BILL O'REILLY : THE MOST BELIEVABLE COMMENTATOR ON TELEVISION?
Posted on 05/24/2011 9:46:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A new poll out of Boston's Suffolk University reveals that Fox News and Bill O'Reilly are the most trusted names in news.
By a lot.
More that a quarter of those polled believe that Fox News is the most trustworthy, and 9% say that Bill O'Reilly is the most believable (from a list of 28 choices).
This result is perhaps somewhat less surprising when you consider that O'Reilly has long been the most-watched person on cable news (you don't stay on top for that length of time for no reason).
But as Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center tells US News, it also demonstrates that "the network news have completely lost their brand."
Indeed. Though the fact the network newscasts are slowly dying is not exactly news. However these numbers likely demonstrate a somewhat larger shift than that.
Much to the chagrin of the MSM, journalistic "objectivity" -- long proclaimed to be the ultimate goal of any news organization --no longer engenders an audience's trust.
Judging by these numbers, the audience wants to know exactly where its news source is coming from; transparency equals trust not objectivity. And more than any other network out there, Fox News is clear about its bias.
Here's the rest of the breakdown: CNN clocked in second at 18%, NBC at 10%, MSNBC fourth at 7%, CBS and ABC tied at fifth with 6%. On the anchor front CNN's Eliot Spitzer and NBC's David Gregory each received just two votes.
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Yeah I can see how he’s the most believeable.
He’s still one of them though...
Swift Boat.
OMG
Seems that “we’re looking out for YOU” hokum works.
BOR lost me several years ago. He has some wacky ideas. For instance: He opposes the death penalty in favor of dropping convicts in the remote Alaskan wilderness with only an axe. Golly, that sounds like a recipe for success, NOT.
Well, if you liked Hope n change......../sarc
BOR lost me several years ago. He has some wacky ideas. For instance: He opposes the death penalty in favor of dropping convicts in the remote Alaskan wilderness with only an axe. Golly, that sounds like a recipe for success, NOT.
O'Reilly reminds me of the kid who came home from school with a gold star. The teacher had asked how many legs an ostrich has and he had said "3"...but the other kids all said "4."
Not Brit or Charles?
thanx for the belly laugh.
What ever happened to Brit Hume? He used to be the most trusted commentator on TV...
” POLL: Bill O’Reilly Is The MOST BELIEVABLE Person On All Of Television “
That’s it - we’re doomed...
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here..”
This goes to show the state of today’s television.
Doesn’t matter right or wrong. Katie Couric would be trustworthy if she would just keep commentary and reporting separate and identify each. That is what BOR does.
The poll was actually conducted by SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY.
SEE HERE :
“In a new poll from Boston’s Suffolk University, more than a quarter of the nation says Fox is tops when it comes to who they trust the most and O’Reilly is the most believable”
Polls such as this are simply popularity contests.
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