Fox news "fair and balanced" yeah RIGHT

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#85
either way, both were not very good comparisons. saddam and castro are the only ppl that come to mind if u would like to make a comparison to Hitler.
 
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#88
I think it may be as long as three or four years since I've watched cable news for literally more than 15 seconds or so... I try and balance my reading between the WSJ, NYT and USA Today if I'm feeling dumb.
 
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milohimself said:
I think it may be as long as three or four years since I've watched cable news for literally more than 15 seconds or so... I try and balance my reading between the WSJ, NYT and USA Today if I'm feeling dumb.
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i know the feeling. i dont care what station u like to watch, they fillin u with fear and slanted reporting, until that changes i have decided not to watch fox, msn, or cnn. i have even decided recently to not even take part in the recession. im a part of God's economy, and this economy doesnt apply to me.
 
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#92
A couple of things need to be said here. First of all, what's the point of this thread really? Of course the right wingers are going to defend Fox by saying, "OMGZ, the rest of teh media is liberal nazis so Fox is F&B because they're leveling teh field!" And of course the left wingers are gonna hate Fox because it seems like they're represented by Hannity and O'really so there's no way they should be considered fair. Nothing gets settled in this.

Secondly, about the ratings, Fox news wins the sheer numbers aspect, and MSNBC wins win it comes to demographics that advertisers care most about. So it's kind of a double-edged sword.

To be honest, I can't stand any mainstream news television which is why I love Colbert and Stewart and all them. But I get most of my news from the Internet. It seems less biased that way.
 
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#94
i think its funny all these left wingers cry about fox news when they have every other station(nbc, cbs, abc, cnn, msnbc). unbelieveable
 
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TENNFOLD1974 said:
Anyone with any common sense knows this network leans to the right,why do they claim to be fair and balanced...your thoughts?
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There is no doubt that they lean to the right. I think where the fair and balanced motto comes into play for them is that on just about every one of their primetime slotted shows their programs go out of their way to make sure they have intelligent and respected democrats or liberals arguing from the other perspective. It makes for good tv for the most part and is a big reason for their success as a network.
 
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Voodoomonkey said:
A couple of things need to be said here. First of all, what's the point of this thread really? Of course the right wingers are going to defend Fox by saying, "OMGZ, the rest of teh media is liberal nazis so Fox is F&B because they're leveling teh field!" And of course the left wingers are gonna hate Fox because it seems like they're represented by Hannity and O'really so there's no way they should be considered fair. Nothing gets settled in this.

Secondly, about the ratings, Fox news wins the sheer numbers aspect, and MSNBC wins win it comes to demographics that advertisers care most about. So it's kind of a double-edged sword.

To be honest, I can't stand any mainstream news television which is why I love Colbert and Stewart and all them. But I get most of my news from the Internet. It seems less biased that way.
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The Internet = less biased? :blink:
 
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volinbham said:
The Internet = less biased? :blink:
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This was my thought as well. In terms of the internet news it would seem to me that it would be much easier to hide any agenda one might have. The average story writer is not well known, has time to write the story so it is framed in his or her views. There is also no debate and the merits of each side cannot be weighed by the reader.
 
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Voodoomonkey said:
Depends on how you're getting your news. If you're getting it from a blog or something like that, then yes, it's easy to understand that those get pretty biased. I don't really read too many blogs though.
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I understand but most news sources on the Internet are tied to major news organizations - therefore the same bias would trickle through whether it be on TV or in print (e-print).

In my view, all news will have bias; some news has an agenda. While I rarely agree with LG in this forum, I do share the view that part of how journalism is taught creates an inherent bias towards uncovering the wrongdoing of those in power. It is an important role to be sure but it begins with an implicit assumption that those not in power are somehow not worthy of the same scrutiny or worse that they are the victims of power. I saw an interview with Tom Brokaw where he said he viewed his job as speaking for those who don't have a voice (the "weak"). Clearly, this approach only values one side of a story.
 
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