Originally Posted by eleanoraquitaine

Actually, I do believe it is fair and balanced. I love being able to hear my viewpoints expressed and discussed on many issues that simply is not done on the liberal stations. In addition, I believe the liberals on Fox are far superior to most of the liberals on the liberal stations. Alan Colmes does an excellent job, superior to the lunnie libs on the liberal stations, of defending and promoting the liberal agenda, as do many of their other democratic consultants.

The end result is that Fox is simply more professional than the other stations in terms of allowing all major sides of the issue to debate the issues in a sober fashion.

Originally Posted by Tuatara

Can you imagine that. A conservative (and no you are not av libertarian) praising Alan Colmes yet not one liberal likes the guy. Tells you a lot about who Fox choses to be their "opposition".

Yeah, you would never hear such tactics from O'Reilly, Coulter, Hannity, Limbaugh...

Originally Posted by Metrophobe

If you want to stand by a statement that is correct only within the confines of channel vs. channel, that's fine. Your conclusion that "based on ratings domination,...viewers consider them very fair and balanced OR the vast bulk of America is right wing," is clearly lacking in reason and logic. Here is why: The opinions embodied by FOX are represented by one outlet: FOX. Therefore, you will see a consolidation of viewership there held by people who agree. On the other hand, the liberally biased opinion is divided amongst indistinguishable outlets (i.e., CNN, MSNBC, etc.,) and therefore that viewership is unconsolidated among those indistinguishable sources. If your premise of the majority considering them fair and balanced OR reflecting the vast bulk of America as right-wing, then in this equation, FOX alone should beat the sum of the indistinguishables.

So, go ahead and stand by your statement, if all we are talking about is one channel vs. another. In the broader conversation of media bias and public perception, your statement is wrong and you should let it go.

Originally Posted by eleanoraquitaine

Actually, I do believe it is fair and balanced. I love being able to hear my viewpoints expressed and discussed on many issues that simply is not done on the liberal stations. In addition, I believe the liberals on Fox are far superior to most of the liberals on the liberal stations. Alan Colmes does an excellent job, superior to the lunnie libs on the liberal stations, of defending and promoting the liberal agenda, as do many of their other democratic consultants.

The end result is that Fox is simply more professional than the other stations in terms of allowing all major sides of the issue to debate the issues in a sober fashion. The liberal stations are simply rabid liberal name callers, whose childishness equates to sub 10 year olds.

Originally Posted by Ixtellor

I guess the American public trusts NBC more than FOX.

Am I too assume that because "My Name is Earl" (social commentary on buddism and Karma) and "30 Rock" (Liberally biased conservative bashing commentary) get higher ratings, that more people trust them then FOX news?

It seems to me that you can't make blanket statements about the American people by showing poll numbers.

The only thing you can say is "More people watch FOX news than watch MSNBC"

You can speculate as to why. (1 conservative channel, 3 liberal ones - just might explain it...) But it is just opinion.


Ixtellor

P.S. My favorite News channel Stat: % of Viewers who believe Saddam was responsible for 9/11. Winner... FOX NEWS!!!!!! Yea!!! Most uninformed viewership!!!!!

Originally Posted by Ixtellor

I guess the American public trusts NBC more than FOX.

Am I too assume that because "My Name is Earl" (social commentary on buddism and Karma) and "30 Rock" (Liberally biased conservative bashing commentary) get higher ratings, that more people trust them then FOX news?

It seems to me that you can't make blanket statements about the American people by showing poll numbers.

The only thing you can say is "More people watch FOX news than watch MSNBC"

You can speculate as to why. (1 conservative channel, 3 liberal ones - just might explain it...) But it is just opinion.


Ixtellor

P.S. My favorite News channel Stat: % of Viewers who believe Saddam was responsible for 9/11. Winner... FOX NEWS!!!!!! Yea!!! Most uninformed viewership!!!!!