

I felt that Fox had to be exposed with facts and broadcast clips for what it was: a partisan propaganda shop masquerading as news network. Yet that mistake about Fox's power and impact was wreaking terrible consequences for our democracy and the media. They all assumed that Fox was a legitimate news organization. Other media, and even members of Congress, followed Fox's lead. He could hit us in 45 minutes.įox even overshadowed the pro-war New York Times, where with the help of Judith Miller, the paper spewed distortions, launched partisan attacks and slammed Bush's critics as naïve, unpatriotic traitors. Remember? The terrorists had ties to Iraq. It proudly blared the White House's lies coming with singular warmongering fervor. Bush, Fox News was not just any television network. was pulled into war in Iraq by President George W. By Robert Greenwald for the Huffington PostĪ dozen years ago, as the U.S.
