Fox News is Fair and Balanced it says so right on their page!!!Originally Posted by Steely Glint
That being said, obviously Fox News leans conservative. Just like CNN, CBS, MSNBC, ABC and many others lean left. There are a few differences. On Fox debate is thought of as a positive and even though they sometimes pick some really dumb liberals to beat up on - at least they are allowing another voice to be heard. Secondly despite their 'fair and balanced logo' almost everyone understands that the network leans right. However turning on the TV to listen to a CBS news anchor the average person never realized the person talking to them was blue dyed liberal with an agenda.
Now people know. Now the trust in press is pretty damn low.
http://news.gallup.com/poll/195542/a...s-new-low.aspx
Generally that's a good thing but it can lead to the balkanisation of news and facts. The liberal bias is the news not only made it possible for fakes news to exist it created fertile soil for it to grow. If they had been objective and presented the news as facts without regard to the impact of said news there wouldn't have been a demand for alternative voices. Sometimes those alternative voices agree with you on your political position so you trust them. Since there is no longer a single objective source available you have people living in an alternative reality. Thanks liberal media.
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