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Originally posted by PHALPAX Do any TA's watch Fox news? It really bothers me that a news organization, which is suppose to be mostly objective in their reporting, has a profound right wing agenda that it wants to press onto people. I remember watching the Iraq war coverage on Fox news and there was always a "lets kill'em all" vibe to it. And sometimes it was more blatant, Fox news anchors were also very anti-French, German because of their opposition of the war and anti-UN because the UN wants to tame America somehow. But then again CNN seems to be a puppet for the DNC.

Yes, I watch FOX news from time to time. Emphasis, on time to time. I normally watch international news. I watch CNN occasionally, but they irritate me, because the topics I would like to hear more about they speak of for a total of two seconds, and the topics that should be put to rest continue on for days. This also could be why I prefer the paper...

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FNC slants to the right - no doubt. But it slants far less to the right than CNN and MSNBC slant to the left. That's why I watch it. The fact is, you'll see stories on there that aren't covered at all anywhere else, where as the the major news networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN) all run virtually the same stories with the same spin.

Take for example Brit Hume's 1 hour show, Special Report. On Wednesday, when the Supreme Court decision came down on campaign finance reform, they did 20 minutes of analysis with three different guests. One was a federal election commissioner, one was from the DNC, and one was from the RNC. The other news networks barely covered the story, yet it was a case that had more bearing on our 1st Amendment rights than any other in the last 30 years. NBC Nightly News had less than 30 seconds of coverage. Who's keeping who in the dark?

Also, with regards to war coverage and international coverage, the liberal wing of the journalist field seems to think you need to give up your citizenship to have proper coverage. I disagree. Reuters, for example, does not use the word "terrorist" when describing guerilla attacks against American troops. FNC, as an American network, describes the attacks for what they are. Terrorist attacks against our troops. Journalism is a profession, but the anchors on Fox have made the proper distinction. It is only a profession - you are an American first, then a journalist.

Now, FNC definitely isn't perfect. They've tried to get to the Oprah demographic by having one hour around lunchtime where they have a live studio. It's kind of like CNN used to have with Talkback Live, and I couldn't watch that show either. I am also not a big fan of the trial coverage on cases like Scott Petersen. We have Court TV for that.

But on the whole, they are a competent news network. And their coverage is the reason why that they're getting double CNN's ratings in basically every time slot. The American public is sick and tired of being fed the same crap from the established networks, and they're particularly tired of being looked down upon by "world view" journalists who seem to forget that Western freedoms are the reason they have free speech in the first place.

I do have to agree with imokruok on one point, they do cover many stories other stations do not. But since I can only watch T.V. if I'm at my parents (no TV in my apartment ), I stick with the paper rather than battle it out somewhere on campus *chuckle*

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I hate Fox News

welcome to the club.

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I actually think that MSNBC is perhaps the most neutral out of the 24 hour cable news stations. Theres basically 2 conservative commentators (Joe Scarborough & Tim Russert) and 2 liberal commentators (Jesse Ventura & Keith Olbermann)which in way covers the entire political spectrum and eveything else is pretty much read in Associated Press like objective style, which can be boring but politically correct.

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Hey! You're in Montreal. Turn off that American TV, or the CRTC will do it for you!

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Originally posted by imokruok Hey! You're in Montreal. Turn off that American TV, or the CRTC will do it for you!

I have access to it but trust me, i don't watch american tv, heck, i barely watch any tv.

the crap posted on their news website and all the fox quoting made by the zionists here is enough to make my own mind.

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Last edited by malek on Dec-13-2003 at 08:05

imokurok makes some very good points. And like I've said before there are certainly some segments of FNC that are pretty sad to watch (mainly the Fox & Friends morning show hosted by trained monkeys), though they're not really any different from the other crappy morning shows you get on any other network--i.e. Katie Couric, Matt Lauer, etc. Morning news shows in general suck--they're geared toward stay at home moms who have little knowledge and understanding of what's going on anyway, so in that sense FNC is no worse than any other news channel out there.

I've also said that, despite some of Fox's more conservative hosts(Hannity, O'Reilly), they certainly have some reporters/shows that represent the opposite side(Colmes), and they do a great job of at least interviewing people with a lot of different opinions on multiple sides of an issue, and do a good job of asking questions that other networks simply don't have the guts to ask.

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Originally posted by Shakka I've also said that, despite some of Fox's more conservative hosts(Hannity, O'Reilly), they certainly have some reporters/shows that represent the opposite side(Colmes)

ah yes, but Colmes is really the only liberal on FNC....although some people say that Colmes is just a self-described moderate, but that is another argument.

I wont watch FOX or most other news stations cuz they follow the "action news" format which isnt really news at all. I dont need a plot of emotional death/accident stories, riddled with subtle catch phrases and buzz words that mess with your view of the events.

I've been watching FOX News recently, and each time they interview someone, they NEVER let the interviewee finish the answer of THEY'RE questions! In the end the viewer ends up getting little out of the interview...what a waste of time.

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