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| | ==Fair and Balanced== | | ==Fair and Balanced== |
| | [[Image:Fair_balanced.jpg |thumb|left|Fair And Balanced Logo]] | | [[Image:Fair_balanced.jpg |thumb|left|Fair And Balanced Logo]] |
| − | [[Leftist]] critics have been known to complain about the "Fair & Balanced" slogan. Former President [[Bill Clinton]] exploded at ''Fox News Sunday'' anchor [[Chris Wallace]] in September of 2006, accusing him of "a nice little conservative hit job" after being lightly pressed by Wallace about his record on fighting [[Al Qaeda]]. Democratic politicos and advocates have relentlessly attacked the cable network, sometimes accusing it of being a Republican [[propaganda mill]]. Ex Vice-President and notorious environmentalist[[Al Gore]] has likened Fox to a right-wing "[[fifth column]]." Groups, such as [[MoveOn.org]], funded a classic [[schlockumentary]] entitled ''[[Outfoxed]]'', which purports to expose the channel's nefarious Republican agenda. In a grandstanding gesture of political theatre the group unsuccessfully petitioned the [[Federal Trade Commission]] to stop Fox's from using its slogan as "deceptive advertising". | + | [[Leftist]] critics have been known to complain about the "Fair & Balanced" slogan. Former President [[Bill Clinton]] exploded at ''Fox News Sunday'' anchor [[Chris Wallace]] in September of 2006, accusing him of "a nice little conservative hit job" after being lightly pressed by Wallace about his record on fighting [[Al Qaeda]]. Democratic politicos and advocates have relentlessly attacked the cable network, sometimes accusing it of being a Republican [[propaganda mill]]. Ex Vice-President and notorious environmentalist [[Al Gore]] has likened Fox to a right-wing "[[fifth column]]." Groups, such as [[MoveOn.org]], funded a classic [[schlockumentary]] entitled ''[[Outfoxed]]'', which purports to expose the channel's nefarious Republican agenda. In a grandstanding gesture of political theatre the group unsuccessfully petitioned the [[Federal Trade Commission]] to stop Fox's from using its slogan as "deceptive advertising". |
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| | A recent comprehensive study by [[UCLA]] political scientist Tim Groseclose and University of Missouri-Columbia economics professor Jeffrey Milyo found [[Brit Hume]]'s ''Special Report'' — Fox's most straightforward news show — more centrist than any of the three major networks' evening newscasts, all of which are left leaning. <ref>http://rcp.missouri.edu/articles/milyo_media.html</ref> The program is a model of smart news television. | | A recent comprehensive study by [[UCLA]] political scientist Tim Groseclose and University of Missouri-Columbia economics professor Jeffrey Milyo found [[Brit Hume]]'s ''Special Report'' — Fox's most straightforward news show — more centrist than any of the three major networks' evening newscasts, all of which are left leaning. <ref>http://rcp.missouri.edu/articles/milyo_media.html</ref> The program is a model of smart news television. |
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| | Liberal commentators go in and out of the Fox studios all over America, every day — some of them, like host [[Alan Colmes]] and news analyst [[Marvin Kalb]], and [[Eleanor Clift]] affiliated with the channel. There's no doubt, of course, that Fox News is closer to mainstream America than [[CBS]], [[ABC]], [[NBC]] or [[CNN]]. But, after all, that was its founding mission. | | Liberal commentators go in and out of the Fox studios all over America, every day — some of them, like host [[Alan Colmes]] and news analyst [[Marvin Kalb]], and [[Eleanor Clift]] affiliated with the channel. There's no doubt, of course, that Fox News is closer to mainstream America than [[CBS]], [[ABC]], [[NBC]] or [[CNN]]. But, after all, that was its founding mission. |
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| − | Conservatives have criticism for Fox. Their 'Fair and Balanced' motto allows [[Liberal]] [[propaganda]] and half-truths to gain an audience. Fox's entertainment division has been singled out by the [[Parents Television Council]] for obsessive violence and sexual [[obscenities]]. | + | Conservatives have criticism for Fox. Their 'Fair and Balanced' motto allows [[liberal]] [[propaganda]] and half-truths to gain an audience. Fox's entertainment division has been singled out by the [[Parents Television Council]] for obsessive violence and sexual [[obscenities]]. |
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| | == Anti-elitist == | | == Anti-elitist == |