I've heard that fox news takes a conservative stance and distorts the truth, but what about cnn and msnbc?
2007-01-07 15:54:02 · 6 answers · asked by Kochas 1 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
Fox has ratings.. the other two don't
2007-01-07 16:20:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Let's break it down:
FOX News: almost all of their anchors are conservative. The only liberal on the entire network is Alan Colmes, and he has to share airtime with Sean Hannity.
CNN: Lou Dobbs is a Republican, but he is not a so-called "neo-con". He sticks to older, true Republican values. I have a hunch Wolf Blitzer is a Republican, but I can't be sure. Paula Zahn used to work at FOX News, but she left angry at the company, so I hear. CNN also haw more news desk reporting, which are harder to inject political biases with.
MSNBC: They certainly have a dynamic staff. Russert is a Democrat, but strongly hides his political biases. Olbermann is a true liberal, while Tucker is a sworn, tried and true Republican. Scarborough is a former Republican Representative (he lost reelection). Chris Matthews is hard to read, since he's generally upsat at everybody, but his brother is a Republican politician, if that matters.
All in all, MSNBC has a little of everything (as the above poster mentioned), but if you're looking for straight, unbiased reporting of the news (no commentary), watch CNN in the morning.
2007-01-08 07:08:54 · answer #2 · answered by amg503 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Fox News- Definitely conservative, and I really doubt Colmes is a liberal, I think they just put him on there to look "fair and balanced." Plus they defend Ann Coulter, which the idea of doing so is it's own enigma. Though O'Reilly isn't the demon some make him out to be, sometimes. If there was one news channel Bush watches, It's Fox News, they worship him. I even saw a headline that read "Bush: Our Greatest President?"
CNN- Moderate, but slightly left-leaning, I won't deny it. Wolf Blitzer, Lou Dobbs, and Paula Zahn are pretty good anchors. I can't say much, good or bad about CNN. They don't have really balanced coverage, but it is more so than Fox News any day of the week.
MSNBC- Balls. They have balls. You have Tim Russert, Joe Scarborough, Tucker Carlson, Chris Matthews, and Keith Olbermann and IMHO they far outclass any journalists or pundits on CNN or Fox News. They ask the real questions and truly grill people on the issues. You have people from liberal, moderat and conservative ideologies, MSNBC is truly fair and balanced
2007-01-08 01:06:46 · answer #3 · answered by Liberals love America! 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
Fox news is a mouthpiece for the Republican party. You can trust CNN and MSNBC.
2007-01-08 00:04:33 · answer #4 · answered by notyou311 7 · 3⤊ 3⤋
FOX IS NEWS CORP, CNN IS TIME WARNER ,MSNBC IS GE
2007-01-11 03:55:28 · answer #5 · answered by i dont fucking care 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Um...This is an easy one, as I am an accomplished journalist. CNN is fair and balanced, MSNBC, a little one sided, but basicly fair and more or less balanced...FOXnews? Is tabloid TV... Geraldo and Bill O'Reilly? 2 of the biggest jerks, in the field. I can't even count them as equal to me. I am a journalist they are not....They are a pox on all of us who actually believe that news is not supposed to be lopsided, or biased....
2007-01-08 00:07:04 · answer #6 · answered by mlw6366 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋