Quality News
On a whim, I decided to take a look at what FOXNews.com had to say about Palin’s announcement today. I was unsurprised that there were a number of similar quotes, and all in all, much of the content was nearly the same if not slightly more slanted right on the FOX site. Like I said, no surprise.
What did catch my eye were the half dozen glaring spelling and grammatical errors in the FOX version. I mean, the very first line had, “Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin shocked the political word Friday…” …uh, that would be “world”.
But then I went and looked at the overall headlines and sections of the two sites. It’s painfully obvious that while CNN is a news site, FOXNews.com is all about sensationalism. Here are some of the “headlines” on FOX:
Blind Man Sees After Having Tooth Implanted in Eye
Wrestling Midgets Killed by Fake Prostitutes
–Those two were bolded for… emphasis I guess.
‘Dead’ Israeli Man Comes Back to Life, Shocking Police
‘Unpredictable Killer’ Kills 4 in 6 Days in S.C. |VIDEO
–Video? Of what?
And from the prominent Features and Faces section:
I didn’t cherry pick those… That’s the whole section. Gotta love that last one. Sex and war… It’s the American way! Yep, sure sounds like “fair and balanced” reporting to me. They got all the latest celebrities in there.