Democrat one party system in action.

[Benvolio]

Gee I wonder why? According to Politifact 59% of Fox News is mostly false or worse but yet republicans seem to believe Fox hook, line and sinker. Why is that? MSNBC is is not much better, 43% of that channel is mostly false or worse. CNN comes in the best with 22% mostly false or worse, but still that is not very good.

http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2015/apr/22/checking-our-tv-network-scorecards/

You forget that truth and falsity are not the only questions. The media also decide what news is to be reported and if so, how it is to be presented, shaded and or exaggerated. The liberals just avoid or downplay news with places the administration or party in a bad light. Politifact itself is liberal and its employees or agents make a decision which "fact" will be measured in deciding those alleged percentages. Read the fine print on its page.
Please notice that 45% of democrats do not even have a "fair"amount of trust in the media, including the liberal biased media.
Since bias is usually apparent to those who are willing to see it, it is the bias which drives the public to distrust. More people trust Fox because it the only one which is friendly to Republicans. By ruthlessly promoting the liberal democrat agenda, the liberal press created the opening for Fox to fill.

 

[Benvolio]

As a result of the obvious bias of the democrat media, Fox is trusted the morehttp://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2173

 

[Mitchymo]

As a result of the obvious bias of the democrat media, Fox is trusted the morehttp://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2173

So republicans trust Fox, because Fox doesn't question their beliefs. That's a revelation.

And like you said previously when it comes to reporting the facts, it can just as easily be claimed that Fox's status as the most trusted, is indicative of the level of dumb supporters who UNLIKE most people are incapable of spotting the bias in front of them.

 

[Mitchymo]

As a result of the obvious bias of the democrat media, Fox is trusted the morehttp://www.quinnipiac.edu/news-and-events/quinnipiac-university-poll/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=2173

And actually. You yourself have made a bias assumption that Fox is most trusted. You've taken a technicality, one which proves republican bias in skewing the results, since there is a huge disparity between repubs and dems where Fox is concerned, in comparison to other networks. And that 2% more, who said they trusted Fox, more than CNN has coloured your judgement, in complete disregard for both the obvious republican bias in favouring Fox, AND the secondary factor that between the 'greatly trusting, and somewhat trusting options, Fox covers 55%, which is actually only more trusting overall than MSNBC at 52%. CNN covers 61% and ABC and CBS covers 64%.

Congratulations, you've proven the hypocrisy of a right-winger, the same kind that Fox gets ridiculed for doing.
It's like a fly-tipper moaning at someone for littering.

 

[jbrown329]

Trust in the US media is at an all time low.http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...ime-low-thats-a-terrible-thing-for-all-of-us/
While 55% of the democrats have at least a" fair amount" of trust, only 33% of Independents and fewer Republicans do.

The problem with publicly financed media is that their budgets and salaries depend upon the tax payer. This gives them a natural preference for big government, big spending and big taxes: i.e. democrats. I doubt if BBC is different.

 

[Benvolio]

And actually. You yourself have made a bias assumption that Fox is most trusted. You've taken a technicality, one which proves republican bias in skewing the results, since there is a huge disparity between repubs and dems where Fox is concerned, in comparison to other networks. And that 2% more, who said the

 

[Benvolio]

And actually. You yourself have made a bias assumption that Fox is most trusted. You've taken a technicality, one which proves republican bias in skewing the results, since there is a huge disparity between repubs and dems where Fox is concerned, in comparison to other networks. And that 2% more, who said they trusted Fox, more than CNN has coloured your judgement, in complete disregard for both the obvious republican bias in favouring Fox, AND the secondary factor that between the 'greatly trusting, and somewhat trusting options, Fox covers 55%, which is actually only more trusting overall than MSNBC at 52%. CNN covers 61% and ABC and CBS covers 64%.

Congratulations, you've proven the hypocrisy of a right-winger, the same kind that Fox gets ridiculed for doing.
It's like a fly-tipper moaning at someone for littering.

Wrong. No one has ever doubted that Fox has a Republican bias and I specifically pointed out that Fox is "friendly" to Republicans, but democrats like to pretend that the rest of the press has no liberal bias. I certainly have never claimed that Fox has no conservative/Republican bias. For the record, I almost never watch any news, preferring written sources.

 

[thewiz]

It's quite obvious that sources, news, and enlightenment are not your forte.

FOX news is a Republican mouthpiece; there is nothing balanced or fair in their entertainment. CNN goes about 50-50 and tries to balance its coverage (not the liberal bias you allege). MSNBC, which certainly has periods in which it promotes the Democratic and more progressive viewpoint also has Joe Scarborough in the mornings which is no "left winger."

Most news outlets have moved from liberal to much more conservative posturing.

 

[cityboy-stl]

More people trust Fox because it the only one which is friendly to Republicans.

So republicans trust Fox because it lies to them in a friendly way. Got it.

I don't trust Fox because Fox lies, period. I would trust and watch Fox if I could trust that what they say is the truth. I would like an honest conversion about the issues. But I won't a network that requires me to constantly question whether what they're saying is even true. They could be friendly to republicans and broadcast the republican agenda 100% and still be truthful. How refreshing would that be? By the way, I don't watch MSNBC either for basically the same reasons.

 

[Kabluey]

Wrong. No one has ever doubted that Fox has a Republican bias and I specifically pointed out that Fox is "friendly" to Republicans, but democrats like to pretend that the rest of the press has no liberal bias. I certainly have never claimed that Fox has no conservative/Republican bias. For the record, I almost never watch any news, preferring written sources.

You have a very binary view.
Either your news channel has to agree with your view in its entirety, or you call it liberal. As though liberty is a bad thing.
There's a full gamut, from Fox right to MSNBC left.
The others fall somewhere in the 'middle' category.

Just because you hold extreme views, doesn't mean that people who hold moderate views are your polar opposite.

As discussed previously, some of your recent statements have much in common with the modern KKK, which most would agree is a fringe group.

 

[Mitchymo]

Wrong. No one has ever doubted that Fox has a Republican bias and I specifically pointed out that Fox is "friendly" to Republicans, but democrats like to pretend that the rest of the press has no liberal bias. I certainly have never claimed that Fox has no conservative/Republican bias.

Ben, it is not your failure to recognize republican bias that shows you up. It is your interpretation of the presented information which proves your bias. From your earlier post:-

As a result of the obvious bias of the democrat media, Fox is trusted the more

-you suggest that it is democrat bias that has lead to the result, with zero reference in your post to republican bias, AND you directly state that Fox is trusted more, YOUR own words, in disregard for the bigger picture which shows that non-Fox viewers are likely much more critical of the news being presented to them. A picture that can be supported by the fact that when you include ALL the 'trusting' viewers, and not just the hardcore fans of the broadcaster, it shows that Fox is NOT the most trusted. They are the 4th of the 5 examples given, when taking in the spectrum of trust.

You can argue that the lefties won't accept bias within the liberal media, but the results in your polling link, show less reluctance among the left to place any great trust in what they are told. It is quite clearly Fox that has the least critically minded followers.
If you are sick of republicans being attacked by the left, including yourself, then you should stop trying to defend the indefensible, and being disingenuous in regards to skewing impartial results in Fox's (republican) favour.

thewiz pointed out in post 68, examples of impartiality/platform provision for opposing viewpoints, in news coverage on other channels. Can you do the same for Fox?

I posit that your opposition to liberal media exists, not because of liberal bias (unlike the bias of Fox), but because the mainstream of America simply doesn't share your own (farther to the right) right wing views, and so consequently to you, the mainstream is looked down upon as being liberal, and so you reject the facts, as you did by falsely stating that Fox were most trusted.

I'm sure there are examples you can give of leftist bias, but i'd imagine they are harder to find, since the left doesn't seem to entertain the same level of 'crazy' that the right does.

 

[TX-Beau]

...You can argue that the lefties won't accept bias within the liberal media, but the results in your polling link, show less reluctance among the left to place any great trust in what they are told. It is quite clearly Fox that has the least critically minded followers...

(...HOW MANY times must I say it...)

DO NOT toss facts at the Elephants! They get confused!

 

[TX-Beau]

Seriously, Fox Viewers ≠ critical thinkers. Fox viewers trust Fox, more than MSNBC viewers trust MSNBC, because Fox viewers just don't think about much.

 

[TX-Beau]

Anyway when did just believing anything become some kind of virtue?