Message #18145

[uselesslegs]

CNN is now among other outlets like the Huff, NY Times, CBS and AP who have declined to meet with Holder to have an off the record discussion about the DOJ's media investigations and reforming the DOJ's policies regulating the investigation of journalists. They don't want it off-the-record and are basically like, "give us a buzz when we can print the details."

I get it, I do...they're pissed. They fill infringed upon, violated and there's some meat there. But what annoys me, is that they're absorbing Fox News into this (by way of James Rosen)...and they shouldn't be.  They're allowing a "news" outlet under their umbrella of outrage/concern...that doesn't deserve that comradery. It's not even a "strange bedfellows" thing. Fox, once again, has shown themselves to be full of shit. Once again their outrage carries an assload of "exceptions" and "misdirection." And once again, what I would consider legitimate journalists/media, are giving them a seat at the table, by entertaining their crap. 

I blame the "legitimate" media for Fox News.  They've been carrying their dirty water damn near since their inception. How many times have Fox's stories panned out to be bullshit, fabrication and lies? This has been going on since 1996...and since 1996 what I would consider responsible journalists/news outlets do very little in admonishing the bullshit and ripping it apart. Does the 4th estate have some weird "code" like other organizations do?...Where if you point a finger at the crap, you're a snitch? "Well, even if it disagrees with the reality of situations or is contrary to evidence as it exists...they have a right to disseminate information...poorly or with a specific political agenda."  Really? I mean really? So the rest of the 4th Estate has no duty to eviscerate the bullshit and tear the facade of "Fair and Balanced" to fucking shreds if it's not?

If Fox News manufactured products like food or cars or things...do you know how many fuck'in major recalls of significance there would have been since 1996? I mean Jesus Christ, as a company they would no longer exist in the market place! They're the friggin Lawn Darts and Barbed Wire Hula-Hoops of news for gawds's sake! So, if they CONSISTENTLY damage and chip away at the integrity of legitimate News and Journalism...why in the fuck do other actual News outlets and Journalists tolerate and provide cover for them?