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Arthur
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Arthur asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Is this an example of "Fair and Balanced"?

Fox News referred to Michelle Obama as "Obama's Baby Mama"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080613/ap_en_ot/tv_fo...

Update:

wiemer, did you even read the article? it was an on-air graphic.

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  • Tony X
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    classic fox news.its funny until you realize that people take this channel seriously.

  • 1 decade ago

    First they don't even know the definition of Obama's baby mama. Second checking resources is something unknown to them. If it's nasty and against someone they don't like, make it news. Hannity should be blacklisted from any news programs. If he has a guest who starts to say something he don't like he cuts them off. Fox News, and Hannity are garbage, just trying to raise a stink. The only reason anyone even talks about them is the sensationalism that they produce, that has no resemblance to the truth.

  • It is a sad commentary on the human race that so many people are actually responding to and preparing to cast their precious votes based on the "dirty slime" slurs that are published in political campaigns.

    Lies and innuendos are distorting the current presidential campaign and attempting to blur the issues.

    Focus on the issues.

    Issues

    Issues!

    This is way too important an election to be swayed by unsubstantiated slanderous remarks.

    We need to change the way the business of the country is conducted in Washington.

    Too much depends on it.

    My future

    Your future

    Your children's future

    Our country's future

    Don't be dumb.

  • 1 decade ago

    None of the news is fair and balanced so if you want to draw attention to it, don't finger-point at one network.

    CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC and CBS are equally as skewed and distorted and provide "commentary over facts" just like Fox does.

    It's pretty sad that they call those social and political commentary segments "news" and it's more sad that people watch it thinking it's nothing but facts.

    Do yourself a favor... turn it off.

    If you want real news, you'll find plenty of important stories online that you'll never see on the corporate-owned media.

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  • Tim
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    And how is that any different from how the other networks cover news?

    They all editorialize instead of reporting news. Calling Michelle "Obama's Baby Mama" (while accurate, it is a little crass and disrespectful) is mild compared to some of the flat out hateful and vindictive reporting I typically see.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Via the New York Times:

    Here’s how she introduced him during his Senate victory speech on Nov. 2, 2004:

    MICHELLE OBAMA, WIFE OF BARACK OBAMA: My baby’s daddy Barack Obama. Yeah!

  • 1 decade ago

    Fox News is fair and balanced, and I think a little soft on Obama. Did you see O'Reilly's interview. In an effort to be "fair" he was softer on him than he was on McCain. Get your sources right - not from Yahoo news. She calls herself that, so what's the big deal.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Leaving all partisan politics for a second, what is sad is that this nation accepts this, and other types of vitriol as a form of media.

    Not just fox, there is no reason to call the clintons pimps of their daughters. Its pretty bad.

  • Power
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    They are for white trash. I don't listen to anything they say the people who take what they say seriously are the same ones who keep the National Equierer in business.

  • 1 decade ago

    Nope. It's tacky, would that of been said of Laura Bush? I think not. Faux News even said their fist pump after him winning the nomination was a terrorist signal. We're not falling for that crap this political season.

  • Mark C
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    The Network News stopped being factual and became just opinion and entertainment years ago.

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