Local & FOX News have most trusted coverage according to new Q poll

[rudeguy]

If that gets firgured out your posts will be far less entertaining... just let it go.

I gave up on the idea of normal a while ago.

 

[norseamd]

The whole point of Fox News is to provide an shared altered reality CB Defectives can escape into to protect their egos from the pain reality would cause them. It't the place where frightened sheep flock for the feeling of security of numbers.

You can not spell thus your diatribe is false by the will of god.

 

[norseamd]

the left have their own altered reality channels.

True but that does not mean any other channel including Fox News is now legit shit.

 

[OutHouse]

Local fox news is just as good at reporting local news as ABC, CBS, NBC, CW

 

[zinfamous]

I am not nor will I ever defend lies, but saying 58% lies is worse than 45% lies, you are trying to pick up a turd by the clean end. Even CNN at 22% sucks balls and should be ashamed of themselves.

truth

 

[norseamd]

Can someone make a Mechakitler gif for me?

 

[CZroe]

Interesting note is that according to the same poll Fox News was also the most distrusted network. (Had the highest percentage of people saying they were 'not at all trustworthy'.)

Odd for such a trustworthy network to omit that.

lol

*facepalm*
I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand that Fox broadcast television network is not Fox News Channel. Fox broadcast network has no network news. By FCC mandate, local news is independent of the network affiliation. That's the whole reason they are called "affiliates." Traditionally, the network is not allowed to own and control the local broadcaster for anti-monopoly reasons.

The report would have had to have been from FNC for FNC to omit it. As it turns out, it wasn't even from Fox. Fox News Channel was the most trusted network, but this was local news (NOT network news). Local news was even more trusted than Fox News Channel, so why would they report on themselves as also being the least trusted when that isn't true?

"LOL," indeed.

 

[CZroe]

Local fox news is just as good at reporting local news as ABC, CBS, NBC, CW

This, but only comparing apples to apples (local news on network affiliate stations). Some of those other networks have network news too, so we need to be careful to distinguish. Fox does not have network news on broadcast network affiliates last I checked. There is no O'Reilly Factor on WAGA FOX5 to compete with 60-Minutes on WGCL CBS46.

 

[MongGrel]

I'll stick to VICE news, NPR and the BBC, and just watch FOX shenanigans on the side these days.

 

[Jhhnn]

*facepalm*
I don't know why it's so hard for people to understand that Fox broadcast television network is not Fox News Channel. Fox broadcast network has no network news. By FCC mandate, local news is independent of the network affiliation. That's the whole reason they are called "affiliates." Traditionally, the network is not allowed to own and control the local broadcaster for anti-monopoly reasons.

The report would have had to have been from FNC for FNC to omit it. As it turns out, it wasn't even from Fox. Fox News Channel was the most trusted network, but this was local news (NOT network news). Local news was even more trusted than Fox News Channel, so why would they report on themselves as also being the least trusted when that isn't true?

"LOL," indeed.

Fox local affiliates vs Fox News? I don't think you'll find either one saying anything negative about the other. Only good things, you know?

Factually speaking, Fox News was the most widely distrusted in the poll-

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-...y-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2173

There's hope for us yet.

 

[Balt]

I'll stick to VICE news, NPR and the BBC, and just watch FOX shenanigans on the side these days.

I do love NPR, but holy crap sometimes they are just trying way too hard to be progressive or counter-culture. Some of their stories are just so long about obscure/irrelevant/boring topics. For example, the 10+ minute segment that Morning Edition did last week with some white guy just because his name was "Jamal".

The BBC News Hour podcast is just awesome, though. Unlike a lot of American media, they aren't scared of being confrontational in their interviews about shit that actually matters (as opposed to just debating about comments some celebrity dipshit made on twitter).

 

[CZroe]

Fox local affiliates vs Fox News? I don't think you'll find either one saying anything negative about the other. Only good things, you know?

Factually speaking, Fox News was the most widely distrusted in the poll-

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-...y-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2173

There's hope for us yet.

The network affiliation provides prime time programming blocks and the local news team is completely independent per FCC mandate.

When CBS moved from WAGA channel 5 to WGCL channel 46 locally, channel 46 had the same award-winning news team (routinely won best independent news in the nation despite only having syndicated programming in other time slots and no network affiliation). Fox moved from WATL channel 36, where they advertised "Here, no news is good news" to CBS' previous channel 5 (WAGA). Once again, the existing news team was untouched and remained on channel 5.

Another example:
The WB swooped in and expanded a syndicated block on WATL 36 into a full affiliation with no news while WGN in Chicago also became a WB affiliate RETAINING their local news program (my cable provider had both WGN feeds including the one with their local news).

It's very obvious that the FCC's system WORKS for isolating station owners and local news teams from network affiliates. Let's not forget that Fox's broadcast network predates Fox News Channel and neither is under the other in the 21st Century Fox hierarchy. Fox News Channel is under News Corp. News Corp is not under Fox's broadcast network and Fox's broadcast network is not under News Corp.

Network affiliates provide content (programming blocks) and branding. That's all. Even ignoring the contractual terms of violating their affiliate agreement, if Fox pulled their affiliation then they would lose the market and the station would start airing syndicated programs or align with another affiliate. Simple. Fox would shoot themselves in the foot and allow NBC, ABC, CBS, CW, etc to own the market.

Remember when local stations added their statements to broadcast airings of Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Cosmos?" They were asserting their FCC-guaranteed independence from the network's control/content without consequence from the network. AMAZING how that works!

 

[Londo_Jowo]

No doubt the local Fox (FOX26) channel has the best weather and traffic information at 4:30am - 5:00am. I also want to say close to 95% of what they report during this same time frame is local and very little if any national news (most of which is a ticker at the bottom of the screen). As for evening news I don't know as I don't watch any news at that time. I get most of my news from Yahoo and Google during the day.

 

[kage69]

It is sad. It is even worse how people get super defensive when you point out how bad Fox is.

I've noticed the butthurt even causes them to create threads about their beloved Faux without including any commentary.


Gotta love the faux noise crowd and their preference for selective polls in lieu of science (also, common sense, logic, math and/or history).

 

[Thebobo]

I do love NPR, but holy crap sometimes they are just trying way too hard to be progressive or counter-culture. Some of their stories are just so long about obscure/irrelevant/boring topics. For example, the 10+ minute segment that Morning Edition did last week with some white guy just because his name was "Jamal".

The BBC News Hour podcast is just awesome, though. Unlike a lot of American media, they aren't scared of being confrontational in their interviews about shit that actually matters (as opposed to just debating about comments some celebrity dipshit made on twitter).

Al Jazeera

 

[umbrella39]

Incase you haven't noticed, the left have their own altered reality channels.

In case you haven't noticed, the left doesn't get their news from Cable TV.
In case you haven't noticed, the left doesn't need talking head daily affirmations.
In case you haven't noticed, people with functioning brains get their news from multiple news sources and use said functioning brains to decipher the reality for the bullshit.

 

[Jhhnn]

The network affiliation provides prime time programming blocks and the local news team is completely independent per FCC mandate.

When CBS moved from WAGA channel 5 to WGCL channel 46 locally, channel 46 had the same award-winning news team (routinely won best independent news in the nation despite only having syndicated programming in other time slots and no network affiliation). Fox moved from WATL channel 36, where they advertised "Here, no news is good news" to CBS' previous channel 5 (WAGA). Once again, the existing news team was untouched and remained on channel 5.

Another example:
The WB swooped in and expanded a syndicated block on WATL 36 into a full affiliation with no news while WGN in Chicago also became a WB affiliate RETAINING their local news program (my cable provider had both WGN feeds including the one with their local news).

It's very obvious that the FCC's system WORKS for isolating station owners and local news teams from network affiliates. Let's not forget that Fox's broadcast network predates Fox News Channel and neither is under the other in the 21st Century Fox hierarchy. Fox News Channel is under News Corp. News Corp is not under Fox's broadcast network and Fox's broadcast network is not under News Corp.

Network affiliates provide content (programming blocks) and branding. That's all. Even ignoring the contractual terms of violating their affiliate agreement, if Fox pulled their affiliation then they would lose the market and the station would start airing syndicated programs or align with another affiliate. Simple. Fox would shoot themselves in the foot and allow NBC, ABC, CBS, CW, etc to own the market.

Remember when local stations added their statements to broadcast airings of Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Cosmos?" They were asserting their FCC-guaranteed independence from the network's control/content without consequence from the network. AMAZING how that works!

Please. None of that contradicts what I offered. FoxCT only said good things about Fox News, didn't mention the other side of it at all.

Fair & balanced, huh?

If you google "Fox news most trusted" you'll get a lot more of the same fluffery from the Fox family's journalistic comrades on the right.

 

[cubby1223]

In case you haven't noticed, the left doesn't get their news from Cable TV.
In case you haven't noticed, the left doesn't need talking head daily affirmations.
In case you haven't noticed, people with functioning brains get their news from multiple news sources and use said functioning brains to decipher the reality for the bullshit.

Actually, a lot of "the left" have Jon Stewart as a major source of their daily news intake. And correct me if I'm wrong, Jon Stewart's show is on Cable TV


Otherwise, unfortunately this subsegment of the left that does the above, does not frequent this particular corner of the internet

People have opinions on everything. Unless it is a person's specific job to research news, or a specific story has major impact on one's life to need to be right about, people don't cross-reference multiple news sources of varying biases, it's too time-consuming for such little end-result. Don't even try to claim people here do so with regularity.

 

[ivwshane]

Unfortunately this subsegment of the left that does the above, does not frequent this particular corner of the internet

If you didn't have a boogeyman to talk trash about, I'd imagine your life would be pretty boring.

I know that if I was incapable of looking in the mirror I'd make up caricatures of people that don't share my views, just as you

 

[cubby1223]

If you didn't have a boogeyman to talk trash about, I'd imagine your life would be pretty boring.

I know that if I was incapable of looking in the mirror I'd make up caricatures of people that don't share my views, just as you

Exactly. I see you do that on a regular basis here. I think we're finally starting to really connect and understand each other!

 

[ivwshane]

Exactly. I see you do that on a regular basis here. I think we're finally starting to really connect and understand each other!

By all means point out a boogeyman I've created. I can point both to anecdotal evidence of the rights behavior and I can point to studies, I can point to multiple politicians at both the local and federal level for examples of the rights craziness and them acting on it (as opposed to simply pandering), I can provide numerous websites spouting various conspiracies as well as politicians that support those conspiracies, I can point out the rights hypocrisy at every level (not just some idiot on a forum), I have polls to back my claims along with hard, cold facts.

The righty in my mind exists and not only can I provide evidence of their existence but so can others, both on this board and academically.

So, as I said before, the difference between a righty nutjob and a lefty nutjob is that the left (including democrats) ignore them and shame them. Whereas republicans not only fully embrace righty nutjobs, they pander to them.

So yeah, sure you see me do the same thing you do, the difference, of course, is that my caricatures are based on reality.


You should go see your mom and get that hug you've been so desperately seeking your whole life, maybe then you'll start living in reality and stop seeking that approval you never received as a child that has made you into the mental case you are today.

 

[Jhhnn]

So, as I said before, the difference between a righty nutjob and a lefty nutjob is that the left (including democrats) ignore them and shame them. Whereas republicans not only fully embrace righty nutjobs, they pander to them.

Worse than that- right wing propaganda disseminated for decades has radicalized people who might otherwise be reasonable had it not twisted their mental processes. It turns people's best qualities against them.

 

[John Connor]

All you libtards can hate Fox all you want, but they OWN the numbers. http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/05/08/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-may-7-2015/400943/

But then you will say that doesn't mean they are truthful, Mcdonalds is popular and all that horse shit I hear on the Internet. Hell, the Baltimore rioters were saying fuck Foxnews. What's that make you?

Megyn Kelly FTW! :wub:

Oh! I had to laugh at MSNBC. On Christmas Fox had their annual Christmas show and MSNBC was playing Lockup. LMFAO!

I watch Fox because they validate what I'm thinking. I used to watch CNN and MSNBC, but after 9/11 I gave Fox a chance and I liked the content. I was always yelling at the TV when I watched the other crap.

 

[theeedude]

Pravda was #1 trusted in USSR too.

 

[mindmajick]

Actually, a lot of "the left" have Jon Stewart as a major source of their daily news intake. And correct me if I'm wrong, Jon Stewart's show is on Cable TV


Otherwise, unfortunately this subsegment of the left that does the above, does not frequent this particular corner of the internet

People have opinions on everything. Unless it is a person's specific job to research news, or a specific story has major impact on one's life to need to be right about, people don't cross-reference multiple news sources of varying biases, it's too time-consuming for such little end-result. Don't even try to claim people here do so with regularity.

Jon Stewart is an entertainer. He's on the same level as Rush Limbaugh.

Anyone who watches/listens to either of these (and countless other entertainment shows) and thinks they are news is mistaken.

But, most of the right wingnut shows (as opposed to the left wingnut shows) do not emphasize that they are entertainment only. When pressed Rush will tell you he's just an entertainer. But Jon Stewart PRESENTS himself as a comedian.. Which is what he is.

Edit: I'm also one of those people that obsesses over politics and the news. I can reference or cross-country reference any statement I've made (very few). I'm also part of neither the republican fascist or democrat fascist parties. I find most political discussion to just be an argument over "teams". Brainwashing on all sides