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June 22, 2008

OK, Here's Why I've Come to Hate Fox News

Classic example of Fox News bias:

We have heard endlessly from Fox News about the whole "Michelle Obama said she wasn't proud of America" red herring. And how Barack Obama's "spiritual advisor" said "God damn America." And how Barack Obama didn't place his hand over his heart for the National Anthem.

Did the oh-so-patriotic Fox News tell you about John McCain's statement that he "didn't really love America"? No, of course not. It would be so easy to take the statement out of context and turn it into something explosive, as Fox News has done in all three examples above. But their extreme bias only runs one way.

So not only did Fox News not tell its readers about McCain's statement, they went so far as to completely delete the statement from a transcript of the interview in which he said it (the bold portion is the deleted portion)!

HANNITY: You spent two years of this five-and-a-half-year period in solitary confinement. What does that do to a person, to spend that much time in solitary confinement?

MCCAIN: I think it makes you a better person. Obviously, it makes you love America. I really didn't love America until I was deprived of her company.

Oh. My. God.

How long will all those patriotic, honest, American-values Republicans who listen to Fox News continue to allow themselves to be manipulated like this? Sadly, I think the answer is for fricking ever.

Posted by Becky at June 22, 2008 07:24 PM