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In response to "Thank God my tv does not get FoxNews. -- nm" by loosi at home

the coverage was actually decent, from what I just saw (btw, they said that one of the shooters actually said he's from isis/isil).

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Nov 13 '15, 16:35

criticism of the channel is mostly about their talking-heads shows, not their actual news. there have been studies over the years that have shown they actually are up there or better than the other two big cable channels at being balanced. ("fair and balanced" is a joke for the rest.) I choose to not watch them because of the rest.

(again, Beaker made me look! ;p)

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at the gov agency where I currently work, I sit next to the "watch" where they monitor all tV news. The Fox "reporting" is - loosi at home Nov 13, 16:38 7
- regular news coverage or, like, chat shows? that's the distinction I was making. - b. Nov 13, 16:41 6
  - the channels are on big screens all day. so mostly chat shows. - loosi at home Nov 13, 16:48 2
    - unfortunately, and as seen in david's post earlier, cnn (and msnbc other times) can do that kind of thing, too. ugh. -- nm - b. Nov 13, 16:50 1
      - they are truly disgusting. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 16:56
  - heh, this is timing - looking for the trump stuff mentioned above, he called fox news's shephard smith biased earlier. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 13, 16:45 2
    - oh don't even get me started. -- nm - loosi at home Nov 13, 16:50 1
      - I posted a photo earlier that you might find amusing. -- (link) - Beryllium Nov 13, 16:51 [Image]

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the coverage was actually decent, from what I just saw (btw, they said that one of the shooters actually said he's from isis/isil).

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