So, I had come across a headline yesterday about the communications director for the White House calling out Fox News and saying that the network is essentially an extension of the Republican party. Knowing what I know now about the network because of the screening of Outfoxed earlier in the semester, this particular headline caught my attention. I did a little digging and found a segment from The O’Reilly Factor in which Bill O’Reilly confronts the allegations and defends the networks style of news coverage, claiming that hard news journalists at Fox News always provide fair opportunities for the Obama administration and that O’Reilly himself has both liberal and conservative viewers, therefore, his show must be fair. He says that his interview with Barack Obama before the 2008 election was Obama’s most difficult, therefore made him look better and claims that the woman making the claims against Fox News is influenced by other networks, such as NBC and CNN, which he believes acted somewhat biased toward Obama during the election.
Fox News = Fair? Hmmm... I'm not sure I believe that. If anyone wants to watch the clip, here is the link: http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/. Select "Talking Points 10/12" from the featured videos menu.
Any thoughts?
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