Victory With a Swagger (Fox News)

The Center for Media and Public Affairs ^ | 12/20/04 | Michael Grebb

[Dane]

Reletively fair account of Fox News's rise to the the top of the news world.

Of course Fox news isn't perfect, but just mention it's name and a liberals face turns beet red.

[beyond the sea]

In December, Clear Channel Communications Inc., the No. 1 U.S. owner of radio stations, announced it would dump ABC News Radio’s newscasts in favor of Fox News Radio.

LOL!

[jch10]

Good article. Thanks, Fox.......wouldn't watch anything else. Head and shoulders above the rest!!

[Sender]

If you remove the Bush-bashing and America-is-so-guilty from most other news networks, you are left with...the news. Add to that some colorful personalities who aren't afraid to express opinions, and there you have it.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Good article - thanks for posting.

I would add, IMHO, that Fox's contention that it plays it down the middle on its news coverage and reserves opinion to the opinion shows, is something of a fable. Listen to the asides of virtually any of the hosts and reporters, and there is a significant conservative slant. That's fine with me, but to suggest FNC plays it straight down the middle is simply not so, IMHO. It is as slanted to the right as the MSM is to the left.

[DainBramage]

It has always been an amazing contrast on my local AM to listen to Rush, or Hannity,

then during break go to the ABC biased laden news report. I wondered how long it could go on.

[StarFan]

Ping.

[KMC1]

They darn near start urping all over themselves...

[Lazamataz]

Reletively fair account of Fox News's rise to the the top of the news world.

I was surprised. I thought it was going to be a hit piece.

[Lazamataz]

That's fine with me, but to suggest FNC plays it straight down the middle is simply not so, IMHO. It is as slanted to the right as the MSM is to the left.

Actually, Fox News is a little too liberal for my tastes.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

"Welcome to LNN - the Lazmataz News Network - for those who find FNC a fetid mass of liberal activism!"

[rodguy911]

I had a large screen t.v. for 5 years until lightning nailed it. Over the years the FNC logo became burned into the bottom left hand corner. It was weird to see. No matter what channel we went to the FNC logo was always there, it was spooky.

[foolscap]

ping

[Lazamataz]

"Welcome to LNN - the Lazmataz News Network - for those who find FNC a fetid mass of liberal activism!"

"....and next up: Handgun Vending Machines in Airports..... Should they be constructed low enough to permit access by youngsters?"

[Dane]

I would add, IMHO, that Fox's contention that it plays it down the middle on its news coverage and reserves opinion to the opinion shows, is something of a fable. Listen to the asides of virtually any of the hosts and reporters, and there is a significant conservative slant. That's fine with me, but to suggest FNC plays it straight down the middle is simply not so, IMHO. It is as slanted to the right as the MSM is to the left.

I have to disagree, somewhat. Fox presents plenty of liberal commentators(such as Juan Williams, Elenor Clift, Ellis Henican, Susan Estrich etc.etc). The reason they may seem to slant to the right is because Fox gives the true loony left base a voice, and doesn't sugarcoat it like the old MSM and the NYT.

When the average American sees the true loony face of the democrat left, they are repulsed.

That's not to say there are not loons on the right, there are, but IMO, the loons on the left outnumber the loons on the right by a ratio of 10 to 1.

[squarebarb]

Exactly. It is the most amazing thing to listen to.

[filly]

I posted this in another thread, but it bears repeating here.

FYI: a survey of donations to political campaigns showed some interesting things.

CNN donations 99% Kerry
CBS, NBC, ABC donations nearly 98 to 98% Kerry
FOX donations 80% Kerry 20% Bush

Most of the people of FOX are Democrats.

The thing that makes FOX so popular is not that it is pro-Bush, but that it is pro-American.

When Roger Ailes hired Chris Wallace for Fox News Sunday the only political question he asked Chris was "do you get up in the morning thinking that America is the cause of all the problems in the world?" Chis Wallace said no and he was hired.

[anoldafvet]

Exactly my thought, except that most times the ABC news breaks feature outright lies and distortions, nothing even approaching "news".

[bert]

Bump for media fairness

[governsleastgovernsbest]

There are a fair number of liberal commentators on Fox. But I don't think there's any question that the the great majority of hosts and reporters express Republican/conservative attitudes.