Nothing new here, just more evidence of political decay.
We all know that Fox News isn't news. It's a vast and vastly funded PR machine for the right. Boring, boring. Until you hear the story retold by an insider. Steve Benen has been following the "leak" that dribbled into Media Matters and has been reported there this morning.
The source notes, for example, that staffers are expected to figure out how to spin news stories the "right" way or they wouldn't last at the network. "My internal compass was to think like an intolerant meathead," he/she explained. "You could never error on the side of not being intolerant enough." ...
...The insider was asked whether Fox News should be considered a legitimate news outlet. After laughing, the person explained, "I don't think people understand that it's an organization that's built and functions by intimidation and bullying, and its goal is to prop up and support Republicans and the GOP and to knock down Democrats. People tend think that stuff that's on TV is real, especially under the guise of news. You'd think that people would wise up, but they don't."
I don't have a problem with the guy standing on the soap box at the corner yelling tripe. Maybe he even knows the difference between "error" and "err." It's when the guy is drowning out all others and the soap box is part of an institution -- a corporation, for god's sake -- dedicated to turning our democracy into a one-party system dominated by an oligarchy. The most overlooked traitors in this situation are Americans who in any way enable Fox News through their subscriptions, their product choices, or their hand on the remote.
