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Tragically, Fox News Is Not Truly Conservative, Fearless or Bias-free
WEB Commentary ^ | March 11, 2010 | Michael J. Gaynor

Posted on 03/11/2010 5:55:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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He makes some good points. Comments?
1 posted on 03/11/2010 5:55:42 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cavuto is my favorite on Fox News.


2 posted on 03/11/2010 5:59:58 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

He does..But an honest reporting media no longer exsists. It’s been over 40 years since just reporting the news has happened so people are opting for a news agency which is more to their political views, hence Fox News and unless things change drastically the other news agencies will go out of business...Oh well.


3 posted on 03/11/2010 6:02:23 PM PST by hstacey (An ounce of pretension is worth a pound of manure...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The author discredits himself when he sides with Acorn’s use of the race card.


4 posted on 03/11/2010 6:02:46 PM PST by death2tyrants
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sadly the world is not a utopian paradise


5 posted on 03/11/2010 6:04:05 PM PST by woofie
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Well, Fox News has never claimed to be “conservative” or anything else. They got big because they at least weren’t explicitly liberal like ABCBSNBCNN. The “fair and balanced” thing merely meant that from time to time they actually got some conservative opinion on things, unlike the others.


6 posted on 03/11/2010 6:04:49 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

FNC may not be perfect but it sure beats, CNNMSNBCNBCabcSeeBSPBSPBR by a long ways.


7 posted on 03/11/2010 6:06:34 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (A proud American-American since 1949.)
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To: buccaneer81

Mine too. Used to be Brit. He was the best.


8 posted on 03/11/2010 6:06:55 PM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying Planned Parenthood to murder babies! Cut off their federal funding!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I can think of a lot more legitimate applications of the word “tragic”. I am reading a book about the Baatan Death March that it might apply to.


9 posted on 03/11/2010 6:07:36 PM PST by 999replies (Thune/Rubio 2012)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I agree. FNC has the ratings that it does not because it provides excellent programming, but because conservatives have no where else to go.

In addition to your comments, BOR’s show has become like formula radio. The body language segment got old years ago. Lately he even has been having Sally Quinn as a guest. Who cares what she thinks?

The Great American Panel has to be the lamest 15 minutes on TV.

Beck is a loose cannon.

When Greta isn't chasing missing blonds, she's pretty good. Her show has improved considerably.

I also agree on Laura Ingraham. She should have her own show.

10 posted on 03/11/2010 6:07:49 PM PST by bwc2221
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One problem is that people keep hoping for “honest” or “unbiased” reporting of news. There’s no such thing.

I think we were better served when newspapers were more openly partisan. The big cities typically had two major papers, one liberal and one conservative (along with whatever assortment of minor papers). But I think information is more valuable when the source is open about the filter they use on the news. Read about something in the democrat-leaning paper... then read about it in the republican-leaning paper, and I think you get a more complete understanding of an issue. Nomatter which side you’re on.


11 posted on 03/11/2010 6:12:12 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: Ramius

Agreed.


12 posted on 03/11/2010 6:21:38 PM PST by citizencon
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To: Let's Roll
Used to be Brit. He was the best.

Loved Brit, both on ABC and Fox. He told it like it was, period.

13 posted on 03/11/2010 6:24:23 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cavuto & Greta are great.

O’Reilly is not a conservative but Independent with some conservative views.

I have Beck on TV in the background while on computer.
Am almost embarrassed for him.
today he was going on about subjects like he is the first to discover them.
I knew about what he was speaking of in the late 1960s
in my early 20s doing my own research and reading.
Beck doesn’t belong having a regular 1 hr. program,
Not because he is Not a Conservative but because
he is a loose cannon.

Yes, Laura Ingraham full time would be an improvement.

The bottom line for FOX, at least they do have on Conservatives and will give Conservatives a voice.

This is more than CBS, NBC, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, etc.


14 posted on 03/11/2010 6:27:27 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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Why does anyone think BOR is a conservative?

Sean gets boring, same old, same old.

Beck is entertaining at times but I find myself changing the channel.

Love Cavuto, smart as a whip, funny guy.

Loved Brit Hume, love Laura Ingraham, same for Michelle, Greta has improved tremendously.

Don’t forget, John Stossel is now on the Fox Business Channel.


15 posted on 03/11/2010 6:28:12 PM PST by diefree
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If you don't like Fox News, don't watch it. I don't watch much in the way of television news, except in extraordinary situations like elections and natural disasters. I find that they put up much substandard analysis just to fill time and they like passing off shouting matches as debates, even though nothing of substance is ever said (eg Hannity). I get my day to day news from newspapers (where I read what I want to read and do not have to sit through ten minutes of tripe to get to the one story of substance) and the internet(where I can search out the story and even point of view I want to hear about).

Fox News has rocketed to cable dominance simply by not offering the same points of view reflected on other channels. While I would not exactly call them conservative, at least they are not reflexively liberal. The market is now roughly divided between the center right Fox news (50%) and the four or five reflexively liberal news networks(collectively, 50%). I dare say there is plenty of room in the market for someone to compete with Fox News for any viewer to the right of center. If you lured away 25% of Fox's viewers, you would be bigger than CNBC. Start your own network if you do not like Fox - I may be your very first viewer.

By the way, “Stossel” on Fox Business is my favorite. Where else would someone dare argue lawyers do not need to be licensed?

16 posted on 03/11/2010 6:37:14 PM PST by Law is not justice but process
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To: Ramius
I think we were better served when newspapers were more openly partisan. The big cities typically had two major papers, one liberal and one conservative (along with whatever assortment of minor papers). But I think information is more valuable when the source is open about the filter they use on the news. Read about something in the democrat-leaning paper... then read about it in the republican-leaning paper, and I think you get a more complete understanding of an issue. No matter which side you’re on.

Back during the 50's and 60's in Little Rock, we had the liberal Arkansas Gazette. And what was the name of the Conservative paper? Well, it was Arkansas Democrat of all things.

17 posted on 03/11/2010 6:37:54 PM PST by re_nortex
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To: FlingWingFlyer

I agree with you 100%. Fox News may not be perfect in every way but are we better off with them or without them? Sure they have some warts but isn’t that what a news station used to be? When Cronkite and Huntley/Brinkley first came on the air their mission was to relay the news. Most of us couldnt see an ideology but watched to hear what was going on. Now, instead of the constant liberal point of view of ABC, CBS and NBC we want Fox to be right wing all the time. I’m happy with a medium that gives me a chance to make up my own mind again.


18 posted on 03/11/2010 6:38:56 PM PST by kempster
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To: Law is not justice but process

According to recent Rasmussen and Gallup polls, 40% of Americans are moderates, 40% conservative and 20% liberal.

CNN, MSNBC, the three networks, PBS and NPR all target the same 20% audience segment.


19 posted on 03/11/2010 6:42:21 PM PST by bwc2221
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