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Jul. 11th, 2008 12:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trinityvixenOoh, I've been wanting to post this all week, and now I have something to add to it so it's even better!
So, apparently, Fox News is not only not fair and balanced (wait, wait, I need...a moment...must...recover...the shock...my heart...), but they're also big bullies who freeze out anyone who talks negatively about them or else ridicule them on the show for no other reason than to, well, ridicule them. The Times story I've linked to makes mention of the fact that they photoshopped people they don't like to make them look uglier. Now, Fox News has admitted to doing this, so there's no question that that's what's been done.
As if anyone with half a brain would question it when they see these pictures. Holy shit. The exaggerations that are small, they might have gotten away with--the yellow teeth, for instance. But the narrowing of the one guy's head and the exaggerations of his nose and chin? Those would look out of place on a sufferer of gigantism, and they do have abnormally large features. Maybe, maybe, maybe, if you're the sort of credulous idiot that watches Fox News, you could believe that man does suffer from gigantism. So does that mean you're ready to accept that the man in the bottom picture is an alien?
No, really: This Island Earth. This poor schmuck.
It's not even very good photoshop. Fox News claims that that is the point--that they were doing something satirical or something. (Satire, as a word, gets abused far more frequently than satire, the actual definition, is ever used.) Fox News is proudly declaring that it is in a league with Conan O'Brien and his "If They Mated?" sketch. Except that they are not, nor have they ever been funny.
And they are bullies. Quick test to see if you're a bully:
1) Are you attacking someone weaker than you--physically or financially or in terms of influence? If NO, go to question 2. If YES, stop: YOU ARE A BULLY (Fox News is a bully and there are still more questions to go!)
2) If you are attacking an equal, are you attacking them openly using facts in their entirety and offering them a chance to rebut your claim? If YES, go to question 3. If NO, stop: YOU ARE A BULLY (Fox News is 2 for 2!)
3) Are you attacking an equal in jest but really respect them and their opinion and expect the same in return (and get it)? If YES, congratulations, you're not a bully. If NO, YOU ARE A BULLY. (Fox News--for the win!)
And Vanity Fair has returned the favor. Brilliant. I hope they don't suffer for not having access to Fox News!
The stupidest fucking part of all this is that it is obviously fake photoshopping and that the anchors are obviously holding a grudge that, despite being #1!#1!#1! not everyone thinks their shit smells like roses. You know what? Every year American Idol is #1!#1!#1! too, and that doesn't make it good television. It just makes it popular stupidity.
I have a hard goddamned time imagining friggin' Peter Jennings whining about people not liking him and bringing him down with bad news when everything was all shineshine and puppies. Of course, the writer denigrated Fox News out of some bizarre loyalty to his boss who used to work for Fox News. How many bullshit conspiracies do they have to sling before they qualify for their own religion? Not too many more, right?
Used to be that the more paranoid you were, the stupider you looked because when pressed on your shit, you could only throw a temper tantrum and point fingers and whine about how mean the other guy was. (Hello, Senator McCarthy, I'd like you to meet Mr. Murrow.) Why do people still think a news organization that spends most of its time defending its bullshit (instead of reporting even the doctored news) is worth their time? WHY?
So, apparently, Fox News is not only not fair and balanced (wait, wait, I need...a moment...must...recover...the shock...my heart...), but they're also big bullies who freeze out anyone who talks negatively about them or else ridicule them on the show for no other reason than to, well, ridicule them. The Times story I've linked to makes mention of the fact that they photoshopped people they don't like to make them look uglier. Now, Fox News has admitted to doing this, so there's no question that that's what's been done.
As if anyone with half a brain would question it when they see these pictures. Holy shit. The exaggerations that are small, they might have gotten away with--the yellow teeth, for instance. But the narrowing of the one guy's head and the exaggerations of his nose and chin? Those would look out of place on a sufferer of gigantism, and they do have abnormally large features. Maybe, maybe, maybe, if you're the sort of credulous idiot that watches Fox News, you could believe that man does suffer from gigantism. So does that mean you're ready to accept that the man in the bottom picture is an alien?
No, really: This Island Earth. This poor schmuck.
It's not even very good photoshop. Fox News claims that that is the point--that they were doing something satirical or something. (Satire, as a word, gets abused far more frequently than satire, the actual definition, is ever used.) Fox News is proudly declaring that it is in a league with Conan O'Brien and his "If They Mated?" sketch. Except that they are not, nor have they ever been funny.
And they are bullies. Quick test to see if you're a bully:
1) Are you attacking someone weaker than you--physically or financially or in terms of influence? If NO, go to question 2. If YES, stop: YOU ARE A BULLY (Fox News is a bully and there are still more questions to go!)
2) If you are attacking an equal, are you attacking them openly using facts in their entirety and offering them a chance to rebut your claim? If YES, go to question 3. If NO, stop: YOU ARE A BULLY (Fox News is 2 for 2!)
3) Are you attacking an equal in jest but really respect them and their opinion and expect the same in return (and get it)? If YES, congratulations, you're not a bully. If NO, YOU ARE A BULLY. (Fox News--for the win!)
And Vanity Fair has returned the favor. Brilliant. I hope they don't suffer for not having access to Fox News!
The stupidest fucking part of all this is that it is obviously fake photoshopping and that the anchors are obviously holding a grudge that, despite being #1!#1!#1! not everyone thinks their shit smells like roses. You know what? Every year American Idol is #1!#1!#1! too, and that doesn't make it good television. It just makes it popular stupidity.
I have a hard goddamned time imagining friggin' Peter Jennings whining about people not liking him and bringing him down with bad news when everything was all shineshine and puppies. Of course, the writer denigrated Fox News out of some bizarre loyalty to his boss who used to work for Fox News. How many bullshit conspiracies do they have to sling before they qualify for their own religion? Not too many more, right?
Used to be that the more paranoid you were, the stupider you looked because when pressed on your shit, you could only throw a temper tantrum and point fingers and whine about how mean the other guy was. (Hello, Senator McCarthy, I'd like you to meet Mr. Murrow.) Why do people still think a news organization that spends most of its time defending its bullshit (instead of reporting even the doctored news) is worth their time? WHY?
