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.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
That’s hilarious. You owe me one laptop, since mine is now covered with Cheerios :)
Watch this and then come back and support your post ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20JyJsu_eKA
Ooops! Sorry 'bout the laptop! Glad you got a kick out of it.
So, who’s more believable?
Having wacky ideas has nothing to do with believability. He deserves this vote.
” So, who’s more believable? “
Remember the old joke about the (insert ethnicity here) beauty contest??
BOR is a joke! So that should speak to the character of all the others.
Bill lost me when he put his reputation on the line for Obama’s Social Security number...and followed it up by scrubbing that from his online transcripts and editing it from the video record.
Liar liar!
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Uh-oh. Did I spear your hero?
I’m the only hero around here.
Answer the question.
Is that a direct order? Try asking nicely, and I just may.
Just go away.
Oh, yeah...there's a credible source...
Another direct order? Ask nicely, and I just might.
I had the same reaction...this is hysterical!!!
Bill O’Reilly may be credible to squishy middle-of-the-roaders and some left-of-center types, but he’s a complete joke to everyone on the right.
oriely supports homosexual based marriage VIA civil unions. iow he buys the fraud.
They should have put beck on at that time.
as it stands oreily is opposite a pervert on one side and a liar on the other.
agreed
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