The piece acknowledged that while Fox remained the most popular news destination for prime-time viewers in the coveted 25-54 demographic, its once dominant lead had eroded, with rivals CNN and MSNBC adding viewers at a faster clip.

A few days later, on the morning show Fox and Friends, co-anchor Steve Doocy described the article as a “hit piece” and averred that Mr. Steinberg had been doing a “bunch of attack stories” on the network.

Further, he added, Mr. Steinberg's boss, Steven Reddicliffe, was a former employee of the Fox media empire and reportedly had “an axe to grind” with the company.

At the same time, Fox ran modified pictures of both men. Mr. Steinberg's teeth had been yellowed, his nose and chin made more bulbous, and his ears jugged. Mr. Reddicliffe was given black bags under his eyes, and his hairline was pulled back.

A Times columnist struck back Monday. Veteran media scribe David Carr portrayed the Fox media relations team as a group of vindictive bullies, and raised the spectre of anti-Semitism in the network's visual treatment of Mr. Steinberg. The column elicited feverish activity on blogs over the past two days, with one, Gawker, publishing a scathing piece about a Fox public-relations executive.

“In a technique familiar to students of vintage German propaganda,” Mr. Carr wrote of Mr. Steinberg's image, “his ears were pulled out, his teeth splayed apart, his forehead lowered and his nose was widened and enlarged in a way that made him look more like Fagin than the guy I work with.”

A spokeswoman for Fox declined to discuss the matter, pointing only to the network's characterization of these insinuations to The Times as “vile and untrue.”

[Spy Bee]

See this is like complaining that Osama Bin Laden has a bad haircut.

[Gav]

fucking fox ...never forget the way they reported the anonymous ,the internet warriors who want to take out scientology ,they showed car explosions and the aftermath of a bomb in iraq...fucking idiots

[neko]

found this link after reading some forum comments on the subject of fox.......

OUTFOXED: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

quite interesting viewing (might make you sick in parts though)

[Jose Jones]

Fox News is brilliant. It’s unintentional comedy at it’s finest.
I saw a bit of it a couple of years ago, booming headline:
“Does this look like our troops in Iraq have low morale?!”
Cut to pictures of soldiers cheering while two scantily clad young ladies are dancing around on stage mid-strip.
“Despite what the liberal media and hand-wringing politicians will tell you, does this look like our troops are in poor spirits?!”
Cut to pictures of soldiers drinking and watching wrestling.
Back to the studio for an interview with a stripper and a wrestler.
“So, Knucklehead and Candy, when you were actually in Iraq, unlike most of the liberal commentators and opinion makers, did you get the impression that the troops were in poor spirits and wanted to come home? Or were they annoyed at the liberal media for portraying them in that way and they are actually patriots who want to stay out there and finish the job, defending our country?”
“That’s exactly right, Mike....”

[Unrighteous]

Fox News. Oh jesus... It's 'news broadcast' is the equivilent of diarrhea.

[philyburkhill]

Originally Posted by Gav fucking fox ...never forget the way they reported the anonymous ,the internet warriors who want to take out scientology ,they showed car explosions and the aftermath of a bomb in iraq...fucking idiots

Hahahaha!

YouTube - 'Anonymous' Speaks Out Against 4Chan!

Never gets old.

[Scouse Missionary]

From one of the other threads....

Originally Posted by Scouse Missionary YouTube - Anonymous on FOX11 Cue deadly serious expression, sinister music, and exploding vans! Fox News, if they didn't exist you'd have to invent them.

[Newport]

My favourite Fox moment:
YouTube - Al Franken - Bill O'Reilly's Swedish Study

[Bourbon]

Illuminati Elite manipulation tool.

[RJ Fan club]

When Pope John Paul II died a few years back, every news station reported that the Vatician had announced the death of the pontiff. Fox broke it as FoxNews announces the Death of the Pope. Probably with a few exclusives in the title too.

Fox is a truely terrible repugnant news experience for those who have had the misfortune to witness it.

[RedKnight]

Sky News and Fox eat from the same table. Stick to the BBC.

[RJ Fan club]

Originally Posted by RedKnight Sky News and Fox eat from the same table. Stick to the BBC.

How C4 news is so good when it comes from the same stable as ITN's ITV coverage, never fails to amaze me.

[RedKnight]

Originally Posted by RJ Fan club How C4 news is so good when it comes from the same stable as ITN's ITV coverage, never fails to amaze me.

I'm at home to watch C4's news but the Beeb's News at Ten and Newsnight are excellent. Paxman may be the greatest man ever to be called Jeremy.

[RJ Fan club]

Originally Posted by RedKnight I'm at home to watch C4's news but the Beeb's News at Ten and Newsnight are excellent. Paxman may be the greatest man ever to be called Jeremy.

You could be right.

Jeremy Beadle MBE (1948–200, English television presenter, writer and producer
Jeremy Bowen, Welsh journalist
Jeremy Brett (1933–1995), English actor
Jeremy Brock, actor and director
Jeremy Clarkson, English broadcaster
Jeremy Deller, English artist
Jeremy Edwards, English TV actor
Jeremy Filsell, English pianist and composer
Jem Finer, English musician with the Pogues
Jeremy Hardy, English comedian
Jeremy Healy, English singer and DJ
Jeremy Irons, English actor
Jeremy Kyle, English TV presenter
Jeremy London, American actor with twin actor Jason London
Jeremy Mills, guitarist of Scottish band Idlewild
Jeremy Northam, English film actor
Jeremy Piven, American actor
Jeremy Rees, professional lacrosse player
Jeremy Spake, English TV presenter
Jeremy Taggart, percussionist for Canadian band Our Lady Peace
Jeremy Thomas, English writer and film producer
Jeremy Vine, English radio and TV journalist and presenter
Jeremy Wright (blogger), Canadian author and blogger
Jeremy Browne, UK MP
Jeremy Corbyn, UK MP
Jeremy Hunt, UK MP
Jeremy Purvis, Scottish MSP
Jeremy Thorpe, former UK MP and Liberal leader
Jeremy Wright (politician), UK MP
Jeremy Guscott, English rugby player and commentator
Jeremy Mayfield, American NASCAR driver
Jeremy McGrath, American dirt bike racer
Jeremy Reed, American baseball player
Jeremy Roenick, American ice hockey player
Jeremy Shockey, American football player
Jeremy Wong, Chinese soccer player
Jeremy Bamber, English criminal
Jeremy Bentham, English legal reformer and philosopher
Jeremy Dear, English journalist and union leader
Jeremy Leggett, English environmentalist
Jeremy Peat, Scottish economist and a Governor of the BBC
Jeremy Rosen, English rabbi

yep you're right... repped

although Jeremy Brett was a class Sherlock Holmes.

[RedKnight]

Bet someone's gonna try and say Jeremy Kyle is better. They'd be so wrong.






Another plus for the Beeb; Fiona Bruce.