newswatch 1 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 There are some FOX News anchors and reporters that are not only Independent, but they would much rather not give into the conservative bias their employer asks them to. These reporters hate the political bodyslamming that goes on at the news organization, and they would much rather stay away from that conflict. The Washington Post published a story about Bret Baier being Brit Hume's replacement at the Washington bureau, and reporter Howard Kurtz took Baier's quote, "Baier, the new anchor of Fox's "Special Report," says he's an independent." This published in January 2009. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/05/AR2009010503271.html FOX Report anchor Shepard Smith, who also anchors Studio B, told this to TV Guide in an interview. "Sean Hannity is...[a conservative], I'm not, I'm not a Liberal either," said Smith in TV Guide sometime in 2003. In a story reported on ABC News 20/20 last Friday (June 12, 2009), John Stossel showed Glenn Beck talking smack about both Democrats and Republicans, and the Yahoo! Answers blogger said the same thing about Beck being an Independent. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081117143229AAKJ1u7 How many more FOX News anchors and reporters are Independent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
first on fox 18 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 6 of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newswatch 1 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Share Posted June 16, 2009 Name all six Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometown News 11 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 As opposed to zero real journalists on MSNBC. By the way, Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity are actually capable of arguing a point with facts, not government propaganda like MSNBC. They actually report news beyond what play the Obamas went to last night, unlike MSNBC. Plus, Fox News doesn't have the smug and unfunny Kieth Olbermann, the annoying Ed Schultz and the loud, shrieky Rachel Maddow in their stable of talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsJunkie247 1 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 I would say Shepard Smith and Major Garrett as well. I usually never watch the Fox News Channel or any cable news, but they seem like they are pretty fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squiggyfm1 0 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 By the way' date=' Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity are actually capable of arguing a point with facts, not government propaganda like MSNBC. [/quote'] No. They all did that during the last administration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que 73 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Well clearly we now understand the point of the right media outlet (FOX) and the left media outlet (MSNBC). Both sides will always continue to debate the other side on who has "real" journalist. Just a matter of which political side you fall on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hometown News 11 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 No. They all did that during the last administration. Some did that, but the three I mentioned are smart enough to not blindly follow someone like sheep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatSowislander 52 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Well clearly we now understand the point of the right media outlet (FOX) and the left media outlet (MSNBC). Both sides will always continue to debate the other side on who has "real" journalist. Just a matter of which political side you fall on. Neither is more fair. They all (or at least most of them) suck, but that's my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ntropolis 593 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 I agree, I'd say since 1996, cable news has pretty much ruined the credibility of TV news, though it's true that each network/"side" has fair journalists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que 73 Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Seems like politics is returning to TVNT... Olbermann and Maddow may have called out Obama, but they still have aired stories which favored his Administration and criticized his critics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 You can complain that MSNBC is a government mouthpiece, but wasn't Fox a mouthpiece for the past 8 years under that logic? None of these stations are direct government mouthpieces. They both have differing views. They both have the right to saw what they want. My main issue with Fox is the slogan "No Spin Zone" for a VERY opinionated show...at least MSNBC doesn't try to pass its opinion programs off as unbiased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que 73 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 MSNBC has its moments just like everyone else. No one is better than the other when it comes to political un-biased coverage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMA 135 Posted June 19, 2009 Share Posted June 19, 2009 Exactly...the only difference is that FNC claims to be unbiased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Que 73 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Debate can always go on. Don't like FOX, don't watch. Don't like MSNBC, don't watch. I prefer FOX so I watch that channel. I know the kind of material I will get by watching MSNBC, so I avoid it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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