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I've watched both plenty and they do things differently. CNN brings on a panel of "experts" who hold extreme opinions and have them argue for an extended period
by untog 10y ago
I've watched both plenty and they do things differently. CNN brings on a panel of "experts" who hold extreme opinions and have them argue for an extended period of time, on the basis that this is "objective". It's almost always useless - providing David Axelrod on the left and Corey Lewandowski on the right doesn't bring both of them to the center, it just leaves a hole where the center should be.
Fox, on the other hand, doesn't do any of this. They simply don't cover stories that don't fit the narrative the network bosses want. So watching it, it seems objective. But unless you're actively comparing it to other networks you have no idea what information they are omitting.
And it's hardly as if Fox has no opinionated coverage - if you object to Van Jones then you ought to object equally to the likes of Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, who present shows much like Van Jones now does, and spout absolute gibberish.