Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for February 07, 2010
February 06, 2010
February 08, 2010
Transcript:
Roland: "Went out to Dover to honor fallen. No one there to cover me even though I have book out. Lib media bias shameful. Taped Larry King today. Didn't know Larry is just an avatar, that real Larry retired in '02, living quietly in Scottsdale. More cuts @Fox, shutting down 5 Tweet feeds. These r real people w/families, all of them fair, balanced. Just had drink with fired Fox Tweeters. Notice they all talk in short, choppy bursts. Sound impaired. Hello, workers' comp! To put human face on cuts, the fired Tweet bureau chief fought to keep MY feed up. Frank somebody. Well done, Frank! Fox now threatening to cut my feed if not monetized [advt: Shamwow sells self!] Feed cut, dream dead. The time you spent following me is gone, lost forever, carrying you closer to death..." Boss: Ahem. Roland: "Tired not to abuse privilege. Peace." The final Tweets of Roland Hedley.
I agree with most posters about Fox not being fair and balanced as they claim. What I don’t see pointed out is that they are merely the counterpoint to CNN, MSNBC, and the other liberally-biased and just as “fair and balanced” networks. If the other outlets had merely reported news and not editorialized it in the first place, Fox would have no audience. Instead, raging sycophants like Keith “I couldn’t do sports, and I do news even worse” Olberman spend time fawning like little girls over the President and his wife, and the rest of the time they spend lobbing epithets and insults at Fox. How much news do you actually get from MSNBC’s folks like Olberman? As for me, I watch no network news save that from BBC World news, because they all create a negative pressure area.