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To: combjelly who wrote (203199)	9/20/2004 2:43:07 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1576377

Did you type this with a straight face? He moonlights as a comedian... Al

To: combjelly who wrote (203199)	9/20/2004 2:57:38 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1576377

The Most Biased Name in News Fox News Channel's extraordinary right-wing tilt By Seth Ackerman "I challenge anybody to show me an example of bias in Fox News Channel." --Rupert Murdoch (Salon, 3/1/01) Years ago, Republican party chair Rich Bond explained that conservatives' frequent denunciations of "liberal bias" in the media were part of "a strategy" (Washington Post, 8/20/92). Comparing journalists to referees in a sports match, Bond explained: "If you watch any great coach, what they try to do is 'work the refs.' Maybe the ref will cut you a little slack next time." But when Fox News Channel, Rupert Murdoch's 24-hour cable network, debuted in 1996, a curious thing happened: Instead of denouncing it, conservative politicians and activists lavished praise on the network. "If it hadn't been for Fox, I don't know what I'd have done for the news," Trent Lott gushed after the Florida election recount (Washington Post, 2/5/01). George W. Bush extolled Fox News Channel anchor Tony Snow--a former speechwriter for Bush's father--and his "impressive transition to journalism" in a specially taped April 2001 tribute to Snow's Sunday-morning show on its five-year anniversary (Washington Post, 5/7/01). The right-wing Heritage Foundation had to warn its staffers not to watch so much Fox News on their computers, because it was causing the think tank's system to crash. fair.org

To: combjelly who wrote (203199)	9/20/2004 4:10:04 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576377

combjelly, Did you type this with a straight face? Here is what Rasmussen found out Is Presidential campaign coverage unbiased, biased to help Kerry, or biased to help Bush? No Bias Help Kerry Help Bush (Help Bush or Kerry) CBS 33% 37% 10% 47% ABC 36% 30% 10% 40% NBC 39% 28% 11% 39% CNN 39% 25% 12% 37% Fox 38% 7% 34% 41% Other than SeeBS being the most biased, Fox close to the average. But by tilting against the liberal monopoly, they make the media overall (sum of all what is available less biased. So existence of Fox News provides a great deal of value to the consumer. Kind of like existence of AMD to computer and microprocessor business. Joe