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Originally Posted by 4X4
Alright, I'll concede defeat in this debate if the question is whether anybody has ever admitted that CBC actually regurgitates word-for-word from the Liberal horse's mouth.
I guess the point I'm arguing is that just because somebody comes along and says that Fox News does this, it really doesn't change the world. We already knew this type of thing occurs with many news outlets. I'm questioning the 'hang-up' by making comparisons to the CBC because it is well known in Canada that CBC is not just 'biased', but slanted vertically.
If your argument is that my comparison is null because nobody has ever come out and said that CBC does the exact same thing, then I guess you're right.
And lest you think that I'm 'defending' Fox News, I want to clarify that my only purpose in this thread is to dismiss this as non-news. Cynical, I know, but this is a message board and opinions are welcome. My opinion is that there are plenty of media outlets that simply regurgitate current policy from current political parties. The fact that somebody admitted it is like a former car salesman admitting that the undercoating is a scam. Thanks for the update.
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I think it is news. I can understand what you are saying -- that some outlets do promote the ideas of certain parties, but this FOX business is just plain old propaganda. It is different than the day to day left/right biases that all outlets have. Nobody else does this.
They aren't even practicing journalism, but they are advertising themselves as
doing journalism. If any of them are actual reporters, they have been taught not to do this. They've completely and utterly failed to do what they are trusted to do. That is news.