Saturday, September 23, 2006

"Balance" in Action:
"Lunatics" v. "Hypocrites"

"[P]resumably representing the 'You Decide' half of the network's specious 'We Report. You Decide' slogan," in its saturation-level, Thursday coverage of Hugo Chavez' recent, O'Reillyesque attacks on President Bush, Faux News offered the following, fair-and-balanced, question-headlines (via Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting):

7:16pm: "Pres Chavez: Narcissistic personality disorder?"

10:54am: "How dare Hugo Chavez blast the United States?"

11:02am: "Should we stop buying Chavez's gas from Citgo stations?"

11:59am: "Chavez insults U.S.: Where is the outrage?"

12:29pm: "Should U.S. continue to fund U.N. after applause for Chavez?"

12:54pm: "Will leaders pay the price for supporting Chavez?"

1:26pm: "Is President Chavez becoming a threat to U.S. national security?"

4:06pm: "Taking cheap oil from Hugo Chavez: Act of treason?"

5:34pm: "NY audience gives Chavez standing ovation... Why?"
"But my absolute favorite question of the day," TVNewswer writes, "came from DaySide," where -- "on the show's second-to-last day" -- viewers were asked to respond, by e-mail, to the following "question":

"Lunatics or Hypocrites? Where is the logic behind the U.S. bashing at the U.N.?"
Presumably, for Fox (and its loyal, show-me-no-evil viewers), the responses of those who choose hypocrites will provide sufficient "balance" for the views of those who prefer lunatics...

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