The FOX parade of lies (partial)

This fellow has put together a wonderful collection of FAUX News screengrabs. The set illustrates the basic problem with the network. Its programs are often semi-truthful propaganda, at best. At worst, FOX cynically broadcasts infotainment bullets carefully aimed at the minds of Americans who have been brought up to believe what they see on TV.

We are not talking about the occasional slip-up. We are talking about a plan. All networks and journalists get it wrong sometimes. FOX gets it wrong on purpose so you, yes, you, think the wrong thing when you decide stuff in your own life. They are paid handsomely for it. That is egregious.

If Fox's habitual lying is egregious, its influence is doubly so. The "Foxification" of our news culture is pervasive. Agenda-filled "news" surrounds us, from Paula Zahn's hackjob on Atheists to anything by Glen Beck to our own Star-Tribune's willingness to cite Michael Brodkorb as a "conservative blogger", instead of what he is - a propagandist on the payroll of the Minnesota GOP and other republican politicians. Whether we like it or not, the paid liars can bend our ears.

Be careful out there.