Fox's Ministry of Truth re Mrs. Obama and the "World"
Doing a post-mortem on Michelle Obama's DNC speech, Fox News' Megyn Kelly did a neat trick with Mrs. Obama's statement: "The world as it is just won't do."
Kelly said: "If you replace 'world' with 'country', you are back to the same debate, arguably, that you have been having about Michelle Obama's feelings about the country."
Huh?
Let's take Kelly's argument at "face value." Even if she wants to exchange "world" for "country," according to a USA Today poll, Mrs. Obama would be in good company:
"The electorate remains deeply pessimistic. Eight in 10 say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the USA, and even more rate the economy as "only fair" or poor. Seven in 10 say it's getting worse."
This is Fox News, which means the record as distorted is more important that what was actually stated.
Kelly said: "If you replace 'world' with 'country', you are back to the same debate, arguably, that you have been having about Michelle Obama's feelings about the country."
Huh?
Let's take Kelly's argument at "face value." Even if she wants to exchange "world" for "country," according to a USA Today poll, Mrs. Obama would be in good company:
"The electorate remains deeply pessimistic. Eight in 10 say they are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the USA, and even more rate the economy as "only fair" or poor. Seven in 10 say it's getting worse."
This is Fox News, which means the record as distorted is more important that what was actually stated.
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"Reporting" is supposed to mean that you report on what actually happened and not play games with the words by changing them rearranging them and then assigning a new meaning to the original speaker; but then again this is Fox!
August 26, 2008 4:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
And now Rupert Murdoch is applying these same high standards over at the Associated Press.
Oh goodie.
August 26, 2008 4:21 PM | Reply | Permalink