Oliver North, Host of Fox News’ “War Stories” , guest starred on the Sean Hannity show to state his opinion on the “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy. He stated that the policy has nothing to do with rights or fairness, but with national security. Hannity and North continue the discussion allowing more coverage to berating Obama for misreading a teleprompter rather than discussing the policy itself. The conversation is a perfect example of framing a story. Hannity barely skims the facts and gives quotes that only support his own opinion without any opposing opinion. http://video.foxnews.com/v/4003407/debating-dont-ask-dont-tell
The Colbert Report obviously frames the story very differently even though he used the same clip of John McCain. He uses sarcastic humor in his reporting, but he at least uses sources from both sides of the debate. The Colbert Report, not even an actual news program, does a better job at presenting more sources and facts.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/263267/february-03-2010/be-almost-all-that-you-can-be
So whose truth is truer?
According to Jim Naureckas from FAIR, a political fact check website, most of the coverage on gays in the military discusses what "open gays would do to the military --and almost never deal with what the military is currently doing to lesbians and gay men." Another example of truthiness is when Sean Hannity shows the clip of John McCain opposing the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, but he forgets to mention that he once stated he would change his mind if asked by top military officials which he obviously didn't do. According to Politifact.com McCain made a 'full flop' on the issue. The Colbert Report did present both of McCains statements. I think that it is safe to say that this round goes to Colbert. Even though his show isn't considered a legitimate news program, he better presented both sides of the issue and covered more facts than did fox news.
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