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So, Fox News as a legitimate news outlet? The source laughs at the suggestion, and thinks much of the public, along with the Beltway press corps, has been duped by Murdoch’s marketing campaign over the years. “People assume you need a license to call yourself a news channel. You don’t. So because they call themselves Fox News, people probably give them a pass on a lot of things,” says the source.

The source continues: “I don’t think people understand that it’s an organization that’s built and functions by intimidation and bullying, and its goal is to prop up and support Republicans and the GOP and to knock down Democrats. People tend think that stuff that’s on TV is real, especially under the guise of news. You’d think that people would wise up, but they don’t.”

I guess my only problem with this is the doe-eyed way it pretends that there's anyone who doesn't know this already. Does anyone seriously think that Fox's huge viewing audience doesn't know they are being lied to, being fed a sanitised, corrupted, conservative-doctrine version of the truth? It's practically how the network sells itself to viewers and advertisers. "Don't worry, you won't have to hear those hard-edged liberal 'facts' and 'truth' here. We have our own version of facts and truthiness, cooked up in house, that will wrap you in a warm blanket of self-righteous rage." If there's anyone who doesn't know that Fox only broadcasts news and opinion tailored to suit Rupert Murdoch's agenda, they must be about five years old, either literally or mentally.