FOX News is reporting that they beat CNN in the ratings during the war coverage.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
I prefer getting my news from the newspapers, raw news wires (AP, Knight Ridder, Reuters, et al.) and maybe the occasional Web site.

That said, I find FOX to be aggravating. This is a network that makes a point of *preaching* just how "fair and balanced" they are, which instantly raises warning flags. This is a network that goes on and on about how they "report and you decide," and then go on to have nothing but opinionated talk shows where pushing buttons (i.e., being anything but fair and balanced) is the norm because, gosh sakes, ratings mean more than journalism. Finally, this is a network that is so notoriously thin-skinned that if an outside group or person criticizes it, said group or person can expect to be skinned alive (and that's putting it mildly) by Bill O'Reilly and his fellows.

Sorry, but I'm sticking with newspapers and wire services as my primary news sources. FOX has made cable TV news mostly unpalatable.

Gatekeeper

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[Jack_www]

Well I think that is a result of 24 hour news. They have to fill the time with something that will make people want to watch, and one way is to push people's buttons. Allthough I dont think Bill O'Reilly is as bad as you think he is.

Like you said gatekeeper news papers and news wires and such are better. Again I watch FOX not for news really, but for entertainment.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Sava
Objective sources tend to seem slanted when compared against such trash as FOX.

Do you really beleive they are objective? The discussion is almost always a discussion AMONG Democrats. And the choice of what to go into detail on and how that nis done is slanted. It is faux objective. Just as it is faux sophisticated.

You numskull.

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by Jack_www
Well I think that is a result of 24 hour news. They have to fill the time with something that will make people want to watch, and one way is to push people's buttons. Allthough I dont think Bill O'Reilly is as bad as you think he is.

There's been a few times where he made sense, and I have no problem admitting that. But those moments have become rarer and rarer, it seems.

Like you said gatekeeper news papers and news wires and such are better. Again I watch FOX not for news really, but for entertainment.

To each their own, IMO. I mainly tune in to cable TV news to get visuals to go with the "meat and vittles" I get from real news sources, such as newspapers and news wires. The newspapers and wire services maintain Web sites (not all accessible to the general public) where photos are included with the text, though, so maybe even tuning into the likes of FOX, CNN, et al., will be unnecessary in the future.

Gatekeeper

[Lawrence of Arabia]

I watched FOX NEWs once during the war, and I really enjoyed their interviews with the soldiers. The reportre on the scene was very laid back, and the troops actually said something interesting. On CNN, the reports from the field with the soldiers was very formal and all you got were two word answers from the soldiers. On CNN, it looked like they got the stupidest, dumbest soldiers who had spend too much time around artillery, and/or DU. On FOX, they seemed like realy people. Other then that, you can just see from the on screen presentation of FOX where they stand: red, white and blue colors, with the US flag in one corner. I like the BBC .

[Ben Kenobi]

Are you claiming anything better north of the border or anywhere else?

Yes. We have government funded broadcasting that tells us what to believe. No one trusts the news unless it comes fromt the government.

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
The reportre on the scene was very laid back, and the troops actually said something interesting.

The reporter and the soldiers probably shared a joint before they turned on the camera. Works like a charm.

[Sava]

Originally posted by GP


Do you really beleive they are objective? The discussion is almost always a discussion AMONG Democrats. And the choice of what to go into detail on and how that nis done is slanted. It is faux objective. Just as it is faux sophisticated.

You numskull.

I think your excessive exposure to FOX and Rush has fried your brain. I'd recommend help, but it's watching you in action is too much fun.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Sava
I think your excessive exposure to FOX and Rush has fried your brain. I'd recommend help, but it's watching you in action is too much fun.

Learn English grammar.

[Q Classic]

how is cnn anti-american?

[Sava]

Originally posted by GP


Learn English grammar.

Sorry, you can send all complaints to my English teachers. I don't put too much effort into proof-reading my posts. You should talk, you spelled numbskull wrong.

[Demerzel]

Originally posted by gsmoove23
Isn't the Sun or the Daily Mail the most popular British paper? What astounds me is that Fox doesn't have Page 3 girls and still manages to be winning the ratings.

depressingly so. the sun is the best selling tabloid - i believe the best selling paper is still The Telegraph. half the reason people buy the sun is that it only costs 10 or 20p. the other half must just like reading the biggest pile of ****e in existance.

i think i'd rather watch Fox News 24/7 than have to read The Sun ever.

[TCO]

Originally posted by Sava
Sorry, you can send all complaints to my English teachers. I don't put too much effort into proof-reading my posts. You should talk, you spelled numbskull wrong.

Yeah, I screw up grammar and spelling all the time too. You are still a num(b)skull.

[Lancer]

In Iraq, CNN always sought out bad or negative news to report, while our troops were moving fast through light resistance, freeing people all the way. FOX captured that well, we were winning, and our enemy wasn't there to fight big battles, just skirmishes.

I heard somewhere of a guy that turned from CNN to FOX and went from losing the war to winning it. Funny, exagerated sure, but also true. The THUTH of the war in Iraq could be found on FOX, as well as the best inbeds. People watched FOX for the truth, the... NEWS.

Regarding the newspapers, the local rag, the 'Register Guard', was the same. US troops were always 'meeting stiff resistance' or 'getting thrown out of Baghdad airport'. We call that paper the Red Guard here abouts. These people WANTED the news to be bad because why? Because this was a REPUBLICAN war.

With such anti American spin, FOX news is a breath of fresh air to the majority who have had enough leftist spin.

[Bereta_Eder]

I thought lopazanam had wore off by now?