You Watch Fox News Because....

[Clevfan4life]

@calfoxwc said:

, although O'Reilly

talks over people too much.

Oh ok, only oreilly. Sure

[gftChris]

@oldbrownsfan said:

The entire mainstream media are left leaning journalists who approach the stories they present with that slant and viewpoint. Fox is the only one who presents a conservative side. When there are stories that go against the liberal narrative they either not get covered or minimal coverage in the MSM. Fox will give coverage to those stories and that is the reason Fox has catapulted to the top of the cable news networks. Most conservatives see what the MSM is doing with their journalism and reporting and go to Fox.

How is Fox *not* mainstream?

[OldBrownsFan]

@gftchris said:

How is Fox *not* mainstream?

Good question:

"They are describing media through the worldview of 1949 through 1987, when talk radio, television news, and the vast majority of news papers across the country were representatice of a fairly limited ideological spectrum as a result of an FCC rule called the Fairness Doctrine. Starting with Rush Limbaugh and extending across talk radio and Fox News, there was an extensive departure from that status quo of paternalistic obligation to be ideologically "balanced" as defined by the judgement of an authority figure. This is deemed by conservatives then and now as damaging to freedom of speech, since it disallowed many kinds of dissenting ideas in broadcast media. Media that maintains the views of this semi-censored era are deemed "mainstream" with a negative connotation suggesting it is manipulated by authorities or deceived by the biases of that authority."

[MLD Woody]

@gftchris said:

How is Fox *not* mainstream?

Cuz mainstream is bad and liberal. So Fox can't be that

[Westside Steve]

@gftchris said:

How is Fox *not* mainstream?

Because the bulk of their programming is opinion-based? And almost all of their opinion based programming is conservative or at least right of Center?

Also because I would call the mainstream media the three major networks news departments and the major newspapers. All of which are or should be primarily new even though they are all left of center. Hope this helps.

I wouldn't call MSNBC The mainstream media nor The Daily Show.

WSS

[Westside Steve]

CNN should be the mainstream media but they've thrown their lot in with the Democrat Party years ago.

Frankly Al Jazeera seems like the mainstream media from what I've seen.

WSS

[calfoxwc]

because, it ticks liberals off that they tell the truth.

[calfoxwc]

[MLD Woody]

Obama caused "World Chaos"?

[The Cysko Kid]

@mld-woody said:

Obama caused "World Chaos"?

You don't think that the so called Arab spring has resulted in widespread chaos? In syria? Libya? Europe?

[Westside Steve]

Tell him about the scary brown people Woody.

WSS

[marcus]

@diehardbrownsfan said:

Fox News is the only 'Fair and Balanced' news channel.

I don't agree with you 100%. I watch CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and CSPAN whenever I'm able to catch the Senate or Congress in session. I prefer a broad prospective of things and do my best not to lean towards either side. To me both sides have been a disappointment for the last 16 years. While I didn't vote for Trump I pray that he can spearhead a break in the cycle of unproductivity in Washington D.C. If not, on to the next one.

[MLD Woody]

@the-cysko-kid said:

You don't think that the so called Arab spring has resulted in widespread chaos? In syria? Libya? Europe?

I think it's funny to blame the president for "World Chaos" and "Terror". You're just getting to "Thanks, Obama" levels now.

[Axe]

@mld-woody said:

I think it's funny to blame the president for "World Chaos" and "Terror". You're just getting to "Thanks, Obama" levels now.

That right there, was a special kind of stoopid..

[calfoxwc]

@marcus said:

I don't agree with you 100%. I watch CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and CSPAN whenever I'm able to catch the Senate or Congress in session. I prefer a broad prospective of things and do my best not to lean towards either side. To me both sides have been a disappointment for the last 16 years. While I didn't vote for Trump I pray that he can spearhead a break in the cycle of unproductivity in Washington D.C. If not, on to the next one.

Well, I guess if I can forgive Lebron James, I can forgive you, too...

[marcus]

I also listen to Mark Levin. I find him mostly hysterical because of how animated he gets on the radio. I think he has a good show even though he's a staunch conservative. I don't completely agree with him but he does keep me interested.

[OldBrownsFan]

The blatant bias of liberal journalism:

FLASHBACK: New York Times Trashed Romney For Warning About Russia

The New York Times and others on the left piled on Gov. Mitt Romney four years ago when the Republican presidential nominee contended that Russia was the United States’ “number one geopolitical foe,” but they now have a different opinion on the subject.

The Times editorial page slammed Romney over the remark he made to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer in March 2012 and stated in their lead sentence, “Two decades after the end of the cold war, Mitt Romney still considers Russia to be America’s ‘No. 1 geopolitical foe.’ His comments display either a shocking lack of knowledge about international affairs or just craven politics. Either way, they are reckless and unworthy of a major presidential contender.

The editorial goes on to bash Romney for daring to criticize Obama over telling then-Russian President Dmitri Medvedev that he would have more flexibility on the missile defense issue after his reelection.

The Times defended Obama, calling it an “honest statement” and that the president made a “sound decision” to scrap “former President George W. Bush’s dubious plan to build a long-range missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.”

“There are real threats out there: Al Qaeda and its imitators, Iran, North Korea, economic stresses. Mr. Romney owes Americans a discussion of the real challenges facing this country and his solutions to them,” The Times editorial concluded.

The Times is not the only one backtracking on their stance with Russia and U.S. relations. During a September 2012 presidential debate President Barack Obama hit Romney for his remarks on Russia’s threat.

“My opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy. But from all that we’ve seen and heard, they want to take us back to an era of blustering and blundering that cost America so dearly,” Obama said on the debate stage. “After all, you don’t call Russia our No. 1 enemy—not Al Qaeda, Russia—unless you’re still stuck in a Cold War mind warp. You might not be ready for diplomacy with Beijing if you can’t visit the Olympics without insulting our closest ally.”

Hillary Clinton, who now believes Russia favored Trump and caused her to lose the election, mocked Romney in 2012, claiming on CNN it was “somewhat dated” to be concerned over Russia adding that she too also thought he was “was stuck in a ‘Cold War mind warp’” and that Russia was, in fact, “an ally.”

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/30/flashback-new-york-times-trashed-romney-for-warning-about-russia/#ixzz4URFv5xuI

[calfoxwc]

the left changes stances any time it's politically expedient. It's what hard core liberals do.