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Whether it's dealing with issues such as poverty, race, crime, foreign or domestic policy, the mainstream news media fails to live up to its responsibilities, which are enshrined in our nation's Constitution.
Seeing all those Democrats on Fox News lately seems to indicate to me that they're potentially split three ways. One side to the right goes Terry McAuliffe, one side to the left goes Howard Dean...and Hillary Clinton is somewhere in a tree with Bill O'Reilly...
Fox News isn't even conservative, but moderate; it only looks conservative because of the alternatives.
With the elections heating up, FOX News is in the middle of a firestorm (yet again) with a recent comment from one reporter-Megyn Kelly. What is the Fall out? Check out today's lesson on Urban Speak......
Has anyone else noticed the porn chic on Fox News?
Clinton points out the hypocrisy of the right wing attack on his performance in fighting terrorism and Bin Laden. Clinton points out that Fox News only asks questions in this leading manner of him and not of members of the Bush administration.
Chris Wallace the host of Fox News Sunday became news himself after that interview with former President Clinton. Frankly, I didn't feel bad for Clinton. But that interview made me think about the state of journalism on Fox (Hoax) News.
Did you see the Bill Clinton fiasco on Fox News Channel recently? What the hell was that all about?
Fox News celebrates its first decade this week. So why is a top ten cable channel's president ashamed of it?
Looking for hot news tips? Here are a few places to try
While bias and partisanship in televised news coverage can be more easily identified, we must not forget that print media is subject to the same trappings of money and personal preferrence.
Anyone who writes news stories wants to make sure their story gets in first, here are a few ways to make that happen
No longer can I tune to CNN Headline News to see a journalist actually reporting news. The tabloid format and TV newsmagazines have taken over. Every network seems to have fired the reporters and replaced them with ex-lawyers, entertainment critics or political analysts.
News reporting is a thing of the past. No longer can you pickup a newspaper or turn on television and find out what is going on in the world today.
Crocker has shown that a single person with a little creativity and no shame can wrap the major news networks around his finger, and that the Mainstream News can be played like a fiddle.
Many people feel that Christian Broadcasters should stay out of the news business. The attitude is "How could Christian's compete with the likes of the networks let alone CNN and Fox News?
As the financial press has entered the mainstream news media, particularly since the advent of cable news, it has had a negative affect on the United States. What is good for investors and the financial press is not necessarily good for normal people.
This latest addition catches you up from Oct. 23 - Oct. 27, with news stories involving Snoop Dog, Limbaugh, Tom Cruise, and more...
Nobody would argue that there is enough news to fill up 24 hour a day coverage. So, then why do the networks spend ten to fifteen hours a day only covering one or two stories?
Our staffers at Fox News all agree that those pictures do not paint you in the best of light. Do not panic!
Fox News does yet another "fair and balanced" piece of journalism that sets off X-Play's Adam Sessler.
Submitting to mounting pressure coming from progressive groups, the Nevada Dems decline to be involved with a debate being hosted by FOX News.
As an example of how much more credibility the mainstream news media has over Associated Content, let me present to you the Fox News ad campaign against Anderson Cooper.
After 10 years, Fox News is still beating the competition. Here are a few reasons why Fox News might just live up to its slogan.
By now, you may have seen the clips for "Fox News Attacks Black America." In this article, I comment on every single idiotic comment made in that special and support that Fox News does indeed have a very racist, small-minded view of the Black community.
A look at the deceptive and dangerous misinformation broadcast by Fox News, their un-American attempt to control public opinion through media manipulation, and the resulting consumer boycott.
Fox news puts in print what many whites actually think.
March 9th's "Sunday Fox News" and "Meet the Press" Debate "Do-Overs" in Florida and Michigan
As a conservative republican, I would like to hear from ALL of the candidates. Somehow "tiers" were handed out, not by voters, but by the media.
This part of Fox News Sunday is an interview with Lt Governor of Virginia Bill Bolling and George Washington University President Stephen Trachtenberg.
Over the last few months we have heard more and more Presidential candidates from the Democratic Party pressing about how much they hate Fox News. Why does Fox News have such a poor reputation amongst liberals?
If you visit any conservative websites at all, whether your liberal or conservative, you've undoubtedly come across the blog of Fox News commentator Michelle Malkin. Her impact on the conservative community and she's breaking many molds.
Should a News Channel give more than 25% more airtime to one candidate over another? Does this affect the election because the other candidates don't get the chance to give Americans their ideas and stands on issues?
How fair and balanced is the Mark Foley coverage over on Fox?
The Terri Schiavo saga has crossed the line from media circus into the theater of the absurd. John Edward, a self-proclaimed psychic and former TV show host, addressed the Schiavo controversy on the March 24 edition of "Fox & Friends".
For conservatives and liberals alike (at least liberals who can laugh at themselves), Half Hour News Hour continues a television tradition started by Saturday Night Live. Here is what to expect.
I had never heard of AC before Fox News' recent blunder, and now that I have, I only wish something had brought AC to my attention sooner. But even as an unbiased outsider, I, for one, never saw AC in a negative light, and I think this publicity may help in the end.
Why does conservative talk TV and radio have such power? Are most people conservative behind closed doors? I explore these themes with questions to neighbors and friends.
did the Democrats decline Fox News' invite to host the debate after the Republican candidates were asked tough questions?
No wonder so much of the right is misinformed. Get some news from various reputable sources, then go check out Fox. It's like you slipped through a tear in the space-time continuum.
Pity the poor religious right. It's been a really tough month or so for them.
At least three different times during two different segments of the O'Reilly Factor Mark Foley was listed as a Democrat rather than a Republican.
Anything that Howard Dean, Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden et al hate is OK by me. Besides, I think Ann Coulter is one good looking woman!
Is It Time for a Right-Leaning Satirical Political Comedy Show?
Since when did Presidential candidates not take FREE face time on TV?
We all know media plays a big role in politics. How does this affect Barack Obama? Find out.
The next time you see Frank Luntz present his entertaining polling results on TV (sometimes with selected groups of people after debates)--be sure to listen to every word he says and how he phrases it to veer an argument in his favor.
I what appears to be a reversal of epic proportions, News Corporation is going green. That includes the Fox News Network.
A compare and contrast of two cabe news editorial sessions from Fox News and CNN on the same night in July.
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Charlie Gibson and George Stephanajerkopolis's moderation of the Obama/Clinton debate was an illustration of how ABC News is now about as credible as Fox News.
Would you have the courage to pin a rabid fox to the ground until help could control the animal? Rayshun McDowell did just that in the front yard of his home on Sunday where the family was having a gathering.
A new study by George Mason University says Hillary Clinton is the subject of most negative election reporting while Fox News is statistically the most balanced network.
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Paper discusses the history, accuracy, and role of satirical news, specifically the type used by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.
Odds are you shouldn't use cable news as your major source, but it's still interesting to watch.
Several news sources are reporting the shooting of 3 office workers in Troy, Michigan - a suburb of Detroit.
Essentially, "news" is information which someone or something has categorized, packaged, and channeled to us as new and useful - as they define it. Are you content having someone or something else define your life?
The crimes and misfortunes of celebrities are hashed out relentlessly in the news. News topics that have covered Anna Nicole Smith, Paris Hilton, and Michael Vick have been beaten to death. What can we do to hamper celebrity gossip and news reports?
The new owner of the Wall Street Journal has had a business channel under the Fox brand in the works for some time. Today's it's on the air. How does Fox Business compare with CNBC and Bloomberg?
We pretty much flick on the television news every day, out of habit. How much of what we hear, though, can we actually believe?
Amidst Fox News' recent exclusion of Ron Paul from the New Hampshire forum, supporters of the GOP candidate are dumping News Corp. stock and showing the empire who really has the upper hand in politics.
Here are the top 5 news video bloopers that can be found on YouTube.
Humans are by their nature biased, and reporters are human. The news is slanted. Instead of being a sheep, learn how to critically watch the news and other media, and judge for yourself what you think.
Do we have politically motivated gremlins working behind the scenes of our "trusted" news sources?
The news media really does a disservice when it comes to reporting financial news. They report the same types of stories over and over again without much research and often give very biased advice.
The amount of foreign news coverage in the U.S. has decreased significantly over the years.
Regardless of where you are in the world news is breaking every minute of the day and you need to know when it breaks. Sirius and XM offer great news channels, but which is best for you?
When Barbaro was put down, it was hardly an unexpected event. However, stations broke in to announce the horse's death. Why?
True fans should become members of as many of the fan sites as possible. One of the sites may have information that the others have missed and it gives you a chance to connect with a greater number of fans.
Has any news report, ever, objective? Should it be?
Fox Lake, Wisconsin, which is located northwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was the site of a brutal murder just outside the police station.
The Huffington Post considers itself a news organization and a hotbed of progressive free thinkers. Why then, does it seem everyone and everything about the site follows a single agenda?
The Fox Spin Zone excluded Ron Paul from their January 6th, 2008 forum. In the only real vote so far in this election cycle Ron Paul beat Rudy Giuliani and raised more money. Could Ron Paul be stepping on powerful toes with his campaign?
Comments on FoxNews and their blonde female anchors.
Celebrity gossip news addiction can have a deeper meaning than just entertainment. You can find a cure to end the addiction, and contribute something positive in your life and the internet community.
This paper goes in depth in regards to ethical reporting on the War in Iraq.
While you may be able to identify Lindsay Lohan's mother out of a lineup--where she may soon be standing--99% of Americans have no idea who Tyler Drumheller is. Despite the fact that what he says is more than enough to not just impeach Bush, but convict him.
Read about crime that has not been heavily publicized, but is just as important
Ever since Stephen Colbert spun off from The Daily Show to present The Colbert Report, Colbert has gained popularity and notoriety. This article compares the shows, and makes shameless value judgments about each.
The site is intended to spread patriotism and to increase the inspiration necessary to fully enjoy the American experience.
What do you do if you are a huge media conglomerate and you own the largest social network website in the world?
If you think NBC, CBS and ABC have always had an unchallenged monopoly on television, then you're about to learn that various millionaires have tried to start a fourth network as competition. And failed DuMont Network may have imparted revenge in one unique way...
Networks are deciding who is allowed to participate in the debates.
John Gibson and his narrow-minded, ad hominem vitriol will no longer disgrace Fox News. He has been let go because of low ratings. No way you thought they were firing him because of his simplistic, fallacy-filled, neo-conservative...
EPISODE 1: American Idol loses a chicken, British guitarist Pete Doherty stumbles again, Isaac Haye's gruesome "South Park" send-off, Prince's purple reign on Carlos Boozer, and R. Kelly's Little Bro: the real tinkler?
The ways in which the government, the dominant media, and the military shape our conception of reality in the post-9/11 world are ever-changing; they demand our vigilance if we wish to obtain the truth about the United States' actions around the world in an unbiased light.
A look at the US media dropping the ball on accuracy in reporting and concentrating on Nationalism during war.
These men call themselves anchors (and at best, talk show hosts) but they're really just jerks; here are the five worst.
I have resisted commenting on the Duke Lacrosse scandal because, in reality, what's the point? It's a pretty disgusting mess, all things considered. But, er, here goes...
Bill Clinton gives Chris Wallace a lesson in how you should be very careful in picking out targets for to conduct a journalistic hit job on.
Yes Bill O' Reilly, who hates everyhting word a liberal says is now a doctor specializing in w