Yesterday, Fox Newz (it's like the news, only different) interrupted the entertainment programs on their broadcast stations, to cover President Obama's signing of the recently passed Health Care Reform law.
It was quite a victory party for the Democrats after a brutal battle.
Fox deserves kudos for covering the event live.
The three major network news organizations, as has been their standard practice, also interrupted the entertainment programming on their broadcast networks to cover the event live.
The main difference seen between the three real news organizations and Fox Newz (not to be confused with any real news organization) came after President Obama's speech. ABC, CBS, and NBC each offered a brief, balanced, analysis and summary of the differing views on the new law. Fox's analysis was decidedly negative. There was no hint of balance.
To be fair, I didn't switch over to watch continuing coverage (if any) on cable TV. It's possible that Fox Newz managed to come up with a balanced analysis and summary on cable.
I doubt it.
But, hope springs eternal. Just like health care reform must begin with the small steps included in the new law, perhaps Fox Newz is taking some small steps to attempt to become a real news organization.
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