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Old 03-11-2015, 04:52 AM
 
Location: Bella Vista, Ark
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Among whom?
Among regeistered voters, that is who...As for polls, I don't pay much attention to them, most are slanted, but the fact remains this seens to always be the outcome of polls and who trusts the cabie networks? If nothing else, certainly FOX is the most watched.
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Old 03-11-2015, 11:04 AM
 
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dominates the news and you just can't admit it. The leftist message on your party's media is falling on deaf ears.
NPR is reliably anti-American, so wouldn't quote them on anything.
Few American viewers care what you think, and the numbers prove it.
Fox News is owned by Australian Rupert Murdoch, and his Communist Chinese wife, Wendi Deng.
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Old 03-11-2015, 11:08 AM
 
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Yea it's pretty sad. Democrats tell the world that Americans find it too hard to get a voter ID. Now that's stupid, helpless, idiotic.
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Old 03-11-2015, 11:10 AM
 
Location: CO
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Among regeistered voters, that is who...As for polls, I don't pay much attention to them, most are slanted, but the fact remains this seens to always be the outcome of polls and who trusts the cabie networks? If nothing else, certainly FOX is the most watched.
Wrong.

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In the comparison chart, FOX News is definitely the Republican choice as 58 percent of GOP voters say they trust FOX the most.
Much like the network, its viewers could care less about facts.
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Old 03-12-2015, 10:41 PM
 
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Wrong.


Much like the network, its viewers could care less about facts.
Give me five things Fox has said that are not true.
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Old 03-12-2015, 11:22 PM
 
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Well, this is pretty much a no-brainer, considering the rock-solid consistent results of the cable news ratings over the last 14 years, but in case there is still anyone out there that did not know, here is a poll by Quinnipiac to confirm it:
Is that really all you have? Some poll that says they're the most trusted network? Trusted to do what? Make a big ****ing deal about the President liking spicy mustard on his hamburger? Babbling to little kids about how Santa is white? Accusing Obama of being a terrible President and a wannabe dictator because he appoints people to federal posts, which is exactly what he's supposed to do? Choosing America's enemy, Vladimir Putin, over their own President? Are you able to address any of those or are you just going to hide behind some poll?
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Old 03-12-2015, 11:30 PM
 
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Then there's the times a Republican was in hot water and Fox didn't want to give bad press to a Republican so they just changed him to a Democrat. Yeah, real trustworthy there.

The party switch
One of the more interesting Fox Techniques involves the fairly consistent "party switch" from Republican (R) to Democrat (D) when a prominent GOP member is caught up in a public scandal. The following is a list of various examples of such (see here for screen captures of each):
Mark Foley - A Republican member of the House of Representatives from Florida, Foley was alleged to have sent sexually inappropriate messages via email and text messages to teenage male pages. Ironically, he also introduced the "Child Modeling Exploitation prevention Act of 2002". In several interviews, Fox News tagged him as a (D), or Democrat, on their subtitles.[62]
John McCain - Seen by many as a more moderate Republican during and following the 2004 Republican primaries, Fox News also labeled him a (D).
Whitehouse / Chafee - During the pivotal 2006 Senate election in Rhode Island, eventual victor Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse was polling 10+ percentage points over the incumbent Lincoln Chafee. Fox News reported that Whitehouse (R) was leading Chafee (D) by 11 points (see above link for screen capture).
Ted Stevens - Prior to the 2008 Senate elections, this Senator from Alaska was facing charges of failing to disclose benefits received. Fox News labeled him a (D).
Mark Sanford - The Republican Governor of South Carolina in 2009 was dramatically found to be having an affair with an Argentinian woman after a week in which his whereabouts were unknown. During his press conference in which he admitted his affair, Fox News identified him as a (D).
Fox News - RationalWiki

You can see the screen grabs here
Democratic Underground - Collect them all! - Democratic Underground
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Old 03-12-2015, 11:30 PM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Among regeistered voters, that is who...As for polls, I don't pay much attention to them, most are slanted, but the fact remains this seens to always be the outcome of polls and who trusts the cabie networks? If nothing else, certainly FOX is the most watched.
thats not actually what the poll says.

only 29 of registered voters trust fox, that means 71% trust someone else.

And the percentage is only that high because 58% of Republicans trust FOX.

No other group picked FOX #1.

So what the poll should actually say is "republicans trust FOX", not registered Voters as I clearly demonstrated, a majority do not.
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Old 03-12-2015, 11:45 PM
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All this demonstrates is that right wingers unite around their propaganda machines and blindly swallow whatever BS they're being served.
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Old 03-12-2015, 11:45 PM
 
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I don't watch cable news, but I appreciate the service that Fox is providing for those who do, especially when you consider the cable news alternatives.

The rest of the story is being distributed. So when CNN, MSNBC and the broadcast networks decide they are just not going to report on a story because it does not fit with their "narrative," which happens with some regularity, Fox News is there to fill the gap and provide the information that the cable news audience would otherwise be missing.

And that is one of the main reasons why Fox News is trusted more than any of these other networks.
What has Fox covered that the others haven't?
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