Some of the Crap on FOXNews.com - You Decide

FOXNews.com - You Decide 2004 - Progressives Want Kerry, Dept. Of Peace

We threw an OUTFOXED party the other week. Since then I have been surfing to FOX to check out what they're passing off as news these days.

The story sounds innocuous enough with a quick read. I think I get more out of their spin through my filter than I get from many other 'news' sites. A few great quotes to rethink:


"[Republicans] have Kerry's support for the war. You support the Democrats; you support the war," yelled one young progressive demonstrator, briefly disrupting the meeting. He roused little support and afterward was gently and quietly ushered out of the rally.

Dissention in the ranks? Are we squashing the peacenik anarchists' voices? Good work FOX. At least we know he's not some pro-life Christian terrorist. This crap stinks.

"The call has to be to stop the war, not internationalize the war as we're hearing from some people. We have to stop the war and internationalize the peace," Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies (search), told the audience

We really need to talk to these people and ask them what part of Kerry's plan fails to address exactly how we will bring peaceful days and quiet nights back to the great nation of Iraq? We have heard the reality: pulling out suddenly and completely is irresponsible and out of the question. That would do more damage than good.

Kerry voted to authorize Bush to go to war in Iraq, but later refused to support the $87 billion emergency supplemental bill to pay for U.S. troops and reconstruction efforts after major combat ended.

This one is soooooo tired.



Other attendees acknowledged that the young protester had the facts right, but argued that Kerry would be a far better option than Bush, and progressives would have a chance of influencing Kerry, while Bush's ears would certainly be plugged.

Meaning: "Kerry will flip flop. They know it already and that's why they want him President. Vote to re-appoint King George."

Fun. Always a laugh to find out what the right is reading.

I find it important to keep a wary eye on the sources of our news. MSNBC really lays it on thick these days. I think we need to disconnect our news sources, by law, from their economic interests. Even if every time MSNBC wrote about the war, they also mentioned that they have a direct monetary interest in the continuance of the war through the profiteering arm of GE Corp, it would not be enough, CNN has made that type of mention so ubiquitous that it seems almost innocent. AOLTimeWarnerCNNblahblahblah has yet to name the AOL guy "person of the Decade," but give it time and I know they will.