Wherever my political alliances lie,I have to say that the idea of a cable news network continuously providing only ONE side of the political story can not be deemed “fair and balanced”. With Palindemoneum taking over America,specifically in areas where they consider reporting first and knowledge second,it seems that whatever comes out of Sarah Palin’s mouth is thought of as gospel.
The other night Palin was a guest on (it pains me to write this) “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno”,where she not only charged that ALL media except for Fox News was providing editorials as opposed to factual news reporting,but was quoting the channel’s “Fair and Balanced”tag line as to her main reason to seek employment at the network. She also did stand-up,but that’s a whole other animal Im not getting into (until later today). This appearance seems to have sparked a reaction out of Jon Stewart,who in all honesty really needs no provoking when it comes to skewering Fox News employees. Stewart took some time to do reporting,collect facts and data and then come back at Palin and her assertation that Fox News is truly “fair and balanced”. And his aim was on Megyn Kelly,a recent darling of the network,who turned her Aryan features and appearances on “The O’Reilly Factor”into a daytime anchor gig. Recently,the bee in her bonnet has obviously been the Health care Debate and Kelly has repeatedly attacked that administration for continuing on with the bill. She charged that the majority of Americans are sick of (HAHA!) this bill battle and are against it. And to prove it,she managed to find four people over the age of 65,whom I can only assume receive health care and pensions from their previous jobs,as well as medicare,so the irony was apparently lost on both her and her research staff. And if there is one thing Jon can not handle,its messing with your numbers and proving your case. As Stewart learned from his “summit”with O’Reilly last month,opinions are for night time news editorial programs and day time is where the real new is provided on Fox News. Sadly,Kelly might not have learned this before discussing the Health Care Summit. Here’s Stewart confronting this “fair and balanced”coverage on “The Daily Show”.