Fox News : The News is What We Say It Is

[Majikthise]

Yeah, I don't know what it is about South Park, but the jokes I laugh the most about involve me. The atheist and WoW episodes --- :biglaugh:

Heh heh!

"MOM! Bathroom! BAAAATHROOM!!!"

 

[ChristineES]

I don't believe 3/4 of what I hear, including the news.

 

[Bishka]

I don't believe 3/4 of what I hear, including the news.

Well...that's sort of good to hear, I guess.

 

[Comprehend]

I think you guys are going out of your way to try to bash FOX because you just don't like it, please tell me the major news network that you think has never "altered" news... I am amazed that partisanship can blind people so easily, sure FOX slants stories, what is amazing is that you seem to think nobody else does it. They all slant news, they all make stuff look a particular way.

Just because FOX slants news towards conservatism and CBS slants it liberally, you guys can only see FOX's problems? That is retarded. ALL news organizations slant news, all of them choose which stories to run and which not to, all of them manipulate the stories. Quit pretending that FOX is the only one, it makes you all look silly.

Finally, the fact that the lady had her case dismissed says a bit about her claim...

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I think you guys are going out of your way to try to bash FOX because you just don't like it, please tell me the major news network that you think has never "altered" news... I am amazed that partisanship can blind people so easily, sure FOX slants stories, what is amazing is that you seem to think nobody else does it. They all slant news, they all make stuff look a particular way.

Just because FOX slants news towards conservatism and CBS slants it liberally, you guys can only see FOX's problems? That is retarded. ALL news organizations slant news, all of them choose which stories to run and which not too, all of them manipulate the stories. Quit pretending that FOX is the only one, it makes you all look silly.

I think its a problem if ANY news station would claim someone is a poor choice to run a nation because of something his ancestors did. FOX is also more harsh with thier "news."

 

[nutshell]

You have anything to else to say or contribute to this conversation, or you just want us to all get over it?

This company is influencing so many people I know, and they refuse to see differently because they see Fox News as the only conservative news out there. I have the owner of the company I work at telling his employees that there is a "War on Christmas" and that we must combat that evil. My good friend and co-workers are being influenced by these idiotic ideas.

Yeah. I want you to get over it. Why don't you bash CNN or MSNBC while you're at it? They're all the same.

 

[nutshell]

This is another video I just ran across.

One point that blew my mind, one of the Faux Reporters stated, "My religion doesn't teach me that." What does religion have to do with her journalism? She is a journalist, she reports the facts. This frustrates me!

If you think mass media reports the facts you're further gone than I thought.

 

[nutshell]

What can we do? Nothing. I just want so semblance of the truth....a shred of it.

Then why don't you call for that truth from everyone? Why only Fox?

 

[RevOxley_501]

i have to take nutshell's side...


i cant believe im about to say this.





but Fox, CNN...same stuff..different channels. Both purport the left/right paradigm, which is the greatest deception of amerikan politics.

Dems and Rebublicans are the SAME PARTY, they just cater to different voters. thats it...Kerry and Bush are the same evil men...face it.

faux just happens to be really bad at hiding its bias...but looking closely at them all shows you that they are all corporate whores.

 

[Engyo]

American news is ratings-based - therefore, whatever type of coverage or slant gets butts in front of screens will be what gets put on the air. This is true no matter whether we are talking about CNN, Fox, or National Public Broadcasting. The only real difference is which segment of the viewing public any particular news organization is concentrating on, and you can see that from their purported "slant" (as opposed to their real profit-based slant).

 

[Radio Frequency X]

Fox news is no different than any of the others. Get over it.

I find it hysterical (and honestly enjoy the liberal hysteria) centered around Fox News. Liberals just can't stomach the competition. They can't stomach anything other then or opposed to the lies their media pushes on the public. The hypocrisy is wonderful and entertaining, because their outrage sounds so sincere.

 

[Mathematician]

I know I'll get the hammer for going against the conspiracy theory, but the general media is not slanted towards liberalism. I don't like getting partisan, but I've observed consevatives pundits pushing this idea through snow just to make others actually believe it. Anything left of Ann Coulter is labeled liberal.

And comparing Fox to CNN, even NBC, is ridiculous.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel_controversies_and_allegations_of_bias
http://mediamatters.org/items/200506160004

 

[Radio Frequency X]

I know I'll get the hammer for going against the conspiracy theory, but the general media is not slanted towards liberalism. I don't like getting partisan, but I've observed consevatives pundits pushing this idea through snow just to make others actually believe it. Anything left of Ann Coulter is labeled liberal.

And comparing Fox to CNN, even NBC, is ridiculous.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel_controversies_and_allegations_of_bias
http://mediamatters.org/items/200506160004

I think you have a difficult understanding of the word liberal. There is liberal (CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, NBC, CBS, etc.) and then there is socialist. They aren't socialist. But they are liberal.

 

[Mathematician]

While I appreciate someone questioning my comprehension skills, I must remind you that I am not a socialist. I'm well aware of how certain conservatives can't tolerate the idea of news organizations not pushing Ann Coulter, but the truth is most Americans aren't anywhere near as conservative as Coulter, Hannity, Humes, and O'Reilly. If you want to play that game of making lists, I'll do the same: Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, ABC, New York Sun, WorldNetDaily, Arizona Republic, Rush Limbaugh (most radio).

Of that list, Rush and WND announce their bias, and all the rest attempt to show the other side. CNN and MSNBC do the same (Tucker, Scarborough, Imus, Wolf Blitzer, Glenn Beck).

Fox Noise is comparable to Air America -- only AA at least announces its liberal slant -- and it doesn't hide cancer facts.

 

[Radio Frequency X]

While I appreciate someone questioning my comprehension skills, I must remind you that I am not a socialist. I'm well aware of how certain conservatives can't tolerate the idea of news organizations not pushing Ann Coulter, but the truth is most Americans aren't as conservative as Coulter, Hannity, and O'Reilly. And if you want to play that game, I can make lists too: Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, ABC, New York Sun, WorldNetDaily, Arizona Republic, Rush Limbaugh (most radio).

Of that list, all the news papers attempt to show the other side. Rush Limbaugh and WND are openly conservative. CNN and CBS likewise, try to show the other side.

Yes, all of those are conservative media. And all of them (other than the Wall Street Journal and I'm unfamiliar with the Arizona Republic) seem to drive liberals batty. It's funny. Libs somehow view their media as accurate and unbiased, but conservative media... OH that EVIL RIGHT WING CONSPIRACY, oh GOD, what can we do? How can we let these evil conservatives go on speaking? These people just spontaneously freak out and over Fox News lol, c'mon!

This amuses me. I'm not trying to say that there isn't a variety of conservative media. I was just pointing out how funny it was that liberals can't deal with the competition. So self-righteous.

 

[ChristineES]

I watch all the news programs and then choose what I want to believe
Truthfully, I notice that each network will showcase one story that another network has said very little about. What is considered important seems to be in the eye of the beholder. I thought, for instance, that the news went overboard with Anna Nichol Smith's death, and I personally did not think it was all that an important story. I mean, I was sorry she died, but did they really need to talk about it as much as they did.

Some say that CNN leans to the left and that Fox leans to the right. But honestly, I see no difference right now of the right or the left. I watch local news instead. lol

 

[madcap]

Fox News, Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, ABC, New York Sun, WorldNetDaily, Arizona Republic, Rush Limbaugh (most radio).

GeneCosta, I think you meant the Washington Times, not the Post.

News organizations are run by people. Some of these people work for corporations whose aim is to make money. So financial interests (ratings) play a large role in most news organizations. That's just a fact of life. It costs money to produce, so there has to be a source of income. This is why we have to put up with nonsense about the paternity of Anna Nicole's baby. It's democratic news: they show what people seem to want to watch.

BUT...

The difference to me between Fox and the other news networks isn't that CNN, MSNBC, etc. are paragons of journalistic integrity or that no bias ever leaks into their coverage. The difference is that Fox blantantly pursues a conservative agenda and disguises it as news. Are there liberals working for CNN? Sure, probably, and that likely influences what they cover and how they cover it. There's no such thing as a completely neutral person. But it doesn't take a political scientist to see that most news outlets at least try to cover their subjects objectively. Fox News makes no such effort. It is simply conservative propaganda.

Regardless, it's a good idea to get your news from multiple sources and mediums. Maybe that gives you a fighting chance of finding the truth.

 

[Bishka]

I'm sorry that y'all thought that I'm a mindless idiot driven on purporting the corruption of one news network. I'm just not particularly fond of Fox network and the many questionable things they have done.

The way I'm being of accused of not seeing the 'corruption' in the other networks is silly. Did I even once mention any other networks that I support? Have I lent my opinion to any others. No, because I know that they all have problems, I just see the most problems with Fox News.


Peace out y'all.

 

[Bishka]

I watch local news instead. lol

My only problem is,

1) I don't have reception to watch local news
2) When I get to watch the news, it is at work in the break room and we are forbidden to change the channel. It's only Fox News 24 hours a day.

I've solved most of that by just reading over the internet, but it bugs me that my employer thinks that Fox News is the best thing since sliced bread.

 

[Radio Frequency X]

I'm sorry that y'all thought that I'm a mindless idiot driven on purporting the corruption of one news network. I'm just not particularly fond of Fox network and the many questionable things they have done.

The way I'm being of accused of not seeing the 'corruption' in the other networks is silly. Did I even once mention any other networks that I support? Have I lent my opinion to any others. No, because I know that they all have problems, I just see the most problems with Fox News.


Peace out y'all.

It's not like that Becky. It's just that Fox really drives people crazy because they are openly conservative. Where as CNN, which is openly liberal is viewed as a bastion of truth and virtue. The cultural hypocrisy amongst liberals isn't a reflection on you, but the thread got a lot of great responses from liberals who love nothing more than hating conservatives and conservative media. It's the uproar and hoopla that I find amusing. I do not think of your as mindless. Though, I do think you are overreacting to Fox News.