What is bad about FOX News? [NEW POLL]

[Herrebrugh]

I only watch NOS, really. Hehe.

Though, I occasionally watch CNN and BBC.

Oh, right. And, yeah, Fox is bad. I know it is mainly for this reason.

[Neo Art]

[Choronzon]

MSNBC, CNN, BBC, RT are all relatively trustworthy.
I personally don't get my news from the TV.

I'm what is defined in the US as an "ULTRA-PINKO-COMMIE-GODLESS-LIBERAL", and I wouldn't trust MSNBC to tell me the time of day accurately.

Sometimes after a major news event, as an experiment, I'll turn on the TV and flip between MSNBC and FOX just to compare their coverage.


Then I start weeping, and wonder why I'm subjecting myself to this.

[Neutraligon]

I like 60 minutes for more in depth stuff.

[Coalition State]

OP, here is a video series which you should watch.
(There are a LOT of videos, he does roundups of all the extreme bias fox does.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiVasR2 ... 4D&index=1

You may think some are fine, but others are totally inexcusable (Such as using the equivalent of photoshop to make pictures of democrats appear uglier)

Thanks, Ill watch them.

[The Emerald Dawn]

I'm what is defined in the US as an "ULTRA-PINKO-COMMIE-GODLESS-LIBERAL", and I wouldn't trust MSNBC to tell me the time of day accurately.

Sometimes after a major news event, as an experiment, I'll turn on the TV and flip between MSNBC and FOX just to compare their coverage.


Then I start weeping, and wonder why I'm subjecting myself to this.

You're really not supposed to put your realit-o-meter through that kind of stress test. It screws up the polarity something wicked, and you end up thinking some really whack ass shit is normal.

[The Two Jerseys]

I don't think Fox is too bad during the daytime when they're just reading headlines; it's at night when the talking heads come out that things really start going south. But that's pretty much all the news networks.

Though we're all overlooking the one thing bad about Fox News: they abbreviate words on the ticker like it's a telegram and they're paying by the letter.

[Multiflow]

MSNBC, CNN, BBC, RT are all relatively trustworthy.
I personally don't get my news from the TV.

I'm what is defined in the US as an "ULTRA-PINKO-COMMIE-GODLESS-LIBERAL", and I wouldn't trust MSNBC to tell me the time of day accurately.

Local or Timezone? 12, 24, 16, 32, 10 or 20 hour days? Is it this time just because everyone agrees or because we are told?

OT: Most of my news is by word of mouth, and by extension NSG. I read the headlines of the papers when put them out for sale. When I hear about something interesting, research. Other then that I know nothing.

[Coalition State]

Sometimes after a major news event, as an experiment, I'll turn on the TV and flip between MSNBC and FOX just to compare their coverage.


Then I start weeping, and wonder why I'm subjecting myself to this.

Same., minus the weeping. Maddow always has something when O'reilly is on commercials.

[Genivaria]

I think local news channels are the most trustworthy.

[Liriena]

Fox News is an embarrassment. It proudly dedicates itself to contradicting its own slogan. It cynically spreads its schizophrenic doctrine throughout its audience while butchering actual news in order to turn them into anti-liberal talking points.

Fox News is 90% opinion, while the actual news are minimal and mostly false or manipulated to suit their opinion. To make things even more revolting, they live in a vacuum that is also and endless cycle of repeating their own biased news, without ever checking other sources. The textbook definition of intellectual masturbation.

I've seen horrible, truly horrible news stations in my own country, but nothing as shamelessly cynical, disingenuous and downright idiotic as Fox News. Argentine Public Television, at the very least, keeps its fanatical bullshit for a 2 hour long segment at the end of the day, instead of repeatedly punching our heads with it over and over and over all day long.

A more reliable news source? Let's start with the BBC.

[Choronzon]

Sometimes after a major news event, as an experiment, I'll turn on the TV and flip between MSNBC and FOX just to compare their coverage.


Then I start weeping, and wonder why I'm subjecting myself to this.

Same., minus the weeping. Maddow always has something when O'reilly is on commercials.

Maddow is the only intelligent person on either channel. O'reilly could be bright if he had a little more intellectual honesty.

I once saw Bill O call NPR a "leftist Jihadist network." Even the FOX anchor he was talking to was like "Uh, no. Just because you don't agree with something doesn't make it Jihadist."

And for a brief moment, there was sanity in the echo chamber.

[Tyriece]

Fox, CNN, there all really bad, they all lie or twist the truth

[The Emerald Dawn]

Same., minus the weeping. Maddow always has something when O'reilly is on commercials.

Maddow is the only intelligent person on either channel.

Maddow makes me feel special in my naughty parts.

[Coalition State]

I can see that, but local channels are owned by the bigger ones.

And the bigger ones are owned by Mainstream Media, Inc. All of them, from what I know.

[The Shrailleeni Empire]

It seems that everyone on NationStates and on Reddit hate Fox News.

Why?

I try and watch Fox & Friends every morning, with a side of jelly toast (mmm) and O'Rielly at 7 PM.

Granted, he is clearly not "fair and balanced," but he's not that bad.

Is he?

Answer #1: FOX is only good for local news. Their commentators will do anything short of murder to support the Republican Party line, including lie, cheat, and blatantly invent facts. They spin facts so fast that tornadoes can't keep up. I can't get more than 5 minutes in before becoming disgusted and changing the station.

Answer #2 (better sources): BBCA is fairly unbiased, at the very least you don't have to be on guard all of the time. CNN is good only for breaking news and generic stories, but they can be trusted in that regard. To be honest, your best bet for good, factual news is to read articles or watch segments from many different sources, and see what details they have in common. Be very hesitant to trust any single source.

[Mavorpen]

Fox is an awful news source. Use the BBC, sometimes the economist, sometimes MSNBC (if you want to triple check something. I wouldn't recommend using MSNBC by itself.).

I use MSNBC to laugh at Republicans. Rachel Maddow is very entertaining when she wants to obliterate them.

[Ostroeuropa]

I can see that, but local channels are owned by the bigger ones.

And the bigger ones are owned by Mainstream Media, Inc. All of them, from what I know.

The BBC is it's own institution, and has no advertisement funding.

[Desperate Measures]

I like NPR and BBC for the most part. My homepage is google news, so if something catches my eye I'll read about it from any number of sources but I tend to be more skeptical when getting news from sources I'm unsure of.

[The New Sea Territory]

Um... plenty of liberal news is "not fair and balanced".

So I don't care. Both parties are bad.

[Choronzon]

Fox, CNN, there all really bad, they all lie or twist the truth

Please provide evidence of CNN deliberately distorting a story to further a partisan agenda.

My hatred of CNN knows no bounds, but they have more journalistic integrity than FOX or MSNBC.

[Ovisterra]

And the bigger ones are owned by Mainstream Media, Inc. All of them, from what I know.

Oh, really? I've never heard of such a company, and my research has come up with nothing. Perchance you could link me to some info about them?

[Ostroeuropa]

Um... plenty of liberal news is "not fair and balanced".

So I don't care. Both parties are bad.

The entire concept of "Liberal news" and "Conservative news" is atrocious.
The BBC is a neutral news source. It is not "Liberal" news.

[Sheldanada]

It doesn't come across as Fox News, it should be renamed to Fox Opinions.

[Priory Academy USSR]

I'm not sure if it was FOX, but a few US TV interviews I watched were just terrible.

"Welcome to Fox News! Here's a guest! What do you think about xyz?"
Either "Damn Muslim Polish Mexicans taking our Americanness!"
Or "Well, this is a highly intriguing topic, but-"
"Time for the break!"

Seriously, there were so many breaks you couldn't get any of the interviewees opinions beyond basic respones to questions.