One Quick Way to See If a Cable News Channel Is a Joke...
Watch them for a day or so and see how meta they are, meaning how much they talk about themselves (or other networks in relationship to themselves) versus actual news stories.
I can barely watch FoxNews themselves because just about every ten minutes is a little more than a circle jerk of "anchors," "pundits," and "analysts" talking about either how great they are, whether its themselves, their co-workers or the network as a whole. Or they are reacting to someone talking about their network. Or they compare their numbers to other networks.
I can honestly say that it's rare to see Wolf Blitzer or Anderson Cooper do this. At most, CNN brags about their "election technology."
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann makes fun of FoxNews regularly, but it's mostly to piss Bill O'Reilly off (and I can't remember the last time he talked about CNN in the same manner). And as far as the likes of Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow: when's the last time any of them have gone meta about "how great a network MSNBC is?"
But on FoxNews, it's all about them. They ask why the media doesn't ask certain questions about people or events, seemingly forgetting they are (and I'm being generous here) a news organization. They think being "fair and balanced" means attacking one party harshly and letting another slide with softball interviews. They honestly believe that a true socialist could win the top ticket of one of the two major parties, while blissfully ignoring that we have several governmental programs (police, firefighters, social security) that flirt with socialism ever-so slightly. They rely heavily one people of one specific ideology and political party for input, then claim to be an independent organization.
And they do this all while patting themselves on the back. Meanwhile, Lou Dobbs (to his credit) has roundtable political discussions, and Chris Matthews is asking about polling and projections.
I guess to FoxNews, "liberal media" means a media that wants to analyze a story with as many different POV as available (and don't think I believe that CNN and MSNBC is constantly bi-partisan in their coverage) without plugging themselves at every given opportunity.
I can barely watch FoxNews themselves because just about every ten minutes is a little more than a circle jerk of "anchors," "pundits," and "analysts" talking about either how great they are, whether its themselves, their co-workers or the network as a whole. Or they are reacting to someone talking about their network. Or they compare their numbers to other networks.
I can honestly say that it's rare to see Wolf Blitzer or Anderson Cooper do this. At most, CNN brags about their "election technology."
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann makes fun of FoxNews regularly, but it's mostly to piss Bill O'Reilly off (and I can't remember the last time he talked about CNN in the same manner). And as far as the likes of Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews and Rachel Maddow: when's the last time any of them have gone meta about "how great a network MSNBC is?"
But on FoxNews, it's all about them. They ask why the media doesn't ask certain questions about people or events, seemingly forgetting they are (and I'm being generous here) a news organization. They think being "fair and balanced" means attacking one party harshly and letting another slide with softball interviews. They honestly believe that a true socialist could win the top ticket of one of the two major parties, while blissfully ignoring that we have several governmental programs (police, firefighters, social security) that flirt with socialism ever-so slightly. They rely heavily one people of one specific ideology and political party for input, then claim to be an independent organization.
And they do this all while patting themselves on the back. Meanwhile, Lou Dobbs (to his credit) has roundtable political discussions, and Chris Matthews is asking about polling and projections.
I guess to FoxNews, "liberal media" means a media that wants to analyze a story with as many different POV as available (and don't think I believe that CNN and MSNBC is constantly bi-partisan in their coverage) without plugging themselves at every given opportunity.
Comments
No one I know can stand to be around people who tell you how great they are, why would anyone watch a TV channel that does the same?