Fair and Balanced?

Submitted by Mark Roth (United States), Aug 4, 2005 at 19:44

Congratulations on your refusal to share a stage with islamo-fascists. When you appear with them you implicitly endorse the erroneous notion that they have some legitimacy to their point of view. I have often written to FoxNews on the issue in this vein: Your slogan "fair and balanced...we report, you decide" is wrong. The issue is not "fair and balanced", but "accurate and objective". If a guest is not representing an objectively legitimate position then it is morally corrupt to give them legitimacy by giving them a forum.

---

Note: Opinions expressed in comments are those of the authors alone and not necessarily those of Daniel Pipes. Original writing only, please. Comments are screened and in some cases edited before posting. Reasoned disagreement is welcome but not comments that are scurrilous, off-topic, commercial, disparaging religions, or otherwise inappropriate. For complete regulations, see the "Guidelines for Reader Comments".