Your #1 News Source

brianlux
brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
edited February 2012 in A Moving Train
So Fox is number one, huh? Is this for real? Seriously, I'm not stirring to stir up shit here- I honestly can't believe this... though I suppose I should, huh? :?


http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/fox ... 14917.html

"Last fall, Fox News celebrated its 15th anniversary with a lavish party in New York. Fox News president Roger Ailes, who launched the channel in 1996, toasted 700 or so staffers that night, telling them, "Losing is highly overrated as a learning experience."

On Tuesday afternoon, when Nielsen releases its final ratings for the month of January, the "fair and balanced" network will mark an arguably more important milestone: 10 consecutive years at the top of the cable news rankings.

Yahoo News recently spoke will Bill Shine, Fox News Channel's EVP of programming, about the significance of the achievement, the state of cable news, and how the cable network has managed to sustain its pole position while defending Fox from its fervent critics, including Jon Stewart."
"It's a sad and beautiful world"
-Roberto Benigni

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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    The thing is... FOX may be a viable source for news. The problem is, many of its viewers perceive their commentary as journalism. They skip through the actual news portions and tune into the Hannity or O'Rielly Factor and think they are presenting news, not opinion. what the viewers are getting in opinions and editorials on news events, not the actual news.
    It would be the same thing if you read the local newpaper and only read the op-ed section and felt informed. or, if they only read the critics reports on movies and television and formed opinions based on that critic's opinions, not the movie itself.
    Not saying ALL FOX viewers are like this... but, I'm betting that a LOT of them are. If you hear what you WANT to hear... you'll tend to buy into it, rather than the stuff you don't want to hear about.
    and YES... this works for the other end of the spectrum, too. The ones who get their 'News' from Rachael Maddow.
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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    I have to say that I catch O'Reilly when I can (sorry, Cosmo :mrgreen: ) - huge fan of Dennis Miller's weekly diatribes on there as well - and I respect the opinions of folks like Dobbs, Hume, Greenberg. There's an old-school integrity with them that I appreciate and don't see much of these days.

    However, I also like to get my news from as many sources as possible...can't limit oneself or put the blinders on.
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    edited January 2012
    I know it's Godfather's #1 news source... :lol:

    Certainly not the majority of folks on here though.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    hedonist wrote:
    I have to say that I catch O'Reilly when I can (sorry, Cosmo :mrgreen: ) - huge fan of Dennis Miller's weekly diatribes on there as well - and I respect the opinions of folks like Dobbs, Hume, Greenberg. There's an old-school integrity with them that I appreciate and don't see much of these days.

    However, I also like to get my news from as many sources as possible...can't limit oneself or put the blinders on.
    ...
    That's it. You almost HAVE to get your information from serveal sources in order to filter out the personal bias of the editor, newsroom director, copy writers and talking heads.
    And I too, watch The O'Rielly Factor, Hannity (when I can stomach himm) and Rachael Maddow to get varying opinions... not news, opinions.
    Good news sources are PBS, NPR, BBC and Canadian Broadcasting.
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Cosmo wrote:
    The thing is... FOX may be a viable source for news. The problem is, many of its viewers perceive their commentary as journalism. They skip through the actual news portions and tune into the Hannity or O'Rielly Factor and think they are presenting news, not opinion. what the viewers are getting in opinions and editorials on news events, not the actual news.
    It would be the same thing if you read the local newpaper and only read the op-ed section and felt informed. or, if they only read the critics reports on movies and television and formed opinions based on that critic's opinions, not the movie itself.

    I don't watch any American cable news. But I was at the gym yesterday in front of the tv with Fox News on and station identification advertising comes on showing that Fox is real journalism, and I start laughing. It was so bad I had to move away because people really believe this!
  • CH156378
    CH156378 Posts: 1,539
    i wonder if the ratings aren't inflated a bit do to the fact that every chain/fastfood restaruant in america are always tuned into fox news?
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    The other thing about 'Top Rated' when it comes to television... is that such a great thing?
    I mean, isn't 'Dancing With The Stars', 'American Idol' and 'Celebrity Apprentice', Top Rated television shows? Are those shows any good? I don't know, because I don't watch them.
    And isn't Justin Bieber a 'Top Rated' singer? Is his music the best? Again, I have no idea what he sings, so I am not the one who can say for sure if he sucks or not. I'm am guessing that based upon my musical tastes, i would probably lean towards the 'He Sucks' side of the fence, rather than the multi-millions whom say otherwise.
    That's why 'Rated Number One' does not always mean it is the best thing out there, right?
    ...
    Or does it?
    Allen Fieldhouse, home of the 2008 NCAA men's Basketball Champions! Go Jayhawks!
    Hail, Hail!!!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    Cosmo wrote:
    That's why 'Rated Number One' does not always mean it is the best thing out there, right?
    ...
    Or does it?
    Maybe it means the best worst thing.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • arq
    arq Posts: 8,101
    The Onion
    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it"
    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    Why not (V) (°,,,,°) (V) ?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    arq wrote:
    The Onion
    Thank you for mentioning my favorite news source! :lol:
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • shadowcast
    shadowcast Posts: 2,354
    I do think that FOX is #1 by default. The Left's got CNN, MSNBC, Hollywood & music (-Country). All the right has is FOX................& Country music.
  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    My #1 news source is Al Jazeera English.
  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,086
    Fox news has established itself as having an implicit right wing slant. They're the only station out of the...say 10 other stations doing this. People who want to hear something from the devil they know or want to hear the GOPs side of the story will go to Fox news. The other people will scatter themselves amongst the other 9 stations.

    You want Fox News to fall out of #1? Have more right wing news networks.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    mookeywrench wrote:
    Fox news has established itself as having an implicit right wing slant. They're the only station out of the...say 10 other stations doing this. People who want to hear something from the devil they know or want to hear the GOPs side of the story will go to Fox news. The other people will scatter themselves amongst the other 9 stations.

    You want Fox News to fall out of #1? Have more right wing news networks.
    :shock: Interesting, insightful perspective on the subject. Maybe we should leave well enough alone.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • SweetChildofMine
    SweetChildofMine Posts: 842
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I know it's Godfather's #1 news source... :lol:

    Certainly not the majority of folks on here though.

    :lol:
  • mikepegg44
    mikepegg44 Posts: 3,353
    Cosmo wrote:
    FOX may be a viable source for news. The problem is, many of its viewers perceive their commentary as journalism. They skip through the actual news portions and tune into the Hannity or O'Rielly Factor and think they are presenting news, not opinion. this works for the other end of the spectrum, too. The ones who get their 'News' from Rachael Maddow.

    that is about all that needs t be said. It is said that all TV journalism now looks to the fox model as what is successful and try to duplicate it, rather than simply letting the news be the news. Print, cable, and national...all of it spews out opinion as much as facts.

    The good thing is most young people aren't getting all their news from one source.
    that’s right! Can’t we all just get together and focus on our real enemies: monogamous gays and stem cells… - Ned Flanders
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,959
    I like to flip between Fox news and MSNBC.......... then I like to jab pencils in my ears and eyes.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Jeanwah wrote:
    I know it's Godfather's #1 news source... :lol:

    Certainly not the majority of folks on here though.
    o.k wise gal ! :lol: I never watch hanity and james or who ever they are, my only fix.....is the San Diego Fox local news and fox breaking news on the internet, I have seen the Fox stations on the other channels but it like CNN and a lot of others seem just a bit radical and one sided..not my cup of joe.
    but all that being said I have to admit I get a chuckle out of it when ever you guys make...funny comments about my choice of news stations when for the most part they all have the same info but just dilivered a little different :D and thats where the enterainment value comes in for me, it's not that I always agree with their ideas it's just a little more fun to read.

    Godfather.
  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    cincybearcat wrote:
    I like to flip between Fox news and MSNBC.......... then I like to jab pencils in my ears and eyes.


    we need to party ! :lol:

    Godfather.

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