Reference :- Are Fox and Sky News really news sources , or are they something else altogether ? And if they are something else altogether , what is it ?
On Friday night ( which is our pizza night ) The Sky Reply team was watching Sky News when suddenly Gabbo spoke out .
" This isn't a news service , why do we waste our time watching it ? " , Gabbo said .
" Steady on Gabbo , without Sky News there would be no need for The Sky Reply . " , I said .
Well that got everybody started , and the conversation became so involved that we missed the rest of Sky News that night , which was a shame, because I was eager to hear how woke madness had further destroyed civilisation that Friday . I said as much to Gabbo .
" I am eager to hear how woke madness has further destroyed civilisation today " , I said .
" Have you ever met somebody afflicted with woke madness ? " , Gabbo said .
" Of course not , we have our differences out here in Kooralya , but nobody is mad or woke . " , I said .
" Perhaps we are being lied to about woke madness . " Gabbo said .
" News services aren't allowed to tell lies, Gabbo . " , I said .
However , that is apparently where I am wrong . Gabbo went on to tell us about Tucker Carlson , the leading broadcaster at Fox News in the USA. Young Tucker 's show was recently declared the top rated program in the history of cable news . He makes some very outrageous claims on his show , and doesn't mind delivering all kinds of shocking accusations . If you don't know him , picture a higher octane version of Andrew Bolt . Except more articulate , probably because he is sober .
Recently judges cleared young Tucker of any wrong-doing . The main focus of the legal battle concerned whether or not young Tucker is allowed to lie to the public . And we are talking about actual lies , not just opinion . The judges ruled that the Tucker Carlson show is watched by folk for entertainment , rather than factual news coverage . The judges said that " the general tenor of the show should inform " viewers and fans that Tucker " is not stating actual facts and instead is engaging in exaggeration and non-literal commentary ". Viewers would instinctively know that Tuckers presentations were " loose , figurative or hyperbolic " , the judges said .
So I guess we should think of Sky News and Fox News as entertainment , and not take it seriously . Even when Tucker says , as he does , " Remember the facts of the story . These are undisputed . " .
Of course , a supreme court judge might be experienced enough to distinguish fact from fiction , but Gabbo does think that members of an angry mob storming the Capitol Building , for example , might lack that experience .
" I reckon most people can distinguish fact from fiction Gabbo . " , I said
Gabbo then offered us the following age old conundrum to solve .
You are standing at a intersection , unsure whether to turn left or right to reach your destination . Two sisters are there to offer directions . You have been told that one of them always lies , and one of them always tells the truth . You can only ask one of the sisters a single question . What question do you ask to find the correct direction ?
We are still working on that one . It could be because the choice is left or right , which has distracting ideological overtones . Ken junior has come up with quite a few questions to ask the sisters , but none of them has much to do with finding directions .
Your comrade , Ken
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