"But when these two channels are running straight news, do you think they are still bias? And if so, how?"
Any media that reports news can be biased simply by what it decides to include or not include in the presented media itself. A few facts left out can change the whole face of the story. On 4/27/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But what exactly do you mean? > > FoxNews and CNN are news channels, but they also run various discussion > programs that are based on the news, but are not technically "the news". > On > Fox, these programs will tend to have a conservative bent; on CNN, a > liberal > bent. > > But when these two channels are running straight news, do you think they > are > still bias? And if so, how? Do they contort factual stories to appeal to > their bias? Do they straight out lie? Do they over-report factual stories > to > support their bias, ignoring others? > > When I watch the news, i simply expect facts. If there seem to be more > stories that are "liberal" on a given night, some may chalk that up right > away to bias. I'm not that quick to do that. > > > > > > I'm not sure I understood what you meant, but if you're saying that > > CNN is not biased any longer, but was, well, that's probably true. > > However FoxNews still is and so they should remove the "News" part > > from their title and call it FoxOpinion. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:155603 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
