It was interesting to compare Fox News with the rest of the MSM in the US. Fox, directed and operated by Murdoch, is about as Right as you can get.
Their coverage focused on ex-President Bush all the way to his next destination after leaving Washington. They have a 100 days chart they are going to use to uncover the "real Obama" one day at a time.
Thankfully we don't have anything like that here. Well there is SBS which is subject to no real oversight. Foreign language programs for example are not required to have English subtitles. They can show full frontal nudity and active sex and they can show anti-Australian propaganda. I guess this is kind of like Fox will be with Obama in power.
On the other hand it will provide a non starry eyed perspective of the Obama presidency and this is what freedom of speech is all about. Try criticising the leader in just about any non-Western culture and see how long you last. At best you would be silenced.
It will be interesting to see how well Obama does during his first 100 days. We should all be praying that we don't get the terrorists left over in the Cuban facility sent here.
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