Two things...
As a general rule, I try to avoid topics about politics and religion on these boards. But I would hope that the people here who roll their eyes at the obvious bias of Fox News do the same with MSNBC on the other end.
Any person with decent taste and intelligence would absolutely agree with you. Yet this polarized nation, both sides sure love their mindless ideological porn. Yeah I said it, PORN. You're not enlightened what so ever about the world and current events, as much as your previously held views are re-enforced in entertainment masquerading as "news." Goebbels would be impressed.
Might be a reason why I have strong fondness for the New York Post. They're biased as hell, yet like Daily Show (if different format) they have an inescapable sense of humor that cuts through the narrative. More than that, both are free of the offensively pretentious self-applauding "Journalism" that MSNBC and Fox News both claim to be practicing. Both in fact are insults to real journalists.
(Also, remember when CNN wasn't useless?)
I'm sure we all know that the Romney video above is edited in order to be taken out of context. I point that out, not because I'm attempting to stump for Romney, but because the misrepresentation, distortions, etc. are just one of the many problems with politics today. It's the equivalent of one of the Romney PAC's taking Obama's "We're going to lose if we keep talking about the economy" comment out of context in their ad.
It is taken out of context, just like the "like to fire people" PR blip. In context, that "fire" line was an argument for private health insurance, supposedly you "hire" or "fire" your plan. (Even though in my insurance, its more like they fire you, but whatever.) Either way, rhetorically it made sense.
But that one line was a poor choice of words to make that point. You could argue instead "I like to practice liberty" or "I believe in freedom of healthcare" or something to that effect which would make the same argument without it coming back to haunt your ass and completely blur your original argument.
A rule of politics:
Don't give your enemies ammo. Democrats 24/7 have a gun to Mittens' head, and he's repeatedly recently given them bullets, which they without hesitation pull the trigger with glee. Mittens' HQ is continuously forced to try to mop up that spilled blood that you could easily confuse them for a morgue crew.
I don't like the guy, I aint voting for him, but objectively I'm saying he needs to quit fucking up.
