Fox brings on Sarah Palin which is no big surprise. What I don't understand is why they would pay someone to lie when they can go to her facebook, twitter, book or just watch when her lips move for free? Stupid is as Stupid Does!
Fox News Wants to Futher Polarize with Palin
Posted: 12 Jan 2010 11:06 AM PST
As reported yesterday, Sarah Palin will join Fox News Channel as a contributor. The news, today, is that the decision to use her to further polarize politics was intentional. Fox News Vice President of Programming, Bill Shine, has previously stated that Fox was the “voice of the opposition” to the Obama administration, and now admits that her “controversial” statements are “probably going to help” them, and “[t]hat’s what people will want to watch.”
SHINE: With her hiring, Fox News gets a high-profile figure whose pronouncements on issues such as healthcare reform have helped drive contentious partisan debate — it was her Facebook post that first raised the term “death panels.”
“She is one of the most talked about and politically polarizing figures in the country,” said Bill Shine, the network’s executive vice president of programming. “First off, we hope she brings that.”
The VP of Programming has clearly dismissed responsibility and accuracy in reporting as long as their viewership is increased. By stating that he was “not concerned that Palin would make false assertions,” but rather welcoming the controversy, the “zero tolerance for on-screen errors” policy is, obviously, another Fox News lie.
According to PolitiFact.com, the following statements made by Palin have earned a “False” or “Pants on Fire” status – This is the kind of accuracy Fox News viewers should expect:
* Seniors and the disabled “will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care.” (Pants on Fire)
* Obama would “experiment with socialism.” (Pants on Fire)
* “The truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.” (Pants on Fire)
* “Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession” than the current one. (False)
* The McCain campaign “did not elaborate” on Obama’s ties to ACORN. (False)
* Says she couldn’t take stimulus money because it required “universal building codes.” (False)
* A provision in the health care reform bill for end-of-life counseling for seniors is not “entirely voluntary.” (False)
* Palin said stimulus money for weatherization required “universal energy building codes for Alaska, kind of a one-size-fits-all building code that isn’t going to work up there in Alaska.” (False)
* “We’re building a nearly $40-billion natural gas pipeline, which is North America’s largest and most expensive infrastructure project ever.” (False)
* “If an Iranian woman shows too much hair in public, she risks being beaten or killed.” (False)
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