Looking for a balance to Fox Programs

TristanDSP · #1 08-29-2005, 12:20 PM

As abrasive and condescending as they are, my source of news lately has been Fox News Channel. Because of all the criticism of the channel and their conservative views, I've decided to look for another program to watch that would serve as a counter, like a ying to the O'Reilly Factor's and Hannity & Colmes' yang.

Ideas?

At least Greta seems somewhat Fair and Balanced....not Nancy Grace though....

hoosier · #2 08-29-2005, 01:46 PM

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Originally posted by TristanDSP
As abrasive and condescending as they are, my source of news lately has been Fox News Channel. Because of all the criticism of the channel and their conservative views, I've decided to look for another program to watch that would serve as a counter, like a ying to the O'Reilly Factor's and Hannity & Colmes' yang.

Ideas?

Fox News provides a fair and balanced alternative to:

1 - ABC news
2 - CBS news
3 - NBC news
4 - CNN
5 - NYTimes
6 - LA Times
7 - Wash. Post
8 - most local TV news
9 - MOST local newspapers (know of any towns with competing newspapers with opposing views?)

And don't forget:

10 - MSNBC
11 - CNBC
12 - Comedy Channel fake news
13 - CNN Headline news
14 - MTV
15 - Oprah
16 - The View

There is no need to "balance" Fox News - they're way outnumbered.

Fox has seemingly gotten stuck, though, on a few missing white women (see Aruba, etc.), so they're not perfect.

DeltAlum · #3 08-29-2005, 01:47 PM

Well, if you listen to the "conservatives," take your choice -- everything else is "liberal."

See above.

KSigkid · #4 08-29-2005, 01:50 PM

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Well, if you listen to the "conservatives," take your choice -- everything else is "liberal."

See above.

And if you listen to the "liberals," Fox News is the worst thing to happen to this planet since the Plague.

It works both ways...

TristanDSP · #5 08-29-2005, 01:58 PM

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And if you listen to the "liberals," Fox News is the worst thing to happen to this planet since the Plague.

It works both ways...

Hence why it's best to watch something from both sides

TristanDSP · #6 08-29-2005, 02:00 PM

I was thinking CNN (Anderson Cooper?)

MSNBC has that douchebag Donny Deutch (or however it's spelled).

It's funny hoosier, the more I watch, the more I'm like "I agree with these guys, and their opinions are neither radical nor ultra conservativce, so where's that right-wing influence my professors said was screwed up about FNC?"

KSigkid · #7 08-29-2005, 02:05 PM

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Hence why it's best to watch something from both sides

That's one of the reasons why I like to read both the Boston Globe and Boston Herald - I end up getting both sides of the issue.

valkyrie · #8 08-29-2005, 02:09 PM

I like CNN when they're not showing that stupid Aruba story. I usually listen to NPR in the mornings.

hoosier · #9 08-29-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally posted by TristanDSP
I was thinking CNN (Anderson Cooper?)

MSNBC has that douchebag Donny Deutch (or however it's spelled).

It's funny hoosier, the more I watch, the more I'm like "I agree with these guys, and their opinions are neither radical nor ultra conservativce, so where's that right-wing influence my professors said was screwed up about FNC?"

You're weird if you're not a liberal in college.

By the time you turn 40, you're weird if you're not conservative.

PS: Have you posted anything about your trip to Indiana?

Sistermadly · #10 08-29-2005, 11:01 PM

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Originally posted by TristanDSP
I was thinking CNN (Anderson Cooper?)

Love him, but I don't think that any programming on CNN is a "balanced" alternative to Faux News. They're getting pretty conservative themselves these days (and according to Wonkette, Anderson's a longtime member of the GOP).

I would have suggested the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) if they weren't on strike, but since they are, I think the best alternative to the type of news that is being produced in the US is BBC World News. Watch the American news channels, but then watch the BBC to see it without spin from either side.

DeltAlum · #11 08-30-2005, 01:17 AM

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I would have suggested the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) if they weren't on strike,

Actually, I believe their employees were locked out. While the on air results may be similar, it's an important distinction.

Rudey · #12 08-30-2005, 11:00 AM

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Love him, but I don't think that any programming on CNN is a "balanced" alternative to Faux News. They're getting pretty conservative themselves these days (and according to Wonkette, Anderson's a longtime member of the GOP).

I would have suggested the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) if they weren't on strike, but since they are, I think the best alternative to the type of news that is being produced in the US is BBC World News. Watch the American news channels, but then watch the BBC to see it without spin from either side.

How has CNN been getting conservative?

And what does someone's private affiliations (your source is Wonkette - "A blend of gossip and satire and things the author makes up.") have to do with anything?

Again, it's been shown that all news sources carry a bias.

Again, it's important to distinguish between opinion pieces and programming and news. All opinion programming is incredibly biased since it is opinion, not fact based.

-Rudey
--Fox is just the least biased even if it is conservative.

Sistermadly · #13 08-30-2005, 11:14 PM

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How has CNN been getting conservative?

Have you watched "Situation Room" at all? I don't mean that in a confrontational way, but this show seems pretty conservative to me.

RACooper · #14 08-31-2005, 07:58 AM

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How has CNN been getting conservative?

Well Lou Dobbs has always leaned a little that way.... and then there was that douche Novak and that twerp Carlson - but there both gone now (although there "demise" on CNN was fun to watch in each case).

Recently though the hiring of Nancy Grace has help them in the conservative department... I don't exactly see the "situation room" as conservative - maybe more sensationalistic or "FOX-like".

Seriously though it makes good business sense for CNN to have the conservative and Republican elements on the air - if only to undercut some of FOX's market share...

Rudey · #15 08-31-2005, 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by Sistermadly
Have you watched "Situation Room" at all? I don't mean that in a confrontational way, but this show seems pretty conservative to me.

I have watched the Situation Room, but don't follow it religiously. It's actually anchored by an AEPi. Anyway, it never seemed biased or too conservative to me - more midway moderate actually.

-Rudey