The overall mission statement regarding editorializing political stories is to create anger in the viewers.
Anger is paramount to emotionally shape viewer thinking.
This is done with "moderators" who shout people down, call people all kinds of hateful names, make stories up, slander, attempt to humilliate - all in the name of fairness and the claim that viewers will get "news" in a "no spin zone" that is unavailable anywhere else in the world.


Sometimes the generated anger does not serve their purpose and sometimes it does.

In an attempt to turn heros into villains and villains into heros many injustices have been done.

PS:

The abolishment of the FCC Fairness Doctrine under the Reagan administration has led to the current brand of opinion programs on TV and radio.

FOX now uses the term FAIR as a FOX brand name of sorts.
The irony should not be lost on any one.


the oldest trick in the book:
Accuse an opponent of the actual crime/lie in which you yourself are guilty of, and the response of accused paints the accused in guilty hues.