Reflections, Reflections

from Scrappleface:

"Americans have a right to know whether there is an agenda or any bias behind the news reports they read, hear or view," said a spokesman from the FCC. "Just as the White House shouldn't try to accomplish its public relations goals with unattributed faux newscasts, so the editors at the Washington Post and MSNBC cannot hide their political agendas behind a patina of journalistic credibility."

Under the terms of the new protocol, the New York Times, Washington Post and L.A. Times, for example, may continue their traditional 'news' coverage, but all sections of the papers will now be labeled 'Op-Ed.'

Televised news operations, like CNN or CBS, will be in compliance if newscasters simply wink at the camera at least once every 20 seconds during agenda-driven stories.

We could also have live newscasts from a studio where the audience would be supplied with colored balls. Newscasters would sit on a seat over a tank of water. Every time the newscaster said something biased the audience would throw the balls to hit the target and make the newscaster fall into the tank.

We could call it "Spin and Splash News -
They spin, they splash. Infotainment for the whole family!"

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Or we could keep the serious demeanor and have every newscaster have a sign hung on their chest saying:

TRUST ME.

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Dan Rather could feature on his sign:

OH, THE HUMANITY!

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