Posted on 09/19/2015 6:57:48 AM PDT by bray
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:29 KJV
How dare FOX News think they are the gatekeepers of who we can and cannot vote for? They are supposed to be an objective observer and reporter of the news and not a judge or jury. They have so lost track of their jobs this election cycle and have become by far the most corrupt news organization in America.
They and their ongoing feud with Donald Trump has become an obsession with them. Unless you agree with them that Trump has no business in the race then they have become unwatchable. Their so called analysts George Will, Brit Hume, Charles Krauthammer, Karl Rove, Megyn Kelly and everyone except Bill O’Reilly and Hannity have made it their missions to let America know to not support Trump and he is their ongoing joke.
The job of a news organization is to gather, put together a story and then report that story so people can understand and digest what is happening in the world. They are not supposed to comment or tell people what to think on that story with their own personal bias and are required to leave their bias out. This is the most critical part of reporting since this is where people build trust in the organization to report fairly and without their own bias and why so many networks have failed miserably both ethically and financially.
News analysis takes it to an even higher level since people will expect someone who is going to analyze the news must be even more truthful than a reporter for fear of bending the story to the analyzer’s bias. This is where FOX News has completely corrupted their programming; they have declared war on Trump and have decided he must not be President. No matter how they personally feel about a candidate, it is not their job or job description to use their power for or against a candidate.
This entire situation started with the first debate when FOX chose three liberal show hosts to moderate the debate. These hosts Bret Baier, Chris Wallace and Megyn Kelly were hinting they had some questions which would stump the candidates and would be a debate nobody would forget. Again, it is not up to the moderator to decide who is or is not worthy of being President it is their job to allow the candidates to express their ideas and goals for the job they are attempting to earn. The moderator is to represent the average voter and ask questions the voter would be wondering about and in this case a Republican voter.
The FOX moderators decided rather than ask questions the viewers were interested they were going to grill the candidates like a prosecutor and destroy as many as they could. Their main target of course was Trump with the War on Women question from a feud with Rosie O’Donnell years earlier who is the most outspoken liberal in the city as if she represented all women or Trump's opinion of women. This set the tone for FOX for this entire election season and has become a feud they cannot resolve and is destroying their network.
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the story of this election. For a non politician to come into this forum and relate to America is the story of the year. It is FOX’s responsibility to cover this story and leave their personal bias out of it. It is not for them to be the gatekeepers of the castle for a candidate only to report it. If they cannot do that, then they are not reporters but activists and should be required to recuse themselves from the story.
Unfortunately for FOX this fight may have become too personal and they are unable to disengage their egos and personal dislike enough to take the step required. Donald Trump is not without fault in this war although he is not required to have the same objectivity as a news organization. When he is critical and calls out analysts he is allowed to and especially if he feels they are unfair as has been the case. The debate was not a fair debate, but an attempt to destroy his and other’s campaigns which is not what people tuned in to watch, they wanted to have some answers to this country’s massive problems, not whether Trump called Rosy fat or not.
Any blogger can Google those types of attacks in ten seconds, but America wanted to know how you would fix the border, the economy, racism and dangers Americans are facing every day. His criticism of the debate was valid and FOX dismissed it as a personal attack rather than asking themselves how they could make it or themselves better. Their Facebook was filled with comments reflecting the same criticism that they crossed the line and became judges rather than journalists and their viewers were offended yet they paid no mind and doubled down.
Now FOX is every bit as corrupt as ABDNCBS and every other network in the corridor and they do not understand what that means. They are a commodity just like oil and soybeans. They sell their product every day to the consumers only their commodity is not something you need or have to buy. Their commodity is information and their marketplace is extremely competitive with lots of places to buy that information for free. Since it is free then they have to bring customers in by either using gimmicks like sex or quality information. In the past they have used a combination of both by having beautiful women with short skirts and quality unbiased reporting.
Unbiased reporting and not calling conservatives names or dismissing conservative ideas is what built their audience and made their commodity superior to the rest of the media marketplace to their viewers. This is how they became the leading cable news network and why their viewers felt comfortable and safe watching their reports. This value to Conservative viewers set their information distribution commodity apart from the competition. They have thrown all of that overboard because they got into a spat and decided they have to destroy a candidate.
FOX News has become a shell of what it used to be. Sure they still have higher ratings than the rest of the cable news networks since there is nowhere else for viewers to go. You can bet the Trump viewers are either holding their noses or turning them off since they do not want to be insulted 24 hours a day by a bunch of corrupt journalists who think snarky is analysis.
What they do not seem to realize is this will become a steady decay and people will wonder if their news is valid or the reporter is bringing his personal bias to this story too and the value of that information diminishes more and more. We are watching before our eyes the absolute destruction of a network many have trusted for years crumble before our eyes. Just like America is at a moral and financial crossroad, so are many of the reporters of it.
Pray America is waking
Enough braying
may i suggest ONE AMERICA NETWORK news...
much more informative and factual
Turn off the tv, they know when viewers drop out.
Now FOX is every bit as corrupt as ABDNCBS and every other network in the corridor and they do not understand what that means.
Fox is just doing what it takes to satisfy their boss.
It’s the Republican National Committee that has made this a farce. No other organization would allow hostile outsiders to determine candidates for its CEO.
You are correct I watch Hannity and O’Reilly.
For God's sake...why?
Fair and balanced?? Not so much
Trump needs a way, as Reagan did, to go over the MSM’s heads.
“[Foxtards] have made it their missions to let America know to not support Trump and he is their ongoing joke.”
Not working. Jig is up.
Of course they can tell me who to vote for. I can’t watch anything without being swayed. I once went to MSNBC and became a Hillary supporter until somebody turned me on to Sanders. We are all sheep and can’t think for ourselves. I’m back to FOX and I forgot. Who’s our candidate now?
The debate held by FOX was exceedingly important. The FOX moderators had the chance to show all the other networks how it's done. They had the opportunity to ask hard questions on policies and political strategies to deal with so many of the problems caused by the Obama Junta. The news bots at all the other networks must have been oozing green jealous, understanding that FOX stood at the precipice of greatness. And then Megyn told Trump that he has said mean things about women. "OH THANK GOD," the other news bots exclaimed, visibly relieved. FOX is just as vacuous as the rest of us!
And the kicker: Many people thought CNN did a much better job at the debates than FOX!
“Greta scowled”
How can you tell?
I would not consider Brett Baier to be liberal. Mike Wallace and Megyn Kelly maybe.
I have actually seen Greta smile. And she wasn’t smiling when she was talking to Trump. She was channeling her inner Megyn.
I broke my oath and surfed up to Meggy last night and she was hammering the Trump/Oslimeball/Muslim deal and she did not say a word about Hillbo being the one that brought it up the first time in the 08 campaign. She actually cut a guest off not letting him mention it.
I like Tucker Carlson. He defends Trump and I have heard his take on many other things which are right on the money.
“...viewers are either holding their noses or turning them off since they do not want to be insulted 24 hours a day by a bunch of corrupt journalists who think snarky is analysis....”
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Pretty much describes my reaction. Watching Fox less and, on those occasions where I do watch, either hold or be prepared to hold my nose. The Fox commentators are becoming insufferable.
THE FOX NEWS CHANNEL THAT WE KNEW AND LOVED IS SLIP-SLIDING AWAY. They’ve been sitting in their New York/Washington DC cocoons for too long and are being absorbed into being just another part of the mainstream media that operates from those locations.
You are right about Fox, which has lost all sense of objectivity. The MSM always feels superior to the people and GOP candidates. They can't believe Trump is leading. He is not a politician, doesn't talk like one, and speaks in generalities. They don't know how to deal with him and can't figure out why he is resonating with the public. Their predictions about him have been wrong. And their efforts to destroy him just seem to add to his appeal.
Trump is far from a policy wonk despite the fact that his immigration and 2nd Amendment position papers are among the best ever presented by a Presidential candidate. And they are more conservative than any offered by the other candidates. However, it seems that Trump doesn't seem to know the details of his own position papers. That said, he had the judgment to select outstanding people to help put the papers together. Ultimately, this is about leadership and competence. Using those metrics, Trump is head and shoulders about the rest. It is the basis of his appeal.
America is sick of the career politicians with smarmy arrogance that they know all the answers. They can cite legislation and statistics and promise the world. They never deliver and seemingly make things worse. Why not try something different? We had Hope and Change from a radical ideologue, community organizer who had no real accomplishments. We know how that turned out.
Now we have a successful real estate mogul who has had global success. He may not be a conservative or have the substantive knowledge we seem to think is essential to governing. He is brash, egotistical and can be boorish, but he is a leader and a cheerleader for America. That may be enough to turn this country around. It is worth a shot.
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