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To: BEEF JERKEY who wrote (659)6/27/2008 12:23:03 AM
From: LLCF  Read Replies (1) of 718
 
It's interesting that Fox could possibly be touted as "fair and balance" and "no spin zone" when their whole reason for being is balance "liberal media bias" by their own admission. So in other words, their whole purpose is to counter act something... which by definition means take the other side.

Kind of funny. OTOH, all you have to do is watch any of the shows with Sean Hannity to see the whole premise is laughable anyway. If you counted opinions put forward on the supposed "news shows" O'Reilly factor or "Hannity's America" regardless of what type of opinion, the hosts of the shows, O'Reilly and Hannity would no doubt DWARF all their guests with the number of opinions THEY put forward vs the guests on average. In other words their shows are about their opinions NOT the guests opinions. The guests are just props, and of course it's human nature to "talk over" (if you've got that type of habitual personality) those you disagree with more than those you agree with...

IMHO what you do is watch the shows with the calmest (unemotional) coverage with the least amount of "talk over" by the host. "Talk over" is where the host doesn't allow the guest to speak but keeps jumping in with their own opinion, often practically saying "you're wrong". No doubt a variety of FOX shows are the "talk over" leaders including the alledged "no spin zone" and any show Hannity is on.

Granted that PBS is biased in the "subject matter" they put on of course... BUT they are the absolute leaders in "format" without any "talk overs"... always letting the guest speak their mind.

DAK
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