Fox's Shamelessness

At the Emmy awards the other night, Fox's Family Guy characters performed an admittedly funny and witty song:

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Fox's broadcast was shameful for two reasons. First of all, typically the network that hosts the Emmys doesn't participate in bashing shows from other networks, as a courtesy. This was particularly ironic given Fox's history of lowest-common-denominator television. And has anyone even watched "Family Guy" recently? That show has gone rapidly downhill since its return.

Second of all, Fox famously censored Sally Field's anti-war statements during her acceptance speech:


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Fox has never been particularly fair and balanced in its news coverage or its programming, but this recent moves takes it down to a new low.