The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
    William K. Wolfrum's picture

    The One where Cal Thomas, Judith Miller and James Pinkington admit they are paid Hackensteins

    Picking on Fox News stopped being fun a long time ago. It's a right-wing propaganda station, period. Hell, books have been written on the subject.

    But I do admit to enjoying seeing when Fox News "journalists" so plainly admit that they are hacks and paid shills. Like in this off-camera moment from this weekends Fox Show "News Watch," which did handstands to avoid mentioning Rupert Murdoch and News Corps crimes in the UK:

     

    CAL THOMAS: Anybody want to bring up the subject we're not talking about today for the -- for the [online] streamers?

    JAMES PINKERTON: Sure. Go ahead, Cal!

    THOMAS: No, go ahead, Jim.

    [LAUGHTER]

    THOMAS: I'm not going to touch it.

    JUDY MILLER (FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR): With a ten foot [inaudible].

    Don't get me wrong, we all knew they were non-journalist hackensteins. It's just fun to watch them giggle while admitting it.

     

    --WKW

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    The current link is to the UK Telegraph, I think the one you want is:

    http://mediamatters.org/blog/201107110013


    I meant to have that l;ink but forgot to put the Crooks & Liars link in. Thanks.