Fox News Fair and Balanced? HA HA

I agree. But, over the past few weeks I have been told over and over how uniformed I am since I don't get my news just from FOX. I do honestly believe that a news media does lean one way or another and that's just a part of life and capitalism.

It was just a little story about one of Bush's speechwriters saying that Bush made jokes about Palin. And, no I'm not bashing Palin, you asked and I didn't want this discussion to be about Palin that's why I didn't go into details about the story.

I have never relied on one news source, it makes one a fool to do so. I can understand if one likes a certain morning news program and a certain evening news program. Has this couple been living under a rock or something? I can flip through my television and hear about tea parties and acorn without being on FOX.

I prefer to read my news so I don't watch much either.

Not about to jump on ya... just wondering what it was that you were referring too... by what you say you make it sound it's some story on a she said that he said thing that I wouldn't expect a news network to go out and say anything about it... but then I'm going to have to find something on it to be able to say whether that is the case. Like if someone says that they overheard Obama call Kenya a you know what and there was no tape or proof is it really news worthy if you don't know for sure?

But anyways as for that couple I don't know maybe they just didn't hit the news at the right time... but I found it interesting that they say they watch the news pretty regular and they didn't know about those two things. Again I got rid of my dish so I'm sticking to reading a lot and it gave me the time to read these bills and statistics and research so it's been better I think getting away from it all.

I have to say if Fox were the only network covering the tea parties or the ACORN scandal I'd have never heard about them at all! I'm quite aware of what's going on there so apparently someone else is reporting it.

Annie

Annie... who said that the others weren't? only one I was talking about was a couple who only watch NBC... Like I said no one should ever rely on only one news network.

Here missy, you can read for yourself. And, as for your comment about Obama calling that guy an ahole (I hope that's what you're talking about) I did see on FOX or maybe it was wnd.com they claim to have the sound bit of it. I didn't listen because I was looking for the Bush story and I haven't gotten back to it since it wasn't really that important to me LOL

http://news.aol.com/article/george-bush-called-sarah-palin-not/671236

Yeah it's what I thought a he said she said thing. Not news, another person wanting to make a buck off a former president.

In your own words, Zephyr, you don't watch TV all that much. Then how in the world can you say that Fox doesn't give fair and balanced news? Do you hear other people making that assertion and just go along with it without finding out for yourself? In that sense, you are uninformed because you don't take the time to watch and get both sides of the story.

I'm sorry, missy. No, YOU didn't say nobody else was reporting it but there have been various posts here implying that many media outlets had failed to report it. I just wanted to point out that I'd seen it reported and I don't watch Fox. As for the broadcast networks - ABC, CBS, NBC - I rarely watch any news on any of them other than flipping through the Sunday morning talks shows now and then so it could well be none of them mentioned it.

Annie

Looking at the clips of the Tea Party there certainly is a difference in the way the different networks reported it,

Fox News was much more kind and didn't go looking for the couple of loons in the crowd... funny the loons seemed to have the professionally made signs and not the obviously handmade ones. Look at this CNN clip... the protesters who had the professional printed signs were not the tea party people I know to be the majority. And the pro healthcare ones were all professionally printed ones too. But the way this CNN clip shows the Tea Party demonstrators is enough to make anyone think they were all a bunch of loons.

http://www.weaselzippers.net/blog/2009/09/cnn-tea-party-express-stop-very-angry-signsantiobamaantidemocratic-administration-type-rallyall-code.html

Please excuse the language on this site... I was just surfing for clips and this is the first I on the list in my search.

Strange also how the white house claimed it and Obama were not aware of the upcoming tea party... if we are to believe that then maybe it is possible that

Here's the link without the swear words...

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2009/09/12/velshi.tea.party.and.wilson.cnn?iref=videosearch

I think you have to copy and paste from now on here...

It's just shocking... I wonder where did they get the printed signs?
CNN was not reporting on the majority of the tea party people...

I think the only sad part is that people actually do rely on one news source because they have a fear of any other "news". I wish every realized that all news agencies are exactly what you said, "soundboards".

As for relying on one news source, it honestly depends. I definitly don't rely on one news source. Honestly I like to read/hear international perspectives on the US and global news. My main news source is BBC, I also like Al Jazeera and Haaretz. I watched CNN during the election but after Obama got elected, CNN really went downhill in my opinion.

My husband listens to the FOX radio channel on Sirius, he likes to listen to the crazy talk, I personally can't stand it. I don't think that bashing is really fair and if they aren't bashing conservatives then it isn't balanced either.

I do agree that the international news really puts a different outlook and sometimes they have stories that the American news agencies aren't running at all and yes that includes FOX LOL

I remember when I was a lot younger the tabloids were running stories about strange things "bat boy" and "2 headed baby" but, now, as we seen from the last election they sometimes do carry stories that are actually true and they are the first to break it.

there's fairly strict rules about just making random things up here but the tabloids frequently find ways round it - choosing only to report certain bits of a story and missing out anything that doesn't quite fit with their aim, sticking a ridiculous amount of spin on something (see the daily mail for this one) and of course opinion columns and the use of the word 'alledgedly'. they also do make things up occasionally, risking fines in the hope of extra sales i imagine. as a said, starting point only.

umm during the Bush Administration FOX News took the perspective that Bush was God and all the liberals that spoke out against the administration were Unamerican. Silly as it maybe their God spoke and Fox didn't run it because it was against their new Goddess.

if Bush were still president, and Palin were still governor, or even still running for office, it would be a signifigant story. Neither is the case now so it's a silly insignifigant story.....even for fox's "god" and "goddess".

I liked James Carville's take on it best.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/16/carville-takes-aim-at-latest-tell-all-on-bush/

ROFL! I don't really care for Carville, but he nailed this one!

Taskr, if YOU agree with Carville you MUST tell me what he said since I can't find a transcript!
Annie

My baby is sleeping right now so I can't listen to it and give it to you word for word, but basically, he said the guy is a dweeb, and called him a few other names. He said it doesn't sound like Bush, but regardless of whether he did or didn't say it, the guy is a dweeb and a punk and as a former aide shouldn't be blabbing about private conversations that occurred between him and a former president. You really need to listen to it though because it's funny to hear.

By the way, does anyone else think Carville looks like Mr. Bigglesworth from Austin Powers? That's how my wife always refers to him.

Ok the baby's awake. His EXACT words were "this little dweeb needs to be glove-slapped".

Thanks, Taskr, even though I haven't yet actually heard it I can almost hear it in my head...lol! I have to admit I don't think much of anyone who repeats things that were said in confidence or in a private setting. I said the same thing about Levi Johnston's "revelations". However, the guy DID write the book so I suppose it's news. I'd say, IF there's any truth to it he said far worse things about Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden than about Sarah Palin!

Annie

LOL A week? Are you kidding me? I just responding to a discussion the other day and the conservative was complaining about liberals not being informed because they use cnn and msnbc and they weren't covering the acorn story but, they were they just didn't have every freakin story line revolving around acorn. 8 minutes after the discussion was posted I happen to look at msnbc and guess what, the story had been on their website for over an hour.

Oh, so now we are just going to say well an aide said that was incorrect and leave a story at that? Well hell no one on the right believed Obama when he said there wasn't death panels in the health care reform. Great Taskr I won't have to believe anything anymore as long as an aide said it wasn't true or didn't happen.

The info on the "Death panels" as they've been called was part of the bill. Reading the bill would show that regardless of what anyone claimed. Here we just have a guy making ridiculous claims trying to sell a book. I don't see Fox News giving coverage to claims made in anti-Obama books so I'd say their coverage has been consistent on this issue.

"The info on the "Death panels" as they've been called was part of the bill. Reading the bill would show that regardless of what anyone claimed."
Reading the bill would show there were no such thing as "death panels", that was a word Sarah Palin or someone else made up because it sounded very frightening. It ws about health care professionals being paid to counsel patients and their families on their options which could include being kept alive for as long as possible no matter what it took! It could also include not wishing to be kept alive by artificial means.

"Here we just have a guy making ridiculous claims trying to sell a book. I don't see Fox News giving coverage to claims made in anti-Obama books so I'd say their coverage has been consistent on this issue."
I don't have a link to give you so you can correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Sean Hannity spend a fair amount of time discussing Jerome Corsi's anti-Obama book? Hasn't he had entire "series within in his series" against the Clinton's and Obama in recent years?

Annie

Well I can't say what Hannity may have done. As you know I never really watch his show. It was tolerable when Colmes was on, but now there's really nobody to balance his ridiculous claims. Zephyr was talking about what she found on the websites and I've never seen them address anti-Obama books on Fox's website.