Some consider [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] to not be "mainstream media", because they frequently present a different, often more conservative viewpoint to some of the above news outlets. One example given is that in 2007, the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[2008_Presidential_Election#Declared_Democratic_Party_Candidates|presidential candidates]] have declared they will not appear on presidential debates hosted by Fox News, due to what they perceive as bias, but they will appear on other news outlets.
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Some consider [[Fox News Channel|Fox News]] to not be "mainstream media", because they frequently present a different, often more fair and balanced viewpoint to the above news outlets. One example given is that in 2007, the [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[2008_Presidential_Election#Declared_Democratic_Party_Candidates|presidential candidates]] have declared they will not appear on presidential debates hosted by Fox News, due to what they perceive as bias, but they will appear on other MSM news outlets.
Others consider Fox News very much part of the Mainstream Media, as, according to ratings organisation Nielsen:
Others consider Fox News very much part of the Mainstream Media, as, according to ratings organisation Nielsen:
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:* "In 2006, more than half the people watching cable news were watching Fox News" [http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2007/narrative_cabletv_audience.asp?cat=2&media=6]
:* "In 2006, more than half the people watching cable news were watching Fox News" [http://www.stateofthenewsmedia.org/2007/narrative_cabletv_audience.asp?cat=2&media=6]
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===CBS===
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In 2006 CBS.com wrote an article on blogs <ref> [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/09/sunday/main1786520.shtml?source=search_story Brave New Blogging World]</ref> which accurately describes the conservative view of the MSM:
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<blockquote> The blog format is only a couple of years old. But already, there's a tension between many bloggers and what they derisively call the MSM, the mainstream media.
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"They don't believe that you are unbiased, objective, fair a lot of times. And so what they want is they want to read a lot of different sources themselves. because they don't trust the mainstream media…that would be ya'll," says Darr. </blockquote>