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Right next to "organic" and "part of a healthy breakfast". It's a tagline.
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But, like you said, there is a nugget of truth in most advertising: "organic" (and this often has certification at least) and "part of a healthy breakfast" (this at least is up for debate). Where is this nugget in "fair and balanced"? Is it there? Can we call it fair and balanced by any stretch?
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Why is news somehow more important than food or health products or medical care? Those have a much greater impact on the population than news ever will. I think that you're digging yourself a deep hole if you're going to argue that news is more important than any of those three, let alone all of them.
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I'm not saying that. I'm pointing out the very problem with news. It's not any of those things. But does that make it okay for "news" organizations to deceive the public? Is it always safe for them to do so? Is there no harm in it?
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I'm not saying that they're right or wrong. I'm simply holding them to the same standard that I have for the rest of the media. And I'm holding the media to as close a standard as I can of any other company producing a consumable good. They want you to consume the good and they're making it as attractive as possible. There is absolutely no media outlet that does not do the same for their target audience.
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There's a difference between making something as attractive as possible and outright deceiving the public. Is Fox News at all "fair and balanced"?
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