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It surprises me that such an incident isn't being considered a form of libel. They photoshopped the pictures and then presented them as fact, not once informing the audience that they had been altered, which could lead one to believe that those were actual stock photos of the two guys.

Now, if someone were to take a quote someone said and change it drastically and then present it as that person's words, that's on the boundary of libel, is it not?

Granted, libel presents the idea of damaging a person's character. But I think that such photos could, in essence, be construed to do such.

The fact that it's on such ethically shaky ground should alert people to how depraved such an act is.

One cannot excuse FOX simply by saying "it's entertainment, not news." Well, unfortunately, FOX does not present itself as actual faux news. We're not talking about The Daily Show or Colbert Report. The Daily Show isn't allowed to moderate Presidential debates. We're talking about a national news organization that presents itself as fair, balance, unbiased journalism in the same vein as something such as, YES, the New York Times, or perhaps the LA Times, or maybe CBS or ABC News. The list goes on. And one cannot call the bias these sources have comparable to that of FOX.

If FOX wants to be taken as a serious news source, then it, and we, should hold it to higher standards regardless of the filth we know it produces. Shame on them.

Well... they have to give all those interns something to do.

They just suck at Photoshop, maybe they need lessons from Comedy Central on patronizing those you want to make fun of.

Or they could take lessons from CNN on how to be a respectable and objective news source.

With just over four months remaining until voters weigh in at the
polls, the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey out Tuesday
indicates that among registered voters nationwide, Obama holds a
5-point advantage over the Arizona senator, 50 percent to 45 percent.
...
CNN polling director Keating Holland notes that Tuesday's survey
confirms what a string of national polls released this month have
shown: Obama holds a slight advantage over McCain, though not a big
enough one to constitute a statistical lead.

The poll, conducted June 26-29, surveyed 906 registered voters and
carries a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

I don't worry too much on this because I don't watch Fox News. But I've seen some childish reactions to others watching Fox News in public areas. "OMG!! THIS IS SUCH BULLSHIT!!!! PROPOGANDA!!! FEEDERS OF FALSEHOODS!!! THIS COUNTRY IS DISGUSTING TO ALLOW SUCH PROGRAMING!!!" Then they don't seem to understand why people call them "crazy liberals."

I usually agree with you, but... I'm lazy, so I'll just copy/paste something I wrote on another blog.

I just dropped by CNN.com when I noticed an interesting headline: "Obama, McCain in statistical dead heat". Well, of course such a headline jumped out at me, so I thought I'd check it out.



Wait a second, hold on... Obama leads by five points, and it's a statistical dead heat? So that must mean the MOE is greater than or equal to 5, correct?



Now, ok, the article does say that when factoring in Bob Barr and Ralph Nader, Obama holds a 46-43 lead. But that's certainly not what the headline states. And it's not the main point of the article.

Yeah, I'd say CNN is twisting the truth quite obviously there. Not the kind of s**t that FOX pulls, but honestly, it's still not fair and objective reporting.

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Now, ok, the article does say that when factoring in Bob Barr and Ralph Nader, Obama holds a 46-43 lead. But that's certainly not what the headline states. And it's not the main point of the article.

Yeah, I'd say CNN is twisting the truth quite obviously there. Not the kind of s**t that FOX pulls, but honestly, it's still not fair and objective reporting.[/quote]

Except that THIS, the CNN article, can be considered a mistake or an oversight, if that should be the case.

I don't think what Fox News did could be considered as either o.O It's defamation through graphics.

Cut the crap. Fox is a low-grade conservative television network that sells simple minded right-wing grown people to advertisers. It does absolutely nothing to hide this fact. What argument or discovery are you making?

CNN should know better. I usually don't have a problem with CNN, but this is just pathetic, honestly

Ah yes, take up an Internship at Fox News! It's the quickest way to kill any hope you had of being credible in the News Industry!