Faux Lies Everyday and CBS does it Once.

[spanone]

Why is CBS held to a higher standard than Fox?

[Mr_Spock]

1. LOL - Tell me about it. I guess it's because Faux has no integrity to lose

Right!

[liberal N proud]

4. Absolutley

There is no where for FAUX to go! They are the lowest point that everyone else can be measured by.
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[cthrumatrix]

2. it's a lynching.... "Outfoxed" is available for all to see how biased Fox

is.

The media gives fox a pass..it's that simple. WHY...beucase those corporations support shrub.

[Bok_Tukalo]

3. That's not right

It's like saying The Washington Post should be held to National Enquirer standards.

[ScreamingMeemie]

5. I have yet to see where CBS has lied.

:shrug:

[rfranklin]

6. C BS did not lie. They made a judgment call as journalists do. Fox...

on the other hand, purposely slants their programming (which cannot be called journalism)to support the right wing agenda and amplify Republican talking points. That's called propaganda.

[spanone]

11. I agree CBS didn't 'lie'. Did CBS try to verify Burketts Source?

The name Burkett said he just pulled out of the air? HOw could they be duped?

[cheshire]

7. That is why no one calls Faux on it either. It's just expected.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

8. We need a liberal Fox!!!!

[dmr]

9. Except CBS hasn't lied

Fox and Bush* do all the time.

As far as any of us know, CBS fell victim to a con game.

[liveoaktx]

10. The difference between broadcast and cable, for one

Broadcast television is regulated by the FCC and held to a different standard because stations are using the public airwaves... free.
Linda Foley

Cable, on the other hand, is a subscription service and can do pretty much what they want. You remember that Fox won a lawsuit that said they could present misleading information on the news.

http://www.ncta.com/pdf_files/IssueBriefs/Indecency.pdf

In other words, with cable anything goes.

[GOPGoindown]

12. Remember this one?

Typical was Tony Snow, a syndicated columnist and former presidential speech writer for President Bush's father, who wrote that the White House "was a wreck." He also said that Air Force One, after taking Clinton and some aides to New York following the inauguration, "looked as if it had been stripped by a skilled band of thieves -- or perhaps wrecked by a trailer park twister."

He went on to list all manner of missing items, including silverware, porcelain dishes with the presidential seal and even candy.

"It makes one feel grateful that the seats and carpets are bolted down," Snow fumed.

Except none of it happened. An official at Andrews Air Force Base, which maintains the presidential jets, told The Kansas City Star at the height of the controversy that nothing was missing. Bush himself acknowledged the same a few days later.

http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/home.pat%2Clocal/3accae7d.517%2C.html

[newyawker99]

14. Hi GOPGoindown!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[TheWebHead]

13. well Faux is smart enough to spread shit by saying:

"Some people say " rather than put it on phoney documents.

[cthrumatrix]

15. plenty of times they outright lied..... and we all know that

[annabanana]

16. Email CBS your support..

they are getting hammered on all sides and we can show them they're not alone:
CBS Evening News with Dan Rather: [e-mail]