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Sources say Obama is an alien overlord from outer space
By: Andrew Flick
Issue date: 1/30/07 Section: Perspectives
The Fox News Network is a polarizing influence on the American news media.
Consider what happens when two people argue and one of them begins to shout. The argument escalates. Sides are chosen. Soon, any middle ground between the two parties is lost. However, one need look no further than the mirror to see who really loses when political zealots of any stripe allow their bias to determine what is and isn't news.
On Jan. 16, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) declared his candidacy for president of the United States. Just a few days later, Fox News aired a morning segment accusing Sen. Obama of being a closet Muslim and a potential terrorist sympathizer.
Later in the day, Fox News' John Gibson ran with a story that first appeared on the website of Insight Magazine (more on them later) which claimed that the Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and her staff were responsible for the smear on Obama, a claim denied by the Clinton team which refers to the Fox News coverage as "an obvious right-wing hit job."
Citing an unnamed source, described as "sources say" or "the source," the article on Insightmag.com is dubious. "The source" is referenced a total of 14 times and every salient fact of the Insight article is credited to "the source," making the story essentially hearsay. But that didn't stop Fox News from making this story the focus of that day's reporting, and consequently the hot political topic of the month.
So, I decided to do a little research of my own, starting with Insight magazine. My first clue was finding the phrase "liberal media establishment" in three separate places on the homepage of Insight's website. After very little digging, a history of conservative bias at Insight became clear.
The magazine is an offshoot of the Washington Times, a newspaper founded by and still controlled by the conservative and eccentric Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church. Rev. Moon is a long-time associate of former Republican President George H. W. Bush.
Consider what happens when two people argue and one of them begins to shout. The argument escalates. Sides are chosen. Soon, any middle ground between the two parties is lost. However, one need look no further than the mirror to see who really loses when political zealots of any stripe allow their bias to determine what is and isn't news.
On Jan. 16, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) declared his candidacy for president of the United States. Just a few days later, Fox News aired a morning segment accusing Sen. Obama of being a closet Muslim and a potential terrorist sympathizer.
Later in the day, Fox News' John Gibson ran with a story that first appeared on the website of Insight Magazine (more on them later) which claimed that the Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) and her staff were responsible for the smear on Obama, a claim denied by the Clinton team which refers to the Fox News coverage as "an obvious right-wing hit job."
Citing an unnamed source, described as "sources say" or "the source," the article on Insightmag.com is dubious. "The source" is referenced a total of 14 times and every salient fact of the Insight article is credited to "the source," making the story essentially hearsay. But that didn't stop Fox News from making this story the focus of that day's reporting, and consequently the hot political topic of the month.
So, I decided to do a little research of my own, starting with Insight magazine. My first clue was finding the phrase "liberal media establishment" in three separate places on the homepage of Insight's website. After very little digging, a history of conservative bias at Insight became clear.
The magazine is an offshoot of the Washington Times, a newspaper founded by and still controlled by the conservative and eccentric Rev. Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church. Rev. Moon is a long-time associate of former Republican President George H. W. Bush.
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Warren Flick
posted 2/09/07 @ 12:14 PM EST
My son wrote this piece; very nice job. It's honest, fair and balanced, just what Fox itself should be doing.
Mike
posted 6/07/08 @ 1:58 AM EST
I for one welcome our Obama overlords!!!
http://www.nostate.com/28/i-for-one-welcome-our-new-obama-overlords/
GDI
posted 8/17/08 @ 2:25 AM EST
Is there any evidence Obama is a practicing Muslim?
Dylan
posted 3/21/09 @ 9:24 AM EST
Obama is a freakin alien man. No questions!!!!!!
iAlien
posted 4/14/09 @ 8:29 AM EST
Nah obama is NOT an alien
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