The term “fair and balanced” has come to mean something different than we are used to. Fox News has hijacked that term. There has been nothing that Fox News has produced that is fair and balanced. This cartoon from Media Matters perfectly sums up what fair and balanced has become in our society –
I thought that I would post this cartoon this morning. Funny. Thoughtful. On point.
I’m not sure if you have ever seen these Xtranormal videos before. They can be great. Basically, you type dialogue and the program has the characters say the dialogue. This can be very funny, like these two talking about the craziness of the Federal Reserve. I first came across these videos when I was teaching a trauma course. A orthopedic surgeon showed me the following video. I laughed for 30 minutes.
Dr. Thompson is a surgeon, scholar, full-time sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats.
