Shock Pew study: FOX News was biased towards Obama!

Modern Conservative ^ | Christopher Cook

[pctech]

Of course they were, with the likes of Smith, BOR, Colmes, Hume and the rest, everyone except Hannity and Greta were in the tank for Obama.

[Verginius Rufus]

Treating them equally isn’t enough...by covering the negative stories at all, Fox caused the public to know about them when the rest of the media kept quiet...so Obama would still have a reason to try to get Fox off the air if he can do so legally. Or at least scare them into becoming a clone of CNN.

[BornToBeAmerican]

Big surprise NOT!!!

[kddid]

I have quit watching Fox because I sensed a bias. Now, I go on line to get my news. Perhaps Fox will see their ratings drop as well.

[alicewonders]

Not shocked.

FOX SUX.

We need to stop watching them. Kill their ratings.

[TheRiverNile]

This isn’t a surprise to those who’ve been paying attention.

Most of the Fox commentators are conservatives on foreign policy and/or culture issues but are pretty liberal on the core domestic policies.

[Obadiah]

And please, tell me, who is shocked?

[connell]

"Or at least scare them into becoming a clone of CNN."

That's how Adolf Woodrow Wilson did it.

[TheRiverNile]

Of course they were, with the likes of Smith, BOR, Colmes, Hume and the rest, everyone except Hannity and Greta were in the tank for Obama. Hannity is an enigma to me. He pays lip service to conservative domestic policy now, however, he all but endorsed the big socialist programs....right up until the amnesty deal really. He's turned the corner and, for now, I will give him credit for "having seen the light."

[RasterMaster]

Faux sNooze is dead to me.

[gitmogrunt]

"I have quit watching Fox because I sensed a bias.

My sentiments exactly, and they were definitely biased towards BHO.

[xzins]

I watched Fox almost exclusively, and in my opinion it was pretty close to neutral. Those who wanted a conservative network didn’t find one.

The only blatantly conservative-friendly spots are FoxnFriends, Cavuto, and Hannity. And even there, they give the opposition seriously equal time.

I’m giving O’Reilly credit: he clearly was neutral this time around.

McCain made a huge mistake not getting his entire team with Hume, Wallace, O’Reilly, etc. Neutral is far better than antagonistic.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Of course they were, with the likes of Smith, BOR, Colmes, Hume and the rest, everyone except Hannity and Greta were in the tank for Obama.”

The reason Fox’s ratings are huge compared to the other networks is because they are fair and balanced. Granted their commentary is biased, but people know that. It’s commentary. And they do offer both points of view.

In the news business, you cannot market to a single demographic, in this case Rat or Repub, and be successful. Just as the MSNBC. In the commentary business, if you only offer one point of view, it has to be intelligent, fact based and be done in a good natured way. This is why Rush, Sean etc, blow away Air Amerika and other left wing shows.

People don’t want vitriol and hatred, they want to be entertained in a positive way.

[cookcounty]

HUme has seemed depressed grouchy and negative ever since last summer. Is he sick?

[tioga]

Fox knew that obama would be the next president....they acted accordingly.

[GrannyK]

Don’t you think this is the reason Hume has announced his retirement? He looked absolutely pathetic those last few days of the period before the election. Seemed he was forced to remain unbiased and couldn’t speak his mind.

[KansasGirl]

Looks to me like Fox provided pretty even coverage. My question would is, who decided what represents a positive, neutral, or negative story? Results would vary based on perception and inherent bias.

[GrannyK]

I think the death of Tony Snow really hit Hume in the gut.

[albie]

This is why we watch the “Military Channel”, “Cartoon Network” and Biography. (How they’ll do one for BO, I’ll never know) We used to watch Paula Deen on Foodnetwork. Then she invited Michelle Obama on!!! That just pissed me off to no end. Even Paula was in the tank!! That’s like your mother calling you to say “how about that BO”!