Friday, September 14, 2007

huh?

Kurtz: Fox News is ‘entitled’ to ‘misinform our society.’

On Wednesday, during an appearance on Glenn Beck’s CNN Headline News show, Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz said that Fox News is “entitled” to be “a cheerleader for the Bush administration” that is “misinforming our society.” Kurtz’s comments came in the context of dismissing the criticisms of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, who routinely mocks the cable news network.

(Think Progress)
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I guess that legally, Fox can say almost anything they want, but claiming that they are presenting "news" is certainly at the least, misleading, and in many cases, out-and-out lying.

But, I suppose it is legal to lie...it's just not moral...