Does anyone know?

[spectrumc01]

Why does Fox always put down the mainstream media? Don't they know they are a part of the "Mainstream media"? If they don't consider themselves media, just what do the consider themselves to be? fair and balanced...

The next question would logically be...If conservatives don't like being the "lone voice in the wilderness" why don't they start more conservative media outlets instead of bitching about the liberal media bias?

had to get that off my chest.

 

[Black_Label]

It is pretty damn funny that fox is the face of the "mainstream media" though pretends it isn't.

This is what they are successful in doing is trying to paid every single news outlet on the planet as some kind of liberal conspiracy, and their hard right wing fodder is the only one "fair and balanced" and the sheep eat it up.

 

[waltky]

People don't trust the media...

Gallup: Only 8% of Americans Have 'Great Deal' of Trust in News Media--a New Low
September 21, 2012 -Only 8 percent of Americans say they have a "great deal" of trust in the news media, according to a new Gallup poll.

That is down from 11 percent a year ago and is a record low for the 40 years that Gallup has been polling on the question. Since 1972, Gallup has periodically asked respondents: “In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media--such as newspapers, T.V. and radio--when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly--a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all? In the latest survey, conducted Sept. 6-9, in addition to the 8 percent who said they had a “great deal” of trust and confidence in the media another 32 percent said they had a “fair amount” of trust. This combined 40 percent who were generally trustful of the media was also the lowest percentage ever.

A year ago, in Sept. 2011, 11 percent told Gallup they had a "great deal" of trust and confidence in the media and 33 percent said they had a fair amount--for a combined 44 percent who generally trusted the media. Meanwhile, in the poll released today, 39 percent said they had “not very much” trust and confidence in the media and 21 percent said they had “none at all"--making a combined all-time high of 60 percent who who were generally distrustful of the media. That was up from a combined 55 percent (36 percent "not very much" and 19 percent "none at all") in the Gallup survey done a year ago. "The majority of Americans still do not have confidence in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly," Gallup concluded in its analysis of the new poll.

Back in 1972, 18 percent said they had a great deal of trust and confidence in the media and 50 percent said they had a fair amount—for a combined 68 percent who were generally trustful of the media. The combined percentage of Americans who said they had a great deal (18 percent) or a fair amount (54 percent) of trust and confidence in the media peaked at 72 percent in 1976. “The record distrust in the media, based on a survey conducted Sept. 6-9, 2012, also means that negativity toward the media is at an all-time high for a presidential election year,” Gallup said in its analysis of the poll. Trust and confidence in the media differs by party affiliation, according to Gallup.

While a combined 60 percent of Americans overall told Gallup in this latest survey that they either had not very much or no trust at all in the media, a combined 58 percent of Democrats said that they had either a great deal or a fair amount of trust in the media. Only 31 percent of Independents and 26 percent of Republicans said they had a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. Gallup had previously reported that a survey conducted Sept. 8-11, 2011, showed that 47 percent said the media were too liberal, while 36 percent said the media was just right, and 13 percent said the media were too conservative. In that survey, 75 percent of conservatives said the media were too liberal. And so, too, did 16 percent of liberals.

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[blastoff]

It is pretty damn funny that fox is the face of the "mainstream media" though pretends it isn't.

This is what they are successful in doing is trying to paid every single news outlet on the planet as some kind of liberal conspiracy, and their hard right wing fodder is the only one "fair and balanced" and the sheep eat it up.

Fox is the leading cable news network, period.

That you can't define mainstream media is no surprise whatsoever.

 

[spectrumc01]

It is pretty damn funny that fox is the face of the "mainstream media" though pretends it isn't.

This is what they are successful in doing is trying to paid every single news outlet on the planet as some kind of liberal conspiracy, and their hard right wing fodder is the only one "fair and balanced" and the sheep eat it up.

Fox is the leading cable news network, period.

That you can't define mainstream media is no surprise whatsoever.

If FOX is the leading cable new network...Then they must be mainstream media.
FOX tells us how the mainsteam media is biased and since they are the mainsteam media they must be biased.

FOX finally got it right.