There is a long-standing and hard to fight myth that says that virtually all news in the mainstream media is liberally biased. I don't believe it, or at least I don't believe the bias is pervasive. MSNBC has no doubt got three and a half (Hardball vacillates) programs with a liberal slant. Straight up. But they also have Morning Joe, a three-hour chat show headlined by a former Republican Senator, Joe Scarborough. As far as I know, MSNBC's other programming does not have an overt liberal bias.
It is my belief that many conservatives perceive a lack of conservative bias to be automatically slanted left. No, I don't have sources for that, it's just in my humble opinion. But the one unavoidable, incontestable fact is that FOX "News" is absolutely, heavily slanted to the right. FOX defenders will argue that they are merely the flip side to MSNBC (or even the entirety of the news media). They'll argue that Hannity, Glenn Beck and The O'Reilly Factor are the opinion shows, the rest--more or less--is "straight news." Of course, this argument comes almost exclusively from FOX "News" employees, or "FOX fans" who are almost exclusively very conservative. If a viewer is in possession of sight, hearing and an above room temperature IQ, the bias is clear across the board.
But here, you don't have to take my word for it. Check out this video for further clarification.
It is my belief that many conservatives perceive a lack of conservative bias to be automatically slanted left. No, I don't have sources for that, it's just in my humble opinion. But the one unavoidable, incontestable fact is that FOX "News" is absolutely, heavily slanted to the right. FOX defenders will argue that they are merely the flip side to MSNBC (or even the entirety of the news media). They'll argue that Hannity, Glenn Beck and The O'Reilly Factor are the opinion shows, the rest--more or less--is "straight news." Of course, this argument comes almost exclusively from FOX "News" employees, or "FOX fans" who are almost exclusively very conservative. If a viewer is in possession of sight, hearing and an above room temperature IQ, the bias is clear across the board.
But here, you don't have to take my word for it. Check out this video for further clarification.
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