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TV watchdog checks claims of bias on Murdoch channel [Fox News]
The Guardian ^
| May 8, 2003
| Matt Wells
Posted on 05/08/2003 3:33:18 AM PDT by ejdrapes
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To: ejdrapes
I hope they count the numbers of spokespersons for each side on any argument. No one is better than Fox at putting advocates of opposite positions on to debate with each other. They get a full opportunity to present their views. But they have to do it with an advocate from the other side ready to counter their arguments.
To: metesky; ejdrapes; mhking; Big Bad Bob; MichiganMan; Texas_Jarhead; patj; just mimi; ...
Julian Petley, chairman of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, called on the ITC to act against Fox News: "I'm not in favour of censorship, but...Let him have it:
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posted on
05/08/2003 10:51:58 AM PDT
by
Timesink
To: Drango
To begin with, said the Cat, a dogs not mad. You grant that?I suppose so, said Alice.
Well then, the Cat went on, you see a dog growls when its angry, and wags its tail when its pleased. Now I growl when Im pleased, and wag my tail when Im angry. Therefore Im mad.
I call it purring, not growling, said Alice.
Call it what you like, said the Cat.
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posted on
05/08/2003 10:53:50 AM PDT
by
dighton
(Amen-Corner Hatchet Team, Nasty Little Clique, Vulgar Horde)
To: ejdrapes
Julian Petley, chairman of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom... Here is the problem.
Does anyone have a Communist/Muslim Maggot affiliation Directory?
I would love to find out more about this novel group.
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posted on
05/08/2003 10:55:06 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Californians are as dumm as a sack of rocks)
To: ejdrapes
Fox hunting We don't want biased news over here
Leader
Thursday May 8, 2003
The Guardian
The director general of the BBC, Greg Dyke, was not one of the moral minority who complained to the broadcasting regulator about the lack of impartiality by Rupert Murdoch's Fox News channel. But Mr Dyke's comments on "gung ho patriotism" and "narrow pro-American agendas" at the end of last month about the way the Iraqi conflict had been covered by US networks aptly sums up British objections to the raucous conservatism and unabashed jingoism of Fox, which can be received in Britain with a Sky satellite dish. Mr Murdoch's news network used Oliver North, a former US colonel and neo-conservative firebrand, as an embedded reporter in Iraq. The network referred to "our troops" and to anti-war protesters as the "great unwashed". When Baghdad fell, the news anchors addressed those who opposed the "liberation" with the words: "You were sickening then, you are sickening now."
This formula has worked in America, where Fox is the biggest news network. Ominously, there are signs Mr Murdoch would like to bring this revolution to Britain. The billionaire is reported to consider Sky's output as having a "liberal bias" and being a version of "BBC lite". Britain has a tradition of objectivity in broadcasting, which Mr Murdoch probably finds irksome.
Here "due impartiality" rules ensure the news is balanced and independent - otherwise a broadcaster can be taken off air. So if Sky produces a diatribe against asylum seekers, it must make space for the opposite view. British viewers have confidence in television news because it is delivered free of rants or bias. Minority broadcasters might be able to get the constraints relaxed in the future - but not Mr Murdoch. Sky could move from Britain to get round the law. Al Jazeera, based in Paris, is governed by French law. It would be a delicious irony if Mr Murdoch, a committed anti-European, moved to the continent so he could pollute sober fact with pointed opinion.
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posted on
05/08/2003 11:01:06 AM PDT
by
Timesink
To: just mimi
My thoughts exactly. Many many many more complaints for the BBC -- at least more than nine! Yes, there have also been complaints that the BBC was too pro-American in their war coverage.
No joke.
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posted on
05/08/2003 11:02:33 AM PDT
by
JohnnyZ
(That's my theory and I'm sticking to it! At least for the present . . .)
To: ejdrapes
FOX News is unbiased and true, most of the time. BBC,CBC,ABC,NBC,CNN, Al Jazeera are communist/leftist/islamist anti-American propaganda outlets, ie, they are liberal media.
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posted on
05/08/2003 11:06:43 AM PDT
by
eBelasco
To: Timesink
BTTT!!!!!!
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posted on
05/08/2003 11:10:34 AM PDT
by
E.G.C.
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To: mhking
Always beware of anyone who begins a sentence with, "I'm not in favor of censorship, BUT..."
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posted on
05/08/2003 11:34:23 AM PDT
by
HHFi
To: Always Right
"Impartiality is not required in every programme as long as a broadcaster can show impartiality "over time"."
I content that there is no such thing as impartial news.
You get a gold star.
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posted on
05/08/2003 11:57:37 AM PDT
by
lurky
To: Timesink
Let him have it:Nah, don't waste your time.
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posted on
05/08/2003 12:00:00 PM PDT
by
lurky
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To: Big Bad Bob
Exactly. There's a reason that Pacifica left wing radio has taken to airing BBC news broadcasts twice an hour 24-hours a day.
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posted on
05/08/2003 12:43:00 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: metesky
"I'm not in favour of censorship, but..." That but's bigger than this one:
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posted on
05/08/2003 12:57:58 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: ejdrapes
Thank goodness we have a first amendment in this country, LOL!
To: The Old Hoosier
Thank goodness that we don't have state run media in this country (like England does).
Look at the state funded media (NPR, PBS, and Pacifica (yep, they get tax dollars too)) and you'll find that they all lean left.
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posted on
05/08/2003 1:11:28 PM PDT
by
weegee
(NO BLOOD FOR RATINGS: CNN let human beings be tortured and killed to keep their Baghdad bureau open)
To: ejdrapes
"I'm not in favour of censorship, but..." "Anything before 'but' is B.S." -- Jim Quinn
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posted on
05/08/2003 1:24:07 PM PDT
by
kevkrom
To: weegee
LOL!
Nothing is bigger than that butt.
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posted on
05/08/2003 1:54:01 PM PDT
by
metesky
(My retirement fund is holding steady @ $.05 a can)
To: Drango
So sorry, but there has to be more than one chap complaining; there has to be 8 bloody complaints, evidently.
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