It is interesting to see how the media will cover something as simple as a plane ride. Governor Chris Christie is always a target for angry liberals to unleash some built up anger. The New York Times ran a story showing that Christie is beginning to become a luxurious brat. (I Guess)
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/03/nyregion/in-christies-career-a-fondness-forluxe-benefits-when-others-pay-the-bills.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=photo-spot-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=1
The article from the word go nails Christie as someone who is selfish and now a "changed man." The idea that he is okay with others paying for his private flights has made him different than all politicians in the history of politics. (Lol) Words like ethics are thrown around quite a bit to try to nail him as someone who is doing something wrong. In the very long drawn out story, the soul of the story is centered around the idea that Christie is sucking money out of people and is now out of touch for doing the same things all politicians do.
The story picked up attention for other reasons than Christie. Fox News heard of the article and decided to write a response article breaking down the piece done by the NYT and the clear bias that was shown in the article.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/04/new-york-times-targets-chris-christie-for-his-champagne-tastes/
Fox News by all means is definitely a bias source but they do debunk many of the things that are shown in the NYT article. The first thing that they debunk is what I have been hinting at the whole time; that all politicians take private jets and do this. They make the argument that this is nothing new in the political world and that they are attacking the politician just because he was low hanging fruit.
They later go on to debunk that he was just flying for the hell of it and rather actually doing work, which justifies him going and bringing family is irrelevant if it is a private plane.
While there is not a whole lot of positive being pumped out for Christie by Fox (I don't think he is a fan favorite) they do defend the idea that he should not be treated than other politicians and deserve to be treated equally. If you read the Times story, you may think that Christie was a major douche (unless you are an informed citizen) and if you read Fox you would probably just be confused.
Ultimately it is very good to read both sides of the story to get the full scoop. Thanks bias media.
Do you think Fox only defended O'Malley because he is a Republican? Do you think if a Democrat was being picked on for doing the same thing that Fox would have stepped up?
ReplyDeleteIve been hearing a lot of negative feedback on Christie, do you think there is anything that he can do to lessen the amount of negative coverage he is getting?
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