GeographyDude
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Basically, Monsanto sent a scare letter, and Fox News folded like a cheap lawn chair. This happened in 1997. Monsanto was also a major advertiser at the time and probably still is.
https://books.google.com/books?id=p...=onepage&q=fox investigators monsanto&f=false
Now, the fact that Fox plays fast and loose with the facts and is a bulldog with their liberal opponents, a lot of their viewers like that. But the fact that they go all scared in response to an advertiser, that's a lot less likeable.
If Fox News had gotten called out, they probably would have gotten better as far as including a heavier dose of straightforward journalism. The history of American journalism over the last seventeen years, with mistakes along the way, of course, but overall probably would have been at a higher level.
https://books.google.com/books?id=p...=onepage&q=fox investigators monsanto&f=false
Now, the fact that Fox plays fast and loose with the facts and is a bulldog with their liberal opponents, a lot of their viewers like that. But the fact that they go all scared in response to an advertiser, that's a lot less likeable.
If Fox News had gotten called out, they probably would have gotten better as far as including a heavier dose of straightforward journalism. The history of American journalism over the last seventeen years, with mistakes along the way, of course, but overall probably would have been at a higher level.