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Fair and Balanced, My Ass!

An Unbridled Look at the Bizarre Reality of Fox News



Tom Breuer and Joseph Minton Amann
June 2007     ISBN: 1568583478

Ten years ago, Rupert Murdoch's Fox News Channel premiered to millions of cable subscribers across the U.S., operating on little more than faith and an unswerving conviction that it could fill a niche CNN and the big three networks didn't satisfy.

We know the rest of the story. Since its relatively modest premiere, Fox has become a force to be reckoned with; by most ratings measures, surpassing Ted Turner's CNN.

Fair and Balanced, My Ass! reveals the sordid results of Fox's rise. A network that presents itself--without perceptible irony--as a trusted news source, Fox might be the ultimate Cinderella story if the characters living happily ever after weren't the ugly stepsister. Examining Fox's phony patriotism and piety, its dishonest crusades, and its well-defined agenda and ratings-driven techniques, this book delivers a hearty slap-down to the jewels of the Murdoch crown, including Bill O'Reilly, John Gibson, Hannity & Colmes, Neal Cavuto, Fox & Friends, Brit Hume, et al. The result is a hilarious and bracing read: red meat for liberals and food for thought for anyone who is both amused by and concerned about journalism's continually eroding standards.

About the Authors

Joseph Minton Amann and Tom Breuer launched sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.comin the spring of 2004. They are the coauthors of Sweet Jesus, I Hate Bill O'Reilly.



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