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Bob Laurence, TV critic at San Diego Union-Tribune reveals a certain lack of knowledge about Fox News:
I’d like to offer a couple of possible reasons for the lack of attention given to the kidnapping of the two guys from Fox:
One is that, sadly, they are far from the first to be kidnapped, injured or killed. They are, alas, only the most recent two of many. The kidnapping or targeting of journalists in Iraq isn’t the story it once was.
Second, Fox has deliberately set itself apart from other news media. Starting at the top with Roger Ailes, the Fox sales pitch has been to deride other media, to declare itself the one source of the real truth, the sole source of ‘fair and accurate’ news reporting.
Only “the two guys from Fox” - Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig - were kidnapped in Gaza, not Iraq, and the Fox News Channel slogan is that Mr. Laurence is thinking of is “Fair and Balanced,” not “fair and accurate.”
We have decided that your reporting on this matter is sub-par, Mr. Laurence.
