Reply #24: Would you really get rid of CNN and leave FOX? [View All]

[Thurston Howe IV]

I had a discussion with a guy a work last week in which he contended that FOX news was not biased, that it was as good or bad as CNN, etc. He was sincere in this belief. FOX attracts a wider audience than just right wing fanatics -- some people watch just to see Laurie Dhue's moist lips read the news, or because it reinforces their fear-based beliefs about the world -- without necessarily understanding things in political terms.

FOX is worse because it's well-packaged corrosiveness is working to gain market share -- and therefore influencing the rest of the media to follow suit. If I could get rid of only one network with a wave of my magic wand, it is easy to pick the one -- FOX.

Would you really get rid of CNN and leave FOX?