For Fox Sake

by digby

In the Battle of Fox News, General Jon Stewart is William Tecumseh Sherman:

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I think Stewart got to the nub of the process. The Right Wing Noise Machine of the past 20 years has always laundered its dirt through foreign papers and Drudge, which would then filter into the mainstream press. But in the fast paced internet era they can't waste the time, so they simply launder it through Beck, to the Fox "news" people, then into the mainstream press. It's a much more efficient operation.

I think Obama was smart to pick the fight. It at least raises questions that will force the mainstream press to take a breath before they jump in. It won't stop them entirely, of course, but it might slow them down a little bit. This is probably the best we can hope for.


Update: Speaking of FOX, I just watched Beck going on about how the liberals hate the nasty corporations but the government which they love is actually in the hands of those same nasty corporations.

It's always interesting to see how the populist right squares that circle. That strikes me a pretty smart. He may be a total loon, but there's a certain emotional logic in what he says.


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