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[Evan Zimmerman <evan.zimmerman AT gmail.com>]

I'm hesitant to weigh in further, since I have a pretty low opinion of
Fox... but...

Fox is not a newpaper, and in my experience Fox programs news or
otherwise have a heavy sprinkling of editorial content. The divisions
that exist at newspapers, ie, this is an editorial page and labelled
as such vs. this is a news story -- they don't exist on tv.
Viewers never know if they're watching shills or venerable news
people, but they're always told by Fox that no matter what it is, it's
Fair and Balanced. In the NYT, an editorial is clearly labelled that
way just as they are at the N&O or any other traditional paper.

 I have not ever watched Fox and not seen editorializing, even from
the most "respected" newsman on the channel, Brit Hume. It's
everywhere. I should say that I have watched quite a bit of Fox even
recently, because I like to see contrasting views, even if I don't
expect to like them -- sometimes I get surprised and it's worth it for
that.


On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:18:06 -0400, Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com> wrote:
> Okay, so here's something that gets me.
> 
> Fox News has an editorial department and a news department, just like
> major newspapers do.  Fox News's editorial department clearly is
> right-leaning; there's no way to deny that.
> 
> But Fox News also has a news side -- which is what the "Fair and
> Balanced" slogan describes. The news is supposed to present both sides,
> be impartial, whatever.
> 
> Every time I see someone criticizing the "Fair and Balanced" slogan,
> it's referring to an *editorial* program, not the news.
> 
> Now, I realize that the editorial department is not in a totally
> separate world from the news department, and that there could be
> influences.  However, generally the news reporters and editors have very
> high standards for bias, and I think this is no different at Fox News as
> at many other major news organizations.  For example, The New York Times
> has a notoriously left-leaning editorial page, but is usually considered
> "fair and balanced" as it were on front-age *news* coverage.  Correct?
> 
> Jeremy
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