[quote author=christundivided]
I find it funny that people quote FOX News, and then think that *other* people are drinking the Kool-aid.
Can you point out the kool-aid in the article?[/quote]
Here's the reality:
FOX does two things for news:
1. they recycle content that they get from actual news services - Reuters, UPI, Agence France Presse, etc. All news agencies do this; very few news outlets have the manpower or budget to duplicate the work of the long-established wire services I just mentioned, especially when it comes to foreign reporting. You can spot this kind of article because FOX is required by law (as all news agencies are) to give credit to the agency they are citing.
2. they create their own little spin articles that have no attributions for source, and typically veer far, far off the deep end into rightwing territory. You can spot that kind of article because the byline for it reads "FoxNews.com".
The first kind of article is probably fine; when I read them I double check them to make sure they haven't selectively edited the content. The second kind of article, however, has a high pandering content. I don't accept it unless there is an independent source to verify the claims. With all the independent, verifiable news sources available, there's simply no reason to accept a source that has time and again mixed its own political agenda and muckracking into the news stream, without telling people that it was doing so.
It's highly unlikely that you "thought" anything at all.
