Fake News on Real TV
If you saw it on FOX News it must be true, right?
Turns out some news shows will take VNR (Video News Releases) from major corporations, add their own comments on top of it, and air it as news. From a candy ad disquised as a Halloween report to a toothy news bite that's really an ad for the American Dental Association, media will spoon feed it to your brain. Close mind, open wallet.
Learn more and learn from the Center for Media and Democracy at http://www.prwatch.org/fakenews/findings/vnrs
We ripped off the link from http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/09/the_real_fake_n.html
Comments
That pic almost makes me like George W. Bush. Almost.
But you got it wrong. That's not the Easter Bunny. That's the Erister Bunny. Get your fake facts straight.
Posted by: Mad Greg | March 7, 2009 04:17 AM
That photo shows who really should be president of the united states. No not Bush the Bunny. Share the love.
Posted by: FRRan | March 7, 2009 07:59 PM
Can we say cuteness?
Fake ads on news? I never believe the news anyway. It's all ads.
Posted by: Jeffrey Mansfield | March 12, 2009 04:32 PM
Anybody who believes local news is a moron.
Posted by: Skeptical Sam | March 14, 2009 07:07 PM
TV news is awful. Don't even watch it unless you want to get totally misinformed. I use the Internet.
Posted by: Big Freaking Karen | March 17, 2009 11:58 AM
Freedom of the Press nows means the freedom to sell out. Thomas Jefferson is rolling in his grave. And you can see it on TV!
Posted by: Queen Lifesaver | March 20, 2009 04:36 PM
I read that people who watch Fox News are less informed on issues that people who do. It was the George W. Bush News, now it's just the Misinformation News. Titillation sells more products than facts.
Posted by: No Virginia | March 24, 2009 11:51 AM
Feed us lies, and hide our eggs in the bush.
Posted by: Gary | March 29, 2009 01:37 PM
Are you guys having an Erister Egg Hunt? Please hide some eggs! I wanna see Dubya lay some big ones. Haven't seen him lay an egg since he left office. Obama just isn't as much fun. America needs a leader who's a dumb white guy. He'll believe the news.
Posted by: Banana | April 5, 2009 03:59 AM
So what do you expect from Fox News anyway. Watch the show "Outfoxed" and "Fox Attacks". Anybody who expects the truth from Fox News is extremely silly
Posted by: Vernon Avaritt | April 20, 2009 08:55 PM