Thread: FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos

FOX News Doctors NY Times Photos
By David Knowles
Jul 3rd 2008 8:55AM
Filed Under:eRepublicans, Breaking News, Scandal, Media

Fox News has sunk to a new low. On Wednesday, the network displayed photos that its editors had doctored of two New York Times employees--reporter Jacques Steinberg, and editor Steven Reddicliffe. Media Matters has graciously provided us with the before-and-after evidence showing that Fox purposefully yellowed Steinberg's teeth, widened his nose and chin, and photo-shopped his ears stick out further.



Reddicliffe also received the yellow-teeth treatment, as well as dark circles under his eyes, and an exaggeration of his receding hairline.



Why has Rupert Murdoch's flagship television network stooped to such tactics? The Times had the audacity to run a piece about Fox's recent poor ratings performance.

From Editor & Publisher:

On Wednesday morning's edition of Fox & Friends, co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade aired the photos while discussing a piece of the New York Times. The piece pointed out what the newspaper called "ominous trends" in Fox News' ratings.

"It wasn't a hit piece," Sifton [Sam, NYT Cultural Editor] told E&P. "It was straight news. This was a hit piece by Fox News. It is beneath comment. "Asked if the paper planned to respond to Fox's actions, he said no: "It is fighting with a pig, everyone gets dirty and the pig likes it."

While conservatives often have legitimate gripes with the Times on matters of policy (and, from time to time, on fact-checking matters), the willful distortion of these pictures boggles the mind. As of this writing, Fox has not released any comment on the matter, much less fired the people behind it. And with all due respect to the Times, this is one time that fighting a pig makes sense.

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Does anyone watch Fox ?

I somethimes watch FOX's local newscasts, which do not seem essentially different from our other local TV news, which is of good quality in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. I watched to see why FOX is continually called the "Rightwing Channel" nationally, but I see no evidence of this supposed bias in their local news reporting. I don't watch their other programming except for "Sunday Morning" with Chris Wallace, who can hardly be termed "a redneck". Perhaps it's their other programming?

I don't watch the Fox Cable Crap. The local stuff is OK but they lean Left.

Dixie

I forget I am the only person in the world who doesn't have cable TV. However, I thought FOX's national reputation was one of being the exact opposite of "liberal".

Wow, that's something. They really made those poor guys look like freaks.

I don't watch Fox either.

Fox has gotten out of the news business and is only into entertainment. Spin is the only thing the channel is capable of for they are run on corporate policy only .That and lip gloss.

Originally Posted by DEEDEE

Fox has gotten out of the news business and is only into entertainment. Spin is the only thing the channel is capable of for they are run on corporate policy only .That and lip gloss.

Oh Yeah , With all their pretty young anchors . Which i'm just sure have decades of wisdom and experience . NOT

Originally Posted by tencz57

Does anyone watch Fox ?

I don't , I am sick of the propaganda and brainwashing! It is amazing how MSM loves to insult our intelligence!