Is Fox News fair and balanced?

[Gary Childress]

How are they biased? Examples?

Are there any segments on Fox news which are sympathetic to those who protest the War in Iraq? Are there any segments which call for unionizing in the work place? Are there any segments on Fox news which entertain the possiblity that the US (when a Republican is in office, no less) could be injust in its foreign policy?

 

[Miles Teg]

I could say the same thing about you being the total opposite. What do you prove by insulting me?

On the contrary. I'm relatively liberal, but I do have my centrist streak, I don't subscribe to any major conspiracy theories, and I dislike news that seems to fit to well with my biases, which is probably why I don't watch much MSN. Overall, I'm well within the mainstream. I'd argue that you at best flit the edges of said mainstream, and are thus less than able to judge how biased the mainstream media is.

 

[Splime]

I don't claim to be mainstream, but to call Fox unbiased is a complete lie. Yes, I realize every other network has some sort of bias (Olberman on MSNBC, for instance, who is probably the most annoying pundit after the people on FOX). However, any network that has its news readers intentionally "accidentally" say Osama instead of Obama has a large amount of bias. And I'll avoid talking about Bill O'Reilly, mainly because Keith Olberman isn't much better. However, the way that FOX news presents the "news" is full of bias, both subtle and not so subtle - the way they always emphasized the Hussein in Barack Hussein Obama, in such a way as to make someone's own middle name a slur. It's disgusting.

And doesn't help that FOX recently added Mike Huckabee and Karl Rove to their news team... how do you call that unbiased?

 

[Dumanios]

I don't watch Fox.

 

[azzaman333]

How are they biased? Examples?

Everytime it's an opinion being stated, it's biased.

 

[PiMan]

Newspapers are leftwing in the US?
Of the three major newspapers where I live, two of them are owned by Murdoch. The other one is left wing though.

 

[Kerozine]

Are there any segments on Fox news which are sympathetic to those who protest the War in Iraq? Are there any segments which call for unionizing in the work place? Are there any segments on Fox news which entertain the possiblity that the US (when a Republican is in office, no less) could be injust in its foreign policy?

It sounds like they simply chose not to cover the stories, which undermines their, how do you call it, journalistic standards? Credibility?

Doesn't necessarily mean that they are biased with their selective coverage. (Okay, that may in itself be a form of bias, but it is made up by looking it up in other news sources for a different perspective).

Everytime it's an opinion being stated, it's biased.

Pundits or news anchors?

 

[MagisterCultuum]

And I'll avoid talking about Bill O'Reilly, mainly because Keith Olberman isn't much better.

Olberman is significantly worse than O'Reilly. He and Rachel Maddow are much closer to Hannity in terms of how biased they are. O'Reilly has a bias, but it is not nearly so strong. His is closer in intensity to Chris Mathews', but Mathews is worse in that O'Reilly's job is pure commentary and Mathews does (or did) both the commentary and the hard news stories.

And doesn't help that FOX recently added Mike Huckabee and Karl Rove to their news team... how do you call that unbiased?

They do commentary, but aren't really involved in any hard news stories. Rove doesn't usually play a larger role than frequent guests like Al Sharpton or Marc Lamont Hill.


Huckabee clearly advocates fro his positions, but he is generally more fair to the left wing guests he has on that many people on FOX are. I don't think he has any real effect on the actual reporting (well, except when they asked him about that murdered doctor in Arkansas, but that was because he personally knew the victim and no real political issues were mentioned).


I don't deny that FOX his biased, I just think MSNBC is worse.

Now that I think of it, CNN also seems to have a considerable "mainstream" bias, discriminating against the fringe elements more than their rivals. FOX (and I think also MSNBC, but I'm less sure) at least let on some wackos in order to paint a caricature of the opposition.

 

[Luckymoose]

On the contrary. I'm relatively liberal, but I do have my centrist streak, I don't subscribe to any major conspiracy theories, and I dislike news that seems to fit to well with my biases, which is probably why I don't watch much MSN. Overall, I'm well within the mainstream. I'd argue that you at best flit the edges of said mainstream, and are thus less than able to judge how biased the mainstream media is.

Even though I am Fiscally conservative and socially moderate I am the edge? How left is America?

 

[LucyDuke]

Olberman is significantly worse than O'Reilly.

Y'know, I completely disagree. But I'm the type that O'Reilly attacks on his show, and Olbermann's target audience. So probably you and I just have opinions.

 

[MobBoss]

Y'know, I completely disagree. But I'm the type that O'Reilly attacks on his show, and Olbermann's target audience. So probably you and I just have opinions.

Well, fwiw, Bill O has yet to have been pulled by Fox because his wacky opinions hurt their ratings. Obermann got taken off their election coverage because his bias was so over the top they were losing market share in the time slot.

I dont watch either of them very much to be honest, but Olbermann is far worse in my opinion.

 

[atr94]

Every cable news station is biased in some way.
Fox news does have a conservative bias but every other station has a liberal bias.

 

[LucyDuke]

Well, fwiw, Bill O has yet to have been pulled by Fox because his wacky opinions hurt their ratings. Obermann got taken off their election coverage because his bias was so over the top they were losing market share in the time slot.

I dont watch either of them very much to be honest, but Olbermann is far worse in my opinion.

And you're O'Reilly's target audience and the type Olbermann attacks on his show. Thanks for helping with my demonstration. They're both hacks. Which one you're willing to spit at more is pretty much determined by which one spouts more crap you agree with. The objectivity charade is bogus.

 

[Azale]

Newspapers are leftwing in the US?
Of the three major newspapers where I live, two of them are owned by Murdoch. The other one is left wing though.

Wall Street Journal is the only one I can think of that might be accused of having a rightwing bias.

The paper in my locale is basically a rag for the Democratic Party. And this is in Texas.

 

[Smidlee]

How many who answered this poll is fair and balanced?

 

[LucyDuke]

This is the ad I'm getting on this page.

 

[Dachs]

Y'know, I completely disagree. But I'm the type that O'Reilly attacks on his show, and Olbermann's target audience. So probably you and I just have opinions.

I'm not a target audience of either, and I dislike Olbermann more (though they're both scuzbags). Anecdotal evidence: woo.

 

[Bill3000]

Wall Street Journal is the only one I can think of that might be accused of having a rightwing bias.

The paper in my locale is basically a rag for the Democratic Party. And this is in Texas.

Plenty of Murdoch papers, such a the New York Post, and there's the Washington Times, etc. As for newspapers, you know that your city is part of the Democratic area of Texas, so it's not surprising that yours leans liberal. You know that

Trying to try to find a "general bias" in something as highly diverse as newspapers is ludicrous.

 

[Azale]

Plenty of Murdoch papers, such a the New York Post, and there's the Washington Times, etc. As for newspapers, you know that your city is part of the Democratic area of Texas, so it's not surprising that yours leans liberal. You know that

Trying to try to find a "general bias" in something as highly diverse as newspapers is ludicrous.

I meant reputable newspapers, which the Post is clearly not part of. I suppose the Corpus Christi Caller Times isn't either, considering its two editorials (sometimes), some local news, and copy/paste from the AP

The mainstream newspapers of this country lean to the left for the most part. LA Times, NY Times, the Chicago Tribune, Atlanta Journal Constitution, SF Chronicle, Detroit's paper, etc. Of course, the market has decided this so I don't have much problem with it.

 

[MobBoss]

And you're O'Reilly's target audience and the type Olbermann attacks on his show. Thanks for helping with my demonstration.

Nono...I just said, I dont watch either of them. Possibly in flipping channels. I am simply not a big fan of the leprechaun.

They're both hacks.

Doesnt mean they are equally 'hack-ish". I gave you facts about Olbermann being pulled by MSNBC because of their evening ratings on election coverage, and it was attributed to people being fed up with his bias. Bill O' has gotten his butt into the ringer a few times, but hasnt been treated that way by Foxnews....yet.

Which one you're willing to spit at more is pretty much determined by which one spouts more crap you agree with. The objectivity charade is bogus.

Like I said, I dont watch either of them. But I have seen enough in passing to compare the two.