Alan Colmes Explains Fox News To Liberals
Alan Colmes has a great piece on his blog about why liberals are completely wrong to demonize Fox News. He wrote it in response to the shrill protests coming from the liberal blogs about Clinton guru Howard Wolfson being hired by Fox News.
Often quoted is a four-year-old poll that claims that only 7 percent of Fox viewers supported John Kerry, while 88 percent were for Bush. That’s the argument? Other, more thorough studies show very different results. Mediamark research shows that only 38% of FOX viewers self-identify as conservatives. Pew Research has numbers that fall somewhere in-between citing a survey that shows Republicans outnumber Democrats by two-to-one (43% to 21%) among the core FOX News Channel audience
But even if the 88%-7% figures were a true reflection of the FOX News viewership (and J$ explains why it isn’t), one would think that progressives would welcome the opportunity to change the paradigm and welcome any move by FOX to live up to its “Fair and Balanced” mantra. I am often renounced by the same liberal blogophere of which I am a part (even on this, my own, site, as free speech reigns) simply for being a part of a news organization some progressives disdain. So they’d rather just cede the ground, have no one on the left appear on the channel, and then continue to bash it. When I criticized Democrats for not participating in a FOX News debate, I was especially excoriated by Kos and others on the left, accused of being a mouthpiece for my FOX bosses…
I’ve found that most people who hate Fox News have never actually watched it. They simply hate FNC because their favorite liberal blog tells them to. Fox unquestionably had the fairest coverage during the primaries. They were the only channel that played it right down the middle. The other channels, MSNBC in particular was pretty much just an extension of the Obama campaign. They continue to be his unofficial media arm for all intents and purposes, and its disgusting.
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It’s amazing that you might actually be stupid enough to believe that quote, “Fox played it right down the middle.”
Beleive me, you’re the only one who does. Fox News despises Obama and that simple fact is obvious to anyone who actually watches the news channel. Fox’s guest list is more than 75% Republican, and no amount of whining on your part can change that simple fact.