We generally approve of the fine work Fox News provides us given they are the one news source that actually acknowledges there is an alternative point of view besides the self-proclaimed progressives who inhabit all the rest of the news outlets. However, we've documented our concerns about Glenn Beck, but we have another grievance, Tiger Woods coverage, particularly as presented by one of the news media's worst scoundrels, Geraldo Rivera.
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On its Saturday, December 12 broadcast, Geraldo's program spent at least the entire first half hour of his program going into intimate detail on the specifics of Tiger Woods' misadventures including showing interviews with prostitutes and madams. In one interview, Geraldo's brother Craig, asked a Hollywood madam whether Tiger Woods wears a condom when having sex. The madam answered.
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Through out its programs this week that we've watched so we can't speak of Glenn Beck's show (we won't watch his nonsense), virtually every program has given its share of coverage aside from the 6:00 pm Fox Report. When there is major news such as Congress getting ready to spend large sums of money for who knows what, the medical system debate, the war in Afghanistan, the Copenhagen climate change summit, and other real news items, it is unprofessional and unwarranted to give so much fancy to Tiger Woods' fall from grace.
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Sadly, the public now knows Tiger Woods is a womanizing cad. The extent to which his transgressions have gone and the number of mistresses involved is alarming. How much of any of this does the public need to know? That this story generates so much interest is a bad reflection as much on those who are attracted to watching coverage about it as it is on the news media itself whose opportunism is already well established.
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If Fox News seriously wants to be the cable equivalent of the National Enquirer that's one thing, but most of their programming presents itself as serious news. Gawking over a celebrity's downfall is not serious news. It's sick news opportunistically broadcast to attract the prurient interests of some viewers. Naturally, Geraldo Rivera would relish the roll of sleaze journalist gleefully. Considering some of the programs he served as front man for before coming to Fox, no one should be surprised. He is capable of stooping to darned near Jerry Springer's level.
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While we commend Fox News for giving conservatives, libertarians, and independent thinkers a voice including commentary programs like "The O'Reilly Factor" and "Hannity," they cheapen themselves to providing fuel for their credits by too much emphasis on gawker TV.
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Leave the sleaze to channels like E! and other gossip channels. Serious news must know what to avoid to maintain its credibility. Fox News can, should, and must know better than to participate in such garbage.
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