The thing that made me first equate Fox News with Pravda was it's outright lying and misleading of their news while being an organ for the Bush administration. At least Pravda made no bones about being the official organ of the Central Commitee so Russians and other comrades of the Communist states knew exactly where it was coming from. In it's news entertainment format it sucks in the people who want the flash, mostly the uneducated or naive who think they are actually getting the low down and don't differentiate between news and opinion and government fed propaganda. After all we grew up listening to Cronkite and others who we trusted. For those who think the electorate isn't uneducated and naive, they elected Bush twice and it isn't much if any better in Canada.
I do believe that we citizens deserve better reporting whether it comes from the left or the right. It seems these organizations no longer feel any responsibility and play fast and loose when ever it suits them and or it will bring better ratings.
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