It's good to see someone get mad at the ever increasing torrent of lies, distortions and false claims emanating from Fox. It's going, as I said, to get harder to call the few vocal opponents like Olbermann and even Jon Stewart crazy or inconsequential if CNN is willing to run ads as they did yesterday evening, accusing Fox of "Distorting Not Reporting."
The people who send me wingnut e-mails about things that are designed to outrage the ignorant, often preface them with "why isn't the MSM covering this?" although usually, they are and have been. Fox's WaPo ad seems to have been the "enough is enough" trigger and even ABC declared it “demonstrably false.” The claim that no other networks were there was deemed by the Post to be an expression of an opinion not a lie, which of course doesn't help their credibility, regardless of what they claim the meaning of the word "is" is. Sanchez, concluding his diatribe said this:
“Let me address the Fox News Network now, perhaps the most current way that I can — by quoting somebody who recently used a very pithy phrase. Two words, that’s all I need. ‘You lie.’”
Lets hope it becomes a movement. Let's hope the Glennbeckery, the outrageous liberties taken with the news have finally pushed the timid competition into speaking out for the truth - they way they're supposed to.
The push back has turned mainstream. Long overdue but welcome nonetheless.
ReplyDeleteCNN has already started advertising there reporting vs. Fox News 'distortions'
ReplyDeleteLooks to me like the battle has begun! Since Fox News has the clowns who entertain they should do quite well....
Now to turn the boycott of advertisers from just the Glenn Beck Show to Fox News totally...
Then the claim can be made THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN
Someone should post a list of major Fox advertisers.
ReplyDeleteUntil CNN dumps Lou Dobbs, they deserve no claim to taking the high road. Nevertheless, here is a link targeting Fox News Advertisers:
ReplyDeleteCancellations [Beck/FOX]
Aegon Insurance [Beck]
Ally Bank (GMAC)
Ancestry.com
Applebees
AshleyFurniture.com [Beck]
AT&T
Bank of America
Bell & Howell
Best Buy
Binder & Binder [Beck]
Blaine Labs
Brez (Airware)
Broadview Security
Campbell’s Soup
Capital One [Beck]
Clorox
Closing.com [Beck]
CLR Cleaner (Jelmar) [Beck]
ConAgra
CVS
Dannon [Beck]
Diabetes Care Club (Simplex) [Beck]
DirecTV
Discover [Beck]
DITECH.com
Elations.com
Farmers Insurance
FreeCreditReport.com (Experian)
Geico
General Mills
GoToMeeting.com (Citrix) [Beck]
Healthy Choice (Conagra)
HSBC [Beck]
Humana [Beck]
ICAN Benefit Group [Beck]
Infiniti [Beck]
Johnson & Johnson
Jordan McKenna Debt Counseling [Beck]
Kraft Foods
Lawyers.com
Lowe's
Mens Wearhouse
Mercedes-Benz USA [Beck]
Nutrisystem
PearleVision/Lenscrafters (Luxottica) [Beck]
Proctor & Gamble
Progressive Insurance
Radio Shack
Re-Bath
Regions
Restatis (Allergan)
Roche
S.C. Johnson
SAM (Store and Move)
Sanofi-Aventis
SpendOnLife.com [FOX]
Sprint
State Farm
Sargento Cheese
TheElationsCo
Travelers Insurance
Travelocity
Tylenol
UPS
US Postal Service [Beck]
Verizon Wireless
Vonage
Walmart
Wyeth [Beck]
Rick Sanchez makes a distinction between “reporting” the news versus “promoting” the news. This substantiates the point made by Sanchez: Fox News Producer Caught Rallying 9/12 Protest Crowd In Behind-The-Scenes Video
ReplyDeleteThat's why they call it Fake News. Saddam and Fidel and others used to be very good at ordering up "spontaneous" demonstrations and Fox has been a good student.
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