They say that the news should be fair politically, as in they should never lean towards one side. But, of course, they do. Fox, ABC, CNN, etc...which ones are a little more democratic? More republican? Is there one that represents a good balance?
2006-10-28 08:51:54 · 12 answers · asked by abcdefgh 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS all owned by the Dems.
Fos leans towards Reps. Dems are all bent out of shape about Fox for breaking their monopoly.
2006-10-28 10:50:17 · answer #1 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 16⤊ 0⤋
anything. ANYTHING that is owned by News Corp represents the Republican's. Fox news channel is a 24 hour a day political ad for Bush. We Report, You BELIEVE. to say they are fair and balanced is beyond lying. Newscorp is worst, although all media lies. For example, NBC is owned by General Electric, which is one of the 10 biggest defence companies on Earth. they make money from war. So they arent going to say anything too bad about the war on NBC are they?? CNN is slightly more democratic leaning, but not to the extent of FOX. they are they two major ones.
a fair balance: www.freepressinternational.com
www.whatreallyhappened.com
2006-10-28 15:59:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well MSNBC, is definitely Democrat, CNN, leaned towards the DEMO'S for a long time, but here lately they have kind of stuck to the middle of the road.
Fox, I have found really does try to present both sides of each story, even though with the exception of Allen Combs, they tend to lean towards the GOP.
2006-10-28 16:04:05 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fox is the most watched news because they are the most balanced, meaning they report and let you decide. Others like to tell you how to interpret the news. Others also are more selective on what is news worthy depending on the politics. CNN, ABC, NBC, PBS and CBS all fall into that at times. (Of course we know that Dan Rather was part of "making up the news" in the 2004 election.
2006-10-28 16:01:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
You know what? For International News I think the best source is BBC World. I think they are now available in the US on Direct TV. I saw it once in my cousin's house. Believe me, it is much better than FOX or CNN. I guess you must be getting BBC America. It does give some American News also. Overall, BBC is a really balanced network- Which other network would openly condemn their Government for going to war in Iraq? I think you should try getting BBC on your TV.
2006-10-28 16:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Prob Solvd 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ATTENTION: Democrats - Republicans. This is truly an objective, straighforward analysis. I swear!
No networks "come from" political parties nor do they conspiratorily coordinate with a political party. However, in today's environment, networks and the "news" portrayed on them have become a product of the views of the anchors, reporters, editors, producers and the people who own/run the network.
Put the political talk shows aside, as you would expect the hosts and guests of these shows to present and debate biased political opinions. And further you could debate to the moon, without a consenus from either side on how many are slanted one way or another and whether that amount of slant favors one political opinion over another. But, they're all slanted - leave it at that. Some examples of these shows include: Meet the Press on NBC and MSNBC, Face the Nation on CBS, This Week on ABC, Late Edition on CNN, Fox News Sunday on Fox and Fox News, News Hour on PBS.
Now turn to true "news shows" or the more modern child of that "news magazine shows". These are the places where Americans should be able to get the news - not the news created by the anchors presenting and slanting stories to fit their own political opinions. Examples of the news shows include: CBS Evening News wth Katie Couric, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, ABC's World View with Charles Gibson. Examples of the news magazine shows include: Primetime, Dateline, 60 Minutes.
ATTENTION - and now comes my opinion. Political talk shows, as I stated before, are intended to discuss and debate. However the vast majority of the hosts, panels and guests are undeniably Democrat or liberal biased. Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press and frequent correspondent and contributor to The Today Show and Hardball; served as counselor in New York Governor Mario Cuomo's (D) office in Albany in 1983 to 1984 and was chief of staff to Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan from 1977 to 1982. Chris Matthews, host of Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show; has worked for four Democratic politicians. He was a presidential speechwriter for four years during the administration of Jimmy Carter. He served as a top aide to long-time Speaker of the House of Representatives Tip O'Neill for six years. He worked in the U.S. Senate for five years on the staffs of Senators Frank Moss and Edmund Muskie before running for U. S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. George Stephanopoulos is ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show This Week; he was previously a senior political adviser to the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign of Bill Clinton and later became Clinton's communications director. Keith Olberman, while having no political service that I can find, is unabashedly liberally slanted with his public and frequent denunciation of President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld and his public feud with Bill O'Reilly. Katie Couric, Bill Schieffer, Dan Rather, Anderson Cooper, Wolf Blitzer, Ted Koppel, Jim Lehrer, Diane Sawyer, Maria Shriver, Chris Wallace, Bob Woodruff, Alan Colmes, Paula Zahn, Greta VanSustren - ALL liberal Democrats that inject their opinions and massage the news to fit their own personal world view of events
And the Republicans have - Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity
2006-10-28 17:09:43 · answer #6 · answered by Republican Mom 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I find FOX to be very slanted too the Republican view. CNN middle of the road. ABC more Democratic. You are right though. Our media has evolved into pushing their special interests. Big money owns media.
2006-10-28 15:55:41 · answer #7 · answered by CuervoBMed 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
CNN - Liberal
Fox - Conservative
They both piss me off
I'm really not trying to kiss butt on this one but I like yahoo news, its from the Associated Press, its pretty balanced
2006-10-28 15:56:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
FOX should be called the GOP News Channel
2006-10-28 16:16:36 · answer #9 · answered by kelly 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The far right calls everything biased. Reality is biased to them.
2006-10-28 16:05:50 · answer #10 · answered by notme 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋