The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Over the past week, I've noticed a right-wing acquaintance of mine posting a multitude of "articles" from a site I didn't recognize, which goes by the name of, yournation.org. Noticing the trend of absurd article titles, I decided to research this site for myself, and have concluded that it appears to be a bigger joke than Anna Kournikova and Ryan Leaf's careers in the professional world of sports combined. Currently, on yournation.org's homepage, the "about us" section has this written: "Coming soon..." All of the articles are written by "admin." Yes, it only gets better from there. On the homepage, here is a list of the "fair and balanced" articles: - "Fox Hosts Explode On Liberal Co-Host As Things Get Heated" - "GOP Finally Starts to Push Back on Obama Executive Order Abuse" - "Fox News: How Does Al Sharpton Still Have a Job?" - "White House Chef Quits Job Due To Michelle...

Okay, I have to ask this, why do so many people trust "Fox News" as a credible source for news? Why? I'm not saying there aren't other biased news networks. MSNBC, especially in their late night programs, have an obvious slant to the left of center. However, they also carry with them Republicans Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchanan. That's not much, but that's still better than Fox, whom carries with them Shepard Smith and that's about it as far as "fair and balanced" reporting is concerned. Infotainment, as I like to call it, is huge in this day and age. It's like an extreme version of a creative non-fiction book, where an individual takes facts and adds attractive fictional elements to make it more exciting and entertaining. In filmmaking, we have Michael Moore, but even Mr. Moore can't equal the level of "infotainment" that transpires at Fox and does so in a very slanted fashion. There's: Megyn Kelly, Sean Hannity, Glenn ...