Fox News - Fair and Balanced?

[soundman]

Look at this video clip to see how Fox News uses body parts to talk about a serial killer: (Broadband only) Link to Fox video

[soundman]

Look at this video clip to see how Fox News uses body parts to talk about a serial killer: (Broadband only) Link to Fox video

[NakedTao]

Good job out of Jon Stewart (who, unlike Mr. Bill "Big Giant Head" O'Reilly, has actually won a Peabody) for pointing out the hypocrisy of talking about a serial rapist while showing images of spring break. It's one of many examples of Fox distorting the news to get better ratings.

BTW, I wouldn't watch Fox News (or, should I say "Faux News") if someone were to put a gun to my head - unless, of course, I wanted to torture myself.

[nacktman]

FOXHews ... ahem pardon me FAUXNews ... fair and balanced?

Okay

A piece on a serial rapist/killer in Daytona using footage of college kids trying to get a "piece"?

Even if you use juxtapositioning very liberally ... oh, wait this is FOX, I keep forgetting they do nothing liberally ... it just dosen't make sense.

T & A to illustrate a news item on a serial rapist/killer ... only on FOX.

[shomymojo]

I like FOX News...but I also like MSNBC...I do the fair & balanced myself...LOL

[P.J.]

I don't want to shock anyone, but I prefer Fox News.

I like The O'Reilly Factor (which, despite Mr. O'Reilly's tendenacy to lean to the right-winged, doesn't give the Conservatives a free pass).
I especially enjoy Hannity & Colmes. Putting a Conservative like Sean Hannity and a Liberal like Alan Colmes face to face and side to side with equaly interesting guests is probably as "fair and balanced" as you can get.

What might shock some who know me, is that I also read news from the Democratic Party. I'm a Conservative who really does like to be fair and balanced.

[NudistGuy47]

Pardon me for being critical, but I do not see the connection between a serial killer targeting prostitutes and Spring Break.UNless the street walkers are heading to Daytona Beach to earn some extra money, then I don't see the killer targeting the Spring Break crowd.

Just my humble opinion.

[usmc1]

quote:

Originally posted by NudistGuy47:
Pardon me for being critical, but I do not see the connection between a serial killer targeting prostitutes and Spring Break.UNless the street walkers are heading to Daytona Beach to earn some extra money, then I don't see the killer targeting the Spring Break crowd.

Just my humble opinion.

As a former news director, anchor type let me say they were "sensationalizing".

The story line was that that was a serial killer believed to be at large in an area where students cluster over spring break. (Oh my god, gasp, pant, wheez, golly gee whiz) Given the state of the biz today I'm surprised they didn's also superimpose Valerie Holloway's face over the scene.

[ken0254]

Soundman,

Do you have the link I can find that video so it doesn't have to go through the CFI site?

ken

[soundman]

quote:

Originally posted by ken0254:
Soundman,

Do you have the link I can find that video so it doesn't have to go through the CFI site?

ken

The direct link to the video is: http://www.clothesfree.com/videos/fairandbalanced.wmv

[luvnaturism]

Catchy slogans have a long history in news media. Think about this one: "All the news that's fit to print."

However if you want your news "fair and balanced" you'll never get it by watching just one source. Fox News isn't any more biased than other outlets (though they certainly made themselves look dumb in that video); they're ALL biased.

No one can show all the news; there's too much of it. News editors are always making choices about which of the stuff that they COULD print or show will actually be used. Personal preferences and biases affect which items are deemed important enough to use. Always have. Always will.

Beyond that all news items are written from a point of view or slant to help them grab the viewer's or reader's attention. The personal political views, interests, and experiences of the reporter shape that slant.

Keep in mind also that no reporter can be expert on every story he or she is assigned to cover, and deadlines don't allow time for research. Therefore simple ignorance affects what does or doesn't get reported, and how what is reported is slanted. Example: I'm a pilot, and after all these years I'm still waiting to see an aviation accident reported accurately in the early stories written immediately after it happened.

So you want fair and balanced? Get your news from lots of sources that represent lots of different point of view.

[Naturist Mark]

quote:

However if you want your news "fair and balanced" you'll never get it by watching just one source. Fox News isn't any more biased than other outlets (though they certainly made themselves look dumb in that video); they're ALL biased.

Let me be the first to call Bull***t.

Sure, there is bias in all reporting. In America the major bias is in favor of very large media corporations, and anything that makes them more powerful and profitable.

But FOX news is exceptional in its lack of balance and extreme bias. And there is no better example than Bill O'Reilly

-Mark

[nacktman]

Cow Pies, Buffalo Chips, Horse Hockey, three more to call, Mark.

But, let's get it right ... it's FAUXNews not Fox news ... let's at least get it correct now shall we?

[jon71]

Legitimate news agencies try to get it right and sometimes miss. Fauxnews was created with the intention to spin and lie. It has already been statistically that their viewers are both the least informed of current events and the most likely to believe things that aren't true like Saddam was behind 9-11 or that Bush is even marginally concerned about terrorism.

[NakedTao]

Amen, jon. Fox News is a propaganda arm of the right-wing and any truly objective person knows this.

And Mark, where to start with the Big Giant Head? To name a few:
- saying that Inside Edition won Peabody Awards when they didn't
- writing pornographic murder mysteries
- telling those who disagree with him to "shut up"
- sexually harassing a producer with a loofah and a falafel
- threatening callers to his radio program for merely mentioning the name "Olbermann" (whom O'Reilly tried to have fired from MSNBC)
- suggesting that terrorists should blow up San Francisco

No wonder Keith Olbermann keeps naming him the Worst Person in the World (although Sean Hannity is a very close - and more obnoxious - second).