Fox News bit its own ass with two polls. In one poll, Fox viewers stated conclusively that the United States would be better off with Democrats in office. In the second poll, viewers went down the list of issues and chose which party aligned more closely with their opinions. Surprise! It's Dems again in a landslide!
Fox News Live had a Republican and a Democratic strategist on and tried all sorts of semantic acrobatics to turn this into a negative for the Democratic party. ("But the Dems admitted they're having trouble articulating a cohesive platform -- are the Democrats in trouble??" ... "But Hillary Clinton is the most visible Democrat in Congress, and more Fox News viewers strongly dislike her than strongly like her -- are the Democrats in trouble??") After sparring weakly with the Democratic strategist, anchor Gregg Jarrett (who can be seen here after hiring an embalmer to do his television make-up) turned to the Conservative talking head and did something very telling. He asked "is it bad news for your party, the GOP," and then, with a sarcastic, apologetic smirk, "I'm trying to be 'fair and balanced' here..."
After a rather flaccid attempt to spin its own poll, that came as a blatant acknowledgement of what a joke FNN's claim to "fair and balanced" really is.
Fox News Live had a Republican and a Democratic strategist on and tried all sorts of semantic acrobatics to turn this into a negative for the Democratic party. ("But the Dems admitted they're having trouble articulating a cohesive platform -- are the Democrats in trouble??" ... "But Hillary Clinton is the most visible Democrat in Congress, and more Fox News viewers strongly dislike her than strongly like her -- are the Democrats in trouble??") After sparring weakly with the Democratic strategist, anchor Gregg Jarrett (who can be seen here after hiring an embalmer to do his television make-up) turned to the Conservative talking head and did something very telling. He asked "is it bad news for your party, the GOP," and then, with a sarcastic, apologetic smirk, "I'm trying to be 'fair and balanced' here..."
After a rather flaccid attempt to spin its own poll, that came as a blatant acknowledgement of what a joke FNN's claim to "fair and balanced" really is.
This kind of foolishness is why FOX should not be considered a news channel.
This is precisely why, when someone like Dick Cheney chooses FOX to "take responsibility" for shooting some old guy in the face, and as it turns out, just about everywhere else, everyone should ignore anything he says, until he says it to a reputable news organization.
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