Posted by
Bob Siegel on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 12:25:24 AM
Time Magazine's Joe Klein, wrote about Fox News on October 23rd. While discussing the "hate" that they "peddle" he also wrote: "Some of it borders on sedition. Much of it is flat out untrue."
What did the esteemed journalist, Joe Klein, offer as evidence for this rather serious charge? Nothing! What kinds of facts did he list? None! How many examples of Fox getting caught in a lie were offered? Nip! Zip! Zadda! Nadda!
Kein then went on to say that "Fox News spreads seditious lies to its demographic sliver of an audience." Actually Fox News gets better ratings than the other cable news networks combined. Neither is Time Magazine doing so well itself these days. Meanwhile, a large portion of Fox's audience are Independents and Democrats. They are not all Republicans. If they were, the Obama Administration would not be so concerned. They know they aren't going to influence Republicans anyway. I could more easily believe in Santa Clause and his buddy the Easter Bunny then consider the possibility that a writer for Time Magazine is unaware of who is or is not successful in the field of journalism. And so, Mr. Klein, could it be that you yourself are the one spreading seditious lies to your demographic sliver of an audience?
NOTES:
1) According to
Tech Dirt, June 1, 2009,
Time Magazine is doing such poor business, it may go the way of newspapers and charge for its online edition.
2) According to a national survey from the League of American voters, by the Global Marketing Research Center, 46% of
Fox's regular viewers are either Democrats or Independents.
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