Fox News and The Last Leg

Fox news is a right-winged American cooperation which is owned by Fox Entertainment Group. This is a clip from Fox News in which Steven Emerson is discussing how Birmingham is a 'no go zone for non-Muslims' and he also claims that "in parts of London there are actually Muslim religious police that actually beat and actually wound anyone who doesn't dress according to religious Muslim attire". I personally feel that this is a very biased, unprofessional report because Emerson is very discriminating of the Muslim religion, representing them as having very negative impacts on Europe and providing a false identity for Muslims as a whole, which easily-manipulated or even racist viewers are likely to believe. Additionally, he only provides one side of the argument and I believe this is strongly based on his opinion because he does not have any statistics or professional evidence to back up his points. 

This report was incorrect so Fox News had to do an on air apology, shown in the clip below. It is very un-professional for a news company apologise to their audience because they should not have to do it in the first place and it proves that their stories are unreliable and at times, completely incorrect. The fact that the reporter smiled at the end shows she had not taken the apology/event seriously and she appears to have a lack of interest and care regarding the matter, illustrating Fox news as disrespectful and careless, especially because they do not appear to consider the beliefs and morals of their audiences. 




'The Last Leg'

The Last Leg is a television show presented by Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker ("three guys with four legs"). It first began in 2012 when it ran alongside the summer Paralympic games and it would give a different view of the days events compared to Channel 4's main coverage. It was very popular so since then, it has been a weekly show which looks at the main news events of the week, often in a humorous manner. It covers news stories in an entertaining manner and there is a significant amount of adult humour with features such as "The Bulls**t buzzer" and "di*k of the year" however what I found most interesting was how they mixed comedy with disability during the paralympics. 




In this clip, you can see that the show makes fun of disability in a comedic but friendly manner as it is not harsh or mean, meaning it is entertaining for both people with or without disabilities. It encourages audiences to get involved on twitter via the #isitok hashtag meaning they can ask a variety of questions based upon disability. I personally really enjoyed watching the clips from this show as they are very humorous and they give audiences an alternative view on disability or the weekly news which other shows or companies may be afraid to do in case they come across as rude or over-opinionated.