BATTLE OF THE NETWORKS

BEIEVE WHAT YOU WANT.

DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING YOU READ AND HALF OF WHAT YOU SEE.

So I get this e-mail today from one of those McCrappers or whatever they call themselves. It was just another ranting about Fox News and how the people that watch them are sheep following their Shepherd blindly. This putz went on to tell me how biased Fox News is and how they aren't a real news network. It was a tirade against Fox News. Before I deleted it, I saved a sample for you:

It's not true that they have commentators who are conservative but their news people play it straight.

MSNBC has Maddow and Olbermann on the left. But they also have Scarboro on the right. And they are backed by a legit news organization, NBC NEWS, with facts and standards and editors.

First of all, I think it's wonderful that they allow people in institutions to have access to computers. Second, if you want to make point, make it your own, not Johnny Mac's. Not only is it plagiarism, it just shows that YOU can't think for yourself and you have no original thoughts of your own.

These are the thoughts of Johnny Mac's. (Don't want to be accused of stealing HIS ideas)

MSNBC is backed by a "legit news organization, NBC NEWS, with facts and standards and editors."

Whoa, thanks for that gem of information.

Fox News, CNN News, ABC News even CBS news has standards and editors, as far as facts, MSNBC is a joke. Just last week they attributed quotes to Rush Limbaugh that he NEVER said. They never called and asked him if he said them, they had no corroborating sources or evidence, but they ran with the story because it made Limbaugh look bad. Why let facts get in the way of a good trash job?

How about the news babe Contessa Brewer who just inserts her own hate filled opinions into interviews, harassing guest like John Ziegler and Rick Santelli, calling gun toting protesters "racist" mocking Rush Limbaugh and Liz Cheney, being so convoluted that a writer for the New York Times had no idea what she was talking about and even beating up on Tommy Chong. Her antics are there for all to see on YouTube. In fact, they have their own page for this "News Anchor." Imus was right when he booted her off the air.

Joe Scarboro is not a conservative, he doesn't know his right from his left.

From the Chicago Sun Times:

Recently an MSNBC personality accused the U.S. Chamber of Commerce of lobbying for policies that amount to being "treasonous to this country." Remember how liberals roared in outrage at any hint of their patriotism being questioned for criticizing the Iraq War? Well, it's the left that doesn't shy from attacking the patriotism of those it dislikes. Recall the repulsive Moveon.org "General Betray-us" ad against Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus. Recent opposition to Chicago's Olympic bid was cast as a sign of a lack of patriotism among Obama critics.

NO one there is Walter Cronkite or Edward R Murow. Uncle Walter may have been a bleeding heart liberal, but he reported the news. Only once did he add a comment or slant a story and he disclosed that beforehand. These rip and readers wouldn't know the first thing about real journalism.

I haven't even touched on Keith the clown or Maddow as they have nothing to do with news. Just as Beck, Hannity and O'Reilly are COMMENTATORS, with their OWN opinion, so are Olbermann, Maddow and Matthews. They are paid to give their OPINIONS. As we all know, opinions are like butt holes......everyone has one. Even me.

CNN for years has been known as the Communist News Network or during the Clinton years, it was the Clinton News network. Their ratings are so low that Ted Turner even wants to come back to "revive" the dying network. Their top talent have been jumping the ship, most are ending up at the Evil Fox Network.

Now the sputz who wrote me also refered me to Media Matters. Oh well, the jig is up! If Media Matters says that Fox is bias it must be so!

This from Media Matters:

Media Matters for America (or MMFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 2004 by journalist and author David Brock. Media Matters for America describes itself as "a web-based, not-for-profit, progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media." Media Matters for America defines "conservative misinformation" as "news or commentary presented in the media that is not accurate, reliable, or credible and that forwards the conservative agenda."

It is loaded with liberals like Tom Allison who worked for John Edwards, Eric Boehlert who is a liberal writer as is David Brock. There is nothing that is "Fair & Balanced" about Media Matters.

Take Media Matters and Accuracy in the Media with a grain of salt. Accuracy in the Media is the conservative counterpart of Media Matters and they both have their ox's to gore.

Fox News is legit. Like any other news channel, they have their news division and they have their commentators. The two do not meet, are not held to the same standards and are not on the same playing field.

More and more people are turning to Fox News. It's not all conservatives either. More and more people are turning to fox for their News because it is at is says, Fair & Balanced.

And that's they way it is.