Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review of fox news o reilly::Where does bill o'reilly live?







Review of fox news o reilly::Where does bill o'reilly live?








Let's               face               it.

Fox               News               isn't               a               news               source,               per               se.

It's               a               network               that               is,               by               design,               set               up               to               propagate               a               specific               political               view               point,               that               of               the               American               political               right               wing.

Fox               is               neither               fair               nor               balanced,               and               oftentimes               "facts"               conveyed               on               the               network               are               demonstrably               false.

Yet               fans               of               the               network               swear               by               it               as               the               only               source               for               news               that               they               trust.

The               following               is               an               analysis               of               Fox's               tactics               of               manipulation               and               the               defenses               employed               by               their               viewers.

First,               it               is               important               to               assume               that               the               average               Fox               News               viewer               is               intelligent,               capable               of               reasoning,               and               is               rational.

Many               are               well               educated               and               successful               in               their               respective               comminutes.

So,               what               is               it               that               allows               them               to               be               blinded               from               the               obvious               reality               that               Fox               News               manipulates               them,               and               in               some               cases               out               and               out               lies               to               them?
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               There               are               many               levels               of               conditioning               involved.

The               most               prominent               one               employed               by               Fox               is               the               "us               vs.

them"               mentality.

Although               Fox               News               is               very               much               a               part               of               the               mainstream               media,               being               owned               and               operated               by               News               Corp.

and               having               the               largest               market               share               of               cable               news,               Fox               positions               itself               as               an               outsider               and               paints               the               rest               of               the               mainstream               media               is               evil               and               biased.
               Cleverly,               this               position               insulates               Fox               from               and               criticism               in               the               mind               of               their               viewers.

If,               for               example,               CNN               runs               a               story               that               refutes               all               or               part               of               a               Fox               News               report,               it's               irrelevant               because               that's               the               "Communist               News               Network."               If               NPR,               The               New               York               Times,               Washington               Post,               or               any               other               reputable               news               agency               contradicts               a               story               run               by               Fox,               it's               incredulous               because               they're               liberal               and               socialist.

The               "other"               news               outlets               have               a               supposed               agenda               which               instantly               makes               them               illegitimate.
               In               some               cases,               as               with               MSNBC               or               The               Nation               there               is               a               clear,               and               often               acknowledged,               liberal               slant.

However               the               vast               majority               of               reporting               by               mainstream               news               outlets               is               not               biased.
               As               evidence               of               bias               Fox               News               will               often               ask               rhetorical               questions,               such               as,               "If               the               mainstream               media               isn't               biased,               why               didn't               they               break               the               John               Edwards               affair               scandal?"               Well,               why               didn't               the               conservative               members               of               the               mainstream               media               break               it,               such               as               The               Wall               Street               Journal,               or               Fox               News               themselves?

Quite               simply,               they               all               got               scooped,               which               is               by               no               means               evidence               of               a               vast               liberal               conspiracy               in               the               media.
               Another               example               of               such               rhetoric               is,               "Why               isn't               the               mainstream               media               covering               such               and               such               story?

Clearly               they're               biased."               In               fact,               when               Fox               News               makes               these               claims               it's               really               an               exemplification               of               their               own               bias.

The               story               that               they're               highlighting               has               usually               been               covered               in               the               rest               of               the               media,               but               just               not               given               the               prominence               that               Fox               as               elevated               it               to.

As               a               recent               example,               Fox               devoted               days               of               coverage               to               criticizing               President               Obama               for               appearing               on               the               daytime               talk               show,               The               View.

NBC,               ABC,               CNN,               and               print               media               all               gave               the               event               appropriate               coverage.

Fox               News,               however,               exposes               their               own               bias               against               the               President               by               using               the               issue               to               attack               him               personally               and               tie               it               into               a               grand               theory               of               a               vast               socialist               conspiracy,               which               it's               not.

Really,               it's               just               the               President               going               on               a               TV               show.
               In               yet               other               cases,               the               story               that               Fox               is               promoting               simply               isn't               true.

For               example,               the               repeated               assertation               that               the               Obama               tax               plan               gives               refunds               to               Americans               who               don't               pay               income               taxes,               or               that               it               ends               all               of               the               Bush               tax               cuts,               when               in               reality               it               only               ends               some.

In               these               cases,               the               rest               of               the               media               didn't               provide               coverage               because               the               stories               aren't               true,               not               because               they               are               in               sinister               league               with               the               Obama               White               House.
               Unfortunately,               Fox               News               fans               don't               know               that               such               stories               are,               for               lack               of               a               better               word,               lies.

By               lying               to               their               viewers               Fox               enforces               the               world               view               that               they're               propagating.

By               demonizing               other               forms               of               media               Fox               has               conditioned               its               viewers               not               believe               only               what               they               say.
               Fair               and               Balanced
               The               concept               of               equality               is               one               that               the               United               States               is               founded               upon,               and               therefore               the               idea               of               fairness               is               one               that               is               easily               sold               to,               and               accepted               by               Americans.

Fox               News               doesn't               have               to               actually               be               fair               to               market               this               point               of               view.

Like               a               magician,               they               only               have               to               convince               the               audience               that               what               they're               witnessing               is               fair,               though               it's               simply               an               elaborate               illusion.
               It               is               irrefutable               that               Fox               News'               biggest               personalities,               Glenn               Beck,               Sean               Hannity,               and               Bill               O'Reilly               are               partisan               and               have               their               own               political               agenda.

A               number               of               arguments               are               used               to               justify               this               fact.
               Fox's               hosts               bring               people               in               from               both               sides               of               a               position,               so               it's               fair               and               balanced,               and               they               leave               it               for               the               viewer               to               decide.
               It               is               true               that               on               several               shows               guests               are               invited               to               speak               on               behalf               of               both               sides               of               an               argument,               but               that               is               irrelevant.

When               the               host               spends               the               lead-in               advocating               one               position,               spends               the               discussion               criticizing               one               party,               and               then               follows               it               with               mockery,               there               is               nothing               fair               or               balanced               about               the               media               presentation.

The               audience               is               being               led               to               the               conclusion               that               the               network               has               preordained.
               Fox's               hosts               aren't               partisan;               they               criticize               republicans               too.
               Fox               News,               like               many               other               conservative               advocacy               groups,               the               GOP               included,               doesn't               one               hundred               percent               support               every               position               that               every               republican               makes.

Fox               advocates               ideology,               their               own               version               of               America,               their               own               sense               of               morality,               and               their               own               portrayal               of               history.

When               any               person               stands               in               the               way               of               the               perception               of               reality               they're               trying               to               sell,               then               Fox               will               aim               their               sights               on               them               as               well.
               But               MSNBC               is               worse!
               I               don't               know               that               that's               true,               and               it               doesn't               matter.

It               is,               for               certain,               that               MSNBC               does               have               several               left-leaning               partisan               shows               with               an               obvious               liberal               bias.

However,               the               sins               of               MSNBC               don't               counteract               the               sins               of               Fox               News               any               more               than               the               sins               of               the               murder's               brother               are               counteracted               because               he's               just               a               burglar.
               You               have               to               know               the               hosts               personally               by               watching               them               every               night               to               know               what               they               really               mean.
               For               example:               "When               Glenn               Beck               railed               against               formal               education               and               bragged               that               he               was               self               educated               at               CPAC*,               he               really               didn't               mean               that.

You               see,               if               you               watched               his               show               every               night               you               would               know               that               he               really               meant               something               totally               different!"
               In               this               way               Fox               News               can               serve               multiple               types               of               people               within               the               segment               of               the               population               that               they're               targeting.

In               the               given               example,               Fox               appeals               to               conservatives               to               look               down               upon               people               who've               graduated               from               "the               liberal               elite               Ivy               League,"               while               at               the               same               time               appealing               to               conservatives               who               do               place               value               in               higher               education.

The               trick               is               to               just               say               that's               not               what               they               really               meant.

Those               who               want               to               believe               the               original               sentiment               see               this               as               a               wink               (after               all,               even               Fox               has               to               appeal               to               the               liberals               or               else               face               their               wrath),               and               those               who               don't               take               it               at               face               value.
               [*CPAC,               by               the               way,               stands               for               the               Conservative               Political               Action               Conference.

Imagine               if               Brian               Williams               gave               the               keynote               address               at               the               Democratic               National               Convention.

He'd               be               forced               to               resign.]
               A               Message               of               Concealed               Hate
               Perhaps               to               some               the               hate               that               Fox               News               wraps               around               some               of               its               stories               isn't               all               that               concealed.

But,               unfortunately,               it               is               the               vast               majority               of               its               viewers.

Since               the               time               that               Barack               Obama               was               elected               as               the               44th               President               of               the               United               States               hardly               a               night               has               passed               where               Fox               News               hasn't               somehow               compared               him,               democrats,               or               prominent               members               of               the               Democratic               Party               to               some               of               the               greatest               monsters               that               history               has               to               offer.
               The               government               is               getting               involved               in               health               care,               that's               how               Adolph               Hitler               and               the               NAZI's               started               their               takeover               of               Germany.

That               statement,               though               preposterous,               is               the               very               message               that               Fox               News'               Glenn               Beck               has               been               echoing               night               after               night;               comparing               the               current               administration               in               the               United               States               to               Nazis.

Painting               the               President               and               democrats               in               the               color               of               hated               leads               viewers               to               looking               at               them               all,               Nazis               and               democrats               alike,               in               the               same               light,               to               have               the               same               feelings               about               Obama               as               they               have               about               Hitler.
               What               follows               these               segments               of               what               I               call               "distortionist               history"               is               the               blatant               suggestion               of               armed               revolt.

"What's               coming               in               this               country               is               revolution...

maybe,"               declares               Glenn               Beck               on               national               cable               television.

These               segments               often               include               hysterical               portrayals               of               a               not-so-distant               future               where               increased               taxes               due               to               socialist               policies               will               lead               to               violence               against               the               government;               armed               revolution.

The               show               soon               more               closely               resembles               an               assembly               of               neo-Nazis               or               anarchists               than               journalism               of               any               kind.
               Fox               News               is               so               biased               against               the               President               that               they               allow               talk               of               actual               violence               to               be               a               part               of               their               broadcast.

They're               biased               against               the               President               of               the               United               States               of               America.

Think               about               that               for               a               moment.
               The               Victim               Viewers
               The               same               First               Amendment               that               protects               all               media,               of               course,               applies               to               Fox               News.

Until               Fox               begins               to               outright               advocate               overthrowing               the               government,               they'll               carry               on               with               their               same               rhetoric,               and               no               one               would               dare               try               to               stop               them.

That               alone               would               embolden               their               viewers,               who               are               religious               in               their               zeal.
               The               best               hope               for               them               is               that               they               have               friends               like               us               to               bring               that               back               to               reality.

Don't               take               it               on               your               own               to               tell               them               that               they're               being               lied               to.

They'll               find               it               offensive               that               they're               not               smart               enough               to               tell               the               difference               between               when               they're               being               told               the               truth               and               when               they're               not.
               Fox's               viewers               are,               in               large               part               thanks               to               Fox,               highly               skeptical               of               media               and               most               authority.

But               you               they               know               personally.

Select               a               few               irrefutable               facts.

Start               small,               and               then               go               bigger.

There               are               several               media               outlets               that               exhibit               very               little               bias               to               any               particular               point               of               view.

Exposure               to               some               can               be               helpful.

Sometimes               it               only               takes               the               slightest               crack               in               the               darkest               dungeon               for               sunlight               to               shine               through.

Unfortunately,               many               of               them               may               simply               be               lost               in               the               imaginary               dream               world               designed               Fox               News,               unable               or               unwilling               to               escape.






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