TuneInTurnOnHelpOut.org Founder Ed Hale write open letter to Fox News

Dear FOX NEWS,

God knows the world loves you all dearly just because since your inception you have continued to baffle so many - by more than adequately representing the concept of “impartial and slanted journalism” that it makes the jobs of millions of college professors easy by being able to use “FOX NEWS” as a real-world example. But sometimes, even though we know that what you do is similar to Jon Stewart - it’s a comedy sketch and you guys are just stand-ups “doing your job” and your job is to make people laugh by looking all straight faced by saying the most ridiculously ludicrous things… still… sometimes we all just go a bit too far.

Certainly, you have done your job admirably: You make us all laugh till we’re red in the face with those straight faces you manage to hold while attempting to read those teleprompters as if they were “real news…” And you know what? We LOVE you for that! It IS funny. And of course we also love you for what a good example you present to our Nation’s children of what a good news network is NOT supposed to be like. We are forever indebted to you for that. Fox News will forever be synonymous in the world with “really bad slanted journalism with no respect for integrity or dignity or the ethics of good journalistic practices” and that makes teaching American children what good journalism is really easy for millions of parents all over the world. For that, we thank you.

But just a humble request during the next few months in this presidential election…. tens of millions of us are asking you - just this once, we promise - to simply do your job for real - even if for just a few months: report the news. The real news. Whoever wins the US presidential race deserves to win. (For instance Gore in 2000). And no one needs a news network to help them win. If they do, then they don’t deserve to be president anyway. Can you see that? Even a little? Hope so.

So as big fans, we ask that you just take even a second or two and think for a moment about that time way back when you first decided to become journalists… Did you really take this job knowingly thinking that you would be a slave to giant corporations you’ll never get to meet face to face and and big tyrannical government and not be reporting real news? I ask that you ponder this question even if for a few seconds…

People actually depend on you to report news. (who they are I do not know. I have never met one… But I hear they exist) But they are certainly NOT thinking that you exist simply to attempt to persuade them, indoctrinate them, or brainwash them by deceptively pretending to be, and be doing, something you are not. Though those of us in the know “get this” and we get a kick out of it and all, I must say that I am a bit concerned for those folks who just don’t get what you’re all about that. They don’t get the joke yet.

If this hits home for any of you, good for you. Pack up your stuff and walk respectably out of that terrordome with your head held high and go back to pure journalism and news reporting. We need you. The American People need you. Best of luck in your decision.

Sincerely,
The Ambassador

See below to sign petition from Moveon.org who by the way also suffer from a similar malady…. they’re stuck in the “left-wing box” just as much as those poor Ritalin junkies at Fox News are stuck in the “right-wing box” - both groups totally lost and helpless in the Matrix… but at least Moveon.org drives on the right side of the road and isn’t flying out of control like some college aged GW Bush slamming into and killing pedestrians and asking “daddy” to help him with a free get out of jail card. For that we have to respect the folks at Moveon.org.

Petition below:

Subject: See this? FOX smears Obama

Hi,

FOX’s smears against Obama are out of control–have you heard about them? I just signed a petition telling FOX that their use of racism and prejudice is not okay. Would be great if you signed too.

First, a paid FOX commentator accidentally confused “Obama” with “Osama” and then joked on the air about killing Obama. Next, a FOX anchor said a playful fist pound by Barack and Michelle Obama could be a “terrorist fist jab.” (Seriously!) And then, FOX called Michelle Obama “Obama’s baby mama”–slang used to describe the unmarried mother of a man’s child.

Nearly 100,000 folks have signed a petition that will be delivered to FOX. Can you sign too? The more names, the bigger the impact. Here’s the link.

http://pol.moveon.org/stopthesmears/?r_by=13004-2362222-Cgoeq4x&rc=comment_paste

Thanks!