While some US liberals are rejoicing at the findings of this Pew poll that Fox news is seen as the most ideological network,
A larger point may be being missed, therefore I have helpfully added a corrective-
Forest, trees, you get the picture. Gotta love the ‘Neither’ answers.
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31 October, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Excellent point.
1 November, 2009 at 4:26 am
There’s a lot of truth to this graphic, but I would caution people about using it without contextualizing it properly. There are differences between Faux News and other networks that viewers can easily see. If you are going to blog about this to an American audience, it is a good idea to frame the discussion in a way that acknowledges those differences while exploring the underlying corporatist agendas.
1 November, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Well Fox is not a news channel, it simply isn’t, it takes on the appearance of one but is like mistaking Star Trek for a documentary on space exploration. The others are, but they all operate under the propaganda model and are owned by corporations, Olberman, Maddow are better than a smack in the face but they still do not have the open coverage of say Democracy Now. They are all engaged in the pantomime of access which dictates its own narrow range of discourse.
3 November, 2009 at 4:26 am
True enough. That’s why some of us call it Faux News.
3 November, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Fox News Fux News!