Foxing The Elephant: Are Republicans gaining votes because of Fox News? A study says that's likely

Toronto Star ^ | 10/29/2006 | Andrew Chung

[KavMan]

Why don't they make a study on CBS, NBC, ABC NYTimes, WAPO etc.... How much of there left-leaning coverage influenced voters?

[saveliberty]

Or how about this? For decades, the Democrats worked with the tacit aid of the MSM to help to hold together the crumbling New Deal coalition. The problem is that neither side understood that by taking the extreme liberal view (now labeled "middle of the road" by MSM types), that they totally alienated their more conservative base.

[Oakleaf]

Please see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1728134/posts for more details on Halperin.

[saveliberty]

Oh absolutely. He is trying to help the left. It may be too little too late.

[outfield]

Exactly, and thanks to Halperin for admitting the obvious. IMO, Fox is balanced and only seems conservative to some because of their frame or reference courtesy of the MSM.

Luckily very few people are watching Olbermann these days and those few people are obviously so far to the left they that Keith's rants wouldn't affect how they vote.

[saveliberty]

LOL We see the hysteria of an elderly schoolgirl who once dated Michael Douglas differently. She's undisciplined and frivolous.

Go write her a letter.

[saveliberty]

Good post!

[saveliberty]

Bwhahahahahaha

I hope that they repeat it!

[saveliberty]

Well Brit is the Managing Editor of the Washington Bureau, so if he had a problem with it, he would do something about it. I think he understands that after the 42fer maligned his character and threatened him, he had to take a more aggressive stand. He may be wanting to go elsewhere, or he may need to just keep his options open one day.

I agree about showing Special Report on local Fox stations.

[ballplayer]

This guy cant stand the fact that the left wing commies finally have some competition and they are losing!Ha

[ChiMark]

How big is O'Reilly's audience? 2 million.

Is it possible that we conservatives can think for ourselves?

[saveliberty]

Thanks I have. Interesting that another article came out recently that pointed out that in the smut campaigns (of which we will see more, sadly) Republicans are better poised to win than Dems. I think that's completely true.

[GretchenM]

If the headline is true,
then dems have been gaining and garnering votes almost unchallenged, due to all the other TV "news" stations, for decades.

[johnny7]

“Payback... this time, it's for real!”

[saveliberty]

LOL Or that any decline in viewership/readership is a conspiracy among the evil Rupert Murdoch (The pantaloonless one calls him Rudolph), Roger Ailes and Karl Rove.

Bwhahahahahahahahahaha

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[DCPatriot]

Are Republicans gaining votes because of Fox News?

Are Democrats gaining votes because of NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NYT, WASH POST, LA TIMES, BALTIMORE SUN. etc.?

[Texas_Jarhead]

"O'Reilly spread the spin on thick: "The left-wing press and the terrorists in Iraq have something in common," he said. "The terrorists want to damage the Bush administration, and so does the left-wing press.""

How in the world is this NOT true?

[Mr. Brightside]

despite the channel's slogan, "Fair and balanced" — viewers will often see anchors Sean Hannity or John Gibson literally screaming at guests who don't share their conservative views

Uh... Hannity's counterpart is Alan Combs. He does not do the same thing to guests who do not share his leftist views?

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

Next to the Toronto Star, the New York Times is a "right-wing rag".