Escapians who watch Fox News...why?

[JPArbiter]

Look at it this way, Fox News is perceived as unbelievably biased, or fair and balanced, because most people watch the news during the primetime slots. Fox, like CNN and MSNBC, air thier editorial programs between the hours of seven and midnight Eastern Time. on Fox this is your Bill O'Reiley, Hannity and Combs etc. Note on MSNBC Keith Olberman was in this timeslot and his Bias is perfectly clear.

Fox broadcasts prior to the Prime Time Hours are no more biased of full of crap then either of the other two cable networks, and all three are paragons of unbiased reporting when compared to foreign journalism like the BBC, Al Jazeria etc. If Anything Fox deserves some credit during their daytime broadcasting because they will ask questions the other won't on topics of the day.

 

[drthmik]

anyone who thinks for even one second that ANY news source is without bias

anyone who thinks that any newspapers and TV (or other source) news have no agenda that they push

anyone who thinks that reporters never push their own opinions as fact and truth or make mistakes or lie outright

anyone who thinks that media companies don't choose (based on opinion and politics) the spin, content and even which stories are deemed "important" for the news to air

and especially

anyone who thinks that THEY themselves are unbiased

you are lying to yourself and you need to pay more attention

FOX news is not any more biased than any other news source. People only regard sources such as CNN and the BBC to be less biased because the bias of those sources falls in line with their own bias. Therefore, because they AGREE with it, they find it easier to ignore the mistakes and opinions presented as fact and the lies and deliberate propaganda and the biased editing and everything else that media companies and reporters do to control your opinions.

the news is not in the business of presenting facts and/or truth.
It is in the business of controlling people through their opinions.

 

[lacktheknack]

Fox is as legitimate a news source as MSNBC, CNN, or Pravda. I read and watch as many news shows and newspapers (online) as I can because I hope if I get enough versions of a story I will find something approaching the truth.

However one wonders if the OP actually has a purpose in asking this question (i.e. a quest for knowledge) or if this is just more bullshit. I expect it is the latter but let us see how this goes before I pass judgment.

Alright, I can see where you're coming from with the legitimacy, but why not go to BBC, or some news source that isn't as biased?

Because it's still biased, and biased in a way that doesn't suit my political alignment.

Actually, I'm Canadian and don't watch TV. But you get the point.

 

[JPArbiter]

anyone who thinks the BBC is not Biased is either not paying attention or they agree wholeheartedly with said bias.

 

[Da Orky Man]

I like Bill O'Rilly. He might be the most honest commentator out there. Note, I did not say completely honest JUST the most honest (Like the most honest thief, or the most honest car sales man.). Now, I am including all media outlets CNN, MSNBC, and FOX. I try to watch CNN and Fox (MSNBC just pisses me off since Rachele Murdock and the FT. Hood attacks, I will not go into details here).

He may be honest, but he also claims we don't know what causes the tides. Apparently, he's never heard of the moon.

 

[SilentCom]

Fox is as legitimate a news source as MSNBC, CNN, or Pravda. I read and watch as many news shows and newspapers (online) as I can because I hope if I get enough versions of a story I will find something approaching the truth.

However one wonders if the OP actually has a purpose in asking this question (i.e. a quest for knowledge) or if this is just more bullshit. I expect it is the latter but let us see how this goes before I pass judgment.

CNN is bias
MSNBC is bias
BBC is bias
FOX outright lies.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-21-2011/fox-news-false-statements

That's why I don't watch them.

You get your facts from the Daily Show? It didn't exactly score well in the list of stations shown in the beginning. As a matter of fact, he joked about Fox scoring only slightly better than them.

 

[BlindedHunter]

I do not watch Fox news and likely never will. I have on occasion, but the degree of fear-mongering, false information, and lack of anything intellectual just got to me. I don't watch a lot of news at all these days, but I tend to like to take a glance at smaller organizations, or groups that are out-of-country like the BBC and Economist.
I'm also not convinced that one can say Fox is as biased as any given left-leaning news outlet. It seems to me that the truth of matters is often a little left-leaning.

 

[catalyst8]

I imagine a large proportion of Fox News' viewers watch because they're as ignorant & bigoted as the presenters. Like this one, an ignorant, snide, malicious harridan:

 

[SilentCom]

CNN is bias
MSNBC is bias
BBC is bias
FOX outright lies.

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-june-21-2011/fox-news-false-statements

That's why I don't watch them.

If you think that Fox is the only network that out and out lies when it serves its agenda then you do not watch enough of the news. Either that or you cannot look beyond your own bias to see the lies others are telling you.

Look up Rachel Maddow and Glock 7 or if you are too lazy, Maddow tries (and succeeds in some cases) to convince her viewers that the Glock 7 exists. Problem is that the Glock 7 only exists in the movie Die Hard. The reason she tries to convince us of this is to further her anti-gun agenda. And no, I do not believe she is stupid enough to not know the gun is fake after talking about it (at least) twice. Plus she stated at the end of the segment that you should not look up this stuff on the internet because you will only see lies from the gun lobby.

Typing...looks up Glock 7 on the internet...first hit is Urban Dictionary...the site says that the glock 7 is fake...apparently the Urban Dictionary is part of the gun lobbies conspiracy.

Yea, I watched a little bit on Rachel Maddow just now about the gun control stuff. She is incredibly ignorant of firearms. Everything she said was either due to her not knowing anything about guns or is a complete lie. She called a 7.62mm (assuming it is 7.62x39 AK-47 round) an anti-aircraft and artillery round... That's like calling a firecracker a weapon of mass destruction.

 

[OmniscientOstrich]

I wasn't aware there actually were Escapists who watch Fox News for anything other than comedic purposes. While it might seem from the outset of their reporting on video games like Mass Effect that had made quite the staggering lack of research, I think it's pretty clear they're just outright ignoring/distorting the facts; resulting in outright libelous and demagogic reports, to reinforce the prejudices of their insipid jingoistic audience. This video explains things pretty well:


I can understand people wanting to source more right of centre media along with the left to get a more balanced overall picture, but really couldn't you pick something that isn't the television equivalent of a tabloid? And I apply this to both sides of course, nobobdy should really be taking Keith Olbermann or The Daily Mirror seriously either.

 

[emeraldrafael]

For the fair and balanced news source. And how they're not bowing down to the socialist agenda of Barrack Osama and instead are being the voice of reason and truth through his lies.

Clearly they're the voice of the people and know exactly what should be done to help the world through these times. And they always know who is to blame (and justly so). They're the only news source in the world that not working towards a secret goal and gives both sides of the story. You dont see such communist sources like the BBC doing that.


This is so much easier to type than say because I dont have to stop and regain myself from laughter.

 

[Tiger Sora]

I watch quality Fox programing such as The Simpsons..... ahahaha. Try saying anything with Fox with a straight face.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

If we off-handedly dismiss Fox News without watching it, how are we any different from them when they deal with things like Mass Effect?

 

[everythingbeeps]

Fox is as legitimate a news source as MSNBC, CNN, or Pravda.

Which is to say, not a legitimate news source.

Fox News is mostly opinion anyway. How many hours a day do they give to ACTUAL news programs? Can't be more than a couple.

 

[Revnak_v1legacy]

I like Bill O'Rilly. He might be the most honest commentator out there. Note, I did not say completely honest JUST the most honest (Like the most honest thief, or the most honest car sales man.). Now, I am including all media outlets CNN, MSNBC, and FOX. I try to watch CNN and Fox (MSNBC just pisses me off since Rachele Murdock and the FT. Hood attacks, I will not go into details here).

Hmm, Bill O'Reilly is about the only commentator that I don't like on Fox. And Glenn Beck, though he isn't on there anymore.

You like Hanity!?! My family is conservative as all hell and we all utterly despise the bastard! Especially me!(the hating Hanity not the being really conservative) Please tell me you don't actually like that horrible man!

OT: They may be biased, but so is everybody else. I really only watch O'Reilly and occasionally Red Eye. I make sure not to miss the days where O'Reilly has Jon Stewart on. Those guys are so fun to watch together.

 

[Ieyke]

Fox News is a less reliable source than a drunken retarded hobo who's trying to outright lie to you.
At least the drunken hobo doesn't know what he's saying and might not be up to speed on current events and therefore might randomly be insightful on accident.
Fox News is just blatantly taking facts and twisting them to be outright lies.

To say Fox News is as legitimate as any other news source is a grave insult to EVERY other news source.

I'd take The Onion at their word before I'd listen to Fox News.

 

[AstylahAthrys]

Because the reporters themselves aren't bad, it's just the stupid people they bring on to try to show both sides. I watch Fox, CNN, CBS and I go on BBC.com. And, honestly, MSNBC is a million times more biased than Fox. Some of their opinionated talk shows can get bad. I can't stand Hannity for the life of me. Also, Shepard Smith is awesome, and I am fascinated by Bill O'Riley, though I don't always agree what he says.

I'm under the impression that people who scream Fox is completely biased are either a) Exposed to only the really bad stuff from comedy shows or out of context clips of B) Extremely liberal and get offended easily if someone disagrees with them.

If we off-handedly dismiss Fox News without watching it, how are we any different from them when they deal with things like Mass Effect?

Also, this post. I did not approve of how they handled that, but I also don't always have to agree with what I see, you know? And Fox News is NOT the only place to ever slam video games without knowledge. I saw NBC and CBS do the exact same thing.

 

[Dr_Baron_von_Evilsatan]

Simply because I'd rather watch something that is considerably less likely mock me for my political beliefs (I belief we all can agree that FOX news is the only major news outlet that is regularly conservative). I would say something here about how bad MSNBC and CNN are, but like many of the people who hate FOX News, I've only really seen the really bad mistakes those networks make. Unlike a lot of people, however, I'm not going to let something like The Daily Show or an internet forum tell me how to think on the matter.