.... especially people like Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity etc.
I am genuinely curious as to what the general consensus of opinion of it all is over there.
2007-03-26 08:42:37 · 13 answers · asked by Buck Flair 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
they're kind of annoying. fox tends to make a big deal about little things. I don't know any other words to desribe it. just annoying. sorry I can't be more descriptive.
2007-03-26 08:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Gabby 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've given up watching television a few years ago but I've seen plenty of FOX News and don't particularly care for it however I hate CNN and some of the others just as much. I can't stand Bill O'Reilly but don't have any major problem with Sean Hannity except that I just don't agree with him on some things as he's too conservative for me. I can't say I consider FOX any worse than anything else but I just disagree with them for their overt conservatism whereas I disagree with the others for either being too liberal or other miscellaneous stupid things.
You have to keep in mind that something like CNN has different versions so even if you like it in one country doesn't mean you would like it in another. Most of the American news here is so focused on celebrities or the latest young woman to go missing and they'll spend weeks and weeks reporting on the latest updates of where this woman you've never heard of might be located or and who might have done it or their overt obsession on the hippest democratic candidate and the whole political rat race, etc. There is almost nothing in the way of foreign news or even much outside the NYC, DC, L.A. triangle. I've given up on this and mostly read international news online now although I won’t say that is perfect either. One thing you have to understand about O'Reilly is that I read somewhere the median age of his viewers is over the age of 70 (some of his competitors are pushing 60 or more though). A lot of younger people like myself have tuned out and just read the news off the Internet OR watch something like satire/comedy (like the Daily Show or late night comedians) talking about the news and in the latter case it's sad because it's not the news of course and leads to ignorance- to say nothing of what I consider a lot of silliness as well.
2007-03-26 20:31:47 · answer #2 · answered by Savalatte 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As far as the news goes I like them because they report on things that other networks don't and generally have more guts.
Many people accuse them of being right-wing or whatever. Some of the other networks are undeniably left-wing. So they're not MORE biased, just DIFFERENTLY biased. That's what gets people worked up- they're expecting the same bias as their favorite news source.
Sone of the commentators I'm not sure of since I don't really watch them.
Edit: I do listen to Glenn Beck's radio program occasionally (he's on Fox too). He's a very reasonable guy. I think he speaks for a LOT of Americans that feel left out in the cold by the two major parties.
2007-03-26 16:26:56 · answer #3 · answered by anidealworld 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like Fox News. It's the channel that shows the least celebrity crap. It still shows celebrity crap but it's not as much as CNN. I think our country needs to pay more attention to real news and not what Brad Pitt is doing. I like Sean Hannity. O'Reilly is ok.
2007-03-26 15:49:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like Fox news in general, but I don't listen to O'Reilly too much. All news shows are biased one way or another, they just don't admit it. Most of them tend to be liberal, and so I figure it's ok for one network to be conservative. All news networks have people behind them secretly pushing their agendas, so as long as there's diversity and equal opportunity, then it's fair. I don't tend to believe anything too seriously I hear on any show, since I know none of them are objective anyway. Most of it is designed to be inflammatory, to promote one point of view anyway.
2007-03-26 15:56:29 · answer #5 · answered by snapoutofit 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You mis-spelt it: it's FAUX news. It's a paid organ of the untra-conservative movement over here, and if Hannity, O'
Lie-lly and the rest don't spout at least ten outright lies a day, I'll eat your hat!
2007-03-26 15:48:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's all a bit to strident and right-wing for me. Reminiscent of Joe McCarthy and Father Caughlin.
2007-03-26 15:45:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Fox news leans more to the conservative side...which is good. I prefer it over CNN.
2007-03-26 15:46:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Im a Brit and watch it sometimes and think O`reilly is so up his own **** and hannity is also it beggars believe.
2007-03-26 15:47:54 · answer #9 · answered by G 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they are both evil and wrong. If I want the straight news, I go to CNN.
2007-03-26 15:47:11 · answer #10 · answered by Shepherd 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋