Media Politics: Fox News OBAMA Assassination Humor

[BeefGrass]

Do they really want Obama dead?

As citizen consumers, we are limited in scope with regard to both the sources and types of political information available to us. In fact, certain demographic populations unbelievably receive the majority of their political information from political campaign advertisements and attack ads. While younger demographics get their “news” almost entirely from the Daily Show and the Colbert Report.

Yet, an astounding trend has been appearing lately with regard to the credibility of media. Liz Trotta, a paid Fox News contributor, recently joked about killing not only Osama, but also Obama too. Keith Olbermann already ripped Hilary a new one for mentioning the RFK assassination as a reason for staying in the race, but Liz Trotta took it to a whole new level. The humor she displays completely fails in the eyes of the public due to the real death threats that Obama has already been receiving.

What do you do with influential pundits that excessively run their mouths and cross bounds that shouldn’t be crossed? There is a growing petition that calls for the firing of Liz Trotta, while others think a minor fine would be appropriate.

NY Times article on it: Assassination Humor? Fox Crosses a Line - The Board - Editorials - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Liz Trotta Wants Obama Dead: YouTube - Fox News Jokes About Killing Obama
Response: YouTube - RE: Fox News Jokes About Killing Obama
Liz Trotta “apology”: YouTube - Liz Trotta apologizes..a joke

What should the role of media be in politics: to entertain the ignorant through crude humor or to actually inform people of the thematic facts with the goal of producing informed citizens?