This morning, I received the following news bulletin from Fox News. I subscribe to the breaking news alerts of every major network. Fox was the only network that sent this alert:
Now, take a look at this story from today’s Chicago Sun-Times. It’s not that the Fox bulletin was blatantly inaccurate, but it certainly was very misleading. Shouldn’t the term “breaking news” be reserved for urgent events that are in the process of taking place?
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Posted by Steve Gorelick
How about a shout out to the Parents Television Council, hard at work on an issue of such importance.
At least they have the courage to keep us focused on what is right and decent, and refuse to allow various inconvenient minor problems to divert our attention from what really matters.
Keep up the good work.
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Posted by Steve Gorelick
Department of Film and Media Studies
Hunter College, CUNY
