Come on, if any important media in western Europe attempted to make fun of the US military during WW2, tell me that you (the american patrons) wouldn't be outraged.

Now, as I said, I don't really give a damn about the outrage itself, its source, the show. I'm talking broadly about FoxNews. That channel is well known for producing huge pile of crap on a daily basis.

I'm not talking about MTV-like reality TV kind of crap (though that's another problem worth of a topic), but about so-called news, political shows and what not.

One of the pillar of democracy is Free Speech (with a big F and S). That's all fine and dandy. But another pillar, which is IMO just as important, if no more, is an enlightened and educated population. Allowing FoxNews to turn people into complete morons and to daily serve a plate of complete BS to the american citizens in the name of Free Speech is laughable.

Nobody listen to that show, making the outrage overblown? That's fine. Now I guess that leaves us with the hundreds (thousands?) other pieces of crap produced by FoxNews. Just youtube or google it.
Mind you, I also think the outrage shown by canadian people is overblown. FoxNews repeatedly made fun of France, bashed my country and her citizens, made fun of the french who fought and gave their life during WW2 and what not. I couldn't care less.

So, back to my original question:

What is the purpose of that channel? Does it sometimes act like a normal news broadcasting company, or does it only work as a plateform for reactionary idiots and right wing nutjobs trying to be funny?