At least FOX regularly has the liberal POV right along side the conservative POV. That is rarely, if ever, seen on CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC or CNBC. For them, it's the liberal POV most of the time, with the occasional neutral POV.
I can’t really comment on that, as I don’t watch any of them consistently enough to have a meaningful opinion. I also don't know where you draw your liberal/conservative line, a point that any meaningful discussion of bias has to establish.
What I like about FOX is I don't find them reporting utter BS as fact, like "imminent threat", the 16 words in the SOTUA (Iraq’s quest for uranium), "quagmire", "bogged down", "no plan", "no exit strategy", ET AL. FOX reported all of these things, but also reported the facts surrounding them that debunked each one. Not so for CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, & CNBC…. And FOX reports news worthy things like the memo RE: Iraq/Al Qaeda link, the memo showing Democrats risking national security & abusing the traditionally non-partisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence for purely political purposes & the memo showing the shenanigans by Democrats in their zeal to thwart President Bush's judicial nominees.
In other words, you like Fox because it tells you what you want to hear, and presents alternative views only with disparagement and a carefully selected set of “facts” aimed at reinforcing the preferred view.
The fact that liberals hate FOX is that they are used to having their news consistently presented with a liberal slant. Now we have a media outlet that presents the conservative POV right along side of the liberal POV & often it ain't pretty when facts & reality trump slant & distortion.
What I see, on the rare occasions when I see TV news, is one side’s slant and distortion trying to trump the other side’s slant and distortion, all in an atmosphere of abysmal superficiality and generally low quality. The reality, though few care to recognize it, is that ideologues on both sides of the fence prefer barking to thinking, and screen views and events to cull out those that challenge their preconceived views.
I see extremists on both sides as enemies of rational thought and effective action. The threat to America does not come from right or left, it comes from the polarization that prevents both sides from acknowledging that they don’t have all the answers, and that they need to listen to other opinions. We aren’t going to solve problems by having a bunch of hotheads shout at each other.
If that makes you & your peers uncomfortable, then stick to outlets that report what you want to hear.
That would put me in your category, a place I’d rather not be. I’ll get my news from the Internet, thank you very much, and that includes, and will continue to include, regular visits to places like AEI, Cato, WSJ, NR, and other places presenting intelligent conservative views. I enjoy hearing what thinking conservatives think, as I enjoy hearing what thinking liberals think. Most of all I enjoy reading the views of eclectic centrists, who build their views on independent thought, rather than on parroting a doctrine.
Extremists on both sides are welcome to indulge in TV blather, and to select the outlets that affirm their own views. I have better things to do. |
