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Could it be that Fox has several shows that are very conservative, such as Sean Hanity, Bill O'Riley, etc., which leads you to believe that Fox News is badly slanted to the right? The news per sea does not match the extreme emphasis many of its show hosts display. Than again I like Rush too!

Have a good day.

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Could it be that Fox has several shows that are very conservative, such as Sean Hanity, Bill O'Riley, etc., which leads you to believe that Fox News is badly slanted to the right? The news per sea does not match the extreme emphasis many of its show hosts display. Than again I like Rush too!

Have a good day.

If they were fairly balanced, wouldn't they also have liberal shows? The news reporting is not accurate. In fact, it has done false reporting, and has been documented as much.

Remember CBS's Dan Rather, and the false reporting that came out? Same thing has happened with Fox. Fox does it to promote a conservative slant on reality, inappropriately skewing the news in favor of this.

[DOMLORD]

If they were fairly balanced, wouldn't they also have liberal shows? The news reporting is not accurate. In fact, it has done false reporting, and has been documented as much.

CNN is fairyl liberal right? and when they did do a republican youtube debate the questions were much harder than the ones the democrats got, so why aren't they accused here of being skewed towards the left?

[Lion]

CNN is fairyl liberal right? and when they did do a republican youtube debate the questions were much harder than the ones the democrats got, so why aren't they accused here of being skewed towards the left?

Actually it depends on your perspective. Many people actually think that CNN is somewhat conservative. Think Glenn Beck, they give him two hours during prime time to rant about whatever he thinks the country should know. Personally I perceive Glenn Beck as radically right.

If you were to compare CNN with BBC, or even CNN International in terms of international news, you can still see that it does have a conservative bias to some degree.

As far as the debates go, asking the candidates to clarify what they said about each other is simply a waste. In that way, CNN is simply trying to create some sort of reality TV show with these elections, getting one politician to attack another all in the name of higher viewership. Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't think of any other reason Blitzer would ask Obama to comment on Clinton's remark made two weeks ago about some minute detail of no national importance. I honestly think by asking harder questions, they are giving the politicians some respect, allowing them to convey their message to all the viewers.

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CNN is fairyl liberal right? and when they did do a republican youtube debate the questions were much harder than the ones the democrats got, so why aren't they accused here of being skewed towards the left?

I haven't seen the debate, and a debate among the republicans was not something I was really interested in watching anyways. I actually favor the republican party most of the time, but the party as a whole has been tarnished by the Bush anomaly so this time around I'm not really wanting a Republican President.

Were the questions harder? Couldn't tell you, as I think that kind of thing is hard to quantify from a viewer perspective. Why didn't I slam CNN? I didn't because I haven't seen the blatant liberal reporting that Fox does on the conservative end. That doesn't mean they don't do it, just means I haven't noticed it.

I've actually stopped watching TV news for the most part. I read most of the news I am interested in now. The "Breaking News.... Someone is driving a truck fast on the interstate in California" just doesn't interest me. Nor does the story about some cop who killed his wife and kid.

[Thorne]

I've actually stopped watching TV news for the most part. I read most of the news I am interested in now. The "Breaking News.... Someone is driving a truck fast on the interstate in California" just doesn't interest me. Nor does the story about some cop who killed his wife and kid.

I don't watch the TV news either. But unlike you, I'm more interested in that high speed chase or that killer cop than any more politics. I don't want to see any debates, don't want to see the conventions, not interested in the campaign commercials. To my ears they all say the same thing: "I'll promise to do better than my opponent, at least until you dummies elect me, then I'll do whatever the hell I want anyway."
In fact, it's gotten so bad that I would almost, ALMOST, rather hear more news about those Hollywood/Pop star train wrecks than listen to more political crap. It's a close race.