Montini: Fox News is state-run TV, like North Korea’s … only worse EJ Montini: The so-called journalists in places like North Korea have no choice but to shill for their leader. Fox News does.

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The state-run North Korean media declared victory for Kim Jong Un.

Fox News declared victory for President Donald Trump.

Rational individuals recognized that the summit between Trump and Kim produced a joint statement about denuclearization that has no specifics and may, over time, prove meaningless.

Shilling for a dictator and a wanna be

Or, as Republican Sen. Bob Corker said, “While I am glad the president and Kim Jong Un were able to meet, it is difficult to determine what of concrete nature has occurred.”

What is NOT difficult to determine from the summit is that Fox News and North Korea’s state-run news operation are, essentially, the same.

One shills for dictator.

One shills for a wannabe dictator.

Obama did the same thing. They hated it

The folks at Now This News produced a stunning comparison between how Fox News personalities reacted to former president Obama’s statement that he would speak with leaders like Kim and President Trump’s decision to do so.

It tells you all you need to know about Fox.

Fox News HATED the idea of Obama talking to foreign dictators. Guess how they feel about Trump doing it... pic.twitter.com/6gE6JnXCSv — NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 12, 2018

CNN put together the similar comparison.

I’m not sure this grotesque abandonment of honest reporting or commentary will bother supporters of the president, who feed daily on the swill dumped into the Fox News trough.

But it should.

We don’t live in a repressive country like North Korea – yet.

First Amendment much?

We have a Constitution that preserves press freedom. We have a history of independent news coverage.

That’s why Fox News is not only similar to North Korea’s state-run media, it’s worse.

The so-called journalists in North Korea have no choice but to be puppets for a repressive dictator.

The shills at Fox News give up their independence and their integrity willing. Freely.

Sadly.

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