Why does the left so blatantly accuse Fox News of being biased and yet ignore the fact that the NY Times...?

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is so blatantly liberal. This is of great concern considering that its one of the most influential newspapers in America. Need more proof?

Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the now owner of the NY Times was quoted as saying, upon being asked whom he'd rather see shot during the Vietnam war "I would want to see the American get shot. It's the other guy's country."

Obviously he ignored the fact that he was talking about N Vietnamese soldiers and the war was being fought in S Vietnam, but nevertheless.

My question, once again, is why all the liberal outcry about Fox News and their die hard support of new sources to be truly fair and balanced when indeed the NY Times is so blatantly liberal?

Interestingly, while the NY Times was outraged about the Danish Muhammed cartoons because "it was offensive to religious people" the very next day the Times ran an article celebrating free speech as an art piece of the Virgin Mary covered in dung was shown. Now what sort of liberal hypocrisy is that???

Answer 1

Yeah some Liberals are calling Fox too biased without even seeing that while Fox is often deemed Conservative it really does allow both sides to speak.

Hannity and Colmes serves a good example as Hannity is Conservative while Colmes is Liberal.

Colmes does have more sense than most Liberals thought cause even he sometimes gets upset about some of the same stuff that makes Hannity and myself upset.

A good example was a World War II Veteran was about to lose his hole to have a shopping center built and he spoke of how he believe he earned his right to live out his days at his home.

He said if the spot was needed for a School or a Hospital or a Road he'd gladly give his home up for that but for a shopping center? that's different and I was like yeah no kidding and well Hannity and Colmes were both upset at what was up.

Answer 2

All network news is biased, thank God we have pbs, and other sources, the bias comes from the sponsors, and stock holders, attempting to make a dollar. Some one has to pay the mortgage. Sensationalism sells, and by slanting the news one way or another, it attracts viewers, its all hype, Muhammad Ali and Howard Cosell made there fortunes off of the same type of hype, people used to pay so view his bouts hoping to see him get his butt kicked, many of Fox's critics are glued to their news, just to see them screw up, which ups the ratings which in turn generates more advertising dollars. The cries of bias towards Fox are n louder nor any more effective than the ones against CNN, The NY Times, etc., as if you really think the news is biased just be quite and don't watch it like prey! Pretty soon it will go away.

Answer 3

The Virgin Mary piece was shown years ago at the Brooklyn Museum. And it was made by an African Catholic. And additionally, the dung was not used as a defacing medium. In fact, if he had not made it known, nobody would have noticed.

Have you even seen the work? I have. It's not defamatory at all.

As for Fox, they are a right wing mouth piece for the Bush administration. Everyone knows this. Although people like you seek to deny it. Tony Snow........hmmmmm Where does he work now?

Answer 4

Silly rabbits all major news sources are slanted by their owners. CSPAN is the only channel with any reputation at all.

FOX is not slanted, it is the administrations mouthpiece.

Putting on a couple of people with opposing viewpoints and preventing them from making their statement Nancy Grace style does not constitute fair and balanced coverage.

Journalism died in this country a long time ago.

Journalism is supposed to tell the story as it is and let the reader or watcher decide. The news outlets now make those decisions for the bulk of us.

Tell us that Iraq is related to 9/11 and people will believe it.

Don't mention the stock options placed just prior to 9/11, clearly showing that someone with money to invest KNEW 9/11 was about to happen, and no one will question why it wasn't investigated.

Group anyone with questions about any policies as conspiracy nuts or traitors.

If the above fails to intimidate them into silence initiate personal attacks and question their patriotism, sanity, intelligence, etc.

The above applies to all corporate news sources.

A network that actually provided fair or balanced reporting would not need to put millions into ad campaigns to convince us.

Or maybe they just think most people are too stupid to know the difference?

Answer 5

First of all, I don't think anybody denies the fact that NYT is liberal, where as Fox News always calls itself "fair and balanced."

Second of all, during Vietnam the US was generaly not fighting the NVA, they spent most of the time fighting the Vietcong, which was a South Vietnamese pro-democracy movement trying to overthrow the brutal dictatorship left behind by the French.

Answer 6

no longer all human beings has to agree along with your point of view. virtually each and every of the media is heavily biased in the direction of Barry. CNN, MSNBC, and different television stations look in love with fool Barry, and actively pass over or gloss over his consistent gaffes and naivety. The Washington submit and the Chicago Tribune, between others, supply plenty extra print area and valuable comments in favour of Barry. They even well being care expert the photos. Fox information has its bias, too, in spite of the undeniable fact that it has a purpose. it extremely is to counterbalance the prejudice of the Obamabot media. regrettably, it form of feels to be status on my own. honest and balanced information reporting could be a great factor to have, in spite of the undeniable fact that it form of feels which you will no longer see that take place for a whilst.

Answer 7

Very simply, Liberals, and I want to separate them from Democrats, cannot stand anything or anyone that disagrees with them, or even shows another option. They scream about our civil rights being taken away by the Bush administration, but the only thing I have seen is Liberals not allowing Conservatives freedom of speech. Have you ever watched them at a college where a Conservative speaker tries to speak?

Answer 8

South Vietnam WAS their country. It was only partitioned by outside imperialist forces. Once it was liberated, Vietnam was reunited.

As for the New York Times, its hacks like Judith Miller and William Safire were instrumental in the neocon propaganda campaign before the Iraq war. Some liberal bias.

Answer 9

The Left is merely trying to distract from the obvious bias of NYT, CNN, MSNBC and others. They know they can be fairly accused of bias so they throw out the first accusations, as loudly as they can, to get attention and hatred focused where they want it.

The real problem the Left has with Fox is that folks like Brit Hume and O'Reilly regularly expose their shenanigans. Shining a light on their trickery makes their work more difficult.

Answer 10

why in the rest of the world the NYT is looked at as a credible newspaper in every way, and fox news called the American Pravda. because it's true. Like you ever read the times anyway, its written in a tenth grade level, the wall street journal, which usually agrees with the times, is written in 11th. they are the only two like that, 90% of the papers written in this country are written in a 6th grade level or lower.