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Why do people continue to take Fox News seriously?

Media_Truth said:
If AP or Reuters puts out a news flash, most networks pick it up. Fox only picks it up, if it aligns with their political agenda. Sometimes they'll pick it up, but leave out portions. And nobody is challenging them about it. Their base just go along living in their "blind little worlds".
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I don't even think that most Republicans would admit that Rush does this stuff because he found a way to become a millionaire.

Suckers
 
Somerville said:
I understand the point you are making but it is not just Hannity who is touted as a newsman, well he used to be 'touted', but other than the actual news shows that are broadcast following Fox & Friends in the morning: America's Newsroom 9-12, Shep Smith 3-4, and Bret Baier 6-7 (Mon -Fri) and Chris Wallace on weekends - Fox has nothing but 'commentary' shows with a very right-wing take on the news. Then last week we learned Trey Gowdy, former Congressman, has signed on to Fox News as a "political commentator and analyst"
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So you are saying the News programming is news and the commentary shows are commentary.

That's fair.

The same is true of any other broadcast operation that broadcasts news programming.

CBS is perhaps the most biased news organization going but still presents itself as a straight news source.

CBS also broadcasts the Big Bang Theory which I find to be very entertaining.

Pretending for the moment that their news was not as biased as it is, would you present this entertainment sit com as evidence that their news programming is not actual news?

CBS is a bad example due to the fact that their news programming is not actual news, but you get the point. One network can carry numerous programming types.

CBS: Bush documents can’t be verified - politics | NBC News
 
Fox news is upbeat and has great looking women. CNN is like going to a funeral. I watch CNN because I enjoy watching Don Lemon cry. If you rely on either of these outlets for your news information you are probably a far left liberal or a far right conservative.
 
Fledermaus said:
It is a nitpick to point out he is commentary vs. a newscaster?

That is like saying it is a nitpick to say someone is a neurosurgeon vs. a proctologist.
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He’s still the face of Fox Prime time. He’s their symbol. If there’s one person that represents them now it’s Hannity. That’s why Fox is a joke.


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madasheck said:
He’s still the face of Fox Prime time. He’s their symbol. If there’s one person that represents them now it’s Hannity. That’s why Fox is a joke.
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Funny.... I will have to see if FoxNews has replaced their logo with a picture of Hannity.

He show is still commentary.
 
code1211 said:
So you are saying the News programming is news and the commentary shows are commentary.

That's fair.

The same is true of any other broadcast operation that broadcasts news programming.

CBS is perhaps the most biased news organization going but still presents itself as a straight news source.

CBS also broadcasts the Big Bang Theory which I find to be very entertaining.

Pretending for the moment that their news was not as biased as it is, would you present this entertainment sit com as evidence that their news programming is not actual news?

CBS is a bad example due to the fact that their news programming is not actual news, but you get the point. One network can carry numerous programming types.

CBS: Bush documents can’t be verified - politics | NBC News
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What is your source for claiming "CBS is perhaps the most biased news organization"?

I don't know if you care or if you would believe the website but MediaBiasFactCheck.com says that CBS falls under their "Left-Center Bias" category. Fox News is rated in the Right Bias category

Does CBS present in any shape, fashion or form that "Big Bang Theory" is a news program or a news commentary program. Now if you wish to compare Hannity to the Big Bang as a humourous comedy show, you might get a few votes in support.
 
Somerville said:
What is your source for claiming "CBS is perhaps the most biased news organization"?

I don't know if you care or if you would believe the website but MediaBiasFactCheck.com says that CBS falls under their "Left-Center Bias" category. Fox News is rated in the Right Bias category

Does CBS present in any shape, fashion or form that "Big Bang Theory" is a news program or a news commentary program. Now if you wish to compare Hannity to the Big Bang as a humourous comedy show, you might get a few votes in support.
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I always get a kick out people defending Fox; the home of Hannity, Fox and Friends and that Cucker Carlson. And, best is when they point to CBS, NBC and ABC and pretend that they are anywhere near as retarded as Fox News.

Fox is so bad, comedians do not even have to edit their comments to get endless laughs.
 
madasheck said:
Despite a few seemingly serious news people at Fox (like Shep Smith), the face of Fox News is basically Hannity, Ingraham and Carlson. They're all full of rage every night at everyone else in the media and spewing conspiracy theories, faux outrage as well as what's wrong with everyone in the Democratic Party. This is not news (which some think it is) or even serious political commentary. It's a circus. Fox may have started with the intention of having an alternate news source, but it's nothing like that now. News is not hurling accusations for 15 minutes each night at the beginning of your show (like Hannity and his stooge so-called Judge Pirro does). Even the real news media doesn't take Fox seriously. It's the laughing stock among those work in the media and not just those at Fox's favorite targets like CNN.

So why do some people take this Fox crap seriously when so many people are laughing at it?
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I think they take it seriously because it reflects their values. Or perhaps they’ve watched it so much over the years, that their values have become Fox’s. Not sure which is which.
 
Somerville said:
What is your source for claiming "CBS is perhaps the most biased news organization"?

I don't know if you care or if you would believe the website but MediaBiasFactCheck.com says that CBS falls under their "Left-Center Bias" category. Fox News is rated in the Right Bias category

Does CBS present in any shape, fashion or form that "Big Bang Theory" is a news program or a news commentary program. Now if you wish to compare Hannity to the Big Bang as a humourous comedy show, you might get a few votes in support.
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I also like rating organizations. The one identified below plots political bias and quality (factual) reporting. Associated Press and Reuter’s are the most accurate/factual and least biased. Take a look!:

Media Bias Chart: Version 4.0 - ad fontes media
 
madasheck said:
He’s still the face of Fox Prime time. He’s their symbol. If there’s one person that represents them now it’s Hannity. That’s why Fox is a joke.


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Did you know that Micheal Cohen had only three clients? Donald Trump, Elliot Broidy, and...yep, Sean Hannity!
 
calamity said:
I always get a kick out people defending Fox; the home of Hannity, Fox and Friends and that Cucker Carlson. And, best is when they point to CBS, NBC and ABC and pretend that they are anywhere near as retarded as Fox News.

Fox is so bad, comedians do not even have to edit their comments to get endless laughs.
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My favorite is “Judge” Pirro. That is one angry, outraged, opinionated person! What’s not to like?
 
madasheck said:
So why do some people take this Fox crap seriously when so many people are laughing at it?
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I watch Jesse Watters because, well, he IS funny, going back to his Waters' World "Man on the Street" encounters with liberals.



Green airplanes, banning billionaires, AOC, rebuilding every building in the country, etc. are giving Fox tons of material.
 
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madasheck said:
He’s still the face of Fox Prime time. He’s their symbol. If there’s one person that represents them now it’s Hannity. That’s why Fox is a joke.


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Is your Avatar a joke?
 
madasheck said:
Despite a few seemingly serious news people at Fox (like Shep Smith), the face of Fox News is basically Hannity, Ingraham and Carlson. They're all full of rage every night at everyone else in the media and spewing conspiracy theories, faux outrage as well as what's wrong with everyone in the Democratic Party. This is not news (which some think it is) or even serious political commentary. It's a circus. Fox may have started with the intention of having an alternate news source, but it's nothing like that now. News is not hurling accusations for 15 minutes each night at the beginning of your show (like Hannity and his stooge so-called Judge Pirro does). Even the real news media doesn't take Fox seriously. It's the laughing stock among those work in the media and not just those at Fox's favorite targets like CNN.

So why do some people take this Fox crap seriously when so many people are laughing at it?
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Hannity, Carlson and Ingraham aren't journalists, none of them - and Fox 'News' isn't news. It's all commentary.
 
madasheck said:
Despite a few seemingly serious news people at Fox (like Shep Smith), the face of Fox News is basically Hannity, Ingraham and Carlson. They're all full of rage every night at everyone else in the media and spewing conspiracy theories, faux outrage as well as what's wrong with everyone in the Democratic Party. This is not news (which some think it is) or even serious political commentary. It's a circus. Fox may have started with the intention of having an alternate news source, but it's nothing like that now. News is not hurling accusations for 15 minutes each night at the beginning of your show (like Hannity and his stooge so-called Judge Pirro does). Even the real news media doesn't take Fox seriously. It's the laughing stock among those work in the media and not just those at Fox's favorite targets like CNN.

So why do some people take this Fox crap seriously when so many people are laughing at it?
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Sounds like the voice of butthurt to me, or maybe sour grapes.
 
American said:
And CNN isn't phony-bologna. :lol: NOT
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Don't be confused. Neither Sean Hannity or Tucker Carlson are 'journalists'. They're literally Donald Trump's little sidekicks. Neither of them hold any formal degrees in journalism. A formal education in journalism teaches, among other things, integrity in journalism. They are nothing more than analysts with an opinion. Both have a right to their opinions, but they do not have a right to claim they are reporting on stories that expose problems in our communities, or that they are 'transparent and unbiased'.

On the opposite end of the spectrum from Hannity or Tucker is Fox's Chris Wallace who actually IS a legitimate journalist. Following the Helsinki meeting with Putin, Chris Wallace sat down with Putin and pressed him about his track record, the statements he made during the news conference with Trump, and why many of his critics often end up dead or near death. Wallace was unrelenting, asking the questions many U.S. public officials had been clamoring for Trump to ask. It wasn’t easy, it wasn’t pretty, but it was responsible journalism. Most important, Wallace avoided becoming part of the Fox 'commentary' by following the journalistic process.

Conversely, Fox News’ ass-angel Sean Hannity kicked off his post-Putin news conference interview with Trump by complimenting him: "You were very strong at the end of that press conference." That's not news, that's not fair and unbiased and that is most certainly NOT journalism.
 
Somerville said:
What is your source for claiming "CBS is perhaps the most biased news organization"?

I don't know if you care or if you would believe the website but MediaBiasFactCheck.com says that CBS falls under their "Left-Center Bias" category. Fox News is rated in the Right Bias category

Does CBS present in any shape, fashion or form that "Big Bang Theory" is a news program or a news commentary program. Now if you wish to compare Hannity to the Big Bang as a humourous comedy show, you might get a few votes in support.
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CBS presents The Big Bang Theory as a non-news show. That is the same identifier for Hannity's show. I'm glad that we agree on that.

CBS's left lean is so far left leaning that it has actually laid down and slide down the slippery slope.

I present as my example the Dan Rather fiction hit piece on George W Bush that was approved by the entire news department and network before air and shown to patently false and biased when fact checked.

From what I've seen in the upcoming docudrama presented as news by CBS in which Scott Pelley interviews Andrew McCabe, another such biased fantasy flight is on the way.

CBS is not much different than NBC. It's really astonishing that these propaganda outlets can be SO biased and be identified as a left "lean". 92% negative? Seriously?

Only the most mind numbed buy into the "lean" part of the "Left Lean".

Pictured below is a network broadcast journalist "leaning left".

 
I enjoy studying different points of view. There are two reasons for this. First, I may discover an interesting fact or insight in a point of view I do not share. Second, I enjoy political arguments. In order to argue against a point of view one should study that point of view on its home territory. If your knowledge of a point of view is restricted to rebuttals of that point of view, you will be at a disadvantage if you go up against someone who really thinks that way.

Unfortunately, most people avoid exposure to points of view they do not share. They want confirmation of beliefs they already have. FOX News appeals to people who do not want to be told about the scientific evidence of global warming, they do not want to be told that tax cuts for the rich generate deficits, they do not want to be told about President Trump's shortcomings as a human being.

Liberals can be equally narrow minded. Years ago I read an article in The New York Times that said that most liberals do not want to be told anything bad about blacks and homosexuals.

I am not like that. Nevertheless, I have some empathy for that attitude. I am a Christian who does not want to be told anything bad about Jews and Israel. Antisemitism angers and disgusts me.
 
I'm not sure why, but then why do people take CNN seriously as well?
 
FOX News and Rush Limbaugh have become popular because the mainstream media has been unwilling to address the problem of black crime.

Demonstrations against school integration and forced school busing were portrayed by the national media as raving mobs of white racists. No attention was given to what black majority public schools are like for the whites and Asians who attend.
 
Mongidig said:
Have you ever watched the love fest when Don Lemon and Cuomo are on together? Do you think that is news?
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Ok you got me there no it's not I would refer to it as gay entertainment lol.... In fox entertainment news channel defense I've been watching since 1996. And they do let other view points on and state their case... As for just simple news Shep Smith and Mike Wallace do their best to report the news as is...
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