FOX - Portrays a war of good and evil, and many applaud

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New York Times piece, this snip stolen from lucianne.com.

Osama bin Laden, according to Fox News Channel anchors, analysts and correspondents, is "a dirtbag," "a monster" overseeing a "web of hate." His followers in Al Qaeda are "terror goons." Taliban fighters are "diabolical" and "henchmen." Ever since the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the network has become a sort of headquarters for viewers who want their news served up with extra patriotic fervor. In the process, Fox has pushed television news where it has never gone before: to unabashed and vehement support of a war effort, carried in tough-guy declarations often expressing thirst for revenge. The network, owned by the News Corporation (news/quote) of Rupert Murdoch, has always had a reputation — one it disavows — of being politically conservative. But its demeanor since Sept. 11 has surprised even its critics. The network is encouraging correspondents and writers to tap into their anger and let it play out in a way that reminds some rivals and press critics of the war drumbeat of the old Hearst papers and the ideologically driven British tabloids.

-- Anonymous, December 03, 2001


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