The article, "Fox News cuts down Palin's claims about 'corrupt bastards' at CBS", is a good example of the media acting as a watchdog. In our book it says "...news media serve as a watchdog over government, checking the accuracy of people's statements and 'barking' to alert the public to issues of concern" (Bell 70). In this article Fox news is checking the accuracy of Sarah Palin's statements at a recent rally and "barking" to prove her wrong. Recently at a rally for Republican Joe Miller, Palin said that reporters from CBS affiliates were trying to "smear" his reputation for the up coming election. Palin's proof is a voice mail that was excidently left on one of Miller's aides phone suggesting how to smear his name. However, Fox news looked into the latest news reports and columns from the CBS affiliates and no bias news or reputation smearing articles were discovered. In fact they said they found the opposite and Palin was wrong about the whole situation. This reminded me of media watchdog and I think it is a good example as Fox has been "barking" about some of Palin's remarks.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/fox-cuts-palin-corrupt-cbs/
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I have to agree that this is a good example of the media being a watchdog as it appears Sarah Palin has begun to go a little overboard since joining forces with the Tea Party. She seems to not understand where the line is and it is refreshing to see a news organization like Fox News to at least attempt to maintain a level head. It is an excellent example of media being watchdog since she seemed to go off kilter and start saying things that she didn’t have enough proof to back up which while she may have seen it as helpful probably hurt Joe Miller in the election. Good selection and good analysis.
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