Brit Hume honor triggers protest: Board member quits over award

[Freddie Stubbs]

By Peter Johnson


Is Fox News Channel ''fair and balanced,'' as its motto claims?

Or is that slogan a clever marketing line designed to hide Fox News political tilt to the right?

And with its success -- by far, it's the No. 1-rated cable news channel -- have journalists failed to challenge Fox News on its boast?

These questions have been raised before. But now, a well-known journalist may reignite the discussion: Geneva Overholser, former ombudsman of The Washington Post, has resigned from the board of the National Press Foundation because it plans to honor Fox News anchor Brit Hume at its annual dinner in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 19.

more: http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20040202/5888598s.htm

[Must_B_Free]

1. Honoring Shit Fume?

what a joke!

Lots of resignations these days....

[Loonman]

2. Smarmy Git

Hume is a joke and GOP mouthpiece.

[UTUSN]

3. Outta SIGHT! -----Go, Geneva!

Cogent perception and writing:

".... 'being deceptively ideologically aligned -- being hypocritical about it -- far from contributing to such discussions, makes them impossible to have. (Fox News president Roger) Ailes has constructed the perfect trap: you question him, and the finger of accusation comes back at the questioner. One can marvel at his cleverness. But one should not confer journalistic laurels upon it.' "

[Mari333]

4. Good journalists are leaving in droves

Helen Thomas left when the MOONIES took over UPI
Its getting worse every day.
Keep shovelling large spoonfuls of CRAP into the Mericans' minds, fluff and lies, stuff and shove. No real news, no real questions, just a powdery mixture of crap.
waving goodbye to a free press.........

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Anyone who has to calim to be "Fair and Balanced"...

undoubtedly isn't.

But, since when do journalists, or members of any other profession, publicly denounce each other unless there's some personal feud going on or they expect to get something from it?

It's not really the competing media's job to correct and spank Fox. Perhaps someone could come up with an ad campaign to counter "Fair and Balanced" to get more viewers, but that would be difficult, and would be the extent of it.

[BootinUp]

6. With the rules as they are today

It certainly is up to the competitors to challenge Fox. Our news media is selling a product, whoever sells the most wins.