This just in: Fox Newz is a whore

Arguably the clearest indication that a media company has turned into nothing more than a praise-seeking groveler with no credibility whatsoever is when said company goes around seeking advertisement and positive soundbytes from high-ranking public figures. Now, Jesse Watters, that irritating little attack lemming-of-a-producer Bill O’Reilly often sends out to ambush those who dare to criticize him, was caught doing just this, interviewing politicians in the hopes of getting them to go on-camera promoting the Fox Newz website. David Weigel, who was covering the Values Voters Summit over the weekend, has the details.

Jesse Watters, the infamous Fox News producer who’s sometimes dispatched to ambush people who’ve said mean things about Bill O’Reilly, made the rounds of the Values Voter Summit–I watched him interview Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) with some of the friendliest questions I’ve ever heard. At the close of that Cantor interview, Watters asked the second-ranking Republican in the House to say something to his “fans” at Fox Nation. “Keep clickin’ on Fox Nation,” said Cantor.

What was the point of that? It was one of the interviews contained in Watters’ “behind the scenes” look at the summit, which consists of Republicans like Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas.), and former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) shouting out to readers of the conservative site.

“FoxNation.com and my fans there,” said Romney, “they’re the best.”

“Fox Nation,” said Bachmann, “you rock!”

I’d post the video here, but for some reason the stupid code won’t work.

They even got (whom I’m fairly certain is) Carrie Prejean, the girl whose cranial substance has been sucked out and injected into her breasts. Give the poor girl a break – how much more well-deserved ridicule can she take?

Fox Newz has turned into a veritable How Low Can They Sink? contest. Kinda like the totality of the Republican party, come to think of it.

(via Dispatches from the Culture Wars)
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