Is FearTheReaper trying to do a hatchet job on just Fox? I remember CNN, and MSNBC, and Local news outlets from coast to coast talking about that damn memo a long, long time ago. CNN and FOX both mentioned that memo this week.
Every single news outlet in the country has sensationalized all of these fire stories. I feel sorry for all those people, but 24/7 coverage on national news (cable) is a bit much.

CNN is the same. They just favor democrats so nobody gives a shit.

Let me give you a quick primer on the cable news networks. It's entertainment. They should 24/7 coverage because that gets more people to watch, which makes their corporate overlord more money. Profit is priority number 1. That's followed by maintaining corporate interests (GE for MSNBC, Time Warner for CNN, News Corp. for Fox). Journalism is a distant third.

Unfortunately for Fox viewers, Journalism isn't even in the equation. Never mind it's conservative bias, it's tabloid journalism at it's best. Very little actual news is shown on Fox.

In review. MSNBC & CNN, horrible examples of professional journalism. Fox, tabloid propaganda.

I wish we got BBC News on cable networks in America.

Actually, BBC America airs their news show...

That channel is amazing.

A lot of PBS stations carry BBC news, too.

In February 2003, a Florida Court of Appeals unanimously agreed with an assertion by FOX News that there is no rule against distorting or falsifying the news in the United States. Back in December of 1996, Jane Akre and her husband, Steve Wilson, were hired by FOX as a part of the Fox "Investigators" team at WTVT in Tampa Bay, Florida. In 1997 the team began work on a story about bovine growth hormone (BGH), a controversial substance manufactured by Monsanto Corporation. The couple produced a four-part series revealing that there were many health risks related to BGH and that Florida supermarket chains did little to avoid selling milk from cows treated with the hormone, despite assuring customers otherwise. According to Akre and Wilson, the station was initially very excited about the series. But within a week, Fox executives and their attorneys wanted the reporters to use statements from Monsanto representatives that the reporters knew were false and to make other revisions to the story that were in direct conflict with the facts. Fox editors then tried to force Akre and Wilson to continue to produce the distorted story. When they refused and threatened to report Fox's actions to the FCC, they were both fired.(Project Censored #12 1997) Akre and Wilson sued the Fox station and on August 18, 2000, a Florida jury unanimously decided that Akre was wrongfully fired by Fox Television when she refused to broadcast (in the jury's words) "a false, distorted or slanted story" about the widespread use of BGH in dairy cows. They further maintained that she deserved protection under Florida's whistle blower law. Akre was awarded a $425,000 settlement. Inexplicably, however, the court decided that Steve Wilson, her partner in the case, was ruled not wronged by the same actions taken by FOX. FOX appealed the case, and on February 14, 2003 the Florida Second District Court of Appeals unanimously overturned the settlement awarded to Akre. The Court held that Akre's threat to report the station's actions to the FCC did not deserve protection under Florida's whistle blower statute, because Florida's whistle blower law states that an employer must violate an adopted "law, rule, or regulation." In a stunningly narrow interpretation of FCC rules, the Florida Appeals court claimed that the FCC policy against falsification of the news does not rise to the level of a "law, rule, or regulation," it was simply a "policy." Therefore, it is up to the station whether or not it wants to report honestly. During their appeal, FOX asserted that there are no written rules against distorting news in the media. They argued that, under the First Amendment, broadcasters have the right to lie or deliberately distort news reports on public airwaves. Fox attorneys did not dispute Akre's claim that they pressured her to broadcast a false story, they simply maintained that it was their right to do so. After the appeal verdict WTVT general manager Bob Linger commented, "It's vindication for WTVT, and we're very pleased... It's the case we've been making for two years. She never had a legal claim."

Read the article here.

Some people say that's because al-Qaeda is responsible for Colbert being on re-runs that week.

Think about it.

10/20 Never Forget

Uh...uh...sigh.

Wait...terrorists have become so powerful they can generate unusually strong Santa Ana conditions, over-development, over-vegetation and unusually dry climate conditions? I'm scared...very scared.

They've been training.

It's his thread, he can Godwin it if he likes

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I'm aware of that, but thanks for the info anyways.

(Unfortunately for me, I don't have cable anymore)

My point here was; that I wish BBC News broadcast their 24 news channel here in America, as a direct competitor to MSNBC, CNN and Fox. A direct feed, don't Americanize it or anything. The TV news networks all have influence on each other, fighting for viewer-ship. If we had BBC News 24 broadcast here, it could possibly serve a bit of a reality check on the for-profit TV news.

That would be awesome. Although I am biased, as I'm a total geek for the BBC. I love that some of the worst allegations levelled at the BBC include pretending the Queen got into a strop, and calling a cat 'Socks' instead of 'Cookie'.

Also, if anyone here isn't averse to getting some news from the internet, I'd recommend http://news.bbc.co.uk/ and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/default.stm