Doonesbury Say What?

[thewayne]

"The fact that our numbers are up 30-plus in the news arena on basic cable I'd like to think is a sign that we are just putting what we believe to be the facts out on the table."
-- Fox senior vice president for news Michael Clemente

There's just no words. Maybe we could resurrect zombie Cronkite and Murrow to go over there for a brain smorgasbord, but they'd die of starvation.

Comments

[silveradept]

War is Peace, Ignorance is Strength, Freedom is Slavery, Ratings Determine Facts.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Excellent line. Can't say that I recall Orwell writing about ratings, though. ;-)

[silveradept]

Sure he did. He just devoted a chapter to it, in showing where Winston works and what he does. Doesn't condense down into the slogan all that well, though.