Leading stories at Fox News

Fox News has taken a lot of heat lately for things like falsifying images during broadcasts, using outdated crowd shots to create the illusion of larger crowds than were really present at various events, employing various former government officials from only one political party, making financial donations to only one political party, and even hacking people's computers to learn more about them

Yet, they continue to have the most viewers each week, by far, of all television news sources. So I follow the lead stories over there to see what people are being exposed to.

Today, the top four stories are:

• 1) Deficit reduction

• AP

  Obama to Lawmakers: Time to 'Do Something Meaningful' on Deficit

  Ahead of another round of deficit-reduction talks at the White House, President Obama tells congressional leaders he's ready to 'take heat' from both sides to get 'something meaningful' done.
  
  
  • 2) Murder

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  Family of Murdered Girl Skeptical of Ex-Con's Film

  Murdered Girl Scout's family hopes film that promises to name killer will lead to arrest in '77 case
  • Dugard Calls Time in Captivity 'Very Painful'
   
• 3) Fox Outrage 

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  Report: Diplomats' Kids Enjoy 'Super Citizen' Status

  Foreign diplomats' kids are obtaining U.S. birth certificates, Social Security numbers and...diplomatic immunity 
  
  
  • 4)  Date with an actress???

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  Semper Fi: Actress Agrees To Fulfill Marine's Dream

  Marine in Afghanistan posts YouTube date request to 'Benefits' beauty Mila Kunis -- who says, 'I'll do it'
  • Join the Debate: 'Happening Now' Chat

So the top stories are of politics, murder, an attempt by Fox to generate outrage, and triviality.

This is what Americans are being exposed to right now in the "news."