Fox news boss a complete arse, film at 11...

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LEAKED EMAIL: Fox boss caught slanting news reporting | Media Matters for America:

From: Sammon, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 8:23 AM
To: 054 -FNSunday; 169 -SPECIAL REPORT; 069 -Politics; 030 -Root (FoxNews.Com); 036 -FOX.WHU; 050 -Senior Producers; 051 -Producers
Subject: friendly reminder: let's not slip back into calling it the "public option"

1) Please use the term "government-run health insurance" or, when brevity is a concern, "government option," whenever possible.

2) When it is necessary to use the term "public option" (which is, after all, firmly ensconced in the nation's lexicon), use the qualifier "so-called," as in "the so-called public option."

3) Here's another way to phrase it: "The public option, which is the government-run plan."

4) When newsmakers and sources use the term "public option" in our stories, there's not a lot we can do about it, since quotes are of course sacrosanct.

Comments

[dawntreader]

but they're unbiased, joe!!!

[faireraven.livejournal.com]

They're "fair and balanced", not always the same thing.

Of course, I always thought they were somewhat unbalanced, but that's my opinion. ;)

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

Show of hands: Who else is getting an urge to go into this man's office, climb on a chair, and jump up and down chanting "Public option! Public option! Public option!"?

[thatliardiego.livejournal.com]

I think they make you drink kool-aid as a condition of entering their building.

[chameleon613.livejournal.com]

*hand*

But then, that's more the contrarian in me than the gives-a-crap-about-Fox-news bit.

[supergoober.livejournal.com]

I LOVE the wistful tone of #4. You can hear him trying to think of a way to somehow change people's quotes before reminding himself that he can't do that and still call it news.