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David Cole
Iinnocuously enough. On Monday, June 21, a producer from Fox News’s The O’Reilly Factor called to ask me to appear as a guest that evening to comment on a front-page anecdote in the Original York Times claiming that the Bush Administration had overstated the value of intelligence gained at Guant? namo and the dangers posed by the men detained there. I’m generally not a fan of shout-television, and I had declined several prior invitations to appear on O’Reilly’s indicate, but this time I said yes. Small did I know it would not only be my first time, but also my last.
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I sat in the Washington studio as the taping of the exhibit began in Unusual York with a rant from Bill O’Reilly. He claimed that “the Factor” had established the link between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, and then played a clip from Thomas Kean, head of the Senate’s 9/11 Commission, in which Kean said, “There is no evidence that we can gain whatsoever that Iraq or Saddam Hussein participated in any device in attacks on the United States, in other words, on 9/11. What we do say, however, is there were contacts between Iraq and Saddam Hussein. Iraq, Saddam–excuse me. Al Qaeda.”
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I was impressed. O’Reilly, who had announced his point to as the “No Run Zone,” was actually playing a balanced soundbite, one that accurately reported the commission’s findings both that there was no evidence linking Saddam and 9/11, and that there was some evidence of contacts (if no “collaborative relationship”) between Saddam and Al Qaeda. Maybe all those evil things Al Franken had said about O’Reilly weren’t upright after all.
But suddenly O’Reilly interrupted, plainly furious, and said, “We can’t employ that…. We need to redo the whole thing.” Three minutes of silence later, the indicate began again, with O’Reilly re-recording the introduction verbatim. Except this time, when he got to the section about Kean, he played no tape, and simply paraphrased Kean as confirming that “definitely there was a connection between Saddam and Al Qaeda.” The allotment about no link to 9/11 was left on the cutting-room floor.
Now it was my turn. O’Reilly introduced the segment by complaining that we are at war and need to be united, but that newspapers like the Fresh York Times are running biased stories, dividing the country and aiding the enemy. “The slip must stop–our lives depend on it,” O’Reilly gravely intoned. He then characterized the Times memoir that day as claiming that the Guant? namo detainees were “innocent people” and “harmless.” He said the paper’s article “questions holding the detainees at Guant? namo.”
I well-known that the Times had said nothing of the sort. And I pointed out that the article relied on a CIA see finding that the detainees seemed to be low-level and had provided cramped important intelligence.
That didn’t convince O’Reilly, however, who again criticized the Times for misleading its readers by terming the detainees innocent and not uncertain. I replied that he was misleading his have viewers, by exaggerating what the Times had said. “No, I’m not,” he retorted. So far, the usual fare on newstalk television.
But then I decided to go one step further: “It seems to me like the pot calling the kettle sunless, Bill, because I impartial sat here five minutes ago as you re-recorded the introduction to this demonstrate to retract out a statement from the head of the 9/11 commission stating that there was no evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11.”
Apparently O’Reilly does not like being called “the pot.” He exploded, repeatedly called me an “S.O.B.” and assured me that he would prick my accusation from the interview when the indicate aired. He also said I would “never ever” be on his expose again. At this point, I wasn’t positive whether to seize that as a threat or a promise.
Clear enough, when The O’Reilly Factor aired later that night, both Thomas Kean’s statement about 9/11 and my charge about O’Reilly deleting it were missing. All that was left was Bill O’Reilly, fuming at the liberal media’s lack of objectivity and balance, and ruing the divisive achieve “race” has on our national unity.
First, an admission. The Fox News phenomenon is rather fresh to me. I haven’t watched TV news in years, preferring to sift through the newspaper or the best I could gain online from sources like Reuters and Associated Press. For me, the reason, outside of the annoying increase in commercials, was the endless parade of, “woe is me because the government ain’t taking care of me” stories. Outside of headlines of the day, practically every “focus” epic on the major networks had a clear left-wing zigzag. I couldn’t stand the overriding feeling that I constantly was being told how I should mediate, or more accurately, that I shouldn’t contemplate at all. So I tuned out – and missed Fox’s rise to fame or, I state I should say, notoriety.
How surprised was I to soar through the channels and explore this upstart news channel that wasn’t, well, expressionless! Flashy graphics, hot news babes and, best of all, people who weren’t unnerved to mix it up with their guests. No more pandering and slobbering on the mic (Larry King) to acquire a guest. If you started mouthing off, getting off track, or fair being an idiot in general, they would flat-out relate you to shut up (O’Reilly) . Obvious, there was a clear right-wing slant, you’d have to be a moron not to realize that. Some are so far fair they may have fallen off (Hannity) . I didn’t care. I was zigzag! Then, slowly, after a couple of months of viewing, I started realizing something.
Those on the fair never, ever, lose.
This was already in the assist of my mind, but it never became clearer than at Fox’s original coverage of the Democratic Convention. Here sits Hannity with a stack of prepared talking points and reference notes while the supposed liberal, Colmes, has a post-it mark or two containing some fleet scrawled handwriting. Colmes mutters something about not being ashamed to be a liberal. Hannity then proceeds to eviscerate not only Colmes, but three democratic pundits simultaneously. Sorry folks, but even at their gain convention, the dems impartial couldn’t compete.
There’s a reason why, and it’s why you should gape Outfoxed.
Outfoxed goes worthy deeper into the psyche of Fox News than honest the flashy graphics and the right-wing agenda. Among the movie’s claims, interviews appear to be legitimate or just, while the graphics and headers on the bottom third of the mask often have opinionated headlines. Off the cuff remarks are encouraged and any promoting the republican agenda or discrediting the democrats will net you the “atta boy” after the segment ends. Many internal memos obtained, while not necessarily incriminating, do explain a positive agenda reporters needed to employ on stories or when talking to guests.
Even more piquant is Fox’s expend of the term, “Some people say…” While other journalists may say this in order to approach a storyline without revealing the source of the information. Fox uses the term liberally, (pardon the pun), so their reporters can insert political concept instead of remaining fair. Of course you can pick up which side of the political spectrum these opinions tumble. As one writer explains, it’s not notable that Fox wins an argument. They simply need to muddy the argument to sustain the viewer in a spot of confusion. This design the viewer is unable to execute a decision one blueprint or the other which, to Fox, is as top-notch as a victory.
Most spirited, however, are the numerous times that people with a liberal agenda are simply outmatched. Again, there’s a reason for this. After 25 weeks of see of the guests appearing on Special Recount (Brit Hume) in 2003, 83% of the guests were republicans. On top of this, the liberals appearing repeatedly on the channel are usually “faux liberals” that often agree with the conservative side after some debate. Dependable liberals are rarely seen, quick-witted liberals are rarely invited, and the ones who did attach up a qualified argument are usually not invited to return. Handsome and balanced?
Finally, numerous ex-Fox employees testify of the almost crushing conditions they experienced while working there. In one hilarious segment, ex anchor Jon du Pre relates how he was suspended because he was unable to glean anyone outside of a few people and a class of fourth graders celebrating Ronald Reagan’s 80th birthday at his presidential library.
Other reviewers have complained this movie is as great a propaganda part as the news channel they’re attacking. Frankly, they’re lawful. Repeatedly, conservative media outlets like Fox and Obvious Channel are railed against in this movie. Outlandish how no complaints were made against Viacom and Infinity (owners of MTV and Howard Stern.) The testimonies of so-called anonymous employees believe puny credibility in my idea. And, once you contemplate the backers and financiers of this film, the timing of this release during an principal election is certainly no coincidence. As one writer correctly states, the reason why our propaganda system is vastly advantageous to the archaic Soviet-style propaganda machine, is we don’t realize we are constantly being manipulated.
If you pick up past the paddle to the left, you pick up to the main reason why I recommend this movie. This movie made me look that media concentration is a worse plight than even I originally realized (and I mediate myself a cynic and skeptic by nature.) I certainly don’t want my news filtered by Murdoch any more than I want it filtered by Soros. Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you are on, the FCC’s relaxation of limits on media ownership severely limits the information you receive, not to mention the quality of the information, so that you may acquire an fair concept. How can you do this when independent publications withhold getting silenced?
Ok, I gotta hasten, Laurie Dhue’s on. Hope the review helped.
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