From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Apr 01 2003 - 02:32:31 MST
I wrote:
>> The most aggravating thing about FOX is not that it's biased; it's
>> that it bills itself as unbiased when it is clearly the most biased
>> news network. O'Reilly is only part of the problem there.
>>
>> On a scale of -10 to +10, where -10 is totally biased to the left,
>> and +10 is totally biased to the right, I place CNN at about a -3,
>> and FOX at about a +9.
An offlist BCC'd friend replied:
>...I'd place CNN at -8 and FOX at +1
>
> I'm only giving CNN a -8 based on recent war coverage.
> During the Clinton years, the network varied from -8 to -10, IMO.
> Their election coverage was not credible. One could see the tears in
> the reporters' eyes when it appeared Gore lost.
This goes to the point that I made earlier and to which you objected: I made
the argument that FOX is a purely commercial phenomenon designed to grab
share from the generally liberal media, and that the laws of economics
suggest that another more even-keeled network will take share back from FOX.
CNN itself may be that network. It has been argued by one well known
national media watcher (I don't recall his name at the moment, but an
article by him appeared recently in my local newspaper) that CNN has
recently taken a strong turn to the right and center to take some share back
from the ultra right-wing FOX. I agree with that observation.
-gts
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Tue Apr 01 2003 - 02:39:27 MST