Thursday, March 1, 2012

Hey, Kids! Here's a News Quiz!


By Dan Hagen

Here are the headlines on the front page of one unnamed news channel’s website on a single day (July 11, 2010):

“Poll: Majority of Voters Think Obama Is a Socialist”

“Did Obama Appointee Say, ‘Never Bring Another Lawsuit Against a Black?’”

“Angle: Reid is ‘Trying to Hit the Girl’”

“Ad Mocks Gore’s Carbon Footprint”

“Analysis: The Reparations Administration”

“Drug Lobby Showers Money on Its Hero Harry Reid”

“Chris Matthews Calls AL Senator Voice of the Confederacy”

“Dem Bank Bill Sets Race - Gender Quotas for Wall Street”

“Poll: Americans believe stimulus HURT Economy”

“Jesus Face ‘Seen in Google Earth Image’”

“WATCH: Sarah Palin’s New Mama Grizzly Ad”

“Charge: Obama’s Tan Tax is Racist”

“Judge Rules Company Can’t Lay Off Union Workers”

“Elderly Man Charged for Shooting at Illegal Alien Thieves”

“Police: Woman Faked Being a Boy for Sex with Girl”

“San Fran: Pass the Pot Brownies, But Drop that Soda”

“Man Forced to Marry Cow Faints at Wedding”

— A two-part quiz. Do these headlines sound like fair, even-handed and honest journalism to you? And what, pray tell, is the name of this soi-disant “news channel?”

Come on.
Guess.

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