Irony alert: Fox News accuses rival of blurring the line ‘between news and commentary’

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This might be one of the greatest Fox News items of all time.

Last night, Karl Rove appeared on Fox News's "The O'Reilly Factor" to discuss President Bush's interview with

NBC

and accusations that the network distorted Bush's comments. Rove and guest host Laura Ingraham quickly attacked

NBC

's ethics:

INGRAHAM: Yes, well, Karl, this follows on, you know, on primary nights, big nights, when you're with Brit and everybody here. Over at

NBC

, they have a couple of their, you know, commentator types Matthews and the like, sitting next to Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. I mean, there is no line between news and commentary. It's all blurred.

Rove added that the "journalistic standards of MSNBC, which are really no standards at all," are now "creep[ing] into

NBC

."

Now, on the substance, we've already talked about how foolish the charges against NBC are. The report did not distort Bush's comments, and this manufactured outrage is pretty weak tea.

But more importantly, it's genuinely comical to hear Fox News personalities accuse anyone of blurring the line "between news and commentary." That is, after all, the reason Fox News exists.

I mean, really. Consider the context on this one — Laura Ingraham (prominent Republican media personality) was talking to Karl Rove (prominent Republican consultant-turned-media-personality-turned-McCain-advisor) about another network maintaining weak journalistic standards on objectivity and neutrality. Not only were they wrong about the NBC report, but neither Ingraham nor Rove are journalists, neither are objective, neither are neutral, and neither have professional standards.

Indeed, adding to the rich irony, Rove was appearing on camera as some kind of media professional — criticizing NBC's integrity — while failing to disclose his ties to the Republican presidential campaign.

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This might be one of the greatest Fox News items of all time.

Last night, Karl Rove appeared on Fox News's "The O'Reilly Factor" to discuss President Bush's interview with

NBC

and accusations that the network distorted Bush's comments. Rove and guest host Laura Ingraham quickly attacked

NBC

's ethics:

INGRAHAM: Yes, well, Karl, this follows on, you know, on primary nights, big nights, when you're with Brit and everybody here. Over at

NBC

, they have a couple of their, you know, commentator types Matthews and the like, sitting next to Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. I mean, there is no line between news and commentary. It's all blurred.

Rove added that the "journalistic standards of MSNBC, which are really no standards at all," are now "creep[ing] into

NBC

."

Now, on the substance, we've already talked about how foolish the charges against NBC are. The report did not distort Bush's comments, and this manufactured outrage is pretty weak tea.

But more importantly, it's genuinely comical to hear Fox News personalities accuse anyone of blurring the line "between news and commentary." That is, after all, the reason Fox News exists.

I mean, really. Consider the context on this one — Laura Ingraham (prominent Republican media personality) was talking to Karl Rove (prominent Republican consultant-turned-media-personality-turned-McCain-advisor) about another network maintaining weak journalistic standards on objectivity and neutrality. Not only were they wrong about the NBC report, but neither Ingraham nor Rove are journalists, neither are objective, neither are neutral, and neither have professional standards.

Indeed, adding to the rich irony, Rove was appearing on camera as some kind of media professional — criticizing NBC's integrity — while failing to disclose his ties to the Republican presidential campaign.

http://www.thecarpetbaggerreport.com/

You would have to live on the moon to not know that. Really Steven, you need to stop reading the carpetbagger. Those people are the real loons.

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Carpet bagger + reader = loons

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Not really surprising.

The bigger irony is that any of the major outlets are in anyways objective. Apparently all you have to do is represent two polar extremes and you have "fairness" and "balance"

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Not really surprising.

The bigger irony is that any of the major outlets are in anyways objective. Apparently all you have to do is represent two polar extremes and you have "fairness" and "balance"

But that is better than just having one polar extreme like some news outlets do.

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Not really surprising.

The bigger irony is that any of the major outlets are in anyways objective. Apparently all you have to do is represent two polar extremes and you have "fairness" and "balance"

But that is better than just having one polar extreme like some news outlets do.

Its all the same $hit.