I hate Fox News as much as the next guy, but this guy seems to be doing the same thing he complains about. Where is his outrage at MSNBC's statements over the past year... or Olbermann's comments that are totally offbase?
As far as I'm concerned all the cable news networks are biased... I wish they would all go away as they all have started catering to 1 group or another.
When I want my unbiased news, I always go to Newsweek.
/Sarcasm
When I want unbiased, I go to ABC, NBC or CBS, they are so unbiased they have yet to report a negative story on Obama. I would much rather listen to Fox than the rest of the media.
All they do is free advertising to Fox. Again Fox brings in more and more viewers.
Quote:I hate Fox News as much as the next guy,
I don't think a whole bunch of people on this board hate fox or think they are just as bad as the others.
(10-22-2009 08:09 PM)b Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I hate Fox News as much as the next guy,
I don't think a whole bunch of people on this board hate fox or think they are just as bad as the others.
That was kind of my reason for posting this. I wanted to see if anyone would defend Fox "News". I agree with all replies, so far, though. All the big news stations are biased, and they all suck.
That being said, who can you turn to for unbiased news? Take it from a bunch of different sources and decipher it yourself? Or should we avoid TV altogether?
(10-22-2009 08:53 PM)lt7784 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-22-2009 08:09 PM)b Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I hate Fox News as much as the next guy,
I don't think a whole bunch of people on this board hate fox or think they are just as bad as the others.
That was kind of my reason for posting this. I wanted to see if anyone would defend Fox "News". I agree with all replies, so far, though. All the big news stations are biased, and they all suck.
That being said, who can you turn to for unbiased news? Take it from a bunch of different sources and decipher it yourself? Or should we avoid TV altogether?
I don't think you will ever find a republican on this board ever come out and say fox is just as bad as the others. I think they know it though.
Maybe we should have some type of government ran news source
I'm sure someone will say we already do
(10-22-2009 08:53 PM)lt7784 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-22-2009 08:09 PM)b Wrote: [ -> ]Quote:I hate Fox News as much as the next guy,
I don't think a whole bunch of people on this board hate fox or think they are just as bad as the others.
That was kind of my reason for posting this. I wanted to see if anyone would defend Fox "News". I agree with all replies, so far, though. All the big news stations are biased, and they all suck.
That being said, who can you turn to for unbiased news? Take it from a bunch of different sources and decipher it yourself? Or should we avoid TV altogether?
Are you opposed to hearing opinions from over the ocean?
The cleanest news in the US seems to be the Wall Street Journal (I'm in agreement with Eastside J). The Economist has free online reading, and it is biased towards free market, open borders, personal freedom, and whatever Oxford grads say about socialized medicine. I also like bbc.co.uk. If you want to go deeper, read The Guardian, I don't. I don't discount the news Fox reports, but their director of programming was a Republican strategist, and I blame him for killing the party.
PS - Nice to see the WSJ had an article declaring UC the best team in Ohio recently.
(10-22-2009 10:05 PM)glacier_dropsy Wrote: [ -> ]Are you opposed to hearing opinions from over the ocean?
The cleanest news in the US seems to be the Wall Street Journal (I'm in agreement with Eastside J).
I definitely agree about the Economist and going overseas to find unbiased reporting. I used to totally agree about the Wall Street Journal, but I am worried Murdoch will destroy it by slanting it in one direction like all of his other news assets.
Does anyone remember in the early 80's when everyone was worried about large corporations were purchasing media outlets and how they feared unbiased, investigative reporting was going to die? Appears that concern was warranted.
(10-22-2009 08:53 PM)lt7784 Wrote: [ -> ]That being said, who can you turn to for unbiased news? Take it from a bunch of different sources and decipher it yourself? Or should we avoid TV altogether?
Yes, and yes. You unfortunately need to triangulate sources to get to the truth. I personally think that avoiding TV "news" is a great start to better understanding the news.
Murdoch owns the Journal?
When I want unbiased news, there is a homeless person who wanders around downtown and I ask him. He seems to be just as accurate as any "news" program there is.
Oh, and the Wall Street Journal is top notch as well.
BTW, IMHO opinion, news died when Walter Cronkite told the U.S. that we lost the Tet Offensive even though we won. It was good for his ratings, good for CBS, and led us to where we are today. News has been in short supply for a long time.
(10-23-2009 06:12 AM)QSECOFR Wrote: [ -> ]When I want unbiased news, there is a homeless person who wanders around downtown and I ask him. He seems to be just as accurate as any "news" program there is.
Oh, and the Wall Street Journal is top notch as well.
BTW, IMHO opinion, news died when Walter Cronkite told the U.S. that we lost the Tet Offensive even though we won. It was good for his ratings, good for CBS, and led us to where we are today. News has been in short supply for a long time.
I respect your opinion QSEC, but I'm gonna disagree with your wording a bit. I don't think the news died then, there was just a loss of innocence, mostly on the part of the viewer.
No problem, gd. Simply a difference in perception.
Thanks QSEC, I didn't know that.
When even the weather "news" you get is slanted for ratings (How many White Death reports can we have every year?), it is time to turn your attention elsewhere.
(10-22-2009 10:37 PM)BearcatDevil Wrote: [ -> ] (10-22-2009 10:05 PM)glacier_dropsy Wrote: [ -> ]Are you opposed to hearing opinions from over the ocean?
The cleanest news in the US seems to be the Wall Street Journal (I'm in agreement with Eastside J).
I definitely agree about the Economist and going overseas to find unbiased reporting.
The economist is very biased. Please don't confuse bias with partisan politics. I encourage reading off campus rags for the same reason "the real" GW warned against a 2 party system.
(10-23-2009 09:48 AM)glacier_dropsy Wrote: [ -> ] (10-22-2009 10:37 PM)BearcatDevil Wrote: [ -> ] (10-22-2009 10:05 PM)glacier_dropsy Wrote: [ -> ]Are you opposed to hearing opinions from over the ocean?
The cleanest news in the US seems to be the Wall Street Journal (I'm in agreement with Eastside J).
I definitely agree about the Economist and going overseas to find unbiased reporting.
gd, you are correct. George Washington was VERY much against a two party system since it would lead to the two parties being too similar and not working for the best intersts of the country. The original GW was a very smart guy.
The economist is very biased. Please don't confuse bias with partisan politics. I encourage reading off campus rags for the same reason "the real" GW warned against a 2 party system.