[OESY]

[BenLurkin]

So what if FOX is pro-American?

What do they care? There are lots of liberal media outlets.

[Brilliant]

All of this just proves that the media is liberal. When they attack an even handed news outlet for being too conservative, they are admitting liberal bias.

[combat_boots]

I defy the alphabet networks to have their images, their choice of words and their LACK of coverage of factual stories come to light. No media monopoly exists that cannot be broken.

[onedoug]

Television news?

[bayourod]

How should the government determine what percentage of guest have to be conservative and what percent liberal? How many socialist, libertarians, anarchists, communists, Nazi...

How does ones get certified as a conservative? Is it on your driver's license? Does a neoconservative count as much as a paleoconservative?

This is a bureaucrat's dream.

[xkaydet65]

I'd like to see the guest list used by FAIR in coming up with the number 57%. FAIR is a group that would call Pat Moynihan a conservative.

For an understanding of the media's view of the world you have to read John Stossel's new book. He is branded a conservative even though he supports abortion and gay rights. In his media life he is surrounded by people who, in his words, say conservative with the same tone they use for the phrase child molester.

So until I see FAIR's guest list and judge for myself I will believe that Brit Hume is quite fair and very balanced.

[Final Authority]

In NH liberal and socialist groups are teaming up and showing Outfoxed .. free in townhalls across the state.

[Redbob]

"FTC Chairman Timothy Muris said, "I am not aware of any instance in which the Federal Trade Commission has investigated the slogan of a news organization. There is no way to evaluate this petition without evaluating the content of the news at issue. That is a task the First Amendment leaves to the American people, not a government agency."

The Dims KEEP forgetting:
they're not appointing the heads of the regulatory commissions anymore!

[ZULU]

"But during this year's campaign, liberals are fighting back with what they see as a powerful issue -- the alleged conservative slant of the Fox News Channel,.."

To an American liberal, anyone who presents an unbiased and accurate account of events is "conservative and biased" since liberals only view opinions with which they agree as "unbiased".

They try to redefine the language - it is an honorable tradition on the left going back to "Bolshevik" and "Menschevik".

[TomGuy]

The Libs fear letting the marketplace determine the viewership.

When FoxNews was a struggling 3rd cable news channel, the Libs weren't concerned. Now that FoxNews has nearly 2 to 1 viewership over both CNN and MSNBC combined, the Libs get concerned.

The Libs tried the same with talk radio. Then they started Air America. It isn't flying very high. You can't force people to listen; the marketplace (listenership) determines which radio programs get listened to.

The Libs need to consider: Something is drawing increased viewership to FoxNews. The Libs need to find out what. CNN and MSNBC have been trying to revamp their programming for over a year. People still aren't watching.

Perhaps, just perhaps, most people don't want a listening or viewing diet of hate speech, overt lies, spins, parsing what is is.

[Lancey Howard]

But this year, the study shows that the cable channels have eclipsed the nightly network news. And among cable channels, Fox News Channel wins the highest ratings.

Well, no wonder the scumbag Democrats are in a panic - - they can no longer lie with impunity.

[FrankR]

Actually, FOX news isn't all that Conservative most of the time. What is getting under the liberals' collective skin is the fact that FOX does not slant the news to the left...like all the other networks.

Most adults know what they believe, and aren't going to change anyway. Conservatives flock to FOX because they are so tired of listening to the spin doctors on the other news outlets. The media is 99% liberal, and now they want the other 1%.

I say, screw'em.

[Adder]

"And MoveOn.org's legal complaints may not go far."

When has that ever mattered to leftist slimebags? Just make the charge...doesn't matter if its true or not.

We should all tell them to simply STFU.

[Badeye]

"But others say the campaign against Fox News may be misguided. After all, Fox News's top-rated program, "The O'Reilly Factor," only attracts about two million viewers on an average night. "

Only, huh?.....ROTFLMAO!

MSNBC averages about 330,000 viewers, and hides Chris Matthews in a time slot before or after O'Reilly's program because he gets creamed in the ratings.

CNN? Don't have the numbers at hand, but I recall Fox is basically getting double the numbers they do.

I find it amusing the only way the leftwing can disparage Fox's incredible rise is to compare them, selectively, to the mainstream Big Three - ABCCBSNBC - which provides free access without additional "equipment" like a cable hook up or satellite dish.

The best test of Fox New's impact? Canada, home of Socialism in the Western Hemisphere, is so frightened by Fox they won't allow their population to even SEE IT.

[shrinkermd]

As Meyer Lansky used to say, "Every knock is a boost." Ailes will make this a way to enhance viewership.

[dasein64]

The RATS apparently believe that bringing FOX down will elevate their biased networks. If so they are wrong. They will not get back the public that has become accustomed to FOX news coverage and programming. FOX fans will no longer settle for liberal biased and slanted programming. If the public had to pay to see the socialist RAT biased alphabet networks, they would soon go out of business or become real competitors for FOX.

[.cnI redruM]

I think sauce for the goose is also sauce for the gander.

http://orsa.blogspot.com/2004/07/time-to-sue-for-big-bucks.html