Whoa neighbors. I can't even believe I'm reading this on Freep! Have to agree with The Hollywood Conservative above that Fox is doing their job when they stay fair and balanced and report what they see -- which imho they are succeeding right now on that front.
Have you forgotten about Brit Hume and Sean Hannity? These guys are straight shooters. Thank God they understand what fair and balanced means.
As far as debate analysis, FNC has been the ONLY channel to give it decent coverage. The other channels are like watching a pro-kerry party. FNC is covering the election in a fair way, they don't show a bunch of propaganda like their competitors. I like them for that. Show us the truth, we know who is right, and we know who will win. We don't need the journalists making up our minds for us. I think FNC is the only news channel that is legit these days...
When O'Reilly dismissed the Swifties and their ads for spurious reasons he was not being fair and balanced.
"There is the Bill O'Reilly method, which is to abandon independent thinking and simply come out in the middle, irrespective of where the two sides are. In response to Newt Gingrich's remark that the Swift Boat Veterans' independent ads were "the conservative movement's answer to Michael Moore," O'Reilly said, "I don't want either of them."
Ann Coulter
24 August, 2004
Brit and Sean are the only ones, however.
They are not playing fair and balanced. They are now branded as the water-downed version of CNN.