FOX News vs. Bill Clinton

Over the last few years, FOX News has become known as being a de facto mouthpiece of the Republican party. The transparent extent to which its commentators are polarized, and the continual basis on which they violate all principles of journalistic integrity, have rightfully earned it that reputation. There’s even been documentaries exploring the issue.

Bill Clinton was invited for an interview with FOX the other day. When it was clear that his interview was to be misconstrued into something else, he reacted quite adversely. The exchange was quite livid, and the resulting transcript has just been released online.

The reporter’s ensuing questions only made it that much more clear that this was always intended to be an interview to get Clinton in a bind.

Update: See the video here. FOX seemed to have edited the video to obfuscate the part where Clinton highlights that this interview was done under false pretext. They reordered Clinton’s remarks, cleverly sidelining his objections. This was not done to make the conversation more cohesive to the audience. It was done to manipulate the audience’s perceptions of FOX.