The Fox Network

I've got to remember to ask president Obama if it's o.k for me to watch Fox Sports.

I don't watch the objectionable news programing. It seems silly and trite to me and I tend to lump it in with all the other bad entertainment on T.V. I'd no more sit through O'Reilly than I'd waste my time on the shopping channel.

All news is biased, even Jim Lehrer and PBS bend over so stridently as to make their programing pedantic. Fox is only guilty for being blatant. I appreciate a little yellow journalism on occasion but Rush Limbaugh is about as entertaining as listening to the neighbor's dog bark.

Dan Rather tried to sink Bush with questionable news about his reservist duty. He got off with an apology but eventually lost his job on the CBS evening news. News in its zeal to be edgy and influential sometimes rushes towards libelous information.

The local news tends to be self promotional and endlessly repetitive. They schedule hours and hours of coverage for about 15 minutes of information. The local paper ignores inner city crime but will devote pages to the 'balloon boy.' The national news is celebrity centric, big names grab the headlines and do the talking. Katie Couric can't stand up to Walter Cronkite. Walter was plain but trustworthy. You couldn't help but like him.

I do like Fox's antimated programming. It's some of the best satire around. How do they gibe 'Family Guy' with Hannity and Colmes?

All presidents try to control the media; Kennnedy was ruthless and effective. David Halberstam is lucky to be alive. Clinton had so much to hide he invented the spin doctor. Bush just never did say anything. Obama ought to take a chill pill, watch 'The Simpson's' and quit worrying about Rupert Murdoch.