Fox News Latest Memo To Its Employees On Carl Cameron's Screwup

[Jon8503]

The reporter who wrote the false quotes was Carl Cameron, Fox News' chief political correspondent.

Fox News has also issued the following memo to its employees (There was a mini-brouhaha):

PLEASE READ: Last week, we experienced separate lapses of judgment, resulting in the posting, on our website, of inaccurate material.

Credibility is our lifeblood. When we make factual mistakes, we affect adversely all the hard work that we've done for eight years to become the country's leading news channel.

There is enough blame to go around. In last week's incident, a stupid parody of a quote was included in the script queue. It was picked up unthinkingly and included on the website.

For that reason, we are implementing a number of changes: first, and immediately, the scripts queue is OFF LIMITS for editorial use until the item has been broadcast or the script is approved for use. Second, the use of scripts queue for humor, sarcasm, parody or other unprofessional conduct is strictly forbidden.

Failure to follow this directive is a dismissable offense.

[Mr_Spock]

1. This is several days old...

Was posted middle last week...

[MatrixEscape]

2. "Credibility is our lifeblood."

Well, I am glad you realize that! There is a serious challenge to that credibility that is brewing now.

Before the Internets, you would report the news, people would listen to it, and much of the commentary and editorializing went on in newspapers and by word-of-mouth. It was your monopoly.

Now, you have a new factor. You have the Internets! All of them ;) If numbers are important to you, then you had better listen up!

Thanks to much of the obvious bias and partisan reporting in this election period, we now see a clearer picture. This has now come into strong focus.

We want, no demand, a REAL fair and balanced news media, not one that calls itself such and then proceeds to push its own agenda. We follow the money and we know who owns how much of what. We KNOW that, not only are you corporately owned, but that the diversity of ownership is diminishing rapidly and with that the diversity of information diminishes, as well.

We see a pyramid style agenda where the owners are not just out for profit, based on ownership of stock, they are also influencing, from the top down, the media itself. Compared to various INDY and Internatioinal World news resources, American media is starting to demonstrate itself as a biased, pandering filter of information, rather than an effective means of dissemination fit for a Democracy.

After this election, it is clear that there are going to be some major movements and shifts in a media revolution. If numbers are what pay your bills, then watch newspaper subscriptions drop. Watch the advertising revenues go down. Watch your website hits decrease!

Oh, and watch independent media flourish and grow in an inverse proportion ratio. You forgot the five W's and journalistic integrity has been forsaken as you blur the lines between fact and opinion, spin and information. If you thought the infowar was one-sided and media manipulation is transparent and effective, think again.

The Media Revolution has BEGUN!