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Well, it has only gotten worse and more intense since last year. And to be fair the left calling Fox faux news is more so about their reporting of the wars on _____ or turning editorials opinions into news. For the most part, they haven't demonized Fox as much as the right does with virtually any media knocking Trump especially with threats. For some reason, the (veiled) threats against the media mostly comes from the right with a few far lefties too but nowhere near the levels of the right's vitriolic comments about the media.
"For the most part, they haven't demonized Fox as much as the right does with virtually any media knocking Trump especially with threats."
What I see is most on the left demonize FOX because of NON NEWS shows like Hannity, etc. lumping them in with actual NEWS shows.
Most of them claim they wouldn't be caught DEAD watching FOX but, seem to KNOW what goes on on FOX.
I see people on FOX ADMITTING to being a conservative.
When I used to watch other shows I NEVER heard one of them ADMIT to being a liberal.
At least most FOX people are HONEST and DON'T pretend to not be biased.
"For the most part, they haven't demonized Fox as much as the right does with virtually any media knocking Trump especially with threats."
What I see is most on the left demonize FOX because of NON NEWS shows like Hannity, etc. lumping them in with actual NEWS shows.
Most of them claim they wouldn't be caught DEAD watching FOX but, seem to KNOW what goes on on FOX.
I see people on FOX ADMITTING to being a conservative.
When I used to watch other shows I NEVER heard one of them ADMIT to being a liberal.
At least most FOX people are HONEST and DON'T pretend to not be biased.
Well let's look at tag lines. Fox's is "Fair and Balanced" yet I don't remember they were not as fair to Trump until he became a freight train. Now they fully defend Trump even during news programs and not just editorial style shows. There are a lot of this with liberals too, many shows proport this on Fox. MSNBC has a tag line "This is who we are" which is vague and apolitical. CNN has two troubling tag lines "The Most Name in Trusted News" and "Facts First." Now I did defend CNN from Vertias due to their known gotcha stings, but I'm not gonna let slide that there is a problem with trust due to it and other issues (no different than most outlets from time to time) but it isn't.
I'm no real supporter of MSNBC, but I do think that their tag line is what the other cable news stations need to go towards.
The media is biased in their coverage of politics.
They exacerbate the divide and ramp up discord. They contribute to the growing violence in the way they cover events and stories. They pit people of opposing views against each other who scream, yell, constantly interrupt and try to shout down the other side. Their programing is meant to enrage people and emotions and it works.
The motive is profit and the arena is more like the Roman Coliseum where the blood letting plays out in the population. Then they cover the recent killings and villains and look for the political motive to create more viewers to enrage. More political bias ensues and the cycle continues and they profit without any real concern for anything but their profit.
The model of a free press is gone. The current model is a profit press. Facts don't matter. Bring in the gladiators and who are they ? Media people who write for one side or the other. Politicians who represent one side or the other.
Unbiased reporting never existed. Newspapers were always partisan. It's only natural that TV should follow suit. Apart from reporting volcanoes and earthquakes (and even then,only with a grain of salt), every news outlet always shades every story with a political coloring.
Be aware, read different sources, don't believe everything you read or see and don't believe anything 100%. Above all, trust you own eyes and ears. They are your best sources.
Well let's look at tag lines. Fox's is "Fair and Balanced" yet I don't remember they were not as fair to Trump until he became a freight train. Now they fully defend Trump even during news programs and not just editorial style shows. There are a lot of this with liberals too, many shows proport this on Fox. MSNBC has a tag line "This is who we are" which is vague and apolitical. CNN has two troubling tag lines "The Most Name in Trusted News" and "Facts First." Now I did defend CNN from Vertias due to their known gotcha stings, but I'm not gonna let slide that there is a problem with trust due to it and other issues (no different than most outlets from time to time) but it isn't.
I'm no real supporter of MSNBC, but I do think that their tag line is what the other cable news stations need to go towards.
"Now they fully defend Trump even during news programs and not just editorial style shows"
I still see people on FOX who are not crazy about him.
The only truly news show is Brett Beir and they ALWAYS have dem on the panel at the end of the show.
Unbiased reporting never existed. Newspapers were always partisan. It's only natural that TV should follow suit. Apart from reporting volcanoes and earthquakes (and even then,only with a grain of salt), every news outlet always shades every story with a political coloring.
Be aware, read different sources, don't believe everything you read or see and don't believe anything 100%. Above all, trust you own eyes and ears. They are your best sources.
"Unbiased reporting never existed. Newspapers were always partisan"
I agree.
The left press NEVER showed FDR in a wheel chair. Most people didn't even know he had polio and mostly wheelchair confined.
We KNOW the press knew about JFK's sexual exploits and NEVER reported on it.
They denied the charges against bill clinton, etc., etc., etc.
Wasn't it Walter Cronkite who in Saigon proclaimed "we have lost the war" when in FACT we won every battle and later the North Viet Nam general later said how surprised he was that we" quit" becuae they had been beaten.
History is FILLED with left leaning "news" pushing their own agendas and political positions.
I used to do lot of traveling and have seen it a LOT, when a paper leans left and does report on a dem who was accused of doing something wrong, the party they belonged to was either way down in the article or NEVER mentioned but if a repub was involved it was in the headline.
But they are "objective" and NOT politically motivated!
They "push" their own favorable issues and demean anybody who dares to disagree with them.
I think you and I are in the same general area so I imagine you've noticed that the stories about recent indictments and convictions of various elected officials in a couple jurisdictions haven't mentioned the political party. I will grant that seeing which jurisdictions they are one would have to be pretty obtuse to not know the party.
Before Fox News, the conservatives pretty much only had Rush Limbaugh to listen to on the radio. Once Fox News came around, conservatives had an outlet to hear the stories that supported their opinions.
This is not to say that Fox was 100% conservative. Even if they are not fully 50-50 conservative/liberal, they do seem to offer a lot of liberal viewpoints, even on shows like Tucker Carlson. Of course Tucker often skewers the liberals he has on, because he tends to show how ridiculous their ideas often are. But, if you watch all the Fox shows where they are heavy on opinion versus hard news, they seem to have more liberals on to provide their side's views, than all the other networks considered MSM.
As of this date, the outlets considered MSM by conservatives have not learned a whole lot and still slant their coverage to some extent to favor the liberal viewpoint. There is a reason the liberals keep criticizing Fox and only Fox.
"Now they fully defend Trump even during news programs and not just editorial style shows"
I still see people on FOX who are not crazy about him.
The only truly news show is Brett Beir and they ALWAYS have dem on the panel at the end of the show.
Well for the most part they are holding their noses and double down with Trump comments and conspiracy theories.
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