Posted on 08/02/2010 12:40:53 PM PDT by JohnRLott
Only someone at the New York Times would claim that their paper was not “anywhere close” to Fox News on bias. What was surprising was the source of this trashing. Clark Hoyt, the just retired ombudsman of the New York Times, supposedly served as the conscience of the paper, mediating questions of whether the paper fairly and unbiasedly covered the news. If anyone at the Times is going to warn the paper that they have gone too far, it is the ombudsman.
Yet, when Mr. Hoyt recently appeared on C-SPAN’s Q&A with Brian Lamb, he held little back.
I watch Fox News from time to time, and I’m always fascinated by its view of the world compared to the view of the world you see in other media outlets that I would not consider partisan. The stories they choose to highlight, the way they are described, and I’m not even getting to [Bill] O’Reilly or some of the unabashedly opinionated parts of Fox News. I do not believe the New York Times is anywhere close to that.
Even worse, . . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at bigjournalism.com ...
I wonder if was that it was the Mexican, owner Carlos Slim Helu had any factor in the credibility area?
I would add that the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press is extremely biased—to the left. So I suspect that the real numbers may be even better than this.
Compare Fox, the Times and FreeRepublic and see who wins out. People on FR don’t have an ax to grind. They may not always be exactly correct but they are willing to discuss matters and be as honest as they can.
I dislike Fox News, but I absolutely loathe the NYT et al.
Funny I say if they took a poll right now across the political spectrum.. Rep, Dem and Ind... "If you had a do over would you prefer Hillary or Obama to win the 2008 Dem primary"...I say Hillary would win in a landslide with all party's
It seems by viewership "vote" the world view of Fox is the worldview of most Americans ..so WHO is out of step? ..Just sayin
If only that were true! O’Reilly tries far to hard to be a populist, and does not have the courage to be “partisan”.
If only that were true! O’Reilly tries far to hard to be a populist, and does not have the courage to be “partisan”.
It’s called The New York Gay Times.
Is Mr. Hoyt a protege’ of JASON BLAIR?
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