Rightwingnutjob
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I'll be the first (at least in this thread!) to admit that Fox News is biased towards the conservative end of the spectrum, but what I never (or very rarely) see is independents and liberals comment on the biases of the NY Times, CNN, NBS etc. (and come to think of it many conservatives don't notice the bias in Fox). People like to tout their news station as the most unbiased and best source of news. I'll say I prefer Fox because I tend to lean right on most issues, but I'll read the papers to stay more informed.
Anyone else notice this? I don't understand how people can miss the fact that all news outlets are biased.
We get all types here. We have some who think that only Fox is biased, some who think only the others are biased and some like you (and me) who think they are all biased. As they are all reporting pretty much the same news though, I don't get too worked up about various host offering opinion commentary. We also have a sadly large amount of posters who think that the comments and opinions of various pundits are those of the news origination they work for. If you ever wondered why anybody would actually need an op/ed disclaimer, these folks illustrate the need for such redundancy.:dohI'll be the first (at least in this thread!) to admit that Fox News is biased towards the conservative end of the spectrum, but what I never (or very rarely) see is independents and liberals comment on the biases of the NY Times, CNN, NBS etc. (and come to think of it many conservatives don't notice the bias in Fox). People like to tout their news station as the most unbiased and best source of news. I'll say I prefer Fox because I tend to lean right on most issues, but I'll read the papers to stay more informed.
Anyone else notice this? I don't understand how people can miss the fact that all news outlets are biased.
Whoops! I just noticed you said you stay informed from papers? Are there any unbiased ones?
Oh I see. I thought maybe you were watching cable news for entertainment, but getting informed from papers. I was thinking ...." he really is a nutjob"Sorry, I think you misunderstood me (whoops). I said, "stay more informed." This means I get additional information from the papers--not all of my information. I hear right-biased news from Fox and left-biased news from papers such as the NY Times. I do, however, make up my own mind and tend to be rather 'far right' most of the time (except a few social issues such as gay marriage, abortion in life-threatening cases and rape cases a few others probably).
Oh I see. I thought maybe you were watching cable news for entertainment, but getting informed from papers. I was thinking ...." he really is a nutjob"
I read news online, watch all the cable news, watch C-Span and listen to talk radio. I'm pretty far right, but like to absorb it all. As far as social issues, with this economy and everything else going on, they are pretty far down down on my list of what's important. I am pro-life and I think gay marriage should be left up to the states. My best friend is gay. She is also verrrrrry liberal. We avoid talking politics so she doesn't know I'm a little bit on the fence when it comes to gay marriage. I'd be honest if she asked me, but she never has.
Every station is biased. CNN tries hardest not to be, they are still liberal, and at the cost of trying so hard they are boring. MSNBC is WAY to liberal(at least most hosts, there are some that I enjoy/can stand listening to). Fox is biased to the right just as much as MSNBC is to the left, which is absolutely fine, because they are the only one that is conservative(minus CSPAN which is really hard to frame as "conservative" because they only have like 2 talk shows). Personally, I read the Washington Post(slightly liberal) every day, read some articles from the WSJ and NYT every day, and watch at least 30 minutes of both MSNBC and Fox every day. That along with the large amount of reading(newsweek, economist, plenty and plenty of books) that I do and the rare occasions where I do watch CNN and/or CSPAN help me get unbiased news and probably lead me to being so moderate. But truthfully I have no issue with people who only watch Fox/MSNBC/CNN/etc all provide good news and if you are a strong conservative who believes only conservative principles, why would you watch MSNBC or read the NYT?
Yes, I can see what you mean regarding social issues being far from the top, I'm a bit more worried about fiscal policy + immigration (which impacts fiscal policy) at the moment. I have a very close friend who is also gay. She's a fiscally very conservative and socially very liberal (quite the mix really, lol).
I agree that all news outlets employ people who have political bias, we're human, when you work in a business surrounded by politics it's difficult not to develop an opinion. Most news outlets understand this, and even though there may be biased, I feel the vast majority of "straight news" outlets try to repress editorializing. The problem is that Fox takes this fact, and uses it as an excuse to be blatantly biased towards conservatives, and THEN uses it to further isolate their audience (why is it that Fox doesn't include themselves, the number one rated news network, when they talk about the "mainstream media"? because you can't trust the rest, they're all liberal!).
Fox News to me is essentially a channel devoted to attack politics an editorializing. MSNBC is trying to reach FNC levels of blatant partisanship, and they're getting close, but I think if you asked a group of journalists whether they believed Fox is truly "Fair and Balanced", a large majority would say no.
But they're probably all stinkin' liberals anyway, so who cares?
I'll be the first (at least in this thread!) to admit that Fox News is biased towards the conservative end of the spectrum, but what I never (or very rarely) see is independents and liberals comment on the biases of the NY Times, CNN, NBS etc. (and come to think of it many conservatives don't notice the bias in Fox). People like to tout their news station as the most unbiased and best source of news. I'll say I prefer Fox because I tend to lean right on most issues, but I'll read the papers to stay more informed.
Anyone else notice this? I don't understand how people can miss the fact that all news outlets are biased.
I think the majority of the FOX-hate comes from the fact that for the last 40-50 years, the majority of news outlets have become more and more leftist in their lean. Suddenly, along comes Fox News and starts telling the news from a different viewpoint. For the most part it's the same news, but sometimes it's news that may have never gotten airtime had they not existed. From what I've seen in my few years of adulthood is that everyone that label themselves as a liberal thinks there are no other opinions worth hearing than their own. Fox is definately offering another opinion. In a nation that has had it's schools and news dominated by liberals for so long, a right leaning news agency is an afront to their literary and intellectual dominance (self-proclaimed, of course), only liberals are inteligent after all.......
The idea of political bias in the media is way overblown. It's really more of a financial/corporate bias. During the 2000 election season, the so-called liberal media ran more stories attacking Gore than they did Bush. Above all, the media loves scandal and spectacle.
I think as humans do the reporting there will always be biased thought I would trust CNN more than I would trust FOX NEWS. I find Fox New biased funny to the point that it made me laugh many times at how blatantly they are with it . However I agree all news station are biased, so always get your news from many sources other than just one sources.
I am one of those that never trust one source of information. Some of the stations I watch are the BBC, The New York Times, and CNN.
um.....fox offers glen beck, who fakes tears for ratings and writes infantile books. as for your take on liberals, do you honestly think right wingers believe leftist opinions are worth hearing?
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