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Republican_Man STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 14823 Location: Classified
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Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:38 pm Only on Fox--Ahmadinejad and Bush Alike |
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Quote: | Ahmadinejad and Bush: The Nuclear Shadowboxers
TEHRAN, Iran � �If he�s convinced he�s right, he�s not going to change his mind, no matter what anyone says,� said the president�s friend. Though such assessments are frequently used to characterize President Bush, in this case it was a description of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Bush�s counterpart in Iran.
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I really do laugh at those who think Fox is a conservative biased news source, because this article just proves that it isn't. I mean, what conservative news source would have an article on their website talking about how the US President and Iran President are alike? NONE!
Only on Fox will you find this story. Only on Fox, as it says on the main page, where I found the link to this story.
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WeAz Commodore
Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 1519 Location: Where you aren't
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Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:15 pm |
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There goes their ratings...
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Kyle Reese Cadet Gunnery Sergeant
Joined: 21 Apr 2003 Posts: 5672 Location: The United States of America
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Wed Jun 14, 2006 8:34 pm |
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For what? Doing something unconservative? People watch Fox News because they trust them to be unbiased. At least that's why I watch it.
P.S. I seriously doubt this will affect their ratings at all.
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Republican_Man STV's Premier Conservative
Joined: 26 Mar 2004 Posts: 14823 Location: Classified
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Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:10 pm |
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Oh, it won't. It's an online news article. People who don't check the site and only watch the station won't know, unless it was actually on the TV.
But yeah, it won't do anything to harm their ratings. Not by a long shot. This just adds to the proof that Fox is fair and balanced and not right-wing biased (a liberal friend of mine even attests to this).
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LightningBoy Commodore
Joined: 09 Mar 2003 Posts: 1446 Location: Minnesota, U.S.A.
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:20 pm |
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Fox didn't say this. It was a quote from some guy named Nasser Hadian-Jazy. I don't think posting a quote (no matter who) is any sign of bias.
No, Fox is not biased; but no, they weren't comparing the president to Amahdinijad (sp), somebody else was.
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Republican_Man STV's Premier Conservative
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:45 pm |
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That was the quote you were looking at. Read it all. John Moody works for Fox News. The quote was done by the President's friend, but the rest of it was written by a Fox News guy.
But my point isn't that it's left-wing biased or anything, but rather that it's NOT biased, that it has this thing that only a left-winger could put out, which adds to the evidence that it's not conservative biased.
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Founder Dominion Leader
Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 12755 Location: Gamma Quadrant
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:48 pm |
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Not really. Just because one random article pops up, does not mean that suddenly Fox is in the center. I don't believe the left when they say its ALL right, because it isn't. They do try to show both sides, BUT, it definitly does lean to the right.
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Republican_Man STV's Premier Conservative
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 3:52 pm |
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I don't believe that this one piece alone proves that it's fair and balanced, but it adds to the proof. The only way I could agree that it leans to the right is the fact that it has one right-wing anchor that really proves right wing. Namely, Jon Gibson. But if you forget Jon Gibson, Fox is in the center, getting both sides to every story.
My liberal friend Kyle, as I've said many times before, prefers Fox News and believes it to truly be fair and balanced, and he hates Bush and did a little bit of campaigning for Kerry during the election.
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Founder Dominion Leader
Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 12755 Location: Gamma Quadrant
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:00 pm |
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No, there are MANY more right wing anchors on FOX. MANY more. The thing is, it doesn't bother me that it is right wing. I embrace it. It is nice to see a Republican, mainly, channel. I also like seeing Dem. being trashed. So...
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Republican_Man STV's Premier Conservative
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:07 pm |
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I'd embrace a right-wing media outlet, for sure. But Fox, though it has more Conservative people (like Brit Hume, who was praised by Clinton), is center in the sense that it's fair and balanced, even if the anchors are more conservative. Hence it's not a conservatively biased network. I'm a conservative and I don't see it as a conservative outlet. If I did I would embrace it, but I embrace it even so, as a non-conservative outlet for at least giving the side of the story that needs to be heard. It's balanced in terms of having both sides and whatnot, even if most of its anchors are conservative or Republican.
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Founder Dominion Leader
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Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:12 pm |
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I think that is the grief the left has. That most of the anchors are conervatives and thus let their personal biased in the information.
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