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[ NNSquad ] See For Yourself: How FOX "News" Distorts the Net Neutrality Debate
See For Yourself: How FOX "News" Distorts the Net Neutrality Debate
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000793.html
Greetings. It's well known that FOX "News" is anything but the "Fair
and Balanced" reporting organization that their slogan proclaims.
In their coverage of the FCC's vote on weak Net Neutrality rules
pending for Tuesday (expected to be in the affirmative, sure to be
attacked by Big Telecom's minions in Congress, and certain to be the
subject of prolonged litigation), FOX provided a particularly
demonstrative example of how to deploy "Big Lie" attacks against your
adversaries.
In an article today, "FCC to Vote on Internet Regulation Plan Despite
Economic Warnings" ( http://bit.ly/eaMwYS ), FOX publishes one of its
typically skewed (though not quite entirely one-sided) presentations.
What's *really* interesting though is how FOX is currently hawking
that article on their home page -- "Big Brother to Oversee Your Every
Web Click?" ( Image: http://bit.ly/eAUznH [Lauren's Blog] ) -- an
utterly distorted, emotionally-laden Big Lie headline designed to warp
the reader's viewpoint before they even get to the actual article
itself.
Of course, the headline next door, "U.S. 'Under Siege By Muslims
Terrorists' [sic]" is similarly alarmist, illustrating that FOX
doesn't reserve its yellow journalism only for technology issues.
Apparently distorting every issue as ordered by its corporate masters
is FOX's idea of "equal" coverage.
At least that's something about FOX that we can really depend upon.
Shameful.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com)
http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
Co-Founder, PFIR (People For Internet Responsibility): http://www.pfir.org
Founder, NNSquad (Network Neutrality Squad): http://www.nnsquad.org
Founder, GCTIP (Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance):
http://www.gctip.org
Founder, PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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