Fair and Balanced? or not so much? (10)

Rupert Murdoch is the rich conservative that owns the Fox new network. He has shown his unwavering support for the Republican Party. Fox news has two slogans that they claim to stick to “Fair and balanced” and “We report, you decide.” Murdoch stands behind Fox completely and says “I challenge anybody to show me an example of bias in Fox News Channel.”(Noah) Robert Greenwald heard Murdoch’s challenge and steps up to the plate and knocks one out of the park with his documentary “Outfoxed.” Outfoxed shows that Fox is extremely biased in numerous of ways, but some spectators say that the umpire is not giving fox a fair chance.

Greenwald’s assertion in Outfoxed is that Fox news is anything but unbiased and balanced, and he is one hundred percent correct. He shows Fox in a new light his film. The documentary shows startling evidence such as the ratio of liberals to conservatives they have on the show to O’Rielly telling the speakers he disagrees with to “Shut up!” It would be hard to believe all this about Fox if Greenwald was the only one saying it, but he’s not. One of the most reputable and prestigious magazines in America, the Wall Street Journal, is behind Greenwald. The Wall Street Journal’s pages read that Fox is “a network sympathetic to the Bush cause and popular with Republicans."(Noah) There are many other sources that say the same thing as well, and with so many backers it is hard to follow suit.

There are still some people that even in the face of this overwhelming evidence still won’t believe that fox is biased. There will always be the Republican people that still watch Fox news. One of these supporters of Fox news is Sherry Link and she says that “I watch Fox because I get both sides of the story. It's the only place the president gets a fair shake.”(Link) There will always be fan base out there when Fox and it’s supporters use the complete denial technique.

After watching Outfoxed it is hard to go against that Fox is an unbiased news network. The documentary makes many great points and makes it’s argument well. Outfoxed’s claim is mirrored in many other news programs and papers. So it’s the bottom of the ninth and Greenwald’s team did everything right and Fox’s comeback is looking doubtful.

Noah, Timothy. “Fox news admits biased” Slate. 31 May 2005. ?>

Link, Sherry. “Fox brings fairness to unbalanced news media” bnet. 26 Nov. 2002.