CNN vs FOX

Anyone who gets caught up in the realm of politics will no doubt realize that his preferred news station will, whether intentionally or not, send a message to those around him about his own political views and affiliations. To summarize it briefly, CNN (often referred to as the Communist News Network) is typically the "liberal" station whereas Fox is typically the "conservative" station. These aren't self-proclaimed descriptions, but just general descriptions that have come about from the viewers and have turned into ongoing stereotypes.

Anyway, I first want to just state this: I don't consider myself a supporter or viewer of any one of these stations. In fact, I rarely watch news on television. I've found that the best way to get a realistic idea of what is going on, especially overseas, is to look up a random assortment of blogs by freelance journalists...you'll usually get a well-rounded view once you take ALL of them into account, and none of them are being censored by big corporations.

The point of this blog, however, is to simply point out the short-sightedness and naivete of those who honestly view their favored news station as the lone beacon of light in a world corrupted by political injustice and media bias. I'm certainly not disagreeing with those summaries, but I am definitely attacking the presumption made by some that one of these stations is somehow holier, more truthful, or just more reliable than the others.

Here is my point: CNN and Fox, along with the whole mess of other stations, are all guilty of media bias, slanted viewpoints, as well as censorship. If you honestly believe what the news is telling you is the truth, then I pity you and this blog is directed right at you.

Most of the time, the attacks I hear are directed at CNN from Fox-lovers. Albeit, their is "trash-talking" from both sides, but for whatever reason I've heard more coming out of the Fox corner. So I suppose this blog is an attempt to show people that there is no such thing as an entirely uncorrupted news agency.

Has anyone heard of Monsanto? Most probably have not. I don't have time to go into great detail, but basically Monsanto is a company that uses BGH (bovine growth hormone), injected into dairy cows, to maximize milk production. This is all fine and good but there is some speculation, as well as some facts, that strongly suggest this has some dangerous side-effects for humans. But of course, nothing too serious...just cancer (note the sarcasm). An article was going to be published and aired by Fox, but Monsanto contacted them, demanding the script be altered and threatening to sue the station if this content was aired. Fox gave in. To make a long story short, the journalists who worked on the story didn't like this fact and fought it until they too were dealt with--they were fired. Thus the mega-corporation has its way, buying off a news agency to not air anything that might be damaging to their company.

There are numerous articles all over the Web on this particular story and I assure you it's only one of many. I also realize CNN has their share of dirt as well, and my intent here is not to bash Fox. I'm not in to bashing anyone for that matter. I'm just sick of these self-inflated people who try to go around preaching Fox as if it were godsent.

The fact is this and I don't think anyone would argue with it: this world is a corrupt and fallen world. It is full of selfish human beings. So with this in mind, do you honestly think there is a news agency out there who will always tell you the truth regardless of its own image? That will stand up to mega-corporations even when lawsuits are pending? That will tell you the truth simply because it's the right thing to do?

Wake up people...