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 Originally Posted by Poopadoop
Because the initial reports were two suspects, nothing was said about their race until it was said one was white the other Moroccan. So Fox's reporting is selective. Of course they don't care about pissing off liberals since that's not their audience.
What about pissing off conservatives? You're talking as if all of Fox's viewers are Kool aid sipping zombies who will believe anything they're told. If they reported that the suspect was Moroccan, and every other news report in the world, along with teh actual facts, say that the suspect was Canadian.....well then Fox will look pretty foolish to liberals and conservatives alike.
I can buy the 'selective' angle. The topic of the week has been 'foreign nationals committing terror attacks'. Now there is an actual attack, with a foreign national as a suspect. That seems like a fact that is pertinent enough to stand alone, and could reasonably be reported that way. Not saying that's the best way, or that it's totally free of 'spin', but it's only offsides if they KNEW that the guy was just a witness and reported a moroccan suspect anyway.
As a news organization, they have an incentive to remain credible. I can't believe they'd fuck that up on purpose just to cut down Morocco.
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