I do not know about the other authors in this blog, but I lean to the right when it comes to politics. So when Fox News came out about ten years ago, I was thrilled.
Today? Not so much.
Basically, Fox News has turned into the Entertainment Tonight and Inside Edition news channel. Their front page headlines are something right out of the Enquirer, although I have not seen Bigfoot on their site yet. I had been meaning to post about this for a while, but today really made me sit down and blog about Fox News.
I scrolled down the front page to look at U.S. News., (I check it at work daily in case there is something in our area that made it national). Before I get to that section, I have to scroll past something that apparently is important since it comes ahead of U.S. News – “Features & Faces” a.k.a. Hollywood crap. Here are today’s topics:
In their section called “Pop Tarts,” ‘Gaga’ for Girly Men. The Fox Sexpert has an article on He’s Just Not That Into You. Then there are these treats:
More Stars Without Makeup!
Natalie Cole Tragedy
Marisa’s Beach Body Tips
Girl on Girl Crushes
Final Film’s Creepy Scene
Celebrity Spare Tires
I am not making this up.
What got me riled up though was the last one. I clicked on it and maybe three of the people listed would be fat. The rest? Normal, healthy bodies. And look at the other items: beach body tips, stars without makeup and other themes over this week include: boob jobs, plastic sugery, more stars without makeup, beach bodies, you name it!
Is this what journalism has come to? Gossip and promoting skinny and beautiful to readers? Forget all the eating disorders out there and body image issues among girls and women. When Hillary Duff “may want to add an extra bicep curl to your [her] routine” according to Fox, what does that make the rest of us?
I am so disappointed at Fox News that I cannot even write this post as well I as I would like. So I apologize to our readers.
I also have a confession. I was a little, sort of, um, interested in some of the stories.
Now off to read something like the Wall Street Journal to cleanse myself.
~voterblues
