I caught this last night from YouTube, via Fark.com. Someone, apparently from the local Fox affiliate in Denver, wanted to interview (it seems he already tried it once) some protesters in Denver marching the day before the start of the 08 Democratic National Convention:
After a few hours of digestion (and a good night's sleep)I came to realize that I had seen all of this before. From the classic Kentucky Fried Movie via YouTube, I give you Rex Kramer: Danger Seeker:
He even kinda looks like the Fox reporter. Anyway, what I want to point out here is the ridiculous lengths the media (and Fox especially) will go to "make news".
That reporter had already tried to interview protesters earlier and had gotten the same results, yet here he goes again. Added to that is any viewer (not buying blindly into the Fox dogma) should be insulted at the "surprise" reception their cameras and reporter got, especially when I'm sure the camera was openly identified as was the microphone the reporter was carrying. They got exactly the response they expected and were "shocked" to have received it. Absolutely insulting.
Add to that the "shock" that there were folks there protestiong who didn't like Obama- SHOCK upon SHOCK for folks to have their own personal opinions! Why, that is SO not supposed to happen in the world that Fox is spinning for their viewers. Now, let's watch the channel get 100% behind McCain and be "shocked" that there are Republicans (even blind to the facts, uneducated, dogma following Republicans) who DON'T like their candidate for President. Is there a more blatant example of Americans being told to goose step behind their party's choices? There are actually viewers in that Fox affiliate's district who blindly believe everything that was "staged" here as God's Honest Truth, and that Fox is "Fair and Balanced" news reporting.
Finally, with all the chants of "Fuck Fox News" in the background being repeated over and over again, whoever was running the editing board of the station should have killed the reporter's microphone as soon as they realized what was being chanted, BUT that would not have made good news, just responsible news. The FCC probably won't make mention of the curse word repeatedly going across the airwaves either, as most anyone dimwitted enough to be insulted by such language would not want Fox News to get into trouble, though if it was on ANY other "news channel" and they happened to have stumbled across it, complaints would be filed without hesitation.
That's only part of the media spin folks, but it is a blatant example of it. Most "Media News" has as much to do with reality as prime time "reality show" programming does.
WAKE UP!
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