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On Sat 11 Dec 2004 12:01:21p, Frank McCoy <mccoyf@millcomm.com>  wrote:

> In alt.fan.frank.mccoy Tim Merrigan <tppm@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>>Frank McCoy wrote:
>>> An open letter to Bill O'Reilly:
>>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Note cross-posting!
>>
>>(Leaving the cross-posting, as I'm in all three groups too)
>>
>>My reader won't let me cross-post
>>
>>I'm surprised to hear that FOX "News" puts out *any* legitimate news
>>once you get away from sports and weather.
>
> Oh they do ...
> And (once you examine it closely) it really isn't all that bad or even
> much more slanted news than the other networks.  The problem is:  They
> go from straight news right into commentary ... and people like Bill
> give their "straight news" as if it WAS news; so unless you've got a
> score-card, it's hard to tell where one leaves off and the other
> starts.  Particularly so, when the same people who give commentary
> ALSO tell the straight news!
>

Your summary hit the nail on the head.
Fox gives news.
Fox gives commentary.
Fox lets the viewer decide which is news, which is commentary.

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