The Fox Switch
July 31st, 2008 -- Posted in American Politics | 11 Comments »
I was watching some CountDown clips this morning and was at a loss for which clips to talk about since there are so many. The one clip that struck me as incredibly funny was the Worse, Worser and Worst count down that Olbermann does on every episode (part because of the funny voice). In this clip, he talks about Bill O’Reilly as always and Fox News (Fixed News). He does make two important points:
- The top 1% of Americans earned 22% of all income in 2006, the largest gap of this kind in 18 years
- Fox News continues to confuse Obama/Osama
I remember the furor over the Liz Trotta mixup and I will admit I was one of those people who got a little bit angry despite the apology by Mrs. Trotta. I am still angry today because I realize that Fox News is still continuing to make those “alleged” mistakes. It is now a fact that the White House has been sending talking points to Fox News as stated by former press secretary Scott McClellan. It would not be too far of a stretch for those talking points to include mixing up the Obama/Osama name as many times as possible to confuse some people in America. This confusion would only benefit Senator McCain but then again, does he really need to be more confused? What I propose, if no one else has already done this; count the number of times Fox News has mixed up the Obama name with that other guy so that we can determine if this mixup is an active decision on the part of Fox News.
