After Rupert Murdoch's Recent Scandal Can Anyone Trust Fox News?
Fox News has a huge following in this country. Formed in 1996, Fox News has quickly developed into one of the most watched and trusted news stations. Many folks in Mississippi who are friends of mine swear by Fox News' "fair and balanced" approach to news. Let's just cut to the chase: Fox is the conservative "yang" to CNN's "ying" and Mississippi is a very conservative state. Nothing wrong with that.
However, after the recent phone hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch's media empire, how can anyone trust Fox News? Wait, you ask, how does Rupert Murdoch have anything to do with Fox News? Well, Mr. Murdoch happens to own Fox News along with the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post. News speculation has already surfaced that indicates U.S. authorities may be investigating Murdoch's U.S. companies.
For those unfamiliar with the allegations against Murdoch in England, his newspaper company, News of the World, has been charged with bribing police officers for information and tapping telephones (maybe with police assistance). Mr. Murdoch has denied any knowledge of this but has acknowledged that it occurred during a hearing in front of Parliament today. Mr. Murdoch even got cream pied by a protestor.
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