Fox News is viewed as being the most ideologically oriented of the big three cable ne

*herring_RN* · Oct 30, 2009, 09:25 PM

"It's not really news that Fox is not really news" Congressman Alan Grayson

hillarypeace2006 · Oct 31, 2009, 01:04 AM

I think that all networks owned by huge conglomerates whether it be Murdoch's fox or msnbc's GE have an agenda. Our jobs as consumers of news are to carefully discern the information we are presented by any source. Anytime big business is responsible for a message, why on earth would one assume they are beholden to anything other than themselves?

Unless we decide to become truly ambitious and buck the current system for a tax payer funded national news hour or something of that sort, why would we be expecting to hear something other than what we essentially want to hear. The whole argument is silly. I appreciate that there is a fox, and for my own personal viewing pleasure MSNBC.

*Man In Black* · Oct 31, 2009, 09:21 AM

This probably represents the thinking of the average Fox viewer:

The self-identifying conservative Republicans who make up the base of the Republican Party stand a world apart from the rest of America, according to focus groups conducted by Democracy Corps. These base Republican voters dislike Barack Obama to be sure – which is not very surprising as base Democrats had few positive things to say about George Bush – but these voters identify themselves as part of a ‘mocked’ minority with a set of shared beliefs and knowledge, and commitment to oppose Obama that sets them apart from the majority in the country.

Snoopy26 · Nov 01, 2009, 03:39 AM

Originally Posted by VivaLasViejas

I honestly don't know what the big deal is...........Fox has liberal commentators (Geraldo Rivera? Juan Williams? Alan Colmes? Hello!) as well as conservative ones. For that reason, if I really want both sides of an issue, I watch Fox. But that's just me.

Those three are major league pushovers. It would be like having Olympia Snowe on MSNBC offering her conservative thoughts. You'd be rolling your eyes too.

iteachob · Nov 01, 2009, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by Tweety

More than the 14% that said Fox was liberal??

People who actually watch Fox know that they DO have liberal commentators.

iteachob · Nov 01, 2009, 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by herring_RN

"It's not really news that Fox is not really news" Congressman Alan Grayson

Quoting Alan Grayson?

*Spidey's mom* · Nov 01, 2009, 07:24 AM

Originally Posted by Snoopy26

Those three are major league pushovers. It would be like having Olympia Snowe on MSNBC offering her conservative thoughts. You'd be rolling your eyes too.

I agree with you about Alan Colmes . . . . . I always thought he was chosen on purpose to make Sean Hannity shine.

But Geraldo? Juan? What about Bob Beckel! No way is he a pushover.

steph

**HM2VikingRN** · Nov 01, 2009, 08:00 AM

http://mediamatters.org/reports/200602140002

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/s...how_Report.pdf

Conservative viewpoints are not underrepresented on the major networks.

What it boils down to IMO is that the opinon/news talkers have an echo chamber effect of FOX.

*tntrn* · Nov 01, 2009, 09:11 AM

Originally Posted by HM2VikingRN

http://mediamatters.org/reports/200602140002

http://cloudfront.mediamatters.org/s...how_Report.pdf

Conservative viewpoints are not underrepresented on the major networks.

What it boils down to IMO is that the opinon/news talkers have an echo chamber effect of FOX.

I do not watch any of the Sunday talk shows, because I am in church, or doing family activities. To have them only on Sunday, IMHO, misses many potential viewers.

Snoopy26 · Nov 01, 2009, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by Spidey's mom

I agree with you about Alan Colmes . . . . . I always thought he was chosen on purpose to make Sean Hannity shine.

But Geraldo? Juan? What about Bob Beckel! No way is he a pushover.

steph

I respectfully disagree and do watch Fox along with some of the other networks. Geraldo and O'Rielly have had some notable exchanges, but infrequent. Juan is adaquate on a good day (much too polite, IMHO, compared to Hannity and Beck). Beckel may be the Joe Scarborough version on Fox, though. Good point.

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