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Originally Posted by mrbowler   Do I detect some sarcasm? Hey it's all clinton's fault 
According to folks on Fox..mainstream media is not talking about how the level of violence has fallen dramatically(anbar). 
I guess Fox doesn't consider itself mainstream media 
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FOX NEWS may proclaim that it offers "Fair And Balanced" reporting, but much of its work is about as "fair and balanced" as saying that someone is "a little bit pregnant." Many times FOX NEWS will simply runs with a "mainstream media" criticism, or bash a person or idea in the guise of being critical of the other media. A perfect example would be a recent piece by FOX NEWS entertainment reporter ROGER FRIEDMAN who reprised the familiar "corporate radio won't play great artists" canard --the "victim" this time being anti Bush artist BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN through his new album, "Magic."
In a recent piece, FRIEDMAN asserts that "sources tell me that CLEAR CHANNEL has sent an edict to its Classic Rock stations not to play tracks from "Magic" -- either because SPRINGSTEEN's album contains liberal, anti-war lyrics, or that SPRINGSTEEN is passé. Apparently, some CLEAR CHANNEL Classic Rockers didn't get the memo. A simple search in MEDIABASE, a company that monitors and tracks airplay, will tell you the lead track off the new album, "Radio Nowhere," is currently getting airplay on no less than 11 of Clear Channel's Classic Rock stations.
FRIEDMAN went even further, declaring that "The No. 1 album is not being played on any radio stations, according to RADIO & RECORDS, which monitors such things. Nothing." Mr. Friedman is apparently not aware R&R doesn't "monitor" airplay, they publish playlists submitted by radio stations. Mr. Friedman should now make a public correction. According to MEDIABASE, a company that actually does "monitor"airplay, at least 100 different "corporate" radio stations are playing "Radio Nowhere" in high rotation.
More contradicting data: Over 22% of airplay on all of the tracks off "Magic" has been aired on CLEAR CHANNEL stations. They also provided 25% of all the airplay for "Radio Nowhere," which has already been the most-played song on AAA formatted (Adult Album Alternative) radio.
FRIEDMAN apparently doesn't believe AAA is a legitimate format by stating, "SPRINGSTEEN [and] 'older' artists have been relegated to something called Triple-A format stations (i.e. either college radio or small artsy stations such as WFUV in the BRONX, N.Y.) which are immune from the CLEAR CHANNEL virus of pre-programming."
That, of course, will come as news to the half-dozen AAA stations are owned by the so-called "virus" known as CLEAR CHANNEL, including the "small, artsy" KBCO/DENVER, which has been one of the top-5 stations in the market; as well as top-10 AAA stations KTCZ/MINNEAPOLIS and KWMT/TUCSON.
While one would be tempted to dismiss such reporting as typical, considering the source, the problem is that stories like these perpetuate other lies. Indeed, other websites that spout anti-consolidation views have linked this report to the historical "fact" that CLEAR CHANNEL banned the DIXIE CHICKS because of their anti-war views -- when, in fact, it was CUMULUS, another large radio station owner, that issued the ban.
And so it goes, Fox News, sloppy with the facts.