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I think the content Fox News produces is so much lower quality than other sources that there just isn’t any reason to post a story from them.

TaylorAlexander 6y ago
It depends on the subject. Sometimes it’s fine. I browse the headlines on CNN and Fox regularly just to understand what both conservatives and liberals are saying. Some Fox stuff is bad, some isn’t.
- freehunter 6y ago
  Outside of their opinion articles, it's generally not what Fox News is reporting on or that their reporting is wrong, the problem is when they choose selective reporting. Fox News simply just doesn't report on a lot of things that are politically uncomfortable for their readers.
  - CapricornNoble 6y ago
    Fox News isn't the only organization that selectively reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qLD5G-eOqo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qLD5G-eOqo
  - holler 6y ago
    you could replace that with pretty much any major publication...
  - TaylorAlexander 6y ago
    All news agencies have this problem. And both Fox and, say, CNN, don't report on certain subjects in the same way. They both ultimately need to be "advertiser friendly". Like I haven't seen anything on CNN about the US ramping up bombings in Somalia, which is a pretty serious thing! https://theintercept.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-somalia-airstrikes/ https://theintercept.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-somalia-airs...
- CameronNemo 6y ago
  As someone who tries to find good sources news, I loathe Fox, CNN, and MSNBC. I find NPR, Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Intercept and various independent localized publications (e.g. LA Times, Voice of San Diego) much better. Some of those are left leaning (esp. The Intercept), but NPR is somewhat center right so I think it is a fair balance. The problem with mass media organizations, particularly those that are geared toward television, is that they prioritize entertainment over actual investigative journalism. In doing so they become nearly useless, often offering only a knee jerk response to a carefully curated subset of current events. They do not offer any unique or engaging perspective on the issues they cover, and they fail to report on important details and stories.
  - spoiledtechie 6y ago
    While the first half kind of threw me, your second half lined up with what I see. Im quite surprised you believe and state it more than once that NPR is right of center. Just recently their CEO wrote a book about how LEFT leaning they were and how bad he was. He realized that he needed to venture out and how bad NPR was.
    - freehunter 6y ago
      The hallmark of a good journalistic outfit is when both sides accuse you of being biased in the other direction.
      - doesithold 6y ago
        Is that not the hallmark of someone with no ability to make sense of the world? or a liar, or someone who adds nothing of value to a situation? someone with no perspective or understanding of the facts? i honestly prefer to read the opinion of two opposing parties that actually believe what they say and have assimilated the presented facts from a publicly stated perspective. (note the perspective can be that they "don't know what is right" - but they should at least have eliminated what they know is bull) Many publication try to cover all aspects/angels - however this is very dangerous.. as it means that perspectives that even people who literally no one thinks are correct get represented. if we let two (or more) opposing biased journalists report on what they thought was relevant, the true nut jobs would never get a platform. For example, BBC posts article about 5G causing covid, they have an expert and a non-expert on. many viewers/readers/listeners will assume that these two parties are equally possibly correct as you the expert journalist have presented them for my consideration. *its also kind of a lie to pretend you don't have an opinion or perspective as its not actually possible. so by trying to to say you are presenting both arguments is sort of lying and trying to cover up your true beliefs no?
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TaylorAlexander 6y ago

It depends on the subject. Sometimes it’s fine. I browse the headlines on CNN and Fox regularly just to understand what both conservatives and liberals are saying. Some Fox stuff is bad, some isn’t.

freehunter 6y ago
Outside of their opinion articles, it's generally not what Fox News is reporting on or that their reporting is wrong, the problem is when they choose selective reporting. Fox News simply just doesn't report on a lot of things that are politically uncomfortable for their readers.
- CapricornNoble 6y ago
  Fox News isn't the only organization that selectively reports: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qLD5G-eOqo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qLD5G-eOqo
- holler 6y ago
  you could replace that with pretty much any major publication...
- TaylorAlexander 6y ago
  All news agencies have this problem. And both Fox and, say, CNN, don't report on certain subjects in the same way. They both ultimately need to be "advertiser friendly". Like I haven't seen anything on CNN about the US ramping up bombings in Somalia, which is a pretty serious thing! https://theintercept.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-somalia-airstrikes/ https://theintercept.com/2020/04/22/coronavirus-somalia-airs...
CameronNemo 6y ago
As someone who tries to find good sources news, I loathe Fox, CNN, and MSNBC. I find NPR, Reuters, Al Jazeera, The Intercept and various independent localized publications (e.g. LA Times, Voice of San Diego) much better. Some of those are left leaning (esp. The Intercept), but NPR is somewhat center right so I think it is a fair balance. The problem with mass media organizations, particularly those that are geared toward television, is that they prioritize entertainment over actual investigative journalism. In doing so they become nearly useless, often offering only a knee jerk response to a carefully curated subset of current events. They do not offer any unique or engaging perspective on the issues they cover, and they fail to report on important details and stories.
- spoiledtechie 6y ago
  While the first half kind of threw me, your second half lined up with what I see. Im quite surprised you believe and state it more than once that NPR is right of center. Just recently their CEO wrote a book about how LEFT leaning they were and how bad he was. He realized that he needed to venture out and how bad NPR was.
  - freehunter 6y ago
    The hallmark of a good journalistic outfit is when both sides accuse you of being biased in the other direction.
    - doesithold 6y ago
      Is that not the hallmark of someone with no ability to make sense of the world? or a liar, or someone who adds nothing of value to a situation? someone with no perspective or understanding of the facts? i honestly prefer to read the opinion of two opposing parties that actually believe what they say and have assimilated the presented facts from a publicly stated perspective. (note the perspective can be that they "don't know what is right" - but they should at least have eliminated what they know is bull) Many publication try to cover all aspects/angels - however this is very dangerous.. as it means that perspectives that even people who literally no one thinks are correct get represented. if we let two (or more) opposing biased journalists report on what they thought was relevant, the true nut jobs would never get a platform. For example, BBC posts article about 5G causing covid, they have an expert and a non-expert on. many viewers/readers/listeners will assume that these two parties are equally possibly correct as you the expert journalist have presented them for my consideration. *its also kind of a lie to pretend you don't have an opinion or perspective as its not actually possible. so by trying to to say you are presenting both arguments is sort of lying and trying to cover up your true beliefs no?
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