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Lost in Fox haze
Fox is now “America’s news headquarters.” Though advertising “Fair and Balanced,” Chris Wallace acknowledged they’re right-biased to “balance” other media. Owner Rupert Murdoch truly believes in his mission to make the United State “right” for a financial profit.
Fox publishes false information while other networks volunteer as echo chamber: Obama a Muslim, still believed by 30 percent of the uninformed; women get equal pay; Obama’s more irresponsible with Benghazi than President George W. Bush with Katrina, Osama bin Laden and the Iraq war.
Through Fox, Murdoch has indoctrinated millions of new voters with the anger and indignation of Donald Trump and the naivete of Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Massive numbers of good Americans are now convinced our government is bad and evil; 95 percent of all AM radio (non-sport) also is right-biased political talk.
CNN, the former leader in U.S. news reporting, counters Fox’s constant right-wing and corporate political messaging with cooking shows, game shows, feel-good award shows, right-wing talking heads and entertainment.
Increasingly for news, we have to go to Murdoch’s Fox, an admittedly biased organization that profits by publishing conservative views. Our country is lost.
Ed Terhaar
Spokane