I know a lot of people who hate Fox because it is 'biased towards the right', which is such a rediculous reason to hate it. EVERY news outlet is slanted one way or another. Pretty much all of them these days are slanted heavily to the left, worshipping the ground Obama walks on without sharing the full picture of what's really happening in America and around the world since his election. These same media outlets spent 8 years slamming George W Bush, again without showing the full picture. And with Michael Jackson, Fox's Bill O'Reilly dared to question the hero status of Jackson in light of his questionable morals and ethics when the rest of the media was hyping him up.
It's ironic that a lot of people ignorantly take these news reports as gospel when they are being shown a story from a certain point of view with a certain agenda. And its ironic that Fox, which leans slightly right, is the one that people hate on for being 'biased'. I mean, Come on! At the very least, its providing another side to the story which is vital for obtaining a full picture of what is going on. I don't claim Fox is any better than any other news network, but I do think that it provides some balance in an extremely biased media world. And I think it is necessary for us to open our eyes and search out the truth instead of taking a news report as the be-all-and-end-all.
I know a lot of people will disagree with me. I'm not trying to provoke an argument or anything, I'm just sharing my thoughts (like I said I would in an earlier blog). So don't start an internet war, just maybe have a think about this.
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Ahoy Roy ;)
I wonder if the allergy to being 'biased towards the right' is because, here in NZ, we've had to endure a leftist government for nine years, and thus in a way that's all NZ has ever known. Apropos, NZ society's tendency to suffer from Tall Poppy Syndrome has the effect of society being indifferent towards difference.
Yep, brainwashed in other words
i dont mind them being biased as long as they realised they are and then not in following weeks contradict what they said earlier. This is why fox gets slammed.
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