05-03-2008, 04:17 AM
"Fox News: They are on a serious mission to obfuscate reality, so there is no humor about it. They want you to think that their made up analyses, out of context quotes, omissions of wrongdoing by republicans, consistent identification of republican wrongdoers as democrats ("Oops, sorry, our mistake....again!) and pretending to be a news source (e.g. "Fair and Balanced") is the truth. Obfuscation is lying."
Sheesh, the same thing could be said about CNN. Or the New York Times. Or the Wall Street Journal.
Leaving aside Fox's Op-Ed shows---opinion shows, with all the bluster and table-pounding whacko punditry---their NEWS programing, when measured by Independent Media Watch-dog organizations, scores closer to dead center than deluded hyperventilating Fox-hating finger-wagging critics like to admit. It's no more or less "biased" than the other mainstream news organizations. Results show Fox News is slightly right of center. Big surprise. NBC, ABC, CNN, etc., are slightly left of center. Another big surprise. None swing 'dramatically' either way. But don't kid yourself. ALL OF THEM tilt one way or the other.
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Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist
"While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.
These are just a few of the surprising findings from a UCLA-led study, which is believed to be the first successful attempt at objectively quantifying bias in a range of media outlets and ranking them accordingly..."
http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla...elNum=6664
Sheesh, the same thing could be said about CNN. Or the New York Times. Or the Wall Street Journal.
Leaving aside Fox's Op-Ed shows---opinion shows, with all the bluster and table-pounding whacko punditry---their NEWS programing, when measured by Independent Media Watch-dog organizations, scores closer to dead center than deluded hyperventilating Fox-hating finger-wagging critics like to admit. It's no more or less "biased" than the other mainstream news organizations. Results show Fox News is slightly right of center. Big surprise. NBC, ABC, CNN, etc., are slightly left of center. Another big surprise. None swing 'dramatically' either way. But don't kid yourself. ALL OF THEM tilt one way or the other.
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Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist
"While the editorial page of The Wall Street Journal is conservative, the newspaper's news pages are liberal, even more liberal than The New York Times. The Drudge Report may have a right-wing reputation, but it leans left. Coverage by public television and radio is conservative compared to the rest of the mainstream media. Meanwhile, almost all major media outlets tilt to the left.
These are just a few of the surprising findings from a UCLA-led study, which is believed to be the first successful attempt at objectively quantifying bias in a range of media outlets and ranking them accordingly..."
http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla...elNum=6664