I say yes. The media is mine mine mine!! All mine!!! What's this? Wa wa wa wa wa... Mommy!!!
2007-06-19 11:41:54 · 19 answers · asked by RP McMurphy 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I find they are the biggest watchers, Air America disintegrated (No one listened) so it's funny the Party that promotes tolerance and free speech but scream when it is not their speech......
2007-06-19 11:46:40 · answer #1 · answered by garyb1616 6 · 6⤊ 3⤋
You're right. Fox "News" is for cry babies.
You are aware that Fox News is not a news station. Even Rupert Murdoch(Fox "News" CEO) admits it's an entertainment show. That's why they aren't held to the same standards as other stations. Most stations are right in the middle, but because of the far right wing/cross burning Fox News channel, anything close to the middle is now labeled as liberal and left wing. HAHAHA. You silly red necks. It would be like claiming the John Stewart show as a news show and not a comedy show. Most if not all people know the John Stewart show is just a comedy show. The scary thing is Fox News viewers actually think of it as "news". It's a station full of pundits. There is no actual news reporting happening on at Fox. If they were a "fair and balanced" newscast then they would focus more then 6% of airtime on the negative Iraq stories as opposed to all the other stations that average around 20% of airtime on the negative side of the war. Fox News is the only channel that supports the war yet they offer the least amount of coverage for the war. If you're a Fox News fan then you're probably not bright enough to catch my drift, "FOX NEWS IS A SHAM AND IS ONLY ON THE AIR TO PUSH THE REPUBLICAN AGENDA". Even their Democratic correspondant only rips on the Dems and never supports them. How convenient? FYI Fox News groupies, she is not a Dem, she is Rep that plays a Dem on Fox "News" to help push their agenda.
At least other networks will open the airwaves to both the right and left.
2007-06-19 19:26:44 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Wow. Sounds like you know an awful lot about the news media. Tell me, who OWNS the news media?
Oh yeah, it's those raving leftists and communists at Westinghouse, General Electric and Disney.
Hate to break it to you, but the majority of the news media (both print and broadcast) are owned by giant corporations who, like other businesses, are only interested in one thing ... the bottom line.
Do a little bit of research into the issue. Fox News has little faith in its viewers' ability to figure out for themselves what is news and what is hype. That's why they have to relentless push their slogan "we report, you decide" as if they're completely objective. Even their biggest supporters know that isn't the truth.
Anyone who cares about ascertaining anything resembling the "truth" about what's going on in the world needs to get their news from a variety of sources ... and not just news agencies.
Newspapers, radio stations and television stations have systematic constraints in place which dictate the shape and focus of the news. As someone who has worked for both newspapers and radio, I can honestly tell you there is an over-reliance on press releases, public relations officials and unnamed sources.
When I first got into journalism, I envisioned working as a crusading reporter, digging through the muck and exposing the facts about government and corporate malfeasance.
But guess what? My editors weren't interested in that. They were interested in stories that wouldn't alienate their advertisers. They were interested in having me re-write faxed press releases about new commercial products. They were interested in children with balloons and puppies in the park.
Whenever I proposed doing stories on human rights issues, inner city violence, women's rights, minority rights or anything the least bit controversial, I was upbraided as a radical.
Don't believe the hype about the supposedly "liberal" news media.
The other great myth about the media is how they supposedly lost the war in Vietnam by sapping the public's will to fight. That's total bullshit. The fact of the matter is that the major news media outlets, especially the newspapers, SUPPORTED the war in Vietnam just as they SUPPORTED the war in Iraq. If you don't believe me, go to your local library and go through the newspaper archives. Look at the editorial pages. As far as the broadcast media are concerned, their support for the war was unconditional right up to the Tet Offensive.
Now what do I mean by "support"? Were the papers and stations waving flags and demanding the bombing of Hanoi (or Baghdad)? No. It's a little bit more complicated than that. For the most part, the news media presents war stories in one of two ways - (1) the latest overall picture without too many specifics and (2) the local angle or feature story, usually focused on local soldiers and sailors. What you are unlikely to see (unless the war drags on and on with no end in sight) are any stories questioning the wisdom of the war. And when these stories do run, more often than not they merely question the TACTICS of the war, not the policies that led to the war.
The other thing to look for in terms of media bias in broadcast news is often referred to as the "we we factor." Here is where objectivity is thrown right out the window and nobody ever seems to notice. Often a news correspondent will ask a military official, "Captain, where do WE stand right now?" or "When will WE begin to see some progress?" as if the reporter is a member of the armed services. In terms of real journalistic objectivity the questions should be "Captain, where does the army stand right now?" or "When do you expect to see some progress?"
2007-06-19 19:20:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Probably so.
I do know one thing though. FOX has the hottest women reporters.
Especially Michelle Malkin. Yummy.
2007-06-19 19:38:44 · answer #4 · answered by scottdman2003 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yep and yes Fox does have both sides of the debate and umm I have not seen that on other news sites.
2007-06-19 18:52:18 · answer #5 · answered by Don't Know 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
most of the people that cry about fox have never watched it. unlike the other channels fox does put on both sides of a debate they always have a democrat and a republican. you never see that on cnn or msnbc.
that's why fox news is rated #1
sorry Libs.......you lose again....have a nice day
2007-06-19 18:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
No I think that was/is the reaction of Faux Snooze when Democrats didn't agree for the debate.
"We are fair and balanced, we are a credible news source, No, no, no, we are, we are, we are, wa wa wa wa, I want my Mommy!!!!".
2007-06-19 18:45:59 · answer #7 · answered by Roy 4 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Actually, many of them watch it a lot more than we do and then slam us for being addicted to FOX and not being able to think for ourselves.. A typical liberal excuse.. :)
I don't watch it as much as many, but certainly get my daily updates right here on this forum (from the libs who slam it)..
2007-06-19 18:46:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
Nope, it is more like having a sticky lollipop in the hair......
2007-06-20 03:23:05 · answer #9 · answered by willow, the yodakitty from hell 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you answer your question IN the question, whats the point of asking it in the first place? Why dont you ask a question you DONT know the answer to, like,
"Why do I feel as though taking lollipops from babies is the only way I can feel like a man?"
2007-06-19 19:05:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋