Oh dear

[TomOfSweden]

News is entertainment. They tell and sell stories people want to buy. Nobody wants the truth, they want one cohesive story that is easy to digest that fits their storyline of the world so far. This is no problem that needs to be fixed. This is simply because it isn't practical to have any other approach. If we didn't we'd do nothing else but read and interpret news.

Derrida has written plenty about this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrida he's got lot's of clips on youtube, if you're not the reading type.

We read the news that corresponds to our level of education purely out of sheer necessity.

I don't blame Fox news for formatting the truth like they do. They're a news station and this is the reality they live in. They have their niche and it's popularity is proof they're doing a good job feeding that niche with the kinds of news that niche are interested in and capable of digesting.

Anybody with any kind of education of course realises that the news isn't the truth. It's a truth. The people who don't... well... who doesn't?

I like Fox news. I think they're hilarious. It doesn't get any more jingoistic and low brow. They're the perfect parody of themselves.

[Lion]

I like Fox news. I think they're hilarious. It doesn't get any more jingoistic and low brow. They're the perfect parody of themselves.

I find Fox News funny...what scares me though is some of the stuff that is reported is actually taken extremely seriously by a fair few viewers.

[TomOfSweden]

I find Fox News funny...what scares me though is some of the stuff that is reported is actually taken extremely seriously by a fair few viewers.

You don't know that. I get a huge tongue in cheek vibe from the production and I assume most of their viewers aren't all total morons. I mean, check out this clip from Bill O'Reilly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FARDDcdFaQ

It's like, "I don't understand all the big words you're using so I'm going to assume I won this debate".... I mean, how can it get funnier than that? It's hilarious.

Nothing is funnier than morons on TV who think they're clever and smart and the more they get wound up the more they think they're being clever. It's like reality TV, but a lot more cruel. Fox rules...