I would not call any of their commentators stupid. I would call then entertainers. To report the news you need to have some degree of impartiality and FOX continually shows a bias. Many other news stations do this but the degree that FOX does it makes them an outcast in their own industry. I would call whoever listens to FOX and actually believes the BS they propagate, well that person would most likely fall into the "stupid" catagory. Gelnn Beck is a perfect example. I listen to his show at least 2-3 times a week. In his intro monolague he says so many things that are just outright lies its ridiculous.
Name some.
It's clear to me the so called "impartial" networks (CNN) *coughs* (MSNBC) *coughs* and even NPR are more concerned with APPEARING "impartial" than reporting the truth. Media bias is a thread I've already discussed on a couple other boards, and it's a long, clusterfuck of a topic, so I won't engage on it long, but let me just give one recent example.
If you care to dig into the topic of waterboarding and who knew what and when, you'll find out that Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, all knew about what was going on. Now that a different administration is in office it's become taboo, they're scattering like cockroaches when the light gets turned on. They, especially Pelosi, are
LYING. Networks like CNN, MSNBC, and NPR of course (now that their side's in power) continue to shy away from using that term. If Fox News goes on the air and calls it a lie, they're only passing along accurate information. When held up to scrutiny, the story holds, and which is why they don't sue them for slander. From a distance, without checking into whether or not the story is backed up by facts or not, anyone can make an example like this appear biased. Think about the things that could be said like:
Fox News is the ONLY news organization calling Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid liars regarding waterboard-gate.
or
Fox is only 1 out of 5 networks that has claimed that Reid and Pelosi are lying.
You see how this distorts perception? In the home I grew up in, a lie is a lie. The so called "gray area" in the middle are refuges for liberal reporting, and most politicians, but mostly liberal politicians.
In the end, it's only BIAS if it's NOT TRUE. Then again, it's easier to just call a source biased instead of having to debate it, isn't it? Seems a familiar trend with the liberals on this board.
