Fly in the Ointment
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They are biased and no longer to be considered a news organization, Fox News' leaders have admitted as much themselves. In a March interview with the Los Angeles Times, Fox News chief Roger Ailes described his network as "the Alamo," and Fox News vice president for programming Bill Shine has referred to the station as the "voice of opposition."
Clearly, Fox's employees have taken their bosses' words to heart. Led by resident demagogue Glenn Beck, Fox has spent much of the year openly advocating against the Democratic Congress and White House. Beck and Fox aggressively promoted and encouraged attendance at the anti-Obama Tax Day tea parties in April and subsequent follow-up events, including this past weekend's 9-12 protest in Washington, D.C.
During the August congressional recess, Fox hosts frequently lauded and encouraged the health care town hall disrupters. And now, emboldened by the resignation of White House green jobs adviser Van Jones, Beck and Fox have launched an all-out witch hunt against Obama officials and nominees.
But what Fox does not count on is the FCC closing it's operations. Not that hard to do actually, turns out there is a thing called the truth that the FCC insists that News Stations adhere to and by getting involved in Tea Party promotion as well as Anti-Obama activity they may have actually broken their licensing Rules.
Is it time to write to the FCC and your congressman or woman to get FOX off the air?
Clearly, Fox's employees have taken their bosses' words to heart. Led by resident demagogue Glenn Beck, Fox has spent much of the year openly advocating against the Democratic Congress and White House. Beck and Fox aggressively promoted and encouraged attendance at the anti-Obama Tax Day tea parties in April and subsequent follow-up events, including this past weekend's 9-12 protest in Washington, D.C.
During the August congressional recess, Fox hosts frequently lauded and encouraged the health care town hall disrupters. And now, emboldened by the resignation of White House green jobs adviser Van Jones, Beck and Fox have launched an all-out witch hunt against Obama officials and nominees.
But what Fox does not count on is the FCC closing it's operations. Not that hard to do actually, turns out there is a thing called the truth that the FCC insists that News Stations adhere to and by getting involved in Tea Party promotion as well as Anti-Obama activity they may have actually broken their licensing Rules.
Is it time to write to the FCC and your congressman or woman to get FOX off the air?