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What is the least biased news outlet?

What is the least biased news outlet?


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There is a difference between News and Opinion; FOXNEWS delivers two sides of the equation; fair and balanced as they like to say, and they haven't had to retract a story.

Their opinion shows are rightward leaning.

CNN was Saddam's putrid propagandist for years as Eason Jordan admitted, and is the network is amazingly biased. CNNi is some of the most disgusting programming; it is thee anti-American network, and the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

It's no wonder FOXNEWS has a larger audience than MSNBC and CNN combined; they don't come across as hating the country, and break/report news the leftward stations refuse to. They report two-sides... fair and balanced. You could say they're the WSJ of the airwaves, another publication (Murdoch owned), that is growing while others are dying.

People are willing to pay for value.

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they all are biased but I agree with you. Many mainstream entertainment shows are propaganda as well.

examples

ABC's former hit show Boston Legal was an Anti Bush mouthpiece as the main character was constantly spewing garbage about the Bush administration which was "counterbalanced" by the rantings of Denny Crain (Shatner). THe clear intent of that show was to make the GOP, corporations, drug makers, gun owners look bad.

NBC's Law and Order was also well known for its leftwing bias-especially after Fred Thompson left the show. Sam Waterson is a well known lefty as was former writer and then producer Mike Chernuchian. On the other hand, some shows were conservative in nature, the most obvious being the long running Chuck Norris series-Walker-Texas Ranger but overall main stream entertainment-tends to lean leftwing in bias. Some of the major cop shows Like the CSI series featuring Gary Sinise (a Republican) or producted by JErry Bruckheimer (a McCain supporter) don't have any real lean.
 
they all are biased but I agree with you. Many mainstream entertainment shows are propaganda as well.

examples

ABC's former hit show Boston Legal was an Anti Bush mouthpiece as the main character was constantly spewing garbage about the Bush administration which was "counterbalanced" by the rantings of Denny Crain (Shatner). THe clear intent of that show was to make the GOP, corporations, drug makers, gun owners look bad.

NBC's Law and Order was also well known for its leftwing bias-especially after Fred Thompson left the show. Sam Waterson is a well known lefty as was former writer and then producer Mike Chernuchian. On the other hand, some shows were conservative in nature, the most obvious being the long running Chuck Norris series-Walker-Texas Ranger but overall main stream entertainment-tends to lean leftwing in bias. Some of the major cop shows Like the CSI series featuring Gary Sinise (a Republican) or producted by JErry Bruckheimer (a McCain supporter) don't have any real lean.

Did you just cite fictional shows to show that the news portion of networks is biased? :lol:
 
no but merely to show that bias tends to permeate networks from the top down

Bias permeates everyone. It's part of the human condition. I doubt it's orchestrated that way.
 
they all are biased but I agree with you. Many mainstream entertainment shows are propaganda as well.

examples

ABC's former hit show Boston Legal was an Anti Bush mouthpiece as the main character was constantly spewing garbage about the Bush administration which was "counterbalanced" by the rantings of Denny Crain (Shatner). THe clear intent of that show was to make the GOP, corporations, drug makers, gun owners look bad.

NBC's Law and Order was also well known for its leftwing bias-especially after Fred Thompson left the show. Sam Waterson is a well known lefty as was former writer and then producer Mike Chernuchian. On the other hand, some shows were conservative in nature, the most obvious being the long running Chuck Norris series-Walker-Texas Ranger but overall main stream entertainment-tends to lean leftwing in bias. Some of the major cop shows Like the CSI series featuring Gary Sinise (a Republican) or producted by JErry Bruckheimer (a McCain supporter) don't have any real lean.

I didn't realize what an effect All in the Family had on people until years later. M*A*S*H too. Both were funny, but I was too young and politically inept to realize the underlying agenda, and fell for much of it.

For the FOXNEWS HATERS, I recommend the following interviews with the guy at the helm, Roger Ailes. Also his book; You are the Message. You'll discover he's just a normal American guy who dug ditches and seized the great opportunities America afforded him.

Brian Lamb interview with Roger. Fantastic job by Lamb.
Q & A

Just this week; Howard Kurtz.
Part 1.
Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes Slams White House in Exclusive Interview - The Daily Beast

Part 2.
Fox News Chief Roger Ailes Blasts National Public Radio Brass as

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We all know FOX News leans to the right and NBC/MSNBC leans to the left. Any argument against this would definitely be a losing one. So my question is, which of the major US TV media outlets do you consider to be the least biased?

the answer is C-SPAN.
 
The NEWS on Fox is the least biased and also the one I trust most to be accurate.
 
NPR would be my choice.
 
Fox News is by far the most far leaning. Not only from their night time line up. I used to think their daily news was more moderate but I've been seeing a lot of right leaning opinions inserted into stories by their news anchors, and I'm honestly disappointed.
 
Perhaps NPR should adopt as a slogan "BALANCED AND FAIR". Then how dare anyone question them?

probably because tax dollars support them. They are leftwing shills
 
PBS, but truely fair and balanced?
no
I trust my Aunt Tillie more.
no vote, of course.
And, too many votes for both CNN and Fox, apparently both have been polluted by "media criminals."......
Plesase tell me I am wrong, we cannot be that stupid???????
Maybe I am wrong about not trusting CNN.
 
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I feel pretty skeptical to wards the future of the west and the world when a majority on this forum actually believes Fox News is the least biased news channel. This forum should be an average reflection of regular people in the US, is it not? Even if not, the result still scares me.

Believe me, Max, things in America are not fair and balanced.
We need so much reform and improvement that it is not funny.
If the "republicans" gain complete power in Washington, our nation will be set back 20 years..
Now I know why the Euro nations have "nationalized" news.
Man is such a liar......
And as you know, you and I are poles apart..
 
Wow, 161 votes for CNN. Gee I guess some of our dead leftwing member voted. :lamo
 
I voted CNN because that was the best choice but where is PBS?
 
I voted CNN because that was the best choice but where is PBS?

PBS and NPR were left off the list because they are partially funded by the government. Hopefully, this will change very soon.
 
Being a person that watches PBS (that will actually look at both sides of the issue in far greater detail) I think this needs to be changed. This is like keeping C-SPAN off this list as well because it is funded by cable networks.
 
Another lie from the right.
PBS News tends to be "on one side", but they do not lie.

I guess you didn't read well-I was referring to NPR
 
PBS and NPR were left off the list because they are partially funded by the government. Hopefully, this will change very soon.


NPR is the only one accountable to Congress.
 
Being a person that watches PBS (that will actually look at both sides of the issue in far greater detail) I think this needs to be changed. This is like keeping C-SPAN off this list as well because it is funded by cable networks.

How long has C-SPAN had an evening news program?

IMO, watching just one media outlet doesn't give you an accurate picture of events. I watch and read from multiple sources to get as many angles on an issue as I can get, then I make up my own mind. No single media outlet can be trusted 100%. I believe some a re more trustworthy than others, but I will not trust one to be completely honest and accurate - primarily because they all have some type of bias in play.
 
All I am saying is PBS does not have to answer to sponsors, has a crap load of interest dipping their hands in it and to my knowledge PBS's journalist have been used to moderate at least one debate every presidential cycle I don't think CNN, NBC, or Fox could say the same thing.
 
It SEEMS that all the conservatives picked Fox News. Hmmmmmm...... :roll:
The question is NOT what news channel you watch the most.... but the one that is LEAST biased. :roll:
 
It SEEMS that all the conservatives picked Fox News. Hmmmmmm...... :roll:
The question is NOT what news channel you watch the most.... but the one that is LEAST biased. :roll:

You're making an assumption.
 
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