Fox news = false news

Frankly, I prefer to watch programs that are biased towards the truth. That is what disgusts me most about Fox is that they will push known lies, or feel it necessary to have liars on their programs for "balance".We really need to get over the idea that the truth needs to be balanced by lies. It is one of the greatest scams that the Republicans have pulled off in recent years, that somehow the truth needs to fought with lies. Death panels? Birthers? Global climate change denial? Evolution denial? Guess where you find these? In the Republican party and pushed by Fox News.Sorry, but if reporting the truth is bias then bias is what I want.

I think that had more to do with how they were allowed to treat minorities and women.

Perhaps you could go to a widely known news organization, pick out 2 or 3 stories from a single day, and show how they are false. Otherwise, I can only conclude that you are blowing smoke.

They also don't report on the hundreds of millions of people who don't commit murder every day. I guess I don't sit around and wonder why that is.

Are they supposed to cover the hundreds of millions of people who don't overrun government installations? News is limited since they only have so many outlets and so many hours in the day. Limited isn't biased. They can't publish every single event that every person experiences every second of the day.At the end of the day, they report what they think the public is interested in. They covered the Occupy movement as well. They covered the DAPL protests.

Who assumes that every single news agency is reporting everything that ever happens?The expectation is that every news agency will produce a limited view of the world. What we also expect is that a news agency will accurately and fairly report on the news they do present. Bias becomes a problem when a news story is purposefully skewed to favor a certain political view.In a way, we get the press we deserve. News agencies are not subsidized by independent pools of money, but are instead fueled by ad revenue that depends on eyeballs. Profit drives news, so news agencies will typically show news that will get the most eyeballs. At the same time, many journalists (I would say a vast majority) still have some integrity. While they know certain news stories can drive ad revenue, they still report on less popular news on the backs of the profit driven by other news stories.Our press is a reflection of our culture. It is a formalized version of the town gossip. As long as our culture cherishes the truth then we will expect the truth from our press, and that is what we mean by bias.

It appears that the Conservative echo chamber is in full effect. They send out baseless conspiracy theories, and then when they hear those theories repeated back to them they cite it as a source.

What are you going on about?