It occurs to me that the degree of bias a media outlet demonstrates is, in large part, proportional to the bias that resides behind the eye of the
beholder.
The media is a very complex industry and very little is black or white when it comes to political issues. There are special interests on both sides
of any issue that spend their air time either promoting their cause or throwing flak at opponents. Simply televising them can result in a charge of
bias.
What is lacking is unbiased informed discussion of the issues (from sources that do not have a dog in the fight) which could serve to educate instead
of tittilate or entertain. The reason we lack informative discussion is this sort of thing often results in economic professors droning on about the
tax code which makes for poor television.
To know all aspects of even one political issue could take you quite some time of intense study. We are communicated to in sound bites. We never get
to have "the long thought" regardless of the television outlet due the the requirement of concision. If you cannot make your point in 20 seconds,
you haven't got one. This serves to destroy all informative discussion. Nobody has the time to explain anything regardless if their position.
Personally I can't watch Fox News for more than a minute or two. I get my news from Free Speech TV via sattelite and the blessed internet.
I consider Public Broadcasting to be too conservative for my tastes but I wouldn't want to take Fox away from those that need it. To each his own.
There is ample evidence that Fox news is laughably biased but if I linked to the info would any Fox fans want to read it?
I probably wouldn't if I were them.
mediamatters.org...
Yes its a left biased website but it shows that many think CNN is as far right as Fox.