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Remove passive voice/weasel words. It's a list of mainstream media outlets, pretty straightforward. Also, it's not just conservatives who see Fox as outside the msm, as the example shows.
== List of mainstream media organs ==
== List of mainstream media organs ==
[[File:MSMbyTEA.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Protest sign expressing [[Tea Party Movement]]'s attitude toward MSM]]
[[File:MSMbyTEA.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Protest sign expressing [[Tea Party Movement]]'s attitude toward MSM]]
Significant mainstream media outlets include:
'''Newspapers'''
'''Newspapers'''
* [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]]
* [[PBS|Public Broadcasting Service]]
* The [[CNN|Cable News Network]]
* The [[CNN|Cable News Network]]
* [[Fox News]]
* [[Fox News]] (see below).
Some [[conservative]]s do not consider [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] to be "mainstream media", because they frequently present a different viewpoint than the above news outlets. One example given is that in 2007, the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[2008_Presidential_Election#Declared_Democratic_Party_Candidates|presidential candidates]] declared that they would not appear on presidential debates hosted by Fox News, but they did appear on other MSM news outlets.
Some media consumers do not consider [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] to be part of the "mainstream media", as Fox News frequently presents viewpoints that do not fall in line with other mainstream outlets. For example, in 2007, the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[2008_Presidential_Election#Declared_Democratic_Party_Candidates|presidential candidates]] declared that they would not appear in debates hosted by Fox News, but they did appear on other MSM news outlets.
However, ratings indicate that, because of its massive popularity, Fox News could be considered to be part of the mainstream media by definiton. According to ratings organisation [[Nielsen ratings|Nielsen]]:
:* Fox News has the 10 most viewed cable TV news shows (as of Dec 2009).
:* Fox News has the 10 most viewed cable TV news shows (as of Dec 2009).
:* Fox News mean prime-time viewing figures are triple that of [[MSNBC]], and double that of CNN, and exceed the total ratings of CNN, MSNBC and [[CNBC]] combined.
:* Fox News mean prime-time viewing figures are triple that of [[MSNBC]], and double that of CNN, and exceed the total ratings of CNN, MSNBC and [[CNBC]] combined.