Ah David, you forgot the excessive Fox promulgation of the Swift Boat
controversy. I would normally agree with your perceptive view that the
political leanings affect which stories are presented, not how, but Fox
proved that it was less of a news organization than NPR or CBS or CNN
when it pushed so hard that particular story. That presentation was agenda
driven.
Bill Saidel
On Mon, 15 May 2006, David
Breneman wrote:
> --- don@napanet.net wrote:
>
>> Sorry, but it's Fox News and they are a bunch of right-wing liars.
>> I would say this is wishful thinking.
>
> You may not agree with their commentators, but that hardly
> reflects on their competence as a *news* organization.
> Would also say that CBS is "A bunch of left-wing liars"?
> After all, if there was a product whose commercial introduction
> might harm oil companies' profits, wouldn't true right wing
> liars do everything within their power to cover it up?
>
> I've found, from listening to *both* NPR and Fox most days,
> that the political leanings of the editors might influence
> *what* they think is a newsworthy story, but it doesn't lead
> them to make up facts to promote a political agenda. If
> you listen to both, you're getting a pretty good cross section
> of the day's news.
>
> David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com
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