Comments on: The media has a role in interrogating politics, asking questions http://www.cm-life.com/2009/10/28/the-media-has-a-role-in-interrogating-politics-asking-questions/ Your 24-hour news source for Central Michigan University Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RP http://www.cm-life.com/2009/10/28/the-media-has-a-role-in-interrogating-politics-asking-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 RP Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:55:44 +0000 http://www.cm-life.com/?p=47150#comment-4680 Yawn Nick smith you watch Olbermann, which is the eq of Hannity, a man that wouldn't know journalism if it hit him in his feminine glasses. Your the same as fox news watchers but on the other side, nothing more. Guess the Military Ind Complex has got you real good... must not have really pened your mind up enough in your academic career. Yawn Nick smith you watch Olbermann, which is the eq of Hannity, a man that wouldn’t know journalism if it hit him in his feminine glasses. Your the same as fox news watchers but on the other side, nothing more. Guess the Military Ind Complex has got you real good… must not have really pened your mind up enough in your academic career.

]]> By: Eric http://www.cm-life.com/2009/10/28/the-media-has-a-role-in-interrogating-politics-asking-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4644 Eric Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:24:20 +0000 http://www.cm-life.com/?p=47150#comment-4644 I think the credibility of journalism is being destroyed by those who WONT fact check news (see Rush Limbaugh quotes), who spend time fact-checking comedy skits, who prominently identify Republicans in news stories about scandal but dont identify the party when its a democrat, who fawn over Predient Obama but who continue to pound private citizen Sarah Palin. The same arguments can be made about CNN and MSNBC wrt blurring lines between news and commentary. I think the credibility of journalism is being destroyed by those who WONT fact check news (see Rush Limbaugh quotes), who spend time fact-checking comedy skits, who prominently identify Republicans in news stories about scandal but dont identify the party when its a democrat, who fawn over Predient Obama but who continue to pound private citizen Sarah Palin. The same arguments can be made about CNN and MSNBC wrt blurring lines between news and commentary.

]]> By: Nick Smith http://www.cm-life.com/2009/10/28/the-media-has-a-role-in-interrogating-politics-asking-questions/comment-page-1/#comment-4610 Nick Smith Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:53:33 +0000 http://www.cm-life.com/?p=47150#comment-4610 What makes Fox News so brilliant in what they do is they've blurred the line between hard "news" and commentart/editorial that a large majority of viewers can't even tell when they're being exposed to one or the other. It does a sensational job in helping both the Republicans and the members of their base in shaping and driving the discussion on things such as health care, the economy, etc. in the way they have, to the loss of the American people and in getting anywhere close to actual solutions coming to fruition. What they also do, unfortunately, is ruin credible journalism and the field you and I are in, Mr. Hoffman, even further. Personally, I like the Olbermann/Maddow/Ed Shultz MSNBC counter to them, but it's hardly more than a "Fox News-lite" and makes for more of a ratings war and provides entertainment rather than providing anythign close to top-notch journalism. What I've always hated most about Fox News outside of my hate of their ideology, which I've made quite clear on posts here before, is their complete failure in doing one of the most basic things that media outlets should strive for. And that is providing viable, timely, accurate information to the market they serve to make for an informed, intelligent and educated population. And they fail on this in an incredible way by the shabby infotainment and editorializing they do 24/7 masquerading as journalism. Many are probably aware of the 2003 survey where it showed Fox News was far and away the worst offender of the TV networks in providing complete lies about Iraq and world opinion, with about 80 percent of their viewers being less informed the more Fox News they watched. When you observe the typical Fox News viewer's beliefs on things such as health care, the economy, taxes, all the lies such as Obama being a Muslim, etc., you can see that the network constantly fails its audience and one of the basic goals of a credible media organization. Their failure in being a positive and informative organization is even more glaring than their blatant partisanship on the airwaves. That's the even bigger shame. What makes Fox News so brilliant in what they do is they’ve blurred the line between hard “news” and commentart/editorial that a large majority of viewers can’t even tell when they’re being exposed to one or the other.
It does a sensational job in helping both the Republicans and the members of their base in shaping and driving the discussion on things such as health care, the economy, etc. in the way they have, to the loss of the American people and in getting anywhere close to actual solutions coming to fruition.

What they also do, unfortunately, is ruin credible journalism and the field you and I are in, Mr. Hoffman, even further. Personally, I like the Olbermann/Maddow/Ed Shultz MSNBC counter to them, but it’s hardly more than a “Fox News-lite” and makes for more of a ratings war and provides entertainment rather than providing anythign close to top-notch journalism.
What I’ve always hated most about Fox News outside of my hate of their ideology, which I’ve made quite clear on posts here before, is their complete failure in doing one of the most basic things that media outlets should strive for. And that is providing viable, timely, accurate information to the market they serve to make for an informed, intelligent and educated population.
And they fail on this in an incredible way by the shabby infotainment and editorializing they do 24/7 masquerading as journalism. Many are probably aware of the 2003 survey where it showed Fox News was far and away the worst offender of the TV networks in providing complete lies about Iraq and world opinion, with about 80 percent of their viewers being less informed the more Fox News they watched.
When you observe the typical Fox News viewer’s beliefs on things such as health care, the economy, taxes, all the lies such as Obama being a Muslim, etc., you can see that the network constantly fails its audience and one of the basic goals of a credible media organization.
Their failure in being a positive and informative organization is even more glaring than their blatant partisanship on the airwaves. That’s the even bigger shame.

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