Oh, You Clever Media People

There have been a few reports of various convention attendees/protesters/whatnots voicing their . . . displeasure with Fox News.  This is a good example.

Director Spike Lee hit town early Sunday evening for a reception for black state lawmakers at trendy East Colfax Mexican restaurant Mezcal.

He immediately was engulfed in a horde of media, showing his true liberal political colors when one reporter, identifying himself as a correspondent for Fox News, asked Lee a question. The actor snapped, “I don’t do Fox News,” and immediately disappeared into the restaurant, which was closed to the media — not just Fox.

Now, I’m sympathetic to this desire not to talk to Fox News.  But I suspect that this is just going to be played and played and played by conservative news outlets as “evidence” of how radical the liberals are: they refuse to speak to “fair and balanced” reporters!

It is the wonder of Fox News specifically and the news media generally, that they’ve built themselves a win-win situation.  They can subtly and not-so-subtly shape any statement they receive, any interview they conduct, or news they observe.  But when you call them on their organizational spin, then you’re assaulting the press.

They’re is a silver lining though.  Anyone who is likely to buy that meme is not likely to be sympathetic to the alternative.  So the people incensed by Spike Lee’s refusal are also probably the people who are traipsing around in “NObama” tees.

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