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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