It would be more informative to look for corrections and retractions for commentators who have found they have conveyed false information
But how is disregard for facts a job qualification for *White House Press Secretary * that you can actually defend?
Well, as already pointed out by silenus, this wasn’t much of a rant and was plopped in the pit because of the caustic history of such threads. His OP posed one premise: “OK…is there anybody out there who buys “Fair and Balanced” now?” The reader can only assume it’s a pitting of Fox News. This isn’t a liberal/conservative issue. All news outlets commit their fair share of pittable offenses, but having an employee who gets hired as a White House staffer isn’t one of them. The media => politico revolving door spins quickly, and positions in DC are filled from members of the forth estate on regular basis (Tony Snow & Michael Isikoff are the 2 that first come to mind). What should be even more distressing is when revolving door gets clogged with program hosts who get hired by allegedy unbiased media sources from inside the Beltway, such as Stephanopolis, Gergen & Matthews.
Questioning the (admittedly) biased slant of FNC by pointing to the Snow appointment - while neglecting to mention this historical tu quoque - doesn’t come off as sounding too concerned “about doing the right thing”.
It’s an expression. It’s a figure of speech. Don’t tell me you’ve never heard it or something similar before. Get over it.
Sorry, didn’t mean to get in the way of your “GWB and all his cronies are teh suxxor!!!111” thread. Please, continue.
It’s not the job of the White House Press Secretary to accurately state the facts. It’s the job of the White House Press Secretary to express the White House’s message.
Y’know, whoever came up with that “Fair and balanced” slogan for Fox was a freaking genius.
I don’t know how many non-conservatives I’ve seen reduced to near-tears blubbering, “But they’re not balanced, they’re biased! It’s a lie! Someone for God’s sake inform the American Public!”
Of COURSE they’re biased! It’s a, I say, it’s a Joke, son.
See, they SAY that, because it drives you all crazy.
NOW do you get it? It’s funny. Not funny queer, but funny ha-ha. See? “We’re Fair and Balanced, because a Fair and Balanced news outlet would be conservative! Haw, haw, haw!”
And if someone is so right-wing that they really really truly believe that Fox news is middle of the road non-partisan, while all other national media outlets are Marxist-Leninist fellow travellers, well, surely they didn’t come to that conclusion because Fox News adopted a “Fair and Balanced” slogan.
Tony Snow taking the job of White House Press Secretary proves that Fox New’s “Fair and Balanced” slogan is slightly innaccurate? Haw, haw, haw! You guys slay me. No, really.
I always knew FOX news was a joke.