FOX News...Is it A Trustworthy News Source?

[casaba]

Fox news is like the TV version of our right wing tabloids. Maybe even crazier. Click for hilarious:

E: bonus pic

I believe the OP has been answered. A picture is worth... actually this one contains a thousand words, and all of them point to a clear and emphatic, "No".

Now, for all those claiming, 'Hey, all the other cable news networks are just as bad', could you please provide one piece of evidence that comes close to the top 5 in the link above?

A few favorites:

"Global Cooling: Cold Snap Sparks Debate" Do these people read what they write? Cold Snap...

Broadcasting the 'results' of a familysecuritymatters.com "online poll" indicated 96% believe the president should have the right to wire tap?

And the infamous "Scooter Libby found not guilty of lying to FBI investigators". While technically correct that he was absolved on one count of "lying to FBI investigators", he was found guilty on another count of "lying to FBI investigators", as well as lying to a federal grand jury and obstruction of justice.

[Challenger Grim]

A question for any news source: is it accurate in what it does happen to report?

With all the scrutiny on Fox, I suspect yes: Fox is accurate and therefore trustworthy as a news source.

Bias is often nothing more than a matter of selection. For example, I can pick up a certain newspaper which advertises as Socialist and still consider it a "trustworthy news source." Is it biased? Duh. Is it accurate? Yes.

Thank you! I too have been trying to point out to people that bias does not impact the truthfulness of a fact in any way. If so, then all of math would be invalidated as the teachers are biased towards it.

[gharfish]

In theory...but not here. No, they've blown it by now.


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[seanD]

The FOX News Network is frequently accused of being a faulty, untrustworthy, biased news source, a mouthpiece of the Republican Party, etc. Do you agree/disagree with any of these accusations? Substantiate your position with evidence, please.

I've always suspected that FOX news was solely designed not just for entertainment purposes, but to keep the right base firmly intact and far right -- much like MSNBC is designed to keep the left base intact and far left -- and to keep Christianity and politics firmly entrenched. The latter is a bit more speculative on my part than the former, I guess because someone as reprehensible as O'Reilly, as dishonest as Beck, and as dumb as Hannity makes more sense to me as a role they're playing, than actual genuine characteristics, and hopeful for the sake of Christianity. The show is obviously scripted, written to be over-the-top and anyone can see this, even down to the dialogue exchanges between them. Whether the actors are truly Christian in their personal lives or merely playing part of the role is anyone's guess.

As far as getting any facts, you won't get anymore or less facts than any other corporate owned mainstream media outlet.

[Zombie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi42g...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYA9ufivbDw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulbu2...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTkFU...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IwIR...eature=channel

fair and balanced?
or a means to help republican candidates, and make money doing so?

[Prole]

I mainly watch ABC News. Do they have a liberal slant?