[lbo-talk] Chomsky: The China Syndrome

[Quenby Alclaire]

--- kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote:
> Quenby Alclaire wrote:
> >
> >no one takes FOX seriously
> 
> Is that true? Are the reports that Fox has become the most popular 
> 'news' channel false, or is it that Americans are so starved for 
> entertainment that they turn to Fox for it, and not because they 
> actually take it seriously, or turn to it for solace to confirm their 
> self-belief.
> 
> kjk

it seems to me i have read alot of articles running through the press
refering to a growing suspicion of the media and a general dislike for tv
coverage of the Iraq war (several articles on that from different
mainstream sources). so as far as why FOX is the most popular, if it is, i
can only speculate...i don't think it has anything to do with news though.
i mean having Oliver North as a war correspondant? if someone was writing
that as satire or sarcasm i'm sure they would shun putting Oliver North in
there because it would be too heavy handed. perhaps chalk it up to the
journalistic spectacle phenomena as in an object of curiosity or contempt.

~M.E. 


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