Does any other "Free" country have a Fox News-like Network?

[leftchick]

I can only Imagine what many foreigners think when they see Faux news for the first time. I am sure they believe at first they are on Comedy Central and are watching a news parody show. Does any other (supposedly free) nation have this kind of propaganda network purporting to be "fair and balanced"?

[JanMichael]

1. Australia for one. Sky in Britain.

There are plenty of RW mouthpieces all over the world.

[CatholicEdHead]

3. Those just

both happen to be Murdoch outlets. Murdoch owns quite a bit around the world with focus on the US, UK, and Austraia. There is also some ownership in Chinese satellite TV viewership.

Most of the major mouthpieces all go back to the very few number of owners.

[AndyTiedye]

24. That's Why I Had These Printed Up

[MetalFingersDOOM]

28. I like it.

Do you have it in a high-quality format?

[AndyTiedye]

29. I Had Stickers Printed Up by makestickers.com

and the bit map was generated by their order page.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. Sky is nowhere near as bad as Fox

it's more balanced than, say, CNN in the USA. I'd say it's comparable to the US broadcast networks, or CNN International.

[JanMichael]

11. It mosty just flash and trash.

Which serves the RW just as much as the US/FOX talking heads.

But in the sense of overt Reichwinging you're right, it's not as bad.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

31. CNNI is not as bad as CNN. I actually watch them sometimes.

By the way:

CNN = FOX

[leftchick]

6. I understand that, perhaps I asked the wrong way...

It seems to me A lot of Americans believe Fox is real news. I guess the question then is the RW media in other countries acknowledged for what they are? I do not think Fox is at all except in Liberal circles here.

[LynnTheDem]

10. But UK and Oz both have the Fairness Doctrine

Even Murdoch's trash can't get away with the bullshit Faux MOos does, or they'd lose their broadcast licenses.

[ClassicDem]

32. Wrong Post Sorry.

n/t

[Psephos]

2. Al-Jazeera serves the fundamentalist Islamic point of view

Weird to think of it that way, but they are the voice of the Islamic version of conservative, nationalistic thinking.

[leftchick]

7. that is such BS...

perhaps the Arabic version of Al jazeera is but I can't read it so I don't know for sure. I read the English version daily and find it extremely credible vs much of the US media. What you have said is a RW talking point that doesn't pan out.

[Psephos]

18. I appreciate your different point of view

but I don't appreciate being slapped with the RW talking point label. Can we respectfully disagree with each other without being abrasive?

I read it, too, and am glad for the alternate point of view. It often takes a strong pan-Arabic perspective, Arab "patriotism" if you will, and that's what reminded me of Fox News.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. I don't think al Jazeera is fundamentalist

it's more 'Arab man on the street', tending towards being liberal. It will interview American and Israeli officials; the people who work for it have often worked for other broadcast networks like the BBC. If you haven't seen 'Control Room', try to - it's a documentary about al Jazeera during the invasion of Iraq.

[Psephos]

17. Fundamentalist *is* such a loaded word, isn't it?

But I still think it applies here. Outside of the American connotation, fundamentalism refers to a basic acceptance of older, conservative religious principles. al-Jazeera does not mock or denigrate conservative Islamic thought, not that it particularly promotes it, either. But al-Jazeera's editors understand that a majority of their viewers hold moderately to strongly conservative religious opinions.

I agree with your "Arab street" perception, but the Arab street is decidedly not liberal. It's nationalistic, wary or even hateful of outsiders, and admires strongmen.

That's what made me think of Faux.

[Ms. Clio]

27. Al-J was started by professionals from the BBC

It's a much more legitimate and credible news organization than Faux.

[mattclearing]

9. I don't see Al Jazeera as particularly nationalist.

Perhaps if you mean Pan-Arab nationalism, but there is no Arab state.

Al Jazeera is critical of the various governments that make up the Arab world, for the most part, in a way that I don't think Fox News is with regard to our government.

[Quetzal]

16. Al-Jazeera was the ONLY Arab/Muslim News Organizations

broadcasting the genocide of the Sudanese to the Arab/Muslim world until they were banned from Sudan by the oppressive government there.

[texpatriot2004]

4. I think Germany does. I saw some program on FSTV about the

German "President" (I think he's called something else but I can't remember) owning the publishing industry and the news. Anyone else see it. I think it was an Amy Goodman interview on Democracy Now.

[LynnTheDem]

14. "Chancellor" and Germany also has the Fairness Doctrine

Lose your broadcast license if you do a Faux Moos and lie when you call it "news".

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Thats sounds more like Berlusconi

the Italian Prime Minister. He owns several TV channels and newspapers, and has some influence over the state broadcaster.

[GetTheRightVote]

12. I know we are not free in Media but I hope the world remains so

:kick:

[BuyingThyme]

13. Fidel Castro's broadcasts are based on the FOX model

[morgan2]

19. italy maybe

with berlesconi being both prime minister and the largest media owner, I'd assume he's doing something like foxnews.

[elehhhhna]

20. Doesn't Berlusconi own/control virtually all of Italy's media ?

[Ms. Clio]

26. Yes n/t

[hollowdweller]

21. I think Al Jazeera is the Arab FOX. It's not quite as bad because they

have a little more actual news and reporting versus FOX which has more opinion. But they both have a slant on the news.

[Robbien]

22. In Venezuela they have Globovision which is the US Propaganda station

Up until this year, it was the only 24 hour news station Venezuela had. The corporate owners of Globovision spewed hatred of Chavez 24/7. This month Chavez put in new rules which is severly limiting the type of anti-Chavez propaganda Globovision can broadcast.

So while are racing toward corporate elite television, Chavez is working on breaking the corporate elite stranglehold.

[leftchick]

23. That is very interesting...

Who owns Globovision? It sounds like a CIA front!

[Robbien]

25. It is owned by CNN

and is very militant in shutting down independent news across the globe. If you want to see what our media will be like in a couple of years, take a good look at Globovision.

[mr blur]

30. In the UK we have BBC News 24

To get the appalling Sky (as well, I may say, as endless crappy US and home-grown "comedy" shows) you have to have a satellite dish - who the hell would want to do that? Pay more to have your intelligence insulted?

[ClassicDem]

33. Check out what these Canadians think,

I was blown away by this website, I thought Canadians were smarter than this.

http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/threads/postlist.php?Cat=&Board=biasedmedia&page=&view=&sb=5&o=

[Placebo]

34. I saw the most outrageous thing on FNC last night...

One of their lackies was doing a "tour" of one of Saddam's old bunkers, dont all shaky and "rough", and the guy picks up a pair of chemical boots and goes, "Hmm, one wonders why you'd need chemical boots in a country with no weapons of mass destruction." I'm like, WTF?!?!?!?!?!

And then more crap about how "While Saddam was defying the UN and building bunkers like these while starving his people..."

It boggles the mind.