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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.
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), I stick with the paper rather than battle it out somewhere on campus *chuckle*
