Fox News: Fair and Balanced?

[BigRedChief]

Every news site on the internet has the 7.8 unemployment news as its lead. Fox is burying it and surrounding it with right wing propaganda. How can you someone who only watches Fox news be well informed? Does anyone really think they are fair and balanced?


Fox News Front Page


'YES WE DO': Biden Promises
$1 Trillion Tax Hike for Top Earners

• AP
• Vice president Biden says he and President Obama want to raise taxes on high earning Americans by $1 trillion, while Republicans rip plan, call to maintain current rates for all.
• Jobless Rate Falls to 7.8 Percent in September
• AARP to Obama: Keep Us Out of It
• OPINION: Why Jobs Outlook is Grim
• CAMPAIGN COVERAGE
• CANDIDATE TRACKER

[Bump]

fox news swings right, you guys are all conservatives, so of course Fox news seems like the perfect place to get your news, lol.

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

FOX News itself is fair and balanced. Its the commentary shows that swing towards the right.

When is that on?

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

FOX News itself is fanir and balanced. Its the commentary shows that swing towards the right.

It seems to me that most folks view Fox's commentators as reporters. Hannity is not a reporter, nor does he claim to be. Neither does Bill O'Reilly.

Chris Mathews does claim to be a reporter. So does Rachel Maddow.

When commentators claim to be reporters, it muddies the water and confusion reigns.

Fox News does a pretty good job of clearly defining who is a reporter (Sheperd Smith,etc.) and who is a commentator (O'Reilly, Hannity, the group on the "Five", etc.)

I think Fox News is just as biased as CNN, except they lean to the right, where CNN leans to the left. Everyone remember in the 90's when CNN was known as the "Clinton News Network" (I will admit that I am a big Bill Clinton fan, I voted for him twice.)

[ChiefsCountry]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

When is that on?

Its on the radio all the time. There isn't a damn difference between CBS, NBC, CNN or FOX when it comes to the actual news.

[R8ers]

Originally Posted by Bump

fox news swings right, you guys are all conservatives, so of course Fox news seems like the perfect place to get your news, lol.

What newscast do you consider non partisan ?

[stonedstooge]

Fox is the only newstation that doesn't slant to the left. All other cable channels as well as Main Steam Media not only slant to the left, they've slanted so far as to skew the news and attempt to influence opinion.

[DaveNull]

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

It seems to me that most folks view Fox's commentators as reporters. Hannity is not a reporter, nor does he claim to be. Neither does Bill O'Reilly.

Chris Mathews does claim to be a reporter. So does Rachel Maddow.

When commentators claim to be reporters, it muddies the water and confusion reigns.

Fox News does a pretty good job of clearly defining who is a reporter (Sheperd Smith,etc.) and who is a commentator (O'Reilly, Hannity, the group on the "Five", etc.)

I think Fox News is just as biased as CNN, except they lean to the right, where CNN leans to the left. Everyone remember in the 90's when CNN was known as the "Clinton News Network" (I will admit that I am a big Bill Clinton fan, I voted for him twice.)

Perhaps those who watch MSNBC don't need to be reminded when someone is delivering fact versus opinion.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by stonedstooge

Fox is the only newstation that doesn't slant to the left. All other cable channels as well as Main Steam Media not only slant to the left, they've slanted so far as to skew the news and attempt to influence opinion.

Truth.

Fox still slants to the right, but it's comical to me that they're condemned for something that is so popular in media.... reporting with a bias and denying a bias exists.

Everything you read and hear is slanted starting from the way it's formatted and presented to you. Why is slanting left okay by most standards but slanting right is some kind of horrible crime?

Let the right wingers have their propaganda machine. Those on the left still have WAY more power to influence opinion with propaganda.

I like the option to hear 2 perspectives on the exact same thing. I'm capable of critical thought. I'll figure out what I believe.

[DaveNull]

It's not that it's "some kind of horrible crime." It's that it's disingenuous to imply that by being "fair and balanced" someone could in theory use them as their only source of news when taken in the aggregate their programming is largely opinion based and presented from a right wing viewpoint.

[WhiteWhale]

Originally Posted by DaveNull

It's not that it's "some kind of horrible crime." It's that it's disingenuous to imply that by being "fair and balanced" someone could in theory use them as their only source of news when taken in the aggregate their programming is largely opinion based and presented from a right wing viewpoint.

Their 'news' comes from the same place as every other 'news channel'. All of our news comes from the same place! Reuters and AP. Since one owns the other, we really only have one source of news.

The rest is narrative. Narrative IS NOT NEWS... but you can listen to someone's bullshit and get a lot of news the 'other side' (regardless of which side) is ignoring. Every media outlet promotes a political narrative and all of them insist there is no such narrative. What I'm asking is why is it okay for everyone else but not okay for Fox?

I agree it's disingenuous.

[mnchiefsguy]

Originally Posted by DaveNull

Perhaps those who watch MSNBC don't need to be reminded when someone is delivering fact versus opinion.

When Rachel Maddow calls herself a reporter and presents herself as unbiased while expressing her liberal views, she is misrepresenting herself. The viewers can tell the difference, there are many good reasons that MSNBC gets the ratings it does.

[RNR]

Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy

When Rachel Maddow calls herself a reporter and presents herself as unbiased while expressing her liberal views, she is misrepresenting herself. The viewers can tell the difference, there are many good reasons that MSNBC gets the ratings it does.

MSNBC is the worst by far and FOX is a distant second. That said FOX is totally slanted to the right. Sadly many in this country form their opinions from political entertainment and chain emails. It requires effort to research the facts. Americans are too lazy to think for themselves. Both parties have been taking turns screwing us over for years. Sadly the mainstream media is nothing more than a PR agency for the left.

The only other option is FOX and talk radio featuring shitbags like Rush, Beck, Savage and the other rightwing nut jobs. Barry is an embarrassment, so the only logical choice is to vote for AOBO. DC is a disgrace and sadly if either party has total control we are screwed. The Republicans some how became the tea party, they reinvented Reagan into a God like figure and regurgitate Reagan conservative on command. The cold hard truth is we are way past ****ed in this country~

[cosmo20002]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Its on the radio all the time. There isn't a damn difference between CBS, NBC, CNN or FOX when it comes to the actual news.

[blaise]

Originally Posted by Bump

fox news swings right, you guys are all conservatives, so of course Fox news seems like the perfect place to get your news, lol.

Too bad they don't have a dipshit channel for you.

[KCTitus]

Originally Posted by cosmo20002

When is that on?

Here's the news schedule on Fox News:


Studio B w/ Shepard Smith
News breaks at the speed of live! Shepard Smith has you covered!
4:00pm
Your World w/ Neil Cavuto
From Main Street to Wall Street - All the day's headlines and all the market's moves!
5:00pm
The Five
The hot topics that have everyone talking, from five voices that will have everyone listening!
6:00pm
Special Report w/ Bret Baier
Join host Bret Baier and Fox's Team Washington to find out what's happening inside the Beltway and on the world stage!
7:00pm
FOX Report w/ Shepard Smith
No pundits, no discussion; just the news. "FOX Report" rips through the day's top stories at the "speed of live!"


After that, it's mostly commentary, which you probably wouldnt enjoy.