Posted on 12/24/2018 7:00:48 AM PST by Liberty7732
In a mainstream media landscape dominated by the left and its take on world events, Fox News has been a lone bastion of conservatism and conservative reporting. It has traditionally been the place where right-of-center Americans go to seek truth devoid of the biased slant from socialists and anti-Trump activists. But lately, Fox News has not been living up to its charter.
Unquestionably what we have in the United States is not a “free and unencumbered” press. Yes, the First Amendment does protect the press from governmental interference, but “free and unencumbered” requires much more than the absence of governmental interference. For the press to be truly “free and unencumbered,” it must also be devoid of private sector pressures slanting its reporting in one direction or another.
CNN has become nothing more than a trumpet for anti-Trumpists. MSNBC will not deliver a story without availing itself of the opportunity to slam conservatives and defend the validity of the liberal agenda. The New York Times‘ reporting pieces read like opinions than news reports, and The Washington Post will rarely acknowledge the validity of conservative pundits and newsmakers.
To be clear, reporting is not opining. Good, fair journalism requires much more than news analysis. To truly engage in journalism, an outlet must have a fleet of reporters ready to engage newsmakers. They need to stand at the ready to go on location and sleuth out the stories of importance to their readership and deliver them fairly and accurately. It is an endeavor requiring money and assets, and one that cannot be achieved by bloggers, pundits, and opinionators.
Virtually every journalistic organization in the United States in a position to engage in this level of intense journalistic scrutiny is left of center t far left of center. Until recently, the only notable exception has been Fox News.
Since Roger Ailes’ departure and passing, however, Fox News’ conservative slant has waned. In recent years, Shepard Smith has been open about his less than conservative slant. Neil Cavuto has been hostile to President Trump and his agenda, and the evolution of Judge Andrew Napolitano’s legal views from staunch conservative arbiter and strict constitutionalist to slanted advocate has been noticeable.
But an increasingly leftist slant is not the greatest issue affecting Fox News.
The bigger problem is its lack of sophistication in reporting. Almost by definition, a televised news report will be more superficial than its written companion. Time limitations imposed on any televised news article imparts significant challenges to the delivery of in-depth analysis or reports. For that, a news journal program where a story is thoroughly developed is required. No such program exists on Fox.
What’s more, the Fox News lineup has pretty much devolved into a Fox and Friends variety show in the morning followed by a series of fight sessions loosely calling themselves “debates.” The Five offers no substantive insight in its entertainment-based discussions, and the All-Star Panel on Special Report with Bret Baier is a shell of itself since the sad and premature loss of Charles Krauthammer and the disappearances of Mort Kondracke and Fred Barnes. With the notable exception of Chris Wallace, who is no conservative but appears to try to deliver objective interviews from his subjects, and the occasional and invaluable appearances of Britt Hume, there is no grounded, objective voice of Fox.
Despite the limitations in televised reporting, twenty-first-century journalism can make up for them by supplementing the inherent shortcomings of its televised programming with a strong online presence. Fox News fails here as well.
It’s not merely because of the unacceptably high incidence of grammatical errors and sloppiness. Over the past two years, the website has taken on an increasingly tabloid feel. For example, on Saturday morning, the two top stories (appropriately) dealt with the government shutdown and Justice Ginsburg’s lung cancer. But these were immediately followed by a slew of stupid and worthless stories regarding the colors of the interior of the house in Home Alone, Arian Grande’s lampshading fashions, crazy campus breakdowns, an adopted pastor embracing and forgiving his biological father, and Sandra Bullock’s revelation of her crush on Keanu Reeves while filming Speed.
Conservatives are definitely engaged in an existential fight for their country’s future. Inherent to that battle is the thoughtful delivery of views and developments supportive of conservative philosophies and viewpoints. Sadly, Fox News has abandoned that role.
Either Fox News retakes its position as the leader in conservative news, or someone else will need to carry the baton.
A conservative propaganda outlet a la CNN liberal propaganda is what is demanded by many.
Lacking the intellectual capacity to create files for trashing, some can only tolerate total propaganda reflecting their narrow views
I gave up cable two years ago. I initially missed Fox News. Now I view them as not being much better than CNN. I have no misgivings now having cut cable.
Someone else already has.
OAN.
With the exception of a couple of primetime shows, fox is no different then msnbc or cnn. Anti-American propaganda.
I turn it off more and more.
Shep
Whoraldo
Brian Kilme
Marie Harp
And the list goes on and on.....
Years ago there was a cable news program with Somebody Goodenough. It ran 30 minutes. Then it repeated with slightly different news. It was all headline news. It was informative and spin free.
Kinda like www.newser.com
That’s what TV news should be.
Oh for the days of who, what, when, where, and how reporting, When the why or opinion part of journalism was labeled just that. Oh for the days of my youth when reporters offered no slant. Then I wake up and remember Uncle Walter.
It’s hard to say who’s leading whom: the media or the DNC. But they are definitely marching in lockstep and the media is far from unencumbered.
Read the “Gaying of Fox News.” A gay Fox is not a conservative Fox.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/the-gaying-of-fox-news
You would think that Murdoch’s sons and DILs would see what is happening and bring Fox back to what it was! Their loss.
I can get OAN on my computer, but my TV is Comcast and they ignore the pleas to carry OAN. Stupid!!
Oh for the days of my youth when reporters offered no slant. Then I wake up and remember Uncle Walter.
So true. He fit the “ wolf in sheets clothing”. Throw in the original Wallace and the alleged “ we are on your side” sixty minutes and the duping of America through the media was underway.
Facebook / CNN etc thrown on helped to dumb down america so the emergence of Bill the shyster Clinton “ I feel your pain” could complete the cycle of corruption that always existed but was more in the shadows.
EBT cards, illegals, use your money for support people who don’t want to work and the Dem party came out in the open as the : freebie source.
Mr Fake & Change then appeared to wipe out any sense of growth/prosperity supported by the real enemy of the People the MSM...
Fox News hasn’t been watchable for over a decade...
Forget the Trump/NeverTrump recent nonsense... its just been unwatchable.
Sour grapes yield vinegar.
Why do you all want vinegar?
They despise Trump. He's not a globalist. They didn't have their people in his circles. He destroyed their NFL zoo. He does't do bankster's bidding. He's not building the military industrial complex edifice. They are bleeding money and influence like never before. Their best days are most certainly behind them, and they blame HIM instead of themselves and their arrogance and lack of business savvy. "Fox Nation" is a dud.
Despite the "good ones," Fox as a collective wants Trump gone. They are going out of business and don't like it.
Fox needs to fkn CHOKE.
C'mon man. That what we wished it were.
It is just a cable news company, that realized there is a great demand for anything remotely approaching, "Fair and Balanced" and they are currently the closest, major news cable company, that 'remotely approaches' Fair and Balanced.
No way an ideal solution, but better than most. There are conservative streamers, but no one in 7/24 cable news business is close to FNC.
I stopped reading halfway through when the writer said that, “Chris Wallace delivers objective interviews...”. On what planet?
Yes.
I’ve quit watching Fox News for the most part. Their social media is even worse.
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