Neil Cavuto went out on limb to interview his boss, Rupert Murdoch, again. I don’t know of any other network that conducts this type of incestuous self-promotion with such frequency. But we are talking about Fox News, so…..
In this clip Murdoch defends the notoriously false slogan that Fox News is “fair and balanced.” Murdoch says:
“If we weren’t fair and balanced, we wouldn’t have the number one network in news – by a very wide margin. People believe we’re fair and balanced, and they love us.”
However, people do not watch Fox News because they believe it’s fair and balanced. They watch to have their right-wing preconceptions validated. What’s more, many more people hate Fox News than love it. Twenty-three percent of the public report being regular Fox viewers. That means that 75% are not. And being the number one network is no measure of quality. As I have said before:
“McDonald’s is the #1 restaurant in America. I don’t think that anyone interprets that to mean that they have the best food. What they have is the cheapest crap that is loaded with filler and seasoning to appeal to the largest number of consumers with the least sophisticated taste.”
And that’s a pretty good description of Fox News too.
You really will never get it…let me enlighten you by listing the format of each show…
Fox and Friends-opinion
America’s Newsroom-news
Happening Now-news
The Live Desk-news
Studio B-news
Your World with Neil Cavuto-opinion
Glenn Beck-opinion
Special Report-news
Fox Report-news
O’Reilly Factor-opinion
Hannity-opinion
On the Record-opinion
Red Eye-opinion
The opinionative shows aren’t meant to represent Fox News! But you’ll never get through to that! You’ll continue to rant about how Fox isn’t fair on the basis that Glenn Beck and the other OPIONATIVE shows are not fair! I’ve given you my simplest reason…from my point of you I’ve just debunked this site because this is all based on you thinking Fox News isn’t fair and blanced!
By your format breakdown, Fox has 9 hours of opinion and only 6 of news. So why is the network called Fox “News?” Shouldn’t it be called Fox Opinion?
What’s more, much of what appears on the opinion shows leech into the so-called news shows. There is nothing fair nor balanced about it. And if you think you’ve debunked this site by providing nothing of substance to support your view (you actually supported my view), then I’ll just let you believe what you like.