While significantly to the benefit of the GOP, it is in all actuality a mouthpiece unto itself, for itself. In many ways it tries to influence the GOP rather than have the GOP influence it.
Third.^ This. ^While significantly to the benefit of the GOP, it is in all actuality a mouthpiece unto itself, for itself. In many ways it tries to influence the GOP rather than have the GOP influence it.
It's nothing new. Back in lincoln's day there were dem/repub newspapers. You might think back when there was only one source of news, that'd be more a threat to the republic, but the problem is everything is so polarized now that the most mundane happenings get spun into a dem vs repub angle, leaving the indifferent viewer unsure what to believe.
Of course, they could still turn to actual journalism, what little of that remains, but here is the real dilemma: most people want to be told what to think about some event, in a way that confirms their biases, and faux news serves that role. They don't want bland facts or nuance or a delay while some commission investigates
So rand paul is on there every 4-5 days the past two years...that network may as well be his entire campaign. Why even bother going out to the endless corn fields in iowa when you have a platform like that
This morning the GOP exclusively released it's Stop Hillary vldeo to Fox. I'll add that I don't think Fox does the GOP any favors by propping up some of the silliest candidates like Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann while pretty much ignoring Jon Huntsmann who might have beaten Obama. So its a mixed bag.While significantly to the benefit of the GOP, it is in all actuality a mouthpiece unto itself, for itself. In many ways it tries to influence the GOP rather than have the GOP influence it.
I answered "yes". On the flip side, although nobody asked, I also vote that "yes", MSNBC is the Democratic Party's mouthpiece.
This morning the GOP exclusively released it's Stop Hillary vldeo to Fox. I'll add that I don't think Fox does the GOP any favors by propping up some of the silliest candidates like Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann while pretty much ignoring Jon Huntsmann who might have beaten Obama. So its a mixed bag.
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While significantly to the benefit of the GOP, it is in all actuality a mouthpiece unto itself, for itself. In many ways it tries to influence the GOP rather than have the GOP influence it.
If you look at the graph by the Left Wing version of WND it says "contenders" not "candidates". Those words are not synonymous.Nope I think you aare wrong there, MSNBC doesn't feature appearances by candidates like Fox does all the time
Does a bear **** in the woods?
Even MSNBC admits that they're biased.Nope I think you aare wrong there, MSNBC doesn't feature appearances by candidates like Fox does all the time
From my observations, I watch ABC World News every night as well as some Fox News programming, I'll share with you this.
Fox News, the hard news part like Bret Bear and others, is factual without, or with very very limited, color or commentary. Something you really don't get anymore from the majors, and especially not from the likes of MSNBC.
There are other segments who's hosts are commentators, who pose a news topic with a summary of the surrounding facts, and then render their opinion, comments, analysis of that topic and elicit the same from their guests. These aren't the hard news segments, although they contain some hard news.
Is Fox News the mouthpiece of the GOP? Hardly. They are critical of GOP elected officials and candidates. That being said, they are also critical of Democratic elected officials and candidates as well. The frequency of criticism between these two isn't the same.
Does Fox News cater to the more traditional and conservative mindset? Yes. The more traditional and conservative mindset are an undeserved market that Fox News is serving, the same way that the majors are serving their more liberal market.
If you are of the liberal mindset, you'll probably not agree with much on Fox News, as you've been accustomed to what the majors have been serving up and spoon feeding for years and years now. Fox News will probably leave you with the impression of being factually wrong, radical, off in the right hand weeds, etc, etc. as well as being reenforced by other ideologically and politically driven 'sources' such as MediaMatters, Mother Jones, and Rolling Stones.
Realistically, that's not an objective view nor an objective analysis. Fox News is wrong because they don't agree with MediaMatters, Mother Jones, and Rolling Stones? :lamo Well Duuuh!