CBS? Ehhh... amateurs. Read this article, it shows how a TV news operation should
really do bias, including one of FOX's top execs acting as a White House advisor, pusing the Swift Vets story without confirmation, a reporter joking around with Bush about his wife working for him (as seen in 'Outfoxed') and oh so much more.
Read this article. Highly recommended!
http://www.americanprogressaction.org/site/pp.asp?c=klLWJcP7H&b=191073Hypocrisy: How Fox News' Attacks on CBS Belie Fox's Own Record
September 22, 2004
As Fox News attempts to blame the Kerry campaign for the CBS News document controversy, it is also claiming CBS has a "liberal" bias/conflict of interest because a producer apparently told a Kerry aide about the documents. But a look at the record shows Fox has a far more pronounced bias and conflict of interest, as its news executives have given political advice to the White House, its top political reporter's wife worked on the Bush campaign, and its news director on election night 2000 was actually related to George W. Bush.
Roger Ailes Gives Political Advice to the Bush White House
According to Bob Woodward's book, Fox News executive Roger Ailes, who formerly served as a GOP political operative, gave White House political adviser Karl Rove a confidential memo after 9/11 that advised the president on how to consolidate his power. " back-channel message: The American public would tolerate waiting and would be patient, but only as long as they were convinced that Bush was using the harshest measures possible" in response to the terror attacks, Woodward writes. The move was so brazen, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson told PBS, "Roger Ailes is the editorial chief of fox news, and this gives the appearance of partisanship. This is sucking up to power." (Source: New York Daily News, 11/19/02; PBS, 11/21/02)
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