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Murrow?!?! Fox News would have labelled him a communist for his treatment of McCarthy. He is one of the origins of where the phrase "liberal media" came from, that great hoax perpetrated by members of society whose worldview doesn't jibe with reality. All major media outlets except NPR are owned and operated by giant corporations. They only have one motivation: Profits. MSNBC has a liberal bias, not because there's a such thing as the liberal media, but because they see a niche market that wasn't being served by Fox or CNN. I'm sure the bosses there were just pissed that Murdoch beat them to the conservative bent, because, based on Fox's viewership, that's obviously a bigger market.
One thing we can agree upon is that there are a lot of Charlatans in the media. When a story on the day time news has to do with the latest cat video that's trending on the internet, we all lose. The news isn't there to serve you or I, they're there to make money by tricking us into believing we're being informed, and its important. I've boycotted TV news for many years, and I'm not going back anytime soon. I'll listen to NPR, but that's the only broadcast media that I can stand. Charlatans, yes, absolutely.