Discussion: FOX News

[StorminNorman]

The aspect of the media that aims for objective journalism is small and far out of the mainstream.

The Networks - ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN and MSNBC are Progressive. The leading News Papers are Progressive.

 

[TimBisley]

Evidence please. You're own bias doesn't count.

 

[StorminNorman]

If you want I will go in depth sometime in the near future, but I would start by suggesting you look at the anchors and op-eds.

 

[8wid]

Has anyone seen Outfoxed? It was a pretty good doc, it should be online or on Netflix.

I wish it had been longer though. It's not like they couldn't have gotten more clips, all you have to do is watch the channel for about ten minutes and be overwhelmed with sensationalism.

 

[hippie_hunter]

Evidence please. You're own bias doesn't count.

The anchors that shaped CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News such as Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, etc. were liberals. You have the Hollywood elite, which is overwhelmingly liberal. And of course the blogosphere dominated by the Huffington Post and Daily Kos, are liberal.

Of course I personally find that Fox News being so overwhelmingly conservative and by far the one with the highest ratings counters the other news outlets. And conservative talk radio dominating political talk radio makes up for liberals dominating the blogosphere. And most people don't give a damn about the politics of Hollywood.

Overall, it balances itself out. We have conservative based media and liberal based media. We all have our options of what to choose to listen, watch, and read while tuning the others out.

For example, I hate Fox News. I find it too flashy, too sensationalist, and too biased. So I completely tune out Fox News and never watch it. Therefore, since I never watch it, it doesn't bother me. I don't go to the Huffington Post because I find it to be too biased, since I never go on the Huffington Post's website, I don't get bothered by it.

 

[Marx]

The anchors that shaped CBS News, ABC News, and NBC News such as Walter Cronkite, Peter Jennings, Barbara Walters, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, etc. were liberals. You have the Hollywood elite, which is overwhelmingly liberal. And of course the blogosphere dominated by the Huffington Post and Daily Kos, are liberal.

Of course I personally find that Fox News being so overwhelmingly conservative and by far the one with the highest ratings counters the other news outlets. And conservative talk radio dominating political talk radio makes up for liberals dominating the blogosphere. And most people don't give a damn about the politics of Hollywood.

Overall, it balances itself out. We have conservative based media and liberal based media. We all have our options of what to choose to listen, watch, and read while tuning the others out.

For example, I hate Fox News. I find it too flashy, too sensationalist, and too biased. So I completely tune out Fox News and never watch it. Therefore, since I never watch it, it doesn't bother me. I don't go to the Huffington Post because I find it to be too biased, since I never go on the Huffington Post's website, I don't get bothered by it.

I knew there was a reason why I you.

 

[Hobgoblin]

And the anchors are pompous.

 

[Alex The Great]

Has Fox News made a rebuttal on The Daily Show yet? most of you are viewers I think, well John revealed that the dude funding the mosque is one of the largest shareholders of FOX News. Which Fox has brilliantly forgotten to state. And in the moment of zen, they showed a clip of the guy in an interview with Fox and the interviewer said "So and So's name is the owner of one of the most respected companies around (Kingdom of so and so)"

I wonder if the guy has noticed Fox ripping on him

 

[chaseter]

They aren't going to refute that when they purposely left it out in the first place. The people that are hardcore Fox News watchers don't watch John Stewart.

 

[Alex The Great]

Funny how a fake news comedy show is more reliable than a real news network

 

[chaseter]

I would say they are both not reliable. If you watch Stewart as your only source for news, you are just as ill informed and fed biased dribble as someone who watches Fox News.

Stewart has also misrepresented stories many times before. Stewart I respect more because I think he says what he believes. Fox heads just say what makes them the most money but that doesn't make either more reliable than the other.

 

[Matt Mortem]

If I hear something on Stewart I always try and do some fact checking. It is a comedy show so I never take it at face value. It's the same with any of the cable news networks. Politifact.com is great for keeping things honest

 

[Alex The Great]

Yeah, but John Stewart appears to have more brains than half of Fox and Friends

I love the guy, and Colbert kind of balances the bias with his right wing stuff, though he takes jabs at fox at times. I watch CNN, and Global Calgary for my news.


And Sportscentre

 

[chaseter]

I would say Krauthamer has Jon beaten by a mile.

Colbert does not balance anything...he constantly bashes the right. I loved it during Bush years but he is still doing the same thing and it has gotten old imo. Jon will occasionally attack the left but not Colbert.

 

[Alex The Great]

Let's agree to disagree

 

[Malice]

I watch Fox most of the time, but its just as bad as the other stations...

 

[Dr. Evil]

I mainly watch Fox for its sports programming, which is top notch with Fox NFL Sunday, NASCAR, Baseball, College Football, etc. I'll occasionally watch The Newshour on PBS for non-sports news.

I don't have cable or satellite, so I don't watch any of the cable news shows. Colbert and Stewart were awesome at getting into a "fight" with Conan O'Brien during the Writers Strike of 2007 which was pure genius.

 

[Hobodeluxe]

I would say they are both not reliable. If you watch Stewart as your only source for news, you are just as ill informed and fed biased dribble as someone who watches Fox News..

wrong again

 

[chaseter]

Oh so that is the only place they get their news? Hobo knows everything! With Rush that high on the list...it must be true! Rush must really know everything. Quick everyone stop watching the news and lets only get our information from The Daily Show and Rush Limbaugh because that means we will score higher on teh chart!

 

[Marx]

Oh so that is the only place they get their news? Hobo knows everything! With Rush that high on the list...it must be true! Rush must really know everything. Quick everyone stop watching the news and lets only get our information from The Daily Show and Rush Limbaugh because that means we will score higher on teh chart!

As much as I Jon Stewart...having those two as my ONLY news source scares me.

 

[chaseter]

News is over when the Daily Show comes on and Rush has a radio show...so a lot of people listen and watch to both.

 

[StorminNorman]

Jon Stewart is one of the best men in the news business (and he IS in the news business). He is an example of a good liberal - he is ideological, but not partisan.

I can work with people like Jon Stewart. He is everything Barack Obama pretending to be and everything that Barack Obama isn't in reality. Stewart has principals, Obama doesn't.

 

[8wid]

Jon Stewart is one of the best men in the news business (and he IS in the news business). He is an example of a good liberal - he is ideological, but not partisan.

I can work with people like Jon Stewart. He is everything Barack Obama pretending to be and everything that Barack Obama isn't in reality. Stewart has principals, Obama doesn't.

He's a comedian, an actor and an entertainer not a trained journalist or new commentator and is almost completely nonobjective.

 

[StorminNorman]

Training in journalism is extremely overrated these days. Jon Stewart holds both parties feet to the fire. We need more of his integrity.

 

[Carcharodon]

But should the ideal journalist be objective? Does that mean being dispassionate?