Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Fox News vs. CNN

"We report the news, you decide" has been Fox New's slogan for some time. CNN has been assumed to be slightly more liberal but very moderate while Fox seems to be clearly conservative. They cover alot of the same events and have objective coverage when it comes to standard news events. Both are extensively covering the campaign trails for both Republicans and Democrats. Though on later pundit shows the views may tend to change on certain issues. I found on Fox News there was one segment where the anchorwoman talked about the issue of Happy Holidays vs. Merry Christmas and what was happening that would anger you. It was more geared toward a conservative argument. If Bush was mentioned on Fox News there would be less criticism since he is a Republican President but CNN might not show the same story the same way. Overall I believe it's good to have many options both partisan and objective because there were certain parts I liked of the partisanship but some I didn't so objective was good. America is a country of freedom and where we can choose so we should be able to choose and who is to say that there is such a thing as objectivity. The gatekeepers are always making decisions based on their ideology and what they think will sell so objectivity isn't always possible.

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