Thursday, November 15, 2007

Fox News Gone Wild - See for yourself

Robert Greenwald, of Outfoxed fame, has done it again and this time might be the jackpot. Earlier today, I received an email about the launch of FoxNewsPorn.com. This follows a great report by Keith Olbrmann on Monday in his number one story:

Fox Gone Wild: Bill O'Reilly's words often require translation. So "culture warrior" turns into "smut peddler"... just as fast as you can say "great video". And in our number one story on the Countdown, it isn't just Bill-o showing soft-core porn while railing against soft-core porn. It's the entire Fixed Noise establishment. The latest recorded example -- 4:24 P-M Eastern Standard Time, today. And film-maker Robert Greenwald (who will join us)... has documented a telling slice of it in his four-minute video production. "Family Values"... as seen in the Alice-Through-The-Looking-Glass kaleidoscope that is, Fox News.


See the Olbermann clip here.

With so much crazy, partisan, and misleading reporting on Fox News nothing seems to hit them where it hurts: advertisers. But, I think Greenwald has found the perfect angle to really expose Fox News for what it is: a right-wing mouthpiece for hypocritical conservatives. With this, we see the hypocrisy of Fox News' 'conservatism' and family values. I wonder what Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is going to say about this. Do these Fox News clips represent his family values?

And what about the advertisers? I find it hard to see how they will be able to resist the outpouring of complaints theywill be receiving once word of FoxNewsPorn spreads. We need to hit Fox and News Corp where it hurts, on the bottom line. I hope the next step is an online tool that allows people to submit complaints to prominent advertisers.

You can even spread the news via facebook by becoming a fan of FoxNewsPorn.

Check out Fox Attacks Decency. Over half a million views so far. You can sign the petition telling the FCC that you should not be forced to pay for FOX's smut.


~BT

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