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What's your news outlet?

Which of these news channel do you watch the most?

  • MSNBC

    Votes: 5 21.7%
  • FOX News

    Votes: 9 39.1%
  • BBC

    Votes: 3 13.0%
  • HLN

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • CNN

    Votes: 6 26.1%

  • Total voters
    23
Of those listed I picked BBC, they have the best world news and I rarely miss. Sometimes Cspan or PBS.

Only very occasionally CNN, if it's a big breaking story that I don't really care if they hyperventilate and get half the facts wrong.

Otherwise? None of the above.
 
I watch Fox news the most, to get my daily laugh in. I seriously watch little news, I usually check whats going on though through CNN online.
 
Well, considering that on an average day it gets as many viewers as all others (in the US) combined, I'm sure many would be fine with saying that.

Where did you hear that?
 
None of the above. I tend to get my news from the internet in places like news.google.com and other software aggregation sites. I suspect this is increasingly true for everyone, except old people.
 

Thanks. I'm betting their ratings are so high because 35-45% of Americans are conservative. But that still doesn't make Fox News fair and balanced. Daily news is usually fine, the rest is clearly biased. But even the daily news chooses sides sometimes, though so does CNN.

And unfortunately being a moderate or independent network wouldn't guarantee followers. But at any rate I hope CNN moves closer to the middle.

I'm curious what CNN and MSNBC ratings were during the heart of the Bush administration.
 
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None of the above. Except maybe once a year. One of my friends downloads Rachel Maddow, so I occasionally see her, though. So, whatever one she is from.
 
Thanks. I'm betting their ratings are so high because 35-45% of Americans are conservative. But that still doesn't make Fox News fair and balanced. Daily news is usually fine, the rest is clearly biased. But even the daily news chooses sides sometimes, though so does CNN.

And unfortunately being a moderate or independent network wouldn't guarantee followers. But at any rate I hope CNN moves closer to the middle.

I'm curious what CNN and MSNBC ratings were during the heart of the Bush administration.

I don't know. I wonder if it's as easy to explain as opposition to the present administration. I think you're percentages are on the low side, though, unless you consider independents completely neutral.
 
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I wonder how many Americans know that BBC is funded with taxes rather than advertising. If you own a TV in the UK you pay a TV tax to support the BBC.

PBS is similar, but the tax support is probably much less. Maybe this is a better way of doing things. MSNBC seems to be mostly, if not 100% commentary...This is not so good.
 
None of the above. I tend to get my news from the internet in places like news.google.com and other software aggregation sites. I suspect this is increasingly true for everyone, except old people.

This is the first I have heard of Google News....But why not, Google is into everything else.
But what is their source?
HenHoover or my aunt Tillie??
And I am one of those old fogies..
 
I don't know. I wonder if it's as easy to explain as opposition to the present administration. I think you're percentages are on the low side, though, unless you consider independents completely neutral.

I was curious if the at the time administration would effect which news channels people like to watch. I only got into politics about 4 years ago so I wasn't following Fox News or CNN during the majority of the Bush administration. My thought was that people tend to be more drawn to negative stories... controversies, failures, etc... and given that Fox News is obviously tipped toward the conservative side, I'd think some people would be drawn to a network that had more of a criticism approach to the Bush administration during the time. I could be completely wrong of course... it was just a thought rattling around in my head. And given that I wasn't following politics at the time, I honestly don't know how Fox News approached the Bush administration.

And yes, I do consider Independents separate from conservatives, though obviously Independents can hold conservative opinions. However if they are predominantly conservative, they are no longer independent IMO.


Thanks! Let me know if you find anything from 2004 to now.
 
I don't watch TV news at all, let alone a specific cable TV channel...

So, "none of the above".
 
BBC... best news source out there, they just tell you what's up, nothing more.
 
BBC... best news source out there, they just tell you what's up, nothing more.

Even news stations that tell you "what's up" can be biased. What do they ignore? What do they downplay? What stories get the most attention?
 
And yes, I do consider Independents separate from conservatives, though obviously Independents can hold conservative opinions. However if they are predominantly conservative, they are no longer independent IMO.

Aren't you confusing conservative and Republican?
 
If I'm watching it it'd be switching between Fox and CNN. However the office has Fox on in the gym so that pushes it over the top
 
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