Congress Agrees Fox Isn't Balanced

[theburningliberal]

http://www.outfoxed.org

XeFx posted this last night, and didn't update it when his topic was locked. But the link includes a letter to Rupert Murdoch asking him to stop spewing right wing propaganda. The following is a quote from one of the links on the page:

The film explores Murdoch's burgeoning kingdom and the impact on society when a broad swath of media is controlled by one person.

Media experts, including Walter Cronkite, Jeff Cohen (FAIR) Bob McChesney (Free Press), Chellie Pingree (Common Cause), Jeff Chester (Center for Digital Democracy) and David Brock (Media Matters) provide context and guidance for the story of Fox News and its effect on society.

This documentary also reveals the secrets of Former Fox news producers, reporters, bookers and writers who expose what it's like to work for Fox News. These former Fox employees talk about how they were forced to push a "right-wing" point of view or risk their jobs. Some have even chosen to remain anonymous in order to protect their current livelihoods. As one employee said "There's no sense of integrity as far as having a line that can't be crossed."

[bumcheekcity]

Sorry, forgive me if I am stupid and didn't read that correctly, or maybe it's in the link, and I didn't poke around enough, but did Congress take a vote on this, or something?

[theburningliberal]

It's from one subcommittee or another addressing political bias in the media. The committee is asking Rupert Murdoch to drop the 'fair and balanced' or become an objective outlet for news. They commissioned a study on FOX news and the study found that Americans who mostly watched FOX News were more likely to be misinformed and that FOX news had the effect of improving the presidents standing with Americans based on disinformation

[DrxFeelgood]

God, you remind me of the asshole I saw the other day driving around town in a pussy Honda minivan that had a bumper sticker that read, "BUSH LIES". I looked at that asshole and said, "Wow, so does every other politician, fag. Get over it." Guess what, Slick Willy lied also! Oh, but that was OK for him to get away with it, wasn't it?

[Metal69hed]

Shouldn't all this go here ?