Devil505

I believe that Fox News has no more credibility as an independent news organization than did Pravda (of the Soviet Union) during the "Cold War".
My opinion is that Fox News is merely the media arm of the RNC &, as such came as close to a state run propaganda machine during the Bush Presidency as anything has in U.S. history.

For those who will counter with a claim that MSNBC is the same on the left, I would merely counter with the assertion that even MSNBC will occasionally disagree with the Obama administration on numerous important issues: stopping the wars, protecting the torture "Deciders" of the last administraion, etc.

Fox News is a straight "Party Line" mouthpiece for the Republican Party, posing as a legitimate news organiztion & therefore represents a grave danger to this country. It's perfectly fine for media to have a political opinion/slant, but it's not OK to lie to the public & try to hide the fact that you are actually an arm of a political party....Just ask Karl Rove.

Redress

If you watch Fox news during the day, it's not bad actually for news...and that is coming from a lefty.

Zyphlin

No, it reports news and does so generally no worse than most others of the 24/7. When it has its commentators, there is a distinct right wing slant of a very noticable nature though if your criteria for it being excused is its not ALWAYS in line with the party line then Fox covers it too as there have been disagreements stated on air between their commentators and Bush and/or Republicans before just like with MSNBC.

I think the more reasonable question would actually be if the 24/7 "News" networks are truly news networks any longer, or if they are entertainment networks that have news programs due to the enormous amount of commentator programs on Fox, MSNBC, and to a lesser extent CNN that are there more, or as much, to push a political view point as it is to give "news".

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Political buy outs, "my way or the highway" attitude, ignoring of rules and traditions because it suits your purpose...

Yep, gotta love the "Change from politics as usual" in this "post-partisan" era.

Reverend_Hellh0und

How do you think they compare say to ABC?

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Devil505

I think the danger lies here:

All other news organizations have one simple "raison d'etre"........To make money!
(If they weren't selling advertising space/time, they would be selling shoes)

My fear is that Fox News has a more sinister motive than just simply greed....They are motivated FIRST & Foremost by a political & religious agenda & only then by the good old profit motive, & that is dangerous.

Reverend_Hellh0und

non responsive to my question.


This whole healthcare town hall where ABC REFUSED to accept advertising from opposition viewpoints is no issue to you?



As for your bogey man view of Fox news, I simply have to laugh.


What about msnbc? Any problems with them?

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niftydrifty

I like to watch Fox nowadays moreso than I like to watch other cable news channels. The news coverage is definitely news. but the infotainment angle of it is more entertaining, and sometimes it's just fun to have it dumbed down. plus, they constantly get right to the criticisms of whatever Obama is up to at the moment, which is good to hear, no matter how trivial they can be.

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Devil505

We are dealing with OPINION here & my opinion is that, taken as a whole, I think most media outlets will cover whatever stories will bring in revenue as their FIRST priority. Fox News, on the other hand, puts their agenda in first place! (if they can turn a profit while pushing their agenda.....All the better!,,,,BUT.....the agenda comes first!)

Reverend_Hellh0und

I have shown you the error in your thesis, you just want to say "FOX NEWS ARE POOPY HEADS"....



Sorry, I expected better from you, "Moderate".

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Dayton3

Pew Research study said that during the 2008 election coverage, Fox News was the most unbiased of all the network and cable news organizations.

Fox News attacked President Bush numerous times. Commentators such as Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity disagreed with President Bush and have complimented President Obama (on his decision to not release interrogation photos to give just one example).

Finally, Fox News has a number of guest commentators who appear regularly who are Democratic supporters. Bob Beckel, Alan Colmes, Juan Williams to name just three.