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murky303
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I just saw Neil Cavuto (of Fox News) tearing into a Republican Congressman (Aaron Schock, Rep from Illinois) for criticizing pork-barrel spending loudly while he himself had 15 pork-barrel projects for $7.35 million in the current Federal spending bill. I think that while Fox is undeniably partisan in its approach, it's at least consistent in what it opposes and what it favors. Cavuto spent almost all the time that he had interviewing Schock calling him on the carpet for not living up to his own rhetoric.
How does everyone else here judge objectivity in the news media they use for information? Do you look for objectivity and consistency in reporting and analysis of the news?
Impressive answers. I have to add that I use more than just Fox for my news sources; while they cover news items that other networks won't, they are definitely partisan and it's important to balance my worldview with news from other sources, like Reuters and Agence France-Presse. I'm pretty burned out on BBC and most of the Big Three news networks, though - they are, and have been for some time, much more agenda-driven than Fox News. Reuters and AFP don't seem to have a dog in our domestic political fights, at least.
How does everyone else here judge objectivity in the news media they use for information? Do you look for objectivity and consistency in reporting and analysis of the news?
Impressive answers. I have to add that I use more than just Fox for my news sources; while they cover news items that other networks won't, they are definitely partisan and it's important to balance my worldview with news from other sources, like Reuters and Agence France-Presse. I'm pretty burned out on BBC and most of the Big Three news networks, though - they are, and have been for some time, much more agenda-driven than Fox News. Reuters and AFP don't seem to have a dog in our domestic political fights, at least.