FOX ‘News’ Viewers Again Found Significantly more Disinformed and Misinformed

I posted this for two reasons. First, it’s further evidence that Fox News is not a reliable source of information… or else that Fox News attracts a very low quality viewer (and doesn’t manage to increase their quality)… not that this should surprise anyone who has been paying attention. Second, it’s further evidence that Fox [...]

MSNBC Suspends Olbermann (compared to Fox News)

Here is the type of news that gets a lot of attention because the media loves to report on the media. I don’t generally care about such things to any great extent, but I thought this might be an example of a difference between liberals and conservatives. I’ll share my commentary below the video. Of [...]

Fox News Unbiased? In What Alternative Reality?

I’ve written posts about various aspects of US media including claims of media bias and the facts or lack of facts supporting such claims. http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/fox-news-evil-empire/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/black-and-white-and-read-all-over/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/this-far-left-and-no-further/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/air-america-challenges-of-liberal-media/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/controlling-the-narrative-part-1/ http://benjamindavidsteele.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/news-sources-viewer-knowledge/ The reason I’m making this post is because I just came across yet another person claiming Fox News isn’t biased. RichieEastside wrote: “Well if you [...]

O’Reilly & Polls: Old vs Young

I love polling data, but I only fully trust data when multiple sources agree. I dislike both people who dismiss data because it disagrees with their views and people who rely on only data that agrees with them. Here is an example of someone doing both. Bill O’Reilly cites research unquestioningly when it makes him [...]

Fox News Hides Obama’s Centrism?

Just Punish; Don’t Try to Help or Understand

Here are two videos that show the problem with extreme rightwing thinking. When the world is seen through absolutist morality, everything becomes black and white and every person becomes either good or evil. Taken to the furthest extreme of fundamentalism, this attitude becomes a Manichaean vision of Cosmic War. It’s what led someone like Bush to [...]

Shep Smith vs Bill O’Reilly

I have a hard time feeling outraged at or even caring about all the stupidity in politics in the media. The Sherrod incident is so predictable that it’s boring (and I’m as critical of the right-wing media as I am of the Obama administration). Still, there is one interesting thing to note. That interesting thing [...]

Fox News is Shameless, Obama Administration is Spineless

Racist Tea Party signs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWbmEU… Mark Williams Blog: http://www.marktalk.com/blog/ Letter to Mr. Lincoln: http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/07/15/t… Breitbart.tv http://www.breitbart.tv/shirley-sherr… Vilsack’s statement: http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmit… Sherrod’s full speach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9NcCa… The farmer that she helped says she’s not racist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HSp3Q…

Jon Stewart Takes Bernie Goldberg And Fox To The Cleaners For A Second Time!

Watching the news, I can start feeling depressed, cynical and just in plain bad mood. But a small dose of Jon Stewart and the world doesn’t seem so bad after all. God bless all the funny people who help me stay sane. Some say the only way to fight hate is with love… but I [...]

O’Reilly: Liar or Willfully Ignorant?