Slog - Comments on Oh, Baby, You Make Me So Fair and Balanced http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced The folks at Fox News want you to take a long, hard look at what they're trying to beat. All these clips are taken from actual broadcasts. We act surprised that the Republican lawmakers and evangelical priests who have railed against a sexualized culture are turning out to be the most sexualized among us. We've had the clues for years--demand begets supply. Pictures and more over here. Thanks, tipper NaFun.... Copyright 2008 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:44:24 -0800 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:35:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Amelia I don't get it. Fox News sucks and...

]]> Amelia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852116 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:05:29 -0800 Comment by BD Absolutely fuh-reekin' amazing.

]]> BD http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852124 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852124 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 03:33:54 -0800 Comment by Y.F. When Geraldo reads Anna Nicole's diary replace the word "blank" with the word "smurf" and you have a skit from SNL.

]]> Y.F. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852131 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 08:58:41 -0800 Comment by la Very clever. Check out the "Facts" section of the site.

]]> la http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852135 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852135 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:27:27 -0800 Comment by Alex Isn't Bill O'Reilly that guy who likes phone blank while having a blank shaped blank stuck up his blank? Somehow... I think he is. At least, thats what the papers on the "Smoking Gun" show.

]]> Alex http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852391 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852391 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:22:32 -0800 Comment by mao Rupert Murdoch knows how to make money. Found an under-served segment (conservatives who still believe in liberal media bias) and gave them slanted news (correcting for that liberal bias) and loads of what they want (lots of footage of those horrible, latte-sipping, free-sex Coastal liberals for them to be shocked at).

The man's a media genius. An evil genius, perhaps, but a genius none the less.

]]> mao http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852402 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852402 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:19:04 -0800 Comment by Jay Yeah, it's called Tabloid news, Murdoch's forte. It's basically Hard Copy/A Current Affair mixed with right wing editorializing. Usually people level their critique at the propagandistic elements of Fox News while ignoring the fact that around 70 percent of it is actually just junk entertainment/tabloid news about porn stars, horny high school teachers seducing boys, and "high profile" kidnappings.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852989 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c852989 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:19:46 -0800 Comment by Jay Murdoch has always been about the tabloid news. People attacking Fox News emphasize the political angle, but really the channel is about 70% tabloid television (ala A Current Affair, Inside Edition, and maybe some E! bullshit thrown in), and 30 percent right wing editorializing. They mostly report on blown up sex scandals, horny teachers fucking their boy students, and kidnapping/rape cases.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c853006 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c853006 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:35:01 -0800 Comment by Jay My original post didn't appear for like 15 minutes, so there are two posts that are kind of the same. Ooops.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c853008 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/11/oh_baby_you_make_me_so_fair_and_balanced#c853008 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:35:58 -0800