{"id":2547,"date":"2013-05-20T10:23:54","date_gmt":"2013-05-20T00:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildcard.gnubies.com\/?p=2547"},"modified":"2017-12-09T18:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T08:44:14","slug":"is-this-where-fox-news-got-its-slogan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/?p=2547","title":{"rendered":"Is this where Fox News got its slogan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOX News is now the most widely watched television channel in the US. One cannot call it a news channel because most of what it dispenses is right-ring propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>It is doubtful whether it would spread to the extent it has in any other country. But in the US, lots of people are poorly educated and unable to tell fact from fiction.<\/p>\n<p>Hence there seems to be a logical reason for Fox&#8217;s financial success.<a href=\"http:\/\/wildcard.gnubies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clean_and_balanced2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"http:\/\/wildcard.gnubies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/clean_and_balanced2-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"clean_and_balanced\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/wp-content\/sams-blog.com\/2013\/05\/clean_and_balanced2-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/wp-content\/sams-blog.com\/2013\/05\/clean_and_balanced2.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One of the hallmarks of the channel is its slogan &#8211; &#8220;fair and balanced&#8221;. Of course, it is anything but fair and balanced &#8211; it is biased and skewed to extreme right-wing views.<\/p>\n<p>Fox is not the only organisation, however, to test out this slogan. The maker of a shampoo, Head and Shoulders, came up with something similar <strong>(right)<\/strong> a long, long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>Did Fox use this bottle as inspiration for its slogan? One wonders.<br \/>\n<!-- Start of StatCounter Code for Default Guide --><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\nvar sc_project=2720500; \nvar sc_invisible=1; \nvar sc_security=\"d25d8712\"; \nvar scJsHost = ((\"https:\" == document.location.protocol) ?\n\"https:\/\/secure.\" : \"http:\/\/www.\");\ndocument.write(\"<sc\"+\"ript type='text\/javascript' src='\" +\nscJsHost+\n\"statcounter.com\/counter\/counter.js'><\/\"+\"script>\");\n<\/script><br \/>\n<noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"statcounter\"><a title=\"Web Analytics\"\nhref=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img\nclass=\"statcounter\"\nsrc=\"\/\/c.statcounter.com\/2720500\/0\/d25d8712\/1\/\" alt=\"Web\nAnalytics\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><br \/>\n<!-- End of StatCounter Code for Default Guide --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOX News is now the most widely watched television channel in the US. One cannot call it a news channel because most of what it dispenses is right-ring propaganda. It is doubtful whether it would spread to the extent it has in any other country. But in the US, lots of people are poorly educated &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/?p=2547\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is this where Fox News got its slogan?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america","category-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":72,"url":"https:\/\/sams-blog.com\/?p=72","url_meta":{"origin":2547,"position":0},"title":"ABC News 24 is a dismal failure","date":"November 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"THEY call it ABC News 24. I call it ABC News 23. 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