Do you consider FOX to be news or commentary?
Wendi Speigle
2012/04/16 16:13:41
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+11FOX cable news in #1 in the business for obvious reasons. They have the sharpest most educated and appealing personnel.
Because of Reagan's deregulation that effectively removed governmental barriers in radio, TV, etc., that allowed for the commercial exploitation of media. Motivation for media firms to merge includes increased profit-margins, reduced risk and maintaining a competitive edge. In contrast to this, those who support deregulation have argued that cultural trade barriers and regulations harm consumers and domestic support in the form of subsidies hinders countries to develop their own strong media .
When you consider that stations such as CNN and Fox News are receiving millions and millions of dollars of corporate advertising revenue yet failing to expand, the reality of the continual mass awakening that we now find ourselves in becomes much clearer.
Some segments are news some are commentary.
For the most part they all keep it relatively fair and balanced...
"After first poking fun at both Mitt Romney (“That guy just makes it way too [bleeping] easy.”) and Rick Santorum, Stewart shared that, on February 10th, the RNC sent out a document emphasizing how to, as Stewart put it, “mitigate any damage that may be occurring from the improved economy.” It advised pundits to focus on national debt, unemployment and rising gas prices. He placed special emphasis on Gretchen Carlson asking — twice — why “no one” was talking about the rise in prices at the pump. He also showed that Carlson’s co-host, Steve Doocy, actually read from the document on Fox & Friends, thus revealing how the game is played while playing it."
Commentary show will always be just what they claim to be - a show that highlights a particular celebrity and/or politician's comments on what is happening in the world today. They do not attempt to mask their subject matter as breaking news, and do not deserve the flack that receive by those who claim that they do.
The commentary is commentary.
What sets Fox News apart is their is a hard line between the two.
With most everyone else in the business, it is all mixed together,
and sometimes even intertwined.
It's actually both. And the commentary isn't so much conservative as it is middle of the road. I do find it interesting though how Fox News get's the left wing's lederhosen in a wad. They can't take it that technology and the most popular news network is offering other options to the outdated liberal news monopoly. They can't take it.
if you check rating you would see that more people watch fox than any other stations.
now why would you suppose that is??
fact is fox does not attack anyone they present a fair, objective , no spin news unlike those other stations using white house talking point word for word, check facts? why bother checking facts just run with the white house tells them.
And again, ratings are meaningless. Quality and quantity are two different things. Spongebob Squarepants gets higher ratings than a symphony orchestra, but I don't think many people would say it has superior quality.
Steve Doocy: White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard once served as the "right-hand man" for Bertha Lewis, who heads up ACORN. — False (September 30, 2009)
Gretchen Carlson: Says the Texas State Board of Education is considering eliminating references to Christmas and the Constitution in textbooks. — Pants on Fire! (March 12, 2010)
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government takeover of health care' (December 16, 2010)
Glenn Beck: The Muslim Brotherhood has "openly stated they want to declare war on Israel." — False (February 15, 2011)
Karl Rove: "American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation." — False (March 29, 2011)
Brian Kilmeade: Says Gov. Rick Scott's approval ratings are up. — False (April 15, 2011)
Laura Ingraham: The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents. — False (May 16, 2011)
Sarah Palin: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined." — False (June 1, 2011)
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'Death panels' (December 18, 2009)
Kimberly Guilfoyle: If y...
Steve Doocy: White House Political Director Patrick Gaspard once served as the "right-hand man" for Bertha Lewis, who heads up ACORN. — False (September 30, 2009)
Gretchen Carlson: Says the Texas State Board of Education is considering eliminating references to Christmas and the Constitution in textbooks. — Pants on Fire! (March 12, 2010)
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'A government takeover of health care' (December 16, 2010)
Glenn Beck: The Muslim Brotherhood has "openly stated they want to declare war on Israel." — False (February 15, 2011)
Karl Rove: "American troops have never been under the formal control of another nation." — False (March 29, 2011)
Brian Kilmeade: Says Gov. Rick Scott's approval ratings are up. — False (April 15, 2011)
Laura Ingraham: The Massachusetts health care plan is "wildly unpopular" among state residents. — False (May 16, 2011)
Sarah Palin: "Look at the debt that has been accumulated in the last two years. It's more debt under this president than all those other presidents combined." — False (June 1, 2011)
PolitiFact's Lie of the Year: 'Death panels' (December 18, 2009)
Kimberly Guilfoyle: If you log into the government's Cash for Clunkers Web site (cars.gov) from your home computer, the government can "seize all of your personal and private" information, and track your computer activity. — False (August 3, 2009)
Sarah Palin: "We're going to be looking at $8 billion a day that we're going to be pouring into foreign countries in order to import that make-up fuel that we're going to need to take the place of what we could have gotten out of the gulf." — Pants on Fire! (June 3, 2011)
Sarah Palin: "Democrats are poised now to cause this largest tax increase in U.S. history." — Pants on Fire! (August 4, 2010)
Bill O'Reilly: "Attorney General Eric Holder is involved in the dismissal of the criminal charges" against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation — False (July 23, 2010)
Sarah Palin: "Barack Obama had 150 days in the U.S. Senate where he was able to vote quite often 'present.' " — False (February 8, 2010)
Glenn Beck: John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, "has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population." — Pants on Fire! (July 29, 2009)
Glenn Beck: Labor union president Andy Stern is "the most frequent visitor" at the White House. — False (December 7, 2009)
Glenn Beck: "Why do we have automatic citizenship upon birth? We're the only country in the world that has it." — False (June 19, 2009)
Bill O'Reilly: Says he didn't call Dr. George Tiller a baby killer, as liberal groups charge, but was merely reporting what "some prolifers branded him." — False (June 5, 2009)
Bill O'Reilly: When White House communications director Anita Dunn said that Mao Tse-tung was "one of her favorite philosophers, only Fox News picked that up." — False (October 27, 2009)
Bill O'Reilly: "We researched to find out if anybody on Fox News had ever said you're going to jail if you don't buy health insurance. Nobody's ever said it." — Pants on Fire! (April 27, 2010)
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