FOX news caught manipulating the news!!

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To those who have contributed thus far, and who will no doubt continue adding to the circlejerk of anti-Fox New Channel sentiment in this thread, have any of you ever sat down and watched a broadcast of the channel for an extended period?

Fox News Channel has an average viewership of about 740 people in the UK, so I'm inclined to doubt it.

It is by far the most viewed cable news channel in the States, and numerous studies have found it to be the least biased of the major news networks over there.

No doubt many of you are conflating your selective experiences of the opinion entertainment shows (The O'Reilly Factor, etc.) the channel broadcasts with its bonafide rolling news coverage. The two are very separate indeed.
 
Most media are lying tossers. Important news never gets aired only mainstream stuff. Watch Russia today they show real news of the war with people actually getting shot and dying on air....no news wrapped in pretty ribbons.
 
Al Vallario said:
To those who have contributed thus far, and who will no doubt continue adding to the circlejerk of anti-Fox New Channel sentiment in this thread, have any of you ever sat down and watched a broadcast of the channel for an extended period?

Fox News Channel has an average viewership of about 740 people in the UK, so I'm inclined to doubt it.

It is by far the most viewed cable news channel in the States, and numerous studies have found it to be the least biased of the major news networks over there.

No doubt many of you are conflating your selective experiences of the opinion entertainment shows (The O'Reilly Factor, etc.) the channel broadcasts with its bonafide rolling news coverage. The two are very separate indeed.
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Erm not sure if that is a serious statement, but i'll take it as you are.


This should spread some light on why people know Fox News is a complete load of rubbish with regards to legitimate journalism.
 
LateX'Dog said:
Erm not sure if that is a serious statement, but i'll take it as you are.


This should spread some light on why people know Fox News is a complete load of rubbish with regards to legitimate journalism.
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That's a clip from Special Report with Brit Hume, a political commentary show. It makes absolutely no allusions to being unbiased; the entire premise of the show is to espouse Brit Hume's comments on matters.

Again, it seems you don't understand that there is news reporting and there is commentary. Fox News Channels carries both. The latter, unquestionably, has a conservative slant — albeit nowhere near as extreme as the left-wing slant on rival channels such as MSNBC — but it is not the former.

Do you understand this?
 
vonhelmet said:
As said, it's been ruled in court that news broadcasts are protected as free speech and as such don't have to be true.
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Does libel come into this? If they don't report the truth, can't they be sued?

Example being the recent case with Fox News claiming that Bladestorm encourages rape - can't the game company sue them for presenting the game in a bad light?
 
apeZ said:
Does libel come into this? If they don't report the truth, can't they be sued?
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Ignoring the provisions of the Fraud Act, generally speaking lying isn't a crime. It's when you start defaming that libel and slander start to take effect. Obviously this is from an English Law perspective so I don't know what the state of play is in the States. Although one would imagine it would be against some sort of professional broadcasters code of conduct.
 
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