Debbie Schlussel: "Fair & Balanced" Joke: FOX News "Journalist" Joins Blago as Reality Show Contestant
The buzz around the next installment of the dumb reality show, "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," is that deposed, indicted Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich will be a contestant.
But that's not what struck me. What struck me is that a sensationalistic, talentless hack who continues to be employed by FOX News--Geraldo Rivera, the Frito Bandito of "journalism"--will be a contestant.
Was there no-one at FOX News who had the guts to say no to Geraldo--the pro-Palestinian, pro-illegal alien weirdo? Was there no-one at News Corp who said, "No, Jerry Rivers, despite bimbo and himbo talk show hosts and the loofah king (Bill O'Reilly), we're actually trying to appear like a respectable news outlet, and you can't do a reality show and continue to 'report' on our network"?
No, there wasn't. And that's why, despite top ratings on Cable News, people really don't take FOX News seriously as a journalism outfit. It's more like a bimbo-fest that milks and patronizes conservatives, but doesn't really mean it.
Posted by Debbie on April 21, 2009 11:07 AM to Debbie Schlussel