The Cable Gamer is kicking herself for missing "Facing Reality: Choice" on the Fox News Channel last night. It was, by all accounts, a fair-and-balanced look at arguably THE most controversial topic there is: abortion.
But don't take my word for it. The review The New York Daily News' David Bianculli is here. In that piece, Bianculli emphasized, "This one-hour documentary...doesn't pass judgment, and even gives the last word to one of the women, whose closing comment - about whether or not she would recommend abortion for others - is, just like the Fox News slogan, 'fair and balanced.'"
Another admiring review came from Conde Nast Portfolio's Jeff Bercovici , found here, in which he called the Fox special "thoughtful, understated."
And finally, here's Newsday's Verne Gay's take, equally positive: "Fox has, in fact, proven that it can undertake a subject of this emotional magnitude and handle in a manner that's both intelligent and sensitive."
I am sure that this special will be re-run again on Fox, and I will absolutely positively set my TiVo for it when it does run again--and I will let other Cable Gamers know, too. In the meantime, be on the lookout for YouTube!
If there's any justice, this special will be up for an award--producer Rachel Feldman deserves much of the credit for shepherding this project--but of course, what remains of the MSM seems determined to snub Fox.
Which makes The Cable Gamer think: One fine day, there will be a whole parallel system of awards and honors for fine shows that the MSM chooses to ignore.
