Can anyone come up with an instance of a bias showing through in an actual news story aired by Fox News?

Question

Please note, I said NEWS STORY, not commentary piece.

I realize leftists sometimes have difficulty differentiating the two, so let me help: Hannity, O'Reilly, et al are commentators. They're paid to comment on the news...kind of like Olbermann, you know?

Failure and liar: Thank you for proving my point. You people really DON'T understand the difference, do you?

Space Ghost: Such as?

Brett: In the first line of his cut-and-paste reply, he talks about "punditry". The remainder of his diatribe is about commentators. Commentary and the news are NOT the same thing. You guys are pathetically clueless.

Truth Seeker: Thanks for making my point for me. I don't CARE that O'Reilly is biased. He's a commentator. He's supposed to be. That's what he does. I asked about news.

Answer 1

Not at all. You are right there is a vast difference between NEWS and COMMENTARY, but most people can't seem to discern the difference. Did you watch the "Half-Hour Hourly News" shown on Fox last night? It was a riot, but comedy, and I dare say many won't get that either.

Answer 2

Only one example? When there's so much to choose from? OK then.

Not long ago, Faux (sorry, Fox) "News" ran a story which stated that Nancy Pelosi had "demanded" a large military jet, capable of flying coast to coast without refueling, for her personal use.

As is common with Fox "News", the story was completely false. Pelosi had never asked for any such thing and said she was, in fact, quite happy to continue flying commercial.

A Pentagon security employee had been inquiring whether Pelosi needed a more secure means of transport, as she is second in line of succession to the Presidency and perhaps a large military jet would be a safer choice. Pelosi had NOTHING to do with this inquiry and the Pentagon reported as much. Somehow, the rocket scientists at Faux "News" morphed his inquiry into a slur against Pelosi.

Typical.

BTW, there is a crucial difference between O'Reilly, Hannity, Limbaugh, etc. and Olbermann.

Olbermann doesn't need to stoop to lies and half-truths to make his points. He also doesn't need to shout down those who disagree with him or to turn off their microphones.

Answer 3

Ridiculous dork? How approximately while Orally babbled that Sean Hornbeck grow to be having a great time together with his molester? that's no longer bias, excresence? How approximately while Bush grow to be re-elected in '04 and Fox had a banner on the backside of the reveal with fireworks going off? How approximately while slavish babbling bufoon Billo has to diminish off the mic of a well mannered center-elderly lady who resigned from the State Dept. over Bush's rules. She asked the effette, cowering wuss how some years he had served interior the army, the little trembling coward had no answer, so he cuts off her mic? What an embarassing crawling reptilian slug. on your question you completely belabored Fox's meant status as a "information" business enterprise. You mentioned "I mentioned information tale". then you definately by some ability disqualify the superstars and mainstays of Fox information from having any duty in reporting the information? What the hell are you on approximately? ok, while does Fox information certainly checklist the information? From one million:00 to one million:15 another Wednesday? And the place is your reaction to the different hyperlinks published via others bringing up repeated gross inaccuracies and lies? right here you bypass, Tony Snow is a mendacity, 0-credibility scumbag. the place is your answer??? Given your complete loss of a reaction, i'm assuming which you concur with my assessment of the vile Tony Snow.

Answer 4

I don't really watch Fox News. But here is a statistic that shows that people who watch Fox News are more likely to be misinformed. The would seem to point to the fact that Fox News itself is misinformed.

Media source Respondents believing evidence of WMD had been found in Iraq since the war ended
Fox 33%
CBS 23%
NBC 20%
CNN 20%
ABC 19%
Print media 17%
PBS-NPR 11%


It also seems that the "liberal" PBS has the most informed viewers.

Answer 5

You guys need to quit reading libs and dems talking points. fox is not a champion of Bush. Most of their news stories are against the war, and quit a bit of their commentators are also. They are the least biased news media. Britt Hume is a conservative, and colms is a liberal. O'Reilly is definetly an independant. Obviously you have mised him bashing republicans and democrats. O'Reilly dosen't use personal attacks on others like olberman does. You guys need to get a life, and see the first sentence

Answer 6

Well, since everyone on Faux news is a commentator, it's kind of hard. But here goes:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200702100006
http://mediamatters.org/items/200702090016
http://mediamatters.org/items/200702080012
http://mediamatters.org/items/200701290001
http://mediamatters.org/items/200701240003
http://mediamatters.org/items/200701180010

etc., etc., etc. . .

The funny thing is that even when you frame your question to exclude the bulk of Faux News' programming, the talking heads that present so many of our uninformed brothers and sisters with the "news," there is still plenty to look at.

Rove dreams it up, faxes it to Faux news and the radio righties, and the "liberal" media picks it up and runs with it. No truth required.

Answer 7

Was it not fox news that reported Obama was educated in a fundamentalist Muslim school..if that wasn't bias than it was
not reporting facts !

Answer 8

Although I do agree with FOXNEWS, their use of the term, "homocide bomber" could be seen as biased.

Answer 9

You democrat and Republican idiots still think it matters who wins the blame game. while the political elite just sit back and laugh. david rockefeller supports all of the candidates. you must be 12 because your getting raped and you don't even know it.

Answer 10

I believe that failure answered your question perfectly, maybe you are the one who cannot understand the difference?