That's why Fox News is nicknamed Faux News, or Fox Noise. Many people know most of it is just propaganda and there is too much commentary. And they have the nerve to call it journalism.Goodness, when you're a journalist, no one cares about your opinion, you're just supposed to report the news.
I've heard a lot about FOX news, there have been lots of mentions about it on CF and a few youtube links. I live in the UK, and noticed it is broadcasted on sky channel 510 for those of you who have access, and have been flicking it on the past week when I've had spare moments, and was genuinely shocked by how biased, imbalanced, how much spin and how stupid their anchor people are. It explains a lot about the psyche of certain posters here, who I'm now sure take their word as gospel. In the UK, our equivalent is sky news, while slightly imbalanced on some of its reporting it doesn't compare to fox.
Anyway, it seems to me, fox news isn't even a news channel, it is mainly an opinion based channel. I'm pretty sure in my country, the broadcast regulators wouldn't let them get away with calling themselves a news channel, we have strict guidelines, especially when elections are coming up. Free speech is fine, but should they be allowed to call themselves a news channel? Fox Talk would be a more appropriate name. Would it make much difference changing their name? Does the channel have much influence in America? From an outsider, it seems like a parody of a news channel, but do people really take them seriously?
Originally Posted by stan1980
FOX News... I've never seen so much propaganda in my life...
Fewer than a third of Britons believe the BBC performs well when it comes to accurate news reporting, a survey has revealed.Hmmm!
Only 29 per cent gave a positive rating to publicly-funded news.
It was a lower figure than people in ten of the 14 countries involved in an international survey.
Public news services in Russia, Venezuela and Egypt were among those rated more highly by viewers and listeners.
The result is especially embarrassing for the BBC as the research was carried out on behalf of its own World Service.
Earlier this year a survey for the regulator Ofcom showed that the number who think the BBC is impartial has fallen to 54 per cent from 77 per cent in 2002.
Commercial news organisations performed even less well, with lower ratings than in 11 other countries.
The report of the survey, by polling firms GlobeScan and Synovate, said: "While Britons believe strongly in media freedom, they are critical of the accuracy of news reporting by both publicly and privately-funded organisations."
The BBC was also criticised for its liberal leanings in an official report this year, which sparked claims that it was "institutionally biased".
BBC chiefs were attacked for not reflecting a broader range of views and not thinking out of its left -leaning "comfort zone".
I'm not a fan of FOX News myself, but I don't see anything wrong with a channel that combines news reports and opinion shows. It's easy enough to tell the difference between them.
eudaimonia,
Mark
The average American cannot tell the difference.
There are actually people that still believe Barak Obama is a muslim terrorist because everyone on fox refers to him as "Barak Hussein Obama"
Fewer than a third of Britons believe the BBC performs well when it comes to accurate news reporting, a survey has revealed.Hmmm!
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