Wyatt earp
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It is quite amazing the difference in news coverage from Fox News compared to the others.
I turn on CNN and see them talking about the mass shooting and that there would be a press conference from the Virginia Beach officials.
Then I turn on MSNBC and it is pretty much the same.
Finally I switch over to Fox News and what are they talking about? First the stock market... then a few minutes later about Obama "slamming the U.S."... and then while the press conference is going on, Fox News STILL isn't covering it but instead is putting Hillary Clinton down about a future appearance she is making.
It makes me wonder if the NRA has a hand in Fox's pocket. TWELVE people were killed in a mass shooting and 4 more injured including a police officer, and Fox is trashing Obama and Hillary instead of talking about current events. This mirrors quite a bit of behavior on this forum.
I have also noticed that FOX News doesn't really cover the "news" at all, unless it can cast an unfavourable light on Democrats. FOX ginned up all of the outrage over Benghazi, the IRS non-scandal, and other minor events in the Obama Administration. I will admit that having a scandal-free administration which is not taking bribes, and having sex with boys, and laser focused on passing its agenda, give the Republicans prescious little to do in terms of oversight, but the 7 Benghazi investigations is 5 investigations too many.
Uhm the only reason MSNBC was made was to counter Fox news if you don't like it switch the channel .
I don't have to change the channel, because I don't every turn on the channel. Every clip I've ever seen from FOX NEWS, they're lying: about immigrantion, the economy, race, and law enforcement. LYING, as in easily proveable lies. The statistics they quote have no basis in reality or fact. They simply parrot whatever lie the White House is selling this week.
Rupert Murdoch started FOX News to sell the American public on the wonderful policies of the Republican Party - policies which have always benefitted the wealthy, to the detriment of the working men and women of America. As a wealthy individual, Murdoch wants the MOST benefit possible so he started a slavishly conservative network which promoted a pro-wealth agenda. The network was NEVER about news, and the truth doesn't matter. FOX News consistenly ranks at the bottom of truth in reporting. Their relationship with the truth is sketchy at best, but that really doesn't matter, because if trusted right wingers tell conservatives something, they'll believe it if it ties into their previously held belief system - like the birther lie.
FOX News was the ONLY media outlet that promoted the lie that Barrack Obama wasn't born in the USA. Why? What was gained by the birther lie, other than reliable marketing research that 30% of Republicans will believe ANYTHING you tell them? FOX had to retract the Seth Rich story and apologize to the family, and it's still facing two lawsuits for false reporting. One of those suits claims that the White House was DIRECTLY involved in promulgating that lie. Just like Trump is still selling the "no collusion, no obstruction lie".
I found it shocking that a woman was interviewed this week who was totally unaware that there was ANYTHING even critical of Donald Trump in the Mueller Report. She only watches conservative media and had heard NOTHING of Mueller's words on Russian interference in the election, or the basis for impeaching Trump for obstruction of the investigation.
Surveys have consistently shown that FOX News viewers are LESS informed than people who don't want the news at all. That's because so much of what they learn on FOX is false or misleading.
A Rigorous Scientific Look Into The 'Fox News Effect'
I was shock
So you just watch cherry picked clips taken out of context and not the entire thing?