Do you think any for profit news station is balanced?

by Assassin~ Badass Buzz Guru Posted 2012/05/15 11:19:41

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	Yes	4 votes	22%
	No	14 votes	78%

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bob h. 2012/05/15 22:33:26

No

Nothing for nothing.

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wicked soda boy 2012/05/15 21:31:22

No

Not if you mean "perfectly balanced", but that would even depend on your outlook.
FOX at least gives time to some major-LWNJ's like Alan Colms on every segment they do.
This is like if MSNBC gave time on their shows for Ann Coulter or Michelle Malkin to express their views on each subject.
By the way, NPR's editing has never been terribly well balanced either, so the non-profit distinction does not guarantee balance, any more than what we get from "for profit" stations/channels.

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ur XLNC 2012/05/15 18:10:16

No

Not when ratings is the byword.

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Warren - Novus Ordo Seclorum 2012/05/15 16:41:28

No

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No, but I think balance is overrated. I would rather have the truth than a distorted story to make "both sides" look equivalent. Also, there are not two sides to every story, there is the truth and then there are 1000 different opinions, some based on the truth and some not.

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Jaroslav Dantes 2012/05/15 15:16:33

Yes

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Of course, with each step is calculated on the tax return.

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jacktown kid 2012/05/15 15:09:37

No

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out of whack

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HarleyCharley 2012/05/15 13:55:58

No

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but FOX is the fairest....

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Assassi... to HarleyC... 2012/05/15 16:47:12

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LOL

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stevmackey 2012/05/15 11:32:23

Yes

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Fox does a great job of presenting both views.

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Ken to stevmackey 2012/05/15 12:32:41

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That depends on which Fox outlet you watch.

IMO, Ruppert Murdock is destroying the conservatives in America. Whether this is deliberate or an accidental result of being raised under a multi-party parliamentary system rather than a 2 party system is something each person needs to decide for themselves. Clearly the Republicans have been pulling to the right since Murdock launched his US operations. This is alienating more and more of America's younger workers and as the WW II generation starts to die off will leave the Republicans with an ever shrinking base.

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Assassi... to stevmackey 2012/05/15 16:47:22

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LMFAO!!!

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