July 27, 2004 9:02 AM
Howie Kurtz, looking to corroborate his suck-up-to-Roger-Ailes review of Outfoxed, tuned into the network's convention coverage last night and found "the kind of thing that makes critics question whether Fox has a Republican agenda":
I was going to talk about Fox News's coverage of Al Gore's speech, but the fair-and-balanced network blew off the former veep's speech in favor of Bill O'Reilly.O'Reilly interrupted his segment to toss to the Gore address for about 40 seconds, then started to rebut Gore. When Jimmy Carter took the podium, Fox joined it late and got out way early. Instead, viewers were treated to an interview with Republican activist Bill Bennett. While Carter was talking, Sean Hannity told Bennett: "I call this the reinvention convention. One of the things the Democrats want to do is create a false perception of who they are."
How would Fox fans know, since they weren't able to hear Gore (the man who won the popular vote last time) or former president Carter? What happened to "we report, you decide"? While Carter continued, Hannity played the video of Teresa Heinz Kerry telling a reporter to "shove it."
This is the kind of thing that makes critics question whether Fox has a Republican agenda.
And this is after FNC told everyone to watch their Democratic convention coverage as proof that they're "fair and balanced!" So Kurtz tuned in. It was probably his first time ever watching FNC. Can't say that I blame him; he should check out the news hounds. It makes the media criticism profession a whole lot easier.
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dhermesc:
I guess FOX missed the real story - For the first time in 20 years the DNC let Jimmy Carter anywhere near the podium. To bad not enough time has passed for people to recall him in any kind of favorable light. About four years after he's dead he might be a little popular - then the DNC can prop him up on stage and do a few voice overs.
Wed Jul 28 2004 5:40 AM
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