FOX: OJ + Ratings = $$

What is my frustration at a certain network that claims to be "fair and balanced". My frustration lies at the hypocrisy of a news network/ along with a wave of conservative talk shows stating that the country is a wasteland of moral decay and at the same time promote the network that makes profits off these television shows that promote this moral decay.

Is there a better case study than Bill O'Reilly?

Bill O'Reilly threatened yesterday to whack Rupert Murdoch in the wallet for promoting O.J. Simpson's how-I-murdered-my-wife book.

Vowing to boycott any company that advertises on Fox's two-part special hyping O.J.'s "If I Did It," O'Reilly declared: "If every American walked away from the O.J. garbage, it wouldn't happen."

Bob Thompson, a Syracuse University professor and pop culture expert was quoted in the New York Daily News, he said he's not sure whether this whole controversy wasn't ginned up to produce ratings for Fox.

"My theory has always been that Fox News and Fox Broadcasting are the perfect synergy," he said. "One produces this outrageous programming that pundits on the other channel can complain about."

Really?????