Victory With a Swagger (Fox News)

The Center for Media and Public Affairs ^ | 12/20/04 | Michael Grebb

[TADSLOS]

Smith says that while some viewers may watch the network for conservative opinion not found elsewhere, Fox News’s detractors just don’t understand the separation between opinion and news on the network

Yes, the rest of liberal media prefers adherence to news tightly wrapped in their dogma. Opposing views have a nasty habit of disturbing the package.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

LOL!

[Condor51]

***No matter what channel we went to the FNC logo was always there, it was spooky.***

All your logos are belong to us :-)

(btw, I believe in TV jargon its called a 'Frog')

[Dane]

There are a fair number of liberal commentators on Fox. But I don't think there's any question that the the great majority of hosts and reporters express Republican/conservative attitudes

I tend to agree but these hosts and commentators do give the left equal time when there is debate, unlike the old media, for example a panel consisting of two liberals and one conservative.

[Drango]

Fox's conservative bias seems evident to the chattering class...but the bias at CNNNPRABCCBSNBC is nowhere to be seen or is dismissed with a sneer.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I agree with you there. Liberal guests get equal time on FNC. Compare with shows like Today, who on many issues will only have a guest from the liberal side of the question.

[Atomic Comet]

"In December, Clear Channel Communications Inc., the No. 1 U.S. owner of radio stations, announced it would dump ABC News Radio’s newscasts in favor of Fox News Radio."

That was the best part of the article!

That abc news at the top of the hour was insufferably libspinful. I've loathed it for years.

See you later abc/disney "news", you've been rathered.

AC

[Maigrey]

Neil Cavuto, Brit Hume and David Asman...... need I say more?

[truthandlogic]

Yes same here, FNC logo is burned in the screen of my big screen TV. In fact I sent emails to the asking if they can add animation to the logo, a short time later it started revolving. Don't think they did that just for me.

[ASA Vet]

[rodguy911]

IMHO FNC is pretty fair and balanced. Many t.v. viewers are subjected to a number of news org.s that are decidedly biased left,CBS, NBC,ABC, CNN. When we finally get one that is pretty much down the middle, FNC, it "appears" right wing, when in reality they are fair and balanced. That's my take anyway.

[DTogo]

I don't even know what channels the "Big 3" networks are on anymore. I do skip over to MSNBC to watch (and laugh) at Hardball now and then, or over to CNN to oogle Rudi Bakhtiar... ;)

[ROCKLOBSTER]

It is as slanted to the right as the MSM is to the left.

CRAP.

Even if it were true, they would still provide overall balance in the universe of media coverage.

Besides, other than telling the truth and playing by the rules, exactly what is "right wing bias?"

[CTOCS]

Re: #14

No, but you must be able to accommodate those in wheel chairs!

Directions in braille would also be a nice touch!.....

[LS]

I agree. It is impossible, merely by story selection, NOT to "slant" news. For example, I once had a Dayton area reporter tell me that he was NOT to do any story, ever, on deaths that resulted from botched abortions or problems in abortion clinics. Nor do "pro-life" marches EVER get covered, no matter how large. But let ten feminazis protest something and the cameras will be there.

I think Fox has an obligation to look at what others are reporting and deliberately go out of its way to ask, "Should we be covering other stories? Other angles? Is this really news?" The answers are often surprising.

For ex., say for a moment that the Bush/TANG story was in fact true. What real difference would it have made? In "normal" circumstances, an objective and honest news network wouldn't have given that more than a throwaway line in some weekday newscast, and that would have been it. My point is, since bias is in part shaped by story SELECTION---not just "framing" stories or "slanting" them after they are selected---then Fox has to be vigilant to select "fair and balanced stories."

This shows up most recently in Iraq, where we ONLY hear (even from Fox, often) about the latest bomb, but not the 99% of the cities that are calm, where power is on, where people are going to school and work, and where the tiny seeds of liberty and democracy are taking root.

[Seattle Conservative]

"It has always been an amazing contrast on my local AM to listen to Rush, or Hannity,
then during break go to the ABC biased laden news report. I wondered how long it could go on."

I know what you mean. We have 2 (that I'm aware of) 'conservative' talk radio stations(KVI and KTTH)in the Seattle area. Sean and Tony Snow are on KVI and Rush and Michael Medved moved to KTTH some time ago. KTTH has ABC News (yuck); We got a break several months ago. KVI and Fox News are working together (it's called talk radio and Fox News)- -think they said this was the only station in the country that included Fox News. Maybe a pilot for what was to come. The news breaks include the Fox News top of the hour news breaks and local news - -it's great!
The only thing I don't like is that they have the Alan Colmes show on in the evening (not sure if it's a replay) - but I just switch to something else.

[Jonah Johansen]

NPR ... US Soldiers killed 7 civilians witnesses in the small village say the attack was unprovoked. US Marine Headquarters claims the soldiers were fired on first.

FOX News.. 7 Civilians were killed after US Marines came under fire in a local village

The more accurate report depends on weather you believe US Marines routinely massacre Iraq civilians.
Since they do not then clearly the FOX account is less biased and more objective.

[capt. norm]

AS for me, Brit Hume is my number one reason for watching Fox News.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What's wrong with this picture, FNC, which is more or less aligned with the heartland (in MSM parlance, "conservative") is headquartered in New York City, America's Danzig Corridor, while CNN, which is spiritually aligned with the Khmer Rouge (in MSM parlance, "progressive") is in Hot-Lanta, in some ways quintessentially emblematic of the Old South?

It's as if in 1938 Deutche Welle broadcast from headquarters in Krakow and Polska National radio was headquartered in Berlin.

[WestCoastGal]

You forgot the obligatory picture.