After the Project for Excellence in Journalism published a study that showed Fox News barely covered the war in Iraq, O'Reilly decided to opine on the news of the news. As a faithful Fox supporter (that writes his paychecks), he gave a few excuses on why Britney Spears is more newsworthy than the war that kills thousands by the month. One: it sucks. Two: we have a larger audience. Three: the liberals are to blame.
From Crooks and Liars:
A new study came out by Project for Excellence in Journalism—which showed that FOX News covered the Iraq war far less than either CNN or MSNBC during the first quarter of ‘07. Wow, I was shocked, I tell you, but Bill O’Reilly had a very reasonable excuse: The author hates FOX News. Damn lefty…That’s all his audience needs to know. Ahhh..the old attack the messenger trick. What a cunning fellow Mr Factor can be at times. It doesn’t matter about the facts presented in the study after all–why bother refuting those pesky details? O’Reilly thinks that covering bombings is just a drag anyway. Why would he feel the need to show the horrors of war? It’s just war…And FOX has better rating so-ha! I say, ha!
Now back to the inexhaustible coverage of Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and the next white girl that gets kidnapped.
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