Fox Stoops to New Low

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by ecthompson md

I saw this piece yesterday but I just now have a chance to talk about it. Fox News has done some really bad reporting over the years, pushing stories that simply weren’t true. Now, as a new low, they have used digital editing of photos to make two guys from the New York Times (reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe ) look uglier. How juvenile!!!

The good folks at Editor and Publisher interviewed the New York Times but were unable to get Fox or News Corp (Fox’s Parent organization) to comment.

Tags: Ethics, Media // 2 Comments »

  • Jackie

    Fox News at it again. This was particularly egregious. I hope the Photoshop victims sue. Maybe that will be the only thing to get their attention.
    Remember when they attributed Democrat status to any Congressman charged with a crime, such as Mark Foley?
    Can a Fox watcher enlighten me as to why they are so popular? I don’t get it. Sure they have pretty women, and dumb men (college drop-out Hannity, for example) as anchors. Maybe it is just entertainment.
    Would be interesting to see their demographics – betcha they are older folks who don’t have access to a variety of news sources. Also, I would put money down on the fact that Fox News viewers are less educated than more balanced news sources??

    Another interesting tidbit: Fox seems to be news channel of choice in many doctors’ waiting rooms and many public waitings areas….such as when I had to get my tires rotated recently.

    Great Holidays, all

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net ecthompson

    J –

    Here’s what I have found. We really don’t want to be informed any more. We want our own opinions and bias’ re-enforced. This is why Fox is popular in spite of huge factual errors.

    Thanks for your comments.

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