I've been doing other things, but I will be getting back to this for at least a while. If you want to know, I've been writing for the Buffalo News, and between that and school, and decided to put this off to the side. But enough about that.
It's summer vacation, and sometimes there's nothing on television. I have a pattern. I check espn, espn 2, then msnbc, then history channel, then discovery channel, then animal planet, then comedy central. If all else fails, I go to Fox News, because they're always guaranteed to have comedy. Except, lately, they haven't been on their game. There were just sort of doing news. I was disappointed. Then, it started yesterday.
They went old school on me. They criticized Obama for using a teleprompter. 2013 and still talking about the teleprompter? I like it. Getting back to their roots. Then they criticized Obama for wanting to address climate change. Nice touch Fox. They said he should be talking about scandals instead actually doing something. You can't beat that. In fifty years, when the planet is left flooded wasteland, I want to know that my president was busy talking about fake scandals that know one will even remember.
But it gets better. They outdid themselves today. It was the day of the Voting Rights Act decision. The Court struck down a provision of it, and Fox said this was a victory for states rights. Obviously referring to the states' right to disenfranchise voters. Yes, victory. I mean, it's not like any of those southern states tried to disenfranchise voters as recently as, say, 2012, using photo I.D. laws. Bravo, Fox News. Then, they went back and criticized Obama for talking about climate change, but...they went one step further and just flat out said that there's not enough evidence to prove climate change. What's the date? No, the year. 2013? Is that CE, or BCE? For real Fox News, drop it, the debate is over. There are island nations that are already preparing to evacuate their entire populations because of rising sea levels. Take any measure--climate, amount of CO2 in ppm, sea levels--they all point towards global warming. The only stat that doesn't point to global warming, is the number on the check that Exxon and BP give to the politicians, and of course, Fox must defend government and corporations at all costs. I just wonder if they truly grasp that the money won't help them if the entire ecosystem is destroyed.
Being serious, it's not what Fox News says that shocks me, it's that there's actually people who watch it seriously. I'll quote Jon Stewart when I say, "We as a nation must stop watching Fox". At this point, all none of the corporate media outlets are trustworthy. CNN literally tells you nothing, and MSNBC still defends the Obama administration from time to time. Just today, they were implying Snowden committed crimes and should be extradited to the US.