Fox News is un-American

I avoid the Fox News network like the plague, but it's an informed revulsion.

There's a local Everett lunch place that makes Mighty Good pastrami sandwiches. But the owner has Fox News on all the time, and so I watch it when I'm there.

It's as jingoistic and flag-wrapped as others have mentioned; what I'm surprised about is how much tabloid news is on it. Serial murders and celebrity scandals seem to take up as much time as chest-thumping about the "war on terror".

 

I am no fan of Fox News. However, just like Rupert Murdoch, I am a naturalized American citizen. I find your post offensive. Americans by choice are not second class citizens.

 

I watch Fox/ CNN / MSNBC and ocassionally network news. The only one that to me does a balanced job of presenting the news and allowing me to decide is Fox. All networks have a slant but at least Fox is honest about theirs. I will tune out the serial murders and tabloid news( Fits the Murdoch Model of Journalism e.g. NY Post). I find that somewhere in the middle of all these sources I find the truth. And to be honest I prefer an organization that is not afraid to allow their staff to show personal opinions and beliefs in context of the current news. To each their own but lets avoid the invective, it does not lead to constructive debate.

Peace,

Fr. Bill Kessler

 

"Balanced" and "Slant" seems contradictory in describing a single organization, honest about the slant or not. My, albeit limited, observation of Fox News is that they specialize in invective rather than constructive debate.

Jon

P.S. Have done what Bill60546 mentions below. And I agree, it is a truly enlightening experience.

 

News

As a matter of perspective, have you ever watched a non-American news broadcast? Would recommend that for those who have access (some PBS stations for example) try watching the BBC World News and take special notice of American related stories. Please note how the story is introduced, facts portrayed and summarized. Then, after a week or so, switch back to your previous preferred news provider. The difference is astounding.

 

I don't watch Fox News that much so please excuse my ignorance but where does the admitted slant come in? At least on the Fox website the slogan is "We Report. You Decide" which doesn't sound like intentional slant. Now of course anything in the Opinion area or Syndicated Columnists is going to be slanted but that's true with any network.

By the way, I find the Naked News to be refreshingly honest -- they never have anything up their sleeves! :clap:

 

wanna see who's biased on the news? Do a search today to see what's a bigger headline - the Clinton guy taking a memo from the archives, or Bill Frist's sudden flip flop on gay marriage. I promise even CNN is covering more about possible scandal with Clinton people than a Republican playing the field for votes.

-m.

 

Re: News

You can listen to a variety of BBC programs over the internet from this page. A google search will get you other foreign shortwave broadcasters available via streaming audio.

BTW, in bad weather I jog at the gym, where I watch a row of TVs without the sound. You need a radio to tune in the sound, and I prefer my MP3 player or silence. Thus I often see Fox and MSNBC, not to mention MTV and local stations. I'd rather shovel manure back at the dairy farm than listen to any of them, though. And I'd no sooner have a TV in my house than a cow. They both give you basically the same thing, just that it comes out the front of the TV but the back of the cow.

 

Re: News

Absolutely agree. BBC/PBS tends to be my main source of reporting these days (augmented by doses of The Economist/The New Yorker/Google News, properly filtered).

When it comes to TV news (including local news), I'm with you 100%; but I'd still still say that there are a few things worth watching, entertainment-wise and education-wise, on TV. (Though it's diminishing, thanks to the onslaught of "Reality TV" ukeright Saw a special on deep-water exploration on the Discovery Channel the other night -- fascinating!

 

While I do enjoy way too much tv - I do tend to agree to a point with daniel - I mean, without tv I'd have much much more time to read all those great books out there.

-m.

 

irony

What I find the ultimate irony is the reporter from Detroit calling GM's Yukon and Suburban "full blown hybrids" and that Ford isnt being given credit for its "sophisticated" hybrid.

No matter one's view point, please remember to vote!

 

Sun__Tzu,

I accept you explanation. You could have articulated your position more clearly in your original post.

I cannot stand Fox News and my wife knows enough to change channels when I am around. Unfortunately, most of the time she'll switch to watch Dennis Miller on CNBC, and I find him as bad or worse that most of Fox' personalities.

Rupert Murdoch, by the way, became a naturalized American citizen in 1985 in order to be able to buy and control U.S. television stations.

 

ok whatever!

i cant see how anyone can shoot down Fox then have the balls to praise ANY other american news program. they all have their agendas and they dont do a very convincing job of hiding it.

Bill i agree with you completely in that non american news seems to be much more unbiased. after all, it was the British press that exposed much of the mis-imformation from the Iraqi conflict (no it wasnt Michael Moore.)

i frequently catch parts of the Canadian news and BBC along with english versions of the news in China and Japan and i found myself feeling almost a sense of shock at the lack of emotion and opinion at which these newscasts presented the news. that told me that i had become a bit numb to the spin doctoring american newscasts have spoon fed me over the years.

 

i truely believe that Fox is the chief reason that the quality of TV has actually increased. (oh course, it couldnt have gotten worse!!)

they rewrote the TV formula and forced the 3 networks to revamp their line ups also. now this happened so long ago, that all 3 networks claim that their new direction was their idea.

well that is total bull. the fact is, Fox went from nothing the a major share of the TV audience in near record time while only in selected markets. Fox basically scared the Sh** out of the 3 networks.