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May 24, 2009, 8:07 am

Every 24-hour news organization has some room for improvement, but Fox News has more room than others. This has nothing to do with the "fair and balanced" claim, but with their flagrant sexism.

Their entertainment section regularly dissects the appearance of women. For example, last week, one article asked, "Who wore their honeymoon bikini better?"

This week, in their segment "Stars with no style," the following actors are listed:

Mischa Barton
Jennifer Garner
Paris Hilton
Leonardo DiCaprio
Megan Fox
Kelly Clarkson
Drew Barrymore
David Schwimmer
Tyra Banks
Tom Cruise

THREE whole men! I read all kinds of smut (read: entertainment) magazines, and I know there are more than enough men with style issues to balance out that list. But I guess I'm forgetting women are expected to be pleasing to the eye; men are not. (?)

Fox's website also has an entire section designated to "Pop Tarts."

"Pop Tarts" are, in Fox speak, primarily young female pop stars.

As many goofy and bust-onable boys as there are in the pop world (Jonas Brothers?), Fox News has decided women are the primary targets. Here's their own "Pop Tarts" archives page (note the women-to-men ratio, and then the subject matter covered for each.):

Pop Tarts Archive

And, in "what here doesn't belong," we have the following. Read to the end. It's short.

From Fox News:

NEW YORK — Clay Aiken says blood didn't truly pour forth from his ears when he heard runner-up Adam Lambert sing "Ring of Fire" — and hey, he's sorry for his "colorful choice of words."

The former Idol contestant writes in a blog on his Web site dated Friday that "I obviously meant it as a colorful statement to imply that I did not enjoy what I heard." He also says he didn't mean it as "a 'slam' on Adam as a person."

He had blasted Lambert's take on the classic Johnny Cash tune as "contrived," "awful" and "slightly frightening." Aiken says he hopes Lambert can forgive him — but adds Lambert probably doesn't care about what he said.

Aiken lost out to Ruben Studdard in 2003. He's since released several albums, appeared on Broadway and publicly confirmed he's gay.

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