Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Fox News


            Unfortunately, I am approaching this prompt from a completely biased point of view.  The slogan of Fox News that claims it is “Fair and balanced” is a running joke amongst my fellow liberal friends and family members.  It is clear to me that Fox News has the habit of construing MOST information to favor Conservative ideologies.
            The studies that have determined that those who watch only Fox News know less than those who do not watch the news at all are a bit questionable however.  Those who watch Fox News may be exposed to biased opinions, but at least they are being exposed to news stories that are current.  By the same mechanism that we talked about in class earlier this semester, which is to include a strong statement at the end of an article that encourages independent research, those who watch Fox news stories would hopefully respond with some independent research. 
            It is because of this hopeful positive exposure to news in general that one would hope that exposure to media such as Fox News would not leave their viewers with completely useless information.   However, it is not really even worth arguing the fact that Fox News distributes deeply biased information that promotes the platform of the republican party.

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