Anyone notice Fox News ignoring and blaming the media for the Murdoch scandal?

They were all over NPR for firing Juan Williams, but when their own boss and the owners of Fox News, News Corporation get's in trouble for doing things that are FAR WORSE, they are trying to ignore or blaming the "left wing media" for exaggerating the situation. Heck, you even had someone who helped whistle blow the case found dead. And senior people at News Corporation getting arrested by the police.

Talk about hypocrisy and double standards. Fair and balanced my a$$.

It's Fox News...

don't bite the hand that feeds you...Or the hand that's cupping your scrotum in this case.

You really think that a company is going to give a fair portrayal of their parent company's scandals?

I just like how they say he apologized, and that therefore the media should stop covering the scandal, when the corruption that is surrounding this scandal is still far from fully unconvered. Just today one of the top whistle-blowers turned up dead.

don't bite the hand that feeds you...Or the hand that's cupping your scrotum in this case.

mattisgod01

But wouldn't that go against their "fair and balanced" motto. If they are indeed "fair and balanced" they would report it and talk about it just like all the other media outlets are doing and not blame the "left wing media" for the situation which was their OWN doing. Oh wait, I think I answered my own question. ;)

You really think that a company is going to give a fair portrayal of their parent company's scandals?

metroidfood

This, it's stupid and I do think that in a perfect world of journalism ethics Fox News would be covering the story with more vigor, but plenty of other stations would also ignore a story if their parent company were involved. What really gets me is the way Fox News blames everyone else, and acts like the media is creating this story from nothing, when their is clearly a significant amount of facts that warrants reporting. Then they start talking about how the other stations should be reporting on hard news.

Well guess what, this qualifies far more as hard news than: Common rapping at the White House, Balloon Boy, Charlie Sheen, the Bronx Zoo Cobra, and a thousand other stories that cable news stations, including Fox, get fixated on.

If you dislike Fox News, why do you watch it?limpbizkit818

For the lolz...;)

no because I don't watch Fox News.

That being said I have seen nothing in their history to suggest they wouldn't do this type of thing.

If you dislike Fox News, why do you watch it?limpbizkit818

It looks like someone watched the daily show tonight. -Sun_Tzu-

..Yes SOMEONE did! :P

[QUOTE="limpbizkit818"]If you dislike Fox News, why do you watch it?majoras_wrath

I am still waiting for a response as to how Fox commentators like Hannity claimed that the White House spent $200 million on President Obama's trip to India. Does, commentators on Fox even bother to listen to what comes out of their mouths. Do you really think the President would spend almost a quarter of a billion dollars on a foreign trip? Wouldn't even common sense would tell you that is incorrect. Guess not.

I don't think they're are allowed to.

Fox News is more scripted than the onion. None of their anchors/hosts are allowed to do what they want.

Piers Morgan of CNN is going into full damage control over this stuff I heard, I hope CNN gets rid of him ASAP before it's too late.-RocBoys9489-

Is he really? I haven't watched any of his program, but I do know he was a total douche on America's Got Talent tonight.

It's Fox News...

jerk-o-tron2000

first reply nailed it

Piers Morgan of CNN is going into full damage control over this stuff I heard, I hope CNN gets rid of him ASAP before it's too late.-RocBoys9489-

Did Pierce Morgan work for his newspapers in England or something?

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It's Fox News...

Meat_Wad_Fan

first reply nailed it

Piers Morgan of CNN is going into full damage control over this stuff I heard, I hope CNN gets rid of him ASAP before it's too late.-RocBoys9489-

Did Pierce Morgan work for his newspapers in England or something?

He used to be the editor of another tabloid The Mirror - not one of Murdochs. He was thought of pretty poorly back then (in the 90s) - nasty piece of work...

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

SpartanMSU

umadbro?

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

SpartanMSU

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

SpartanMSU

that todays news is so s***** that they have to watch a comedy show

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

SpartanMSU

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

SpartanMSU

Surprisingly, shows like The Daily Show have just as much 'substance' as what traditional news outlets like Fox have.

According to this article I found (No Joke: A Comparison of Substance in The Daily Show with Jon Stewardand Broadcast Network Television Coverage of the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign, by Fox et al), there was no signficant difference in the average amounts of video and audio substance per program.

The average time spent in a given 30 minute timeslot for the Presidential campaign was 135.40 seconds for Network News, whilst The Daily Showspent 233.16 seconds per story. The amount of 'video substance' was only 9.03% of broadcast time for Network news, and 8.89% for The Daily Show.

A concluding summary from that report was basically that The Daily Showhad humour where Network News had hype, and if you take those away you are left primarily with the same information.

Fox News is a joke. It's not news. It's a pro-conservative Tabloid.

They have as much legitimacy as the National Enquirer.

From FoxNews:

The scandal has captivated audiences from America to Murdoch's native Australia, and there's more to come; only a fraction of some 3,870 people whose names and telephone numbers were found in News of the World files have been contacted by police so far. It remains unknown how many of those names were targeted for hacking.

Link to one of many articles about the scandal on Fox HERE

Doesn't exactly seem like they are avoiding the scope of this thing. But, as usual, people see what they want to.

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

They are owned by Murdoch. What do you expect?

From FoxNews:

The scandal has captivated audiences from America to Murdoch's native Australia, and there's more to come; only a fraction of some 3,870 people whose names and telephone numbers were found in News of the World files have been contacted by police so far. It remains unknown how many of those names were targeted for hacking.

Link to one of many articles about the scandal on Fox HERE

Doesn't exactly seem like they are avoiding the scope of this thing. But, as usual, people see what they want to.

YellowOneKinobi

Here's a link of them getting caught saying they're not gonna talk about the scandal. HERE

It seems as this thing gets bigger and bigger, they can't avoid it anymore and have to give it some air time. Especially since people are starting to point out their lack of coverage.

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From FoxNews:

The scandal has captivated audiences from America to Murdoch's native Australia, and there's more to come; only a fraction of some 3,870 people whose names and telephone numbers were found in News of the World files have been contacted by police so far. It remains unknown how many of those names were targeted for hacking.

Link to one of many articles about the scandal on Fox HERE

Doesn't exactly seem like they are avoiding the scope of this thing. But, as usual, people see what they want to.

EsYuGee

Here's a link of them getting caught saying they're not gonna talk about the scandal. HERE

It seems as this thing gets bigger and bigger, they can't avoid it anymore and have to give it some air time. Especially since people are starting to point out their lack of coverage.

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[QUOTE="YellowOneKinobi"]

From FoxNews:

The scandal has captivated audiences from America to Murdoch's native Australia, and there's more to come; only a fraction of some 3,870 people whose names and telephone numbers were found in News of the World files have been contacted by police so far. It remains unknown how many of those names were targeted for hacking.

Link to one of many articles about the scandal on Fox HERE

Doesn't exactly seem like they are avoiding the scope of this thing. But, as usual, people see what they want to.

YellowOneKinobi

Here's a link of them getting caught saying they're not gonna talk about the scandal. HERE

It seems as this thing gets bigger and bigger, they can't avoid it anymore and have to give it some air time. Especially since people are starting to point out their lack of coverage.

Good on us, I say!.:)

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[QUOTE="EsYuGee"] Everyone is talking about their broadcast coverage, especially when compared to other scandals. Not the AP article they pasted on their website.

Here's a link of them getting caught saying they're not gonna talk about the scandal. HERE

It seems as this thing gets bigger and bigger, they can't avoid it anymore and have to give it some air time. Especially since people are starting to point out their lack of coverage.

EsYuGee

Good on us, I say!.:)

Faux News we make Pravda look like a good source of news.

From FoxNews:

The scandal has captivated audiences from America to Murdoch's native Australia, and there's more to come; only a fraction of some 3,870 people whose names and telephone numbers were found in News of the World files have been contacted by police so far. It remains unknown how many of those names were targeted for hacking.

Link to one of many articles about the scandal on Fox HERE

Doesn't exactly seem like they are avoiding the scope of this thing. But, as usual, people see what they want to.

YellowOneKinobi

I was referring to the coverage on Fox News Channel.

:lol:

I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

SpartanMSU

What is even more funny is that The Daily Show has more facts than what the spout on Fox News. :lol:

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I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

What is even more funny is that The Daily Show has more facts than what the spout on Fox News. :lol:

It's really incredible how some people at Fox are trying to deflect blame from Murdoch and News Corp.

Take this editorial for instance. I don't even know how this opinion can exist:
(Those of you with better things to do might not know that the media mogul Murdoch is being questioned about the tactics some of his reporting staff undertook, including wire taps, paying for news tips and generally beating the competition to shreds with scoops. In response, politicians are clamoring for a chance to say – on camera – how horrified they are about the entire ordeal. Simply horrified.)

Whoever wrote that actually thinks that Murdoch is being questioned because he beat the competition to scoops. :|

Murdoch owns them, so they shut the hell up. Simple. Of course, criticizing the media for actively covering this is FOX News at it's finest and most blatantly right wing. These are the people who went ape-**** over NPR, a scandal completely of their own creation, which did not even involve an arrest or death, but think that the media devoting lots of coverage to an enormous scandal consuming one of the largest media outlets in Britain that involves felony, murder, and goes all the way up to the Prime Minister, is left-biased reporting.

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I find it funny that the people making fun of Fox seem to be getting there daily dose of news from The Daily Show.:lol:

gameguy6700

Wrong, viewers of the Colbert Report and the Daily Show are actually LESS informed than all 3 of the major cable news networks. However, this is immediately counteracted by the fact that Jon Stewart actually had the integrity to admit this ON AIR. Also, he has always said that he provides fake news.

Murdoch owns them, so they shut the hell up. Simple. Of course, criticizing the media for actively covering this is FOX News at it's finest and most blatantly right wing. These are the people who went ape-**** over NPR, a scandal completely of their own creation, which did not even involve an arrest or death, but think that the media devoting lots of coverage to an enormous scandal consuming one of the largest media outlets in Britain that involves felony, murder, and goes all the way up to the Prime Minister, is left-biased reporting.

789shadow

They also went ape-**** over one of the most non-explicit rappers out there reading a poem at the White House. They've gone crazy over boobs being shown in an M-rated videogame. Yet they say this is a non-story? The hypocrisy here is really incredible even for Fox.

Fox News isn't actually fair and balanced?