FoxNews America's most trusted name in news

[Double Trouble]

Hey, at least with fox you know exactly what you're getting... news with a heavy right-wing bias. With the others they pretend to be 'neutral' when in fact they each have a particular slant.

Sadly, like Hayabusa posted, there are very few if any relatively objective or neutral news sources available.

 

[Robor]

If i had been an American, i'd try to hide this info as best as i could.

It generally means that people trust opinions more than facts.

I'd see that coming in Yemen or Darfur but in the US? Are people really that fucked up in he US?

Only about half of them.

This thread is /facepalm

 

[StageLeft]

Hey, I had numbers. And from a Democrat pollster no less. I even quoted his spin.

I mean in the replies about bias of Fox vs others.

 

[sandorski]

Fail

 

[PokerGuy]

Well duh, of course fox is the most trusted name in news, it's the only one not broadcasting left wing ideology all day.

Fox IS the most trusted source for news, like it or not. Comparisons to McDonalds make no sense. McDonalds might be the biggest chain in the world, but not many would answer "McDonalds" when asked what restaurant serves the top quality food. This isn't just a ratings question of who watches fox. I love watching the libs squirm and twist themselves into a pretzel to deny the facts.

 

[Red Dawn]

Well duh, of course fox is the most trusted name in news, it's the only one not broadcasting left wing ideology all day.

Fox IS the most trusted source for news, like it or not. Comparisons to McDonalds make no sense. McDonalds might be the biggest chain in the world, but not many would answer "McDonalds" when asked what restaurant serves the top quality food. This isn't just a ratings question of who watches fox. I love watching the libs squirm and twist themselves into a pretzel to deny the facts.

I'm sure it's the most trusted as the Wingnuts trust what they are told when they are told what they want to hear just as the Left Wingers trust MSNBC. The real question is how many don't trust any of them, I know I don't unless they are all reporting the same thing without any spin. That happens occasionally.

The problem with Cable news stations is that they mix Talking Head Commentators in between the news broadcast whether it's Hannity and Beck on Fox, Oblabberman on MSNBC or Rick Sanchez on CNN.

 

[Bateluer]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheat-...t-trusted-name-in-news/whoa/?cid=cs:headline4

Is the world upside down? A new survey by Public Policy Polling shows that Fox News is the only news organization in the country that more people trust than distrust: 49 percent of people trust Fox, and only 37 percent of people distrust it. CNN was next best at 39/41; then NBC at 35/44, CBS at 32/46, and ABC at 31/46. Seventy-four percent of Republicans trust Fox, with no more than 23 percent trusting any of the other sources. A majority of Democrats, meanwhile, trust all the news sources (most of all NBC) except for Fox, which only 30 percent trust.

Hmm, I'm still going to maintain my stance of getting my news from multiple sources, national and local, to get the most complete picture, as well as entertaining myself reading the letters people write into the local newspaper and the comments on articles like these. The user comments on the Daily Beast article are humorous.

 

[Moonbeam]

Already covered here: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2045431

 

[cubby1223]

Hmm, I'm still going to maintain my stance of getting my news from multiple sources

As I've found out when I started checking out numerous sources... many times they are in direct opposition to each other on what *should* be basic facts... It's difficult.

 

[PokerGuy]

As I've found out when I started checking out numerous sources... many times they are in direct opposition to each other on what *should* be basic facts... It's difficult.

Also, when using multiple sources, you'll find more and more that all those sources are really not core sources, they are in turn just parroting from another source (like Reuters etc)..... so you get the same story on Fox as on CNN, with each adding their spin on it.

 

[heyheybooboo]

Did not call me, BBC and PBS are top of my list.

This.

And LOL (seriously) at any poll that proclaims " FoxNews America's most trusted name in news". The USA has sunk into the shitter that is Rupert Murdoch. Maybe Dewey really did beat Truman after all?

And IIRC, PPP (they are based in Raleigh, NC) does 'automated phone polls' --- no offense --- to which only a dumb-ass loser would respond.





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[MovingTarget]

Consensus is not a fact-based exercise, either. This doesn't mean anything more than a news network winning a popularity contest. In journalism, that isn't something you should necessarily be proud of.

 

[DesiPower]

Hey, at least with fox you know exactly what you're getting... news with a heavy right-wing bias. With the others they pretend to be 'neutral' when in fact they each have a particular slant.

Sadly, like Hayabusa posted, there are very few if any relatively objective or neutral news sources available.

Noone wants to listen to just news anymore... everyone wants opinion news and in today's day and age, where every one is unhappy and angry, ppl want bashing, someone being bashed or blamed for something... Fox does it best they blame and bash the person who is hated by the mejority. Right or Wrong... well, thats a different discussion.

 

[SunSamurai]

Just goes to show people are gonna believe what they want to believe.

Kind of like you thinking everyone is close minded just because you dont agree with it? Something must be wrong with them.. right...

 

[Elias824]

when everyone says fox is right wing they think of Beck, Hannity, and O'riley. How biased is Shepard smith, or Cavuto? I dare say they are actually close to the middle. Every news source is biased in one way or another, its pretty had to not let your opinion influence things that you do at least a little.

 

[Red Dawn]

when everyone says fox is right wing they think of Beck, Hannity, and O'riley. How biased is Shepard smith, or Cavuto? I dare say they are actually close to the middle. Every news source is biased in one way or another, its pretty had to not let your opinion influence things that you do at least a little.

Don't forget the FOX Morning Zoo with the 3 Stooges.

 

[soundforbjt]

when everyone says fox is right wing they think of Beck, Hannity, and O'riley. How biased is Shepard smith, or Cavuto? I dare say they are actually close to the middle. Every news source is biased in one way or another, its pretty had to not let your opinion influence things that you do at least a little.

Do'nt forget Greta & Bret Baire(sp?) in there...she used to be ok, but lately her guests have been heavily neo-con, Rove, Palin, Beck, etc. Cavuto definitely has a right-wing economic slant.

 

[Mr. Lennon]

when everyone says fox is right wing they think of Beck, Hannity, and O'riley. How biased is Shepard smith, or Cavuto? I dare say they are actually close to the middle. Every news source is biased in one way or another, its pretty had to not let your opinion influence things that you do at least a little.

I think most liberals on this forum would agree that Smith is probably their best commentator.

 

[hal2kilo]

I think most liberals on this forum would agree that Smith is probably their best commentator.

No he's actually, a TV journalist that reads the news straight. Who'd a thunk it on Fox.

 

[werepossum]

No he's actually, a TV journalist that reads the news straight. Who'd a thunk it on Fox.

This. He's a bit too liberal for me, which means he's probably close to the political center. I really like Brett Bayer too - although I probably didn't spell his name right. O'Reilly is I think more conservative than he likes to admit, Hannity is much farther right than am I, Greta is much farther left (but honestly pissed at the Dems at the moment), and Beck is probably the most thorough journalist working today, with the possible exception of Stossel. (What the hell happened to Stossel anyway? I've not seen him in ages.)

I get most of my news from radio, either Fox News Radio or ABC News Radio. I'll have to say, ABC News Radio is very good, better than Fox and without the far-left slant of ABC's television news. Their newsreaders sometimes let their biases slip, but they don't seem too far left, just a bit left of center - which is pretty good for a journalist.

 

[Red Dawn]

I think most liberals on this forum would agree that Smith is probably their best commentator.

When I saw him laughing and making fun of Beck and Beck's followers I knew he was on the level.

 

[JohnnyGage]

This. He's a bit too liberal for me, which means he's probably close to the political center. I really like Brett Bayer too - although I probably didn't spell his name right. O'Reilly is I think more conservative than he likes to admit, Hannity is much farther right than am I, Greta is much farther left (but honestly pissed at the Dems at the moment), and Beck is probably the most thorough journalist working today, with the possible exception of Stossel. (What the hell happened to Stossel anyway? I've not seen him in ages.)

I get most of my news from radio, either Fox News Radio or ABC News Radio. I'll have to say, ABC News Radio is very good, better than Fox and without the far-left slant of ABC's television news. Their newsreaders sometimes let their biases slip, but they don't seem too far left, just a bit left of center - which is pretty good for a journalist.

Stossel does his own show on Thursdays on Fox Business.

 

[HumblePie]

This. He's a bit too liberal for me, which means he's probably close to the political center. I really like Brett Bayer too - although I probably didn't spell his name right. O'Reilly is I think more conservative than he likes to admit, Hannity is much farther right than am I, Greta is much farther left (but honestly pissed at the Dems at the moment), and Beck is probably the most thorough journalist working today, with the possible exception of Stossel. (What the hell happened to Stossel anyway? I've not seen him in ages.)

I get most of my news from radio, either Fox News Radio or ABC News Radio. I'll have to say, ABC News Radio is very good, better than Fox and without the far-left slant of ABC's television news. Their newsreaders sometimes let their biases slip, but they don't seem too far left, just a bit left of center - which is pretty good for a journalist.

Hrmm, every episode I've seen of O'Reilly, Beck, and Hannity makes me shake my head. I have quite a few friends who are right and love their shows, a few even think their shows are real news and not opinions, so I end up watching more of their stuff than I care to admit. Not everything they say is drivel, but too much makes me end up breaking out my internet phone as they talk and back checking their facts as I can.

My problem is that shows lately are way to opinionated period. When I watch news I like it Dragnet style, "Just the facts mam." But just the facts don't get ratings. So what we end up getting is the crap that is on TV. This is one of the reasons I don't bother watching TV at all. Rather read the news so I can filter through factual information easier. It's way to easy to be caught up in the "intensity" of the person preaching to you and end up believing what they say.

Oh for a side note, it took me a bit to convince one of my Right wing friends that loves Beck, who typically spouts that America was founded by Christians, that the majority of the founding fathers were Deists and not Christians.

 

[Red Dawn]

Hrmm, every episode I've seen of O'Reilly, Beck, and Hannity makes me shake my head. I have quite a few friends who are right and love their shows, a few even think their shows are real news and not opinions, so I end up watching more of their stuff than I care to admit. Not everything they say is drivel, but too much makes me end up breaking out my internet phone as they talk and back checking their facts as I can.

My problem is that shows lately are way to opinionated period. When I watch news I like it Dragnet style, "Just the facts mam." But just the facts don't get ratings. So what we end up getting is the crap that is on TV. This is one of the reasons I don't bother watching TV at all. Rather read the news so I can filter through factual information easier. It's way to easy to be caught up in the "intensity" of the person preaching to you and end up believing what they say.

Oh for a side note, it took me a bit to convince one of my Right wing friends that loves Beck, who typically spouts that America was founded by Christians, that the majority of the founding fathers were Deists and not Christians.

Watching Cable news Station to get the real news is like watching a Movie instead of reading a book. It's diluted and rarely as good as the real thing. In the case of Cable news asshole like Roger Ailes are the Directors and mold the Movie and script to their vision.

 

[Pens1566]

And 60 some % of them think Iraq was involved in 9-11. Whats your point?