Ron Paul is getting a raw deal from the good folks over at Fox News. Andrew Sullivan writes:Malkin and Fox News continues the Ron Paul disinformation and guilt by association tactic. In this earlier clip, I missed the fact that John Gibson actually said that Paul suggested in the debate that the United States "actually had a hand" in the 9/11 attacks. Gibson watched th debate so he knows this is a lie, and yet he broadcast it as truth. Why is he not fired? How different is his assertion of a lie in the face of direct evidence to the contrary any different than Dan Rather's lies about George W. Bush's National Guard service? Until recently, my view has been that the Democrats were foolish to boycott FNC. I think you should go on any media channel to make your case, as Hitch did recently to great effect. Now, I'm not so sure. When a news channel has sunk to these depths of deliberate disinformation, they are no longer a news channel.
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Well said Mr. Sullivan. Well said.
It's high time that everyone calls Fox News out for what it is; a conservative leaning media outlet (note the word "news" did not appear in that description). I don't mind the fact that Fox News broadcasts White House talking points day in and day out... I don't mind that at all. What bothers me is that they do this under the banner "fair and balanced" when in fact that is blatant false advertising.
Personally, I watch MSNBC. I'm not saying that they are perfect, but they have pundits and news programs of all political stripes on the air daily. If you are a conservative, you have Joe Scarborough and Tucker Carlson to watch. If you are more on the progressive side, you can check out Keith Olbermann. And all the while, Chris Matthews sits somewhere in the middle.
But that's just me.
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