How is Fox News still going?

[O maestre]

Me personally I generally watch stuff like BBC because they dont pick a side.

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OT: They are popular because they reinforce stupid views. Views people hold because they watch Fox News. A never ending circle.

i probably shouldn't poke but i must ask when has the BBC been shown to be biased, keep in mind that i can only watch the BBC world edition. Compared to CNN and Sky news the BBC seems to strive to be as neutral as possible.

i really need to ask for an example.

and slightly off topic but what is considered and un-biased news network, is there even such a thing?

Off the top of my head? Iraq war, UK government security slip ups and when that disabled guy got beaten up by police.

Jody Mcintyre's case ill give you that, i remember seeing that interview and thinking wtf all the way in regards to the iraq war i honestly cannot remember in detail how their coverage was, and probably didn't notice any bias due to my age at the time.
but compared to the alternatives i mentioned previously i believe that the BBC is much better at remaining neutral.

personally my world news diet consists of a combination of BBC and Al-jazeera. the thing i like about the BBC is that more often than not they are just reporting and not trying to condemn anyone. but that of course is my personal experience

 

[SenseOfTumour]

Yeah, with the BBC, I tend to find you get reports of 'this thing happened' instead of 'Obama caused this thing to happen, and this is why it's going to affect you badly, but don't worry, Mit Romney will fix it'.

 

[Smithburg]

That's actually the problem right there. "What I've seen."

Bias exists in what you're saying, but it exists far more in what you're not saying. What you don't say speaks just as loud as what you do say. Say, for example, if they decided to not run with a story because it wont move people enough or that it's not a big enough deal. It wont generate enough people looking at it, so it wont generate enough advertisement revenue. That's their bias, but it can exist in far more painful ways than that. Political ways, in stories they don't report for their own personal reasons.

Now, I'm not here on a crusade to fight against the BBC. I don't care about the BBC because I don't get my news from the BBC. But you have to accept that you're dealing with human beings. Human beings that have biases, beliefs, and passions. They're not perfectly without emotion, ergo you're not going to get news without emotion.

You can pretend all you want that any news outlet is without bias. But you're wrong, because you're dealing with human beings which are inherently flawed and cannot be perfect.

I understand that, but I didn't make the topic about biases, Its about how news shows, any of them, can get away with lying. I just used fox news as an example due to hearing about them doing it more often than others.