Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Fox News launches citizen journalism site

Ryan Tate critiques the hot air coefficient of TheFoxNation.com, launched only a few hours ago as a conservative counter to the Huffington Post:
Paucity of original content: Check. . . . The top five stories listed on Fox Nation right now are produced by KTAR TV, ABC News, Politico, the Porterville Recorder and the New York Post. . . .

Hysterical headlines: Check. E.g.: "Scary! Obama nominee wants one world order;" "Bill Maher smears U.S. troops;" and "GOP vows WWII over Stuart Smalley" . . .

Brilliantly insane comments section: Check. Particularly fun was the populist story "GM CEO drives off with $22 million" . . .

More here.

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