halplm wrote:
Jewel, I'd appreciate proof that FOX lies on its news programs..
Fox doesn't LIE so much as it seems to distort and twist. And worse (to my mind) Fox tends to sensationalize. They pick one specific bit of a story and make that BIT the story in and of itself. It is
incomplete reporting.
It's like the Daily Mail or New York Post of TV reporting.
In my opinion - and for my own tastes. I don't have any recent examples, as I am not in the US and I don't get the Fox channel over here in the UK.
I find that reading a wide variety of news sources tends to even things out a bit. On line, I try to get a look at the NY Times, Boston Globe, Washington Post, London Times and the Christian Science Monitor every day. (I read the Globe mostly for home-town news...it's not that good on the global front.)
I find that doing this gives me several slants on the same story. If I find some
severe discrepancies, I do a bit more research. But usually, I simply find slight leanings one way or the other...or, as I said, incomplete reporting, depending on which way the news sources lies. So I do my best to fill in the gaps. If I read something that is WAY over to the left or the right, I make it a point to find opposing viewpoints...so I can draw a reasonable conclusion.
When I am home, I do watch Jim Lehrer (in tribute to my Dad) and also CNN as well as the local and network news programs. I miss Peter Jennings, as I liked his reporting style.