Fox News Vice President says that "Fox and Friends" is NOT NEWS - it is "entertainment"

[underpants]

“Do we make mistakes? Absolutely,” said Bill Shine, executive vice president for programming at Fox News. “And when we make them we try to fix them, apologize for them, get out in front of them.”

Mr. Shine noted that the show falls under the network’s entertainment umbrella and does not pretend to be straight news. There are visits from Hooters waitresses on the “Let Freedom Wing” U.S.O. tour, debates about whether parents who give children large allowances create entitlement societies, and outrage-filled segments on the killing of bald eagles. It is a place where Occupy Wall Street protesters bang drums instead of looking for jobs, Transportation Security Administration agents willingly violate grandmothers and toddlers, and the “War on Christmas” never stands at a cease-fire.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/arts/television/fox-friends-finds-ratings-and-controversy.html?pagewanted=all

[TBF]

1. File under "duh". nt

[Enrique]

2. it's not entertainment

it's propaganda.

[HangOnKids]

4. It Is Also Filth

Garbage. That this crap is on the air is a crime.

[Archae]

3. It's not even "entertainment."

Watching "X-Men" is entertainment.
(It's on "SyFy" tonight.)

Watching "Pirahnaconda" or any of the other "bad CGI monster of the week" on SyFy is entertainment.

"Fox And Friends" is crack cocaine for the stupid.

[tanyev]

5. I'd find having a root canal more entertaining than watching Faux News.

[SoutherDem]

6. They also said this about O'Reilly and Hannity

anytime they really stick there show in the dog poo this is there answer. So the question should be what news does FOX news have?

[RZM]

7. Are any of the rest of the morning shows all that much newsier?

Granted, Fox and Friends is by far the worst one. But they seem to be going for a different vibe since it has more in common with a network morning show than a show like Joey Scar or American Morning. And the latter two aren't exactly great either.

[underpants]

9. No of course not

When Imus went up in flames MSNBC (the "liberal" station) gave the job to Joe Scarborough - a mid day no one watched - to make sure people didn't leave the house without their concencus talking points for the day. If Stephanie Miller (informed and easy on the eyes) got the job telling the corporate talking points around the water cooler could have gotten problematic.

We must be fed our talking points inside the bubble.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Of all their programing

I think ONE program can pass for actual news... after that... DUH

[spanone]

10. that's the fucking problem, bill

[abelenkpe]

11. But it's not entertaining nt

[pstokely]

12. disinfotainment

nt

[JHB]

13. "does not pretend to be straight news"...

It does, however, pretend that it is not bent news.

[Initech]

14. It's the single dumbest show on TV and I say that without hyperbole.

[cynatnite]

15. Like fake wrestling. So, why is it on your news network if it's not news? n/t

[KatChatter]

16. Entertainment, NP, Entertainment News no loger gets a WH Press Pass, works for me!