My view on Fox from someone who's watched it

[Strk]

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: HardWarrior
There's nothing at FOX News that even approaches "balance."

?? sheppard smith has a great show. he is balanced and just reports the news without any spin in either direction.

"at the speed of live" yes i love listening to smith on my XM.

That reminds me of a clip of Hurricane Rita with all of the reporters waiting around for the worst on The Daily Show. They had Shep out in Texas, I believe, and they had him waiting and finally get knocked over by the wind. It goes back to John and he goes "Shepard Smith, while a fair man, not very balanced."

 

[GroundedSailor]

How can anyone keep a straight face and claim Fox is unbiased. Here's a couple of articles worth reading
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http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067

The Most Biased Name in News
Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt

Years ago, Republican party chair Rich Bond explained that conservatives' frequent denunciations of "liberal bias" in the media were part of "a strategy" (Washington Post, 8/20/92). Comparing journalists to referees in a sports match, Bond explained: "If you watch any great coach, what they try to do is 'work the refs.' Maybe the ref will cut you a little slack next time."

But when Fox News Channel, Rupert Murdoch's 24-hour cable network, debuted in 1996, a curious thing happened: Instead of denouncing it, conservative politicians and activists lavished praise on the network. "If it hadn't been for Fox, I don't know what I'd have done for the news," Trent Lott gushed after the Florida election recount (Washington Post, 2/5/01). George W. Bush extolled Fox News Channel anchor Tony Snow--a former speechwriter for Bush's father--and his "impressive transition to journalism" in a specially taped April 2001 tribute to Snow's Sunday-morning show on its five-year anniversary (Washington Post, 5/7/01). The right-wing Heritage Foundation had to warn its staffers not to watch so much Fox News on their computers, because it was causing the think tank's system to crash.

When it comes to Fox News Channel, conservatives don't feel the need to "work the ref." The ref is already on their side. Since its 1996 launch, Fox has become a central hub of the conservative movement's well-oiled media machine. Together with the GOP organization and its satellite think tanks and advocacy groups, this network of fiercely partisan outlets--such as the Washington Times, the Wall Street Journal editorial page and conservative talk-radio shows like Rush Limbaugh's--forms a highly effective right-wing echo chamber where GOP-friendly news stories can be promoted, repeated and amplified. Fox knows how to play this game better than anyone.

Yet, at the same time, the network bristles at the slightest suggestion of a conservative tilt. In fact, wrapping itself in slogans like "Fair and balanced" and "We report, you decide," Fox argues precisely the opposite: Far from being a biased network, Fox argues, it is the only unbiased network. So far, Fox's strategy of aggressive denial has worked surprisingly well; faced with its unblinking refusal to admit any conservative tilt at all, some commentators have simply acquiesced to the network's own self-assessment. FAIR has decided to take a closer look.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1187

Still Failing the "Fair & Balanced" Test
Special Report leans right, white, Republican & male
FAIR?s latest study of Fox ?s Special Report with Brit Hume finds the network?s flagship news show still listing right?heavily favoring conservative and Republican guests in its one-on-one interviews. And, according to the study, Special Report rarely features women or non-white guests in these prominent newsmaker inter-view spots.

In previous studies FAIR has found that looking at a show?s guest list is one of the most reliable methods for gauging its perspective. In the case of Special Report , the single one-on-one interview with anchor Brit Hume is a central part of the newscast, and the anchor often uses his high-profile guests? comments as subject matter for the show?s wrap-up panel discussion. If Fox is the ?fair & balanced? network it claims to be, then the guest list of what Fox calls its ?signature news show? ought to reflect a diverse spectrum of ideas and sources. FAIR has studied Special Report ?s guest list on two earlier occasions (Extra! , 7?8/01, 7?8/02).

And to the poster who claimed NPR is left leaning - from the above article

Conservatives often defend Fox ?s rightward slant by claiming that it simply counterbalances a predominantly left-leaning media. But previous FAIR studies have found that, across the supposedly ?liberal? media, Republican sources dominate?and Fox simply skews even farther to the right.

FAIR?s original 2001 study of Special Report (Extra! , 7?8/01) included a comparison to CNN ?s Wolf Blitzer Reports ?which favored Republicans 57 to 43 percent. And a 2002 FAIR study of the three major networks? nightly news broadcasts (Extra! , 5?6/02) found an even greater imbalance than on CNN : Of partisan sources, 75 percent were Republican and only 24 percent Democrats. The differences among the networks were negligible; CBS had the most Republicans (76 percent) while ABC had the fewest (73 percent).

Even NPR , characterized by conservative critics as ?liberal? radio, favored Republican sources over Democrats by a ratio of more than three to two in a recent study of its main news shows (Extra! , 5-6/04). And Republican political domination doesn?t explain the imbalance: In FAIR?s 1993 study of NPR (Extra! , 4?5/93) , when Democrats controlled the White House and both houses of Congress, Republicans still outnumbered Democrats 57 to 42 percent.?S.R. and J.H.

 

[astrosfan90]

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: astrosfan90

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
The hosts on Fox News are generally conservative. What I like though are the entertainment and stories they report. CNN is boring.

Despite having conservative hosts on Fox, they bring in some of the biggest well-spoken liberals around to debate and are civil about it.

I'm with you Blanco...CNN puts me to sleep. I can't even tune into MSNBC without my eyelids getting heavy, either. FNC is the only one I can stand of the three--they know how to keep it interesting.

So when you pick your news program, you don't consider the breadth or depth of coverage, the integrity of the reporters or quality of information, you look at how entertaining it is? You people are pathetic. :thumbsdown:

I read news from about a dozen different sources throughout the course of the day. I like to think that I cover enough bases that I don't need one television source to inform me of everything that's going on. Fox is rather a visual supplement to the radio news, print news, and online news that I read regularly. So yes, I want it to be remotely engaging, something no other news sources really are.

Call me pathetic if you wish. I rather worry about someone who relies solely on one source for their news. Might I suggest branching out? Might do you some good to turn the dial away from CNN, MSNBC, BBC, or whatever other show you watch and check out what FNC has to say. You might see a different viewpoint while you're at it.

 

[homercles337]

Originally posted by: spikespiegal
I listen to the BBC when I can, but it usually means I have to drone though hours of NPR, and even right leaning Fox isn't as left leaning as NPR.

You have GOT to be kidding me! NPR is definately centeral-right leaning with all the damn conservative/religious guests and crap they report. If you really think NPR is left then i have fallen for your troll with this post.