Have got back into Fox News, and am once again shocked and amused. A few things I noticed: 1) At the end of each segment, the anchor/pundit will say something like “Fox News - bringing you fair and balanced coverage that you can trust” with an obvious smirk on their faces. 2) The news segments last for an average of 90 seconds. Last night the run-down covered Iraq, Afghanistan and Michael Jackson. 3) Each news item is introduced with a gun-shot sound, and graphics that suggest some kind of war coverage. Also, ANY news item is introduced under the banner of “News Alert” e.g. “News Alert: American Airlines have added a new Dallas-Miami service. 4) They mentioned a new DVD release entitled “Operation Iraqi Freedom” which was akin to a best-of. They then said that the footage was so good that it would make the cameramen at the NFL (or whatever) jealous. 5) They ran a poll about whether MJ was guilty and then said “but of course this is before the release of any evidence”. 6) They had a story about GWB in the UK and briefly mentioned the protests against his presence. However they then said that “this represented only one strand of public opinion” and interviewed a seven year old boy about why he thought the US President was awesome and why terror was bad.

This is just a small selection of what they had to offer. It’s funny but scary cause I have to remind myself that this IS the most popular American cable news service, and Americans probably aren’t watching it ironically.