Hahaha, yeah, whatever.

UP THE IRONS!

Jesus christ, Fox isn't even pretending to be news any more.

Last time I was exposed to it -- mid-afternoon on a weekday -- news titles were zipping along the bottom about Iraq but the show was an hour-long special about Larry Birkhead's progress with his new baby, the ugly offspring of Anna Nicole Smith. They were walking around on the street taking questions from random people ('Ask Larry Birkhead whatever you want!') which, predictably, resulted in questions like 'How was your first Fathers' Day?' and 'Do you regret the lost time with your daughter?'.

...

This while actual news was being soundbited and slanted in the textstream at the bottom of the screen.

Mr. Rogers ate my baby.

interestingly, i think you can draw the following parallel:

churches ruin children's lives because while they're telling you 'god is good' they never let on that he may just kill you in your fuking sleep.

Fox news also thinks there is a 'War' on terror going on.

It is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also invented the concept of putting boobies on the third page of a newspaper... WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?

Oh SNAP... he did that? Noise!

Welcome to the Dumbing up of America via FoxNews and their useless BS reporting of NON news

I know so many people who regard Fox News as their primary news source though.

^^ You need new friends.

A notable absence, from FOX, of how FOXnews has enema'd a significant portion of American brains.
The problem is that that portion of Americans WANT to be hosed.
It raises significant questions concerning the wellness of the US national psyche.

I think closer to the root is the problem that people want to know news, or appear informed, but what they want to expose themselves to is entertainment. After all, news is boring, and the TV is primarily for turning your brain off.

Hence the latest trends in the media with the pre-packaged outrage and the tawdry sensationalistic stuff.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can, however, entertain him with fart sounds until he funds your sponsors.