Whenever we read the news, we need to exercise discernment. I don’t watch TV much anymore, but I noticed that foxnews.com is just like the other news sources. The news reports aren’t really that conservative. Besides that, they always feature these silly celebrity news items and their video feeds always have something sexy. Their advertisements often push the limits of decency.
Here’s a blurb that William J. Murray emailed in his Religious Freedom Coalition newsletter for this week:
BAD CHRISTMAS NEWS ON FOX
While I like FOX and appreciate all they are doing to bring a more balanced message to the public I am not a blind follower. As you can tell from my criticisms of President George W. Bush I don’t hold punches to make sure I am invited to receptions and the same is true when it comes to FOX News. I received information on a Saudi Prince having the ability to spike news on FOX: The e-mail to me read as follows: Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal made these remarks during the Arab and World Media Conference in Dubai (today and tomorrow) where he was a speaker, and the quote was picked up and published by Middle East Online. The Prince was remarking on his own influence over what gets aired on Murdoch’s Fox News Channel now that he (the Prince) is a voting shareholder etc. He said: “During last month’s street protests in France, Fox ran a banner saying: ‘Muslim riots’. I picked up the phone and called Murdoch to tell him these are not Muslim riots, these are riots out of poverty…Within 30 minutes, the title was changed from Muslim riots to civil riots.” He was referring to Rupert Murdoch, the CEO of News Corp. which owns the Fox News Channel. It appears extremist Saudi Muslims have bought their way into FOX News.
What are other good news sources? Some friends mention drudgereport.com. Maybe an assortment of sources are needed if one wants a broad picture.
