Should Fox News take a "fair and balanced" look at how thin-skinned it is?

[ck4829]

Fox News, apparently, does not have the ability to respond to criticism in a mature and appropriate fashion.

"CNN's Rick Sanchez has apparently been making some less than kind remarks about Fox News on his Twitter account. A Fox News spokesperson had an interesting response.

"Everyone knows that Rick is an industry joke, he shows that he's a hack everyday (sic). And he doesn't have to worry about working at FOX because we only hire talent who have (sic) the ability to generate ratings."

About six months after the war in Iraq began, Christiane Amanpour noted that in the months leading up to the U.S. invasion, CNN "self-muzzled," in large part because it was "intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News."

A Fox News spokesperson shot back, "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda." (What?)

Similarly, last year, Jon Stewart described Fox News as "an appendage of the Republican Party." Asked for comment, an FNC spokesperson responded, "Being out of touch with mainstream America is nothing new to Jon, as evidenced by the crash-and-burn ratings of this year's Oscars telecast." (Comment that had nothing to do with what Stewart said, surprised?)

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2009_07/019239.php

There was also the case of Fox v. Franken, Al Franken used the words "Fair and Balanced" in a title of a book, and Fox News actually sued him because of that.

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Fox is transparent - even a fool can see right through them.

Almost any fool, anyway.

[KharmaTrain]

2. A Negative From A Negative...You Do The Math...I'll Be Decide

Faux really needs to watch who they pick fights with. They tried to take down Al Franken, now he's Senator from Minnesota :bounce:

The try to go after NBC because of Keith Olbermann and his ratings rise.

While I agree that Sanchez is a joke...and one of many, many reasons Chicken Noodle Nuze gets bypassed here, there are plenty of folks out there that now believe that if it's pissing off Faux, Sanchez may be onto something. Here's hoping the two get into a nice long pissing war...keep both networks distracted. The more they focus on their own egos the less time they have to bring on the spinners and paid-for pundits.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. FUX is America's version of Pravda

It couldn't be fair and balanced and still exist.

FUX should go fuck itself.