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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