Get an eyefull of this column in the Rocky Mountain News by Michael Tracey:
Faith, not reason gave Bush victory
And media outlets, like Fox News, have exploited, helped nudge rightward trend
November 13, 2004
One of the more interesting questions about the recent history of American television is the success of Fox News. I am using the term "success" in the sense of that network's ability to not just garner an audience but, more significantly, to nudge the discourse of public life in a rightward direction.
I use the term in the same way that one might have described the success of the Wehrmacht between 1939 and 1941. Not something to be celebrated, but definitely recognized.
Now, I never thought Fox News was unbiased, but the Wehrmacht?
Tracey is a journalism prof at the U of Colorado, confirming some stereotype or other.
Posted by Walter at November 13, 2004 03:19 PMWhenever reading something by the likes of Michael Tracey keep the following in mind, so as to provide proper context:
1. Mr. Tracey is writing for The Rocky Mountain News, whose politics have always been left of center;
2. Mr. Tracey is a professor or Journalism at the University of Colorado, which is akin to saying a degree in Creative Writing from CU will get you a job at Barnes and Noble. Simply, this is all he is and will ever be qualified to do;
3. CU and the Rocky have long been known for their anti-American and racist perceptions. Perceptions they often transfer to others to hide the truth;
4. The Rocky isn't a very good newspaper. If it were it wouldn't publish the likes of Tracey.
Posted by: James C. Hess at November 16, 2004 05:53 AM