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China13814 Posts

January 30 2010 03:56 GMT

#261

Smart people trust no news networks. Conservatives trust FOX News. Yes, there is a difference.

SweeTLemonS[TPR]

11739 Posts

January 30 2010 06:06 GMT

#262

On January 27 2010 10:44 funnybananaman94 wrote:
well 49% of americans voted for geroge bush too, so yeah half our country is retarded :/
at least most of them don't live in new york..

No, but all of them that live in NY certainly qualify. (Note: I did not read the thread at all, I just can't stand NYers, in general)

QuickStriker

United States3694 Posts

January 30 2010 08:49 GMT

#263

On January 30 2010 15:06 SweeTLemonS[TPR] wrote:

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No, but all of them that live in NY certainly qualify. (Note: I did not read the thread at all, I just can't stand NYers, in general)

Hey! What do you have against us?? You you new york hater!!!

dekuschrub

United States2069 Posts

February 02 2010 05:06 GMT

#264

hahahah are people really this upset? All of the american news channels are ABYSMAL

man lotta liberals in this thread too, but TLs base is pretty liberal so not too surprising. I hate politics so much so I couldn't care less.

Savio

United States1850 Posts

February 03 2010 02:16 GMT

#265

Disclaimer: I don't watch Foxnews or any other TV network for news.

This doesn't surprise me that much actually. For the last few decades, the press has developed a bad reputation for its liberal bias. Foxnews came around and is clearly conservatively biased but a lot of people find it refreshing after decades of one sided bias.

Liberal Press Bias was explored in this thread:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=83503

Some exerpts:

"On average in the last 20 years, Democratic presidential hopefuls received coverage that was fairly balanced: about half positive and half negative. However, over the same period, Republicans received 34 percent positive and 66 percent negative press."

"President-elect Barack Obama has received the most positive campaign news coverage on the main network news shows in the 20-year history of such studies by the Center for Media and Public Affairs (CMPA). Mr. Obama received 68 percent positive evaluations from the four major networks, according to the study released Friday. By contrast, his Republican rival almost set the record for hostile press coverage. Just 33 percent of the stories on Sen. John McCain were positive in nature -- "the worst showing" since former President George H.W. Bush received only 29 percent positive press in 1988, Mr. Lichter said."

"NBC was the most Obama-friendly of the four networks, with 73 percent of the coverage being favorable. Fox News was the sole network to mix it up with Mr. Obama, with only 37 percent of the stories on him positive in tone, although that was only slightly less favorable than the 41 percent favorability of the network's McCain coverage."

"A Pew Research Center survey released in late October found, for example, that 70 percent of voters agreed that journalists "wanted" Mr. Obama to win the White House; the figure was 62 percent even among Democratic respondents.

A Harvard University analysis in early November revealed that 77 percent of Americans say the press is politically biased; of that group, 5 percent said it skewed conservative."

Anyway, I think that most Americans realize that Foxnews is biased but since it is the only network to be biased to the Right it is trusted more (to at least offer a different viewpoint).