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Are There Any Conservatives Willing To Admit Fox News Is Biased?
As a liberal-leaning moderate, I'm willing to admit MSNBC, for example, is full of bullshit. Like Fox, it's obvious to anyone with half a brain that it has its own, rather slanted agenda to push. So since I am willing to admit the fallacy of a network I admittedly agree with, are any conservatives prepared to so with Fox?
First answer, you spelled Ayers wrong, LOL.
Some of these answers just sadden me.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
To all of you saying that Fox isn't biased because they allow liberal talking heads to give the "liberal viewpoint," keep this in mind: The so-called "liberal viewpoint" on Fox is as weakly and lamely represented as the "conservative viewpoint" on MSNBC.
I've watched CNN, Fox and MSNBC electoral coverage for the past several weeks, and they all have their agendas. When they have someone representing the opposite viewpoint, that person is usually a shrill idiot brought in to make the network's agenda look good in comparison. So please don't say that Fox is fair because they "let" us have our say. The frequent sight of O'Reilly shouting over a guest's opposing response should prove that.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
All news stations are bias one way or the other. Personally i think all new organizations are disgusting for the way they frame the news. For example Don't ya just Love it how when it is a large group of white people its a ''throng'' or ''gathering'' but when its African-Americans or a minority its ''mob'' but they all do that (i'm white btw its just obvious that they do that). What really annoys me is the completely pointless "human interest" stories, no news value & doesn't educate in the slightest. To answer your question the news stories themselves are not bias but the presenters tend to be. Sean Hannity is a disgrace he's not even close to a journalist & sprouts off on rants misusing quotes usually completely out of context & providing half a story. Colmes has picked up his game of late which is good but before it used to be Hannity just walking all over him. I know Hannity is a opinon show host but people take his views as fact which is dangerous which isn't how a news organisation should work. Fox News would be be fair & balanced if the presenters stopped offering their opinions & providing half a story. There is no doubt some of the other networks DO have a liberal bias (MSNBC) the worst, but the conservative arguement that this balances it out with Fox is pathetic. Fox should show the others up by providing a completly balanced view of events with a worldwide view of events, not try to balance it out! Alot of the anti-repulican 'bias' in the press for the past few years comes, i believe, from the consensious that they press failed in its job in the led up to Iraq. The American press coverage in general wasunprofessional & an failed in its duty to investigate properly & after there was a bit of collective shame. I do think that Fox doesn't do itself any favours though when it has a regular contributors Ann Coulter & Carl Rove, two of the most divisive people in the country.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
According to Pew, a polling firm, CNN is the least biased of nine news stations they listed. FOX was considered the most biased. I agree. And to someone who said that the liberal networks don't have conservatives on their programs, I would remind them that both Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric have interviewed Sarah Palin. Larry King was scheduled to have McCain on his show, but McCain canceled because he felt that Campbell Brown wasn't nice to Tucker Bounds.
Bill O'Reilly almost ate Obama alive. He was really weird with him. I try to watch FOX a couple of times a week just to say what the "other side" is saying.
- 5 years ago
All news channels have a conservative or liberal bias which is the reason I watch both Fox and MSNBC (even though I sometimes want to throw my remote at the tv when I watch MSNBC.... jk). Fox News is just as much as a news source as MSNBC is (They both fail at unbiased reporting) Fox news does lie while MSNBC spits out crazy left wing theories about how republicans want to destroy the US or the tea party is full of hate filled racists.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
I'm a Conservative and FOX is 100% Bias towards the Republicans. But all the other news station are bias to the Democrats, I don't care what the Democrats do wrong they will not air it on CNN, MSNBC, because they think it will hurt Obama.
- 1 decade ago
FOX backs up their reporting with some proof such as the footage of Frank saying in July, 3 short months ago, that Freddie and Fannie were solid but not a good investment. Also footage of the democrats in 2005 saying that regulating Fannie and Freddie would result in keeping the poor from purchasing homes. They actually had proof of what the democrats were saying. They didn't just show some edited sound bite to make somebody look like a fool which is the tactic used by all of the other main news channels. I'm an independent and was a democrat for 40 years until recently. I'm sick of all their bs.
- 1 decade ago
I totally agree that the media is biased in one way or another. It is a shame that the news can't be reported uniformly over al the networks but infortunately the lobbyists have so much control over this election that it doesn't surprise me that this has happened.
- jo PLv 41 decade ago
MSNBC may be full of it, but they do have Republicans that can do a great job of debating the Democrats on that channel. Does Fox News have a Pat Buchanan or a Joe Scarborough? No. They have Geraldo, Juan Williams, Greta, and Hannity's hand-picked sidekick, Alan Colmes. Fox Noise brings out bums to represent the viewpoints of Democrats. What a joke.
- chumbucketLv 41 decade ago
Fox is more right than center but MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and CNN all lean to the left if not further. There has to be some balance correct?
At least on Fox you get to see both sides talk about it equally. On the others you rarely if ever hear the republican side of things or if they do put one on it's Pat Buchanan or some other barely republican guy or girl.
Hey "True Patriot"...every republican here has stated the opposite of what you said they would. Doh! on you.
Fox news is #1 in ratings for a reason.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Of course it is. Then again, I'm a Democrat...
Trust me, you are dealing with a bunch of brainwashed people and people who are out to brainwash others -- the truth is the LAST thing that concerns them.