What is the matter with you people?

[identity profile] milktree.livejournal.com 2009-08-04 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)

Do y'all *really* believe that everything Fox news writes/says/posts is an outright lie?

I'm no fan of Fox news, they're cartoonishly right wing, but are you all so closed minded to discount anything they say just because *they* say it?

Exactly how many examples of seriously broken application of law is sufficient before you think, "hey, that's not right!" ? Does it have to happen to someone you know? Does it have to happen to someone you like?

This guy isn't Fox, and he talks about the same stupid laws in the context of "don't talk to the police" (Everyone should watch that, even if you think you have nothing to fear because you never do anything wrong)

Damn... Given y'all are Darxus' friends, I would have expected a little more open-mindedness.

Re: What is the matter with you people?

[identity profile] kragar00.livejournal.com 2009-08-04 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't believe that everything that Fox says is a lie... But I prefer to get a second opinion on anything they say, just like I do with Wikipedia...

However, the fact that Fox has publicly and legally said, "our news is for entertainment purposes only, so we can spice things up if we want" doesn't impress me with their moral standards...

That said, I know our legal system is broken... It's a hazard of democracy (and really any form of government)... And while I think that it's broken, I still think it's a mostly good one... Better than many other nations by a longshot...
It sucks that these people have become the victims of legal manipulation... And I know it's happened to many other people, both for good and bad... But it's unavoidable in any legal system, regardless of which system it is...
I don't condone it, but I've come to accept it...