Could FOX be making some moves to the left?

[TruthIsAll]

Events at FOX over the last few weeks have been mind-boggling.
They are talking about BBV and the need for a voter trail. They are giving good debate. Actually treating the Dems with some respect.

CNN's Judy Woodruff was a disaster at the last debate. FOX made sure not to treat the Dems the way she did.

Methinks Murdoch may be having second thoughts about Bush.

After all, its just good business to position yourself strategically as the Company corners BushCo. Murdoch knows who the winners and losers will be.

And Bush is a sure loser.

[Loyal]

1. I've seen it too

Less shrill attacks from some of the anchors. Still some, mind you, but not near as many as there were during the war, for example.

[Catshrink]

2. Maybe they've been embarrassed too many times lately

there was the stupid lawsuite against Al Franken. They realized that caving into O'Really was not very smart and made them a laughing stock.

then they threatened to sue the Simpsons for their paradoy of Faux News complete with crawler. (They thought viewers would get confused.)

Nah... on second thought, I'm giving them too much credit. They are reactionaries, not sentient beings.

[rwheeler31]

3. moving to the left

nah

[La_Serpiente]

4. they have hosted the Congressional Black Caucus twice

Are they trying to develop a loyal brand of black viewers? They have always voted Democratic. I don't mean to say that Blacks ARE OBLIGATED to vote Democratic. It is just that Black have traditionally voted Democratic.

And then after all the debates, they will say how much the Democratic Party has betrayed blacks.

But that's just my conspiracy theory.

[Lefty48197]

17. I think you're right

they're pretending to be friends of African Americans.

[Justice]

21. Fox Debates Though Are Much Better than the CNN Debates

even Carl Cameron asked decent questions, not too much spin, considering.

Judy Woodruff was frightening, and talk about angry....

[Cush]

5. I just think reality is setting in

Their boy isn't all that and the charade is wearing off

But they'll probably be back to their usual ways come Nov 2004 (and the months leading up to it)

[janekat]

20. I wonder if their ratings have gone down now that Bush isn't doing so well

n/t

[poskonig]

6. They're being more professional.

I would not say they are getting more liberal, especially after seeing the blowjob Bill Frist got this morning.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Well, if so

he has an awful lot of employees to fire and hire. :) He does hire only RW journalists who promise to spew his RW rhetoric. I can't imagine FAUX news changing. They did have another debate where LaRouche supporters heckled our Dems. Remember? Nah! They will never change.

[UTUSN]

8. Us DUers Are TOO Savvy to Believe in FAUX

[RuB]

9. Isn't it wonderful how they're trying to look so human!? ohhhahh

Just like that Bush and his cabal will show themselves so so human. That will be the theme for the Republicans for the 04 elections.
I don't watch Faux and would only believe Faux if its a Democrat talking.

[alcuno]

10. I don't think that's it.

They are now THE right-wing cable network. Maybe they thought people wouldn't noticed, but once you lose your "objectivity" with the American people you're going to have a hard time getting it back. I think it's damage control.

[JohnyCanuck]

11. Maybe they're just getting the teeniest bit embarassed

knowing that they're the media laughing stock of the whole rest of the world for their shameless and overt ass-kissing act on Dubya's hiny.

[Submariner]

12. If they shoot Fred Barnes and Sean Insanity

into the Sun I might believe they're leaning left, but only for a nanno-second or so.

They are a direct pipeline from Rove's colon.

[Clovis Sangrail]

13. removing ammo

from arguements about media bias.

"Biased?!?!? We sponsored democratic primary debates!!!"

[ewagner]

14. Respectfully disagree

The questions were presented softly but they still carried all the right wing talking points.

for instance: "Candidate X, the rap on you is that you still beat your wife and eat puppies for dinner...how do you respond to that?"

I found it to be the same old BS ... and just another way of marginalizing each and every one of our candidates.

Same S**t, different debate..........

[AlinPA]

15. No, but the remarks about Limbaugh by the local Fox pundit

were good. "He gets rehab treatment, but blacks / poor people get jail" for drug addiction.

[hippiechick]

16. Hell no ... the freepers love watching us eat our own

This is as good as American Gladiator or WTF that show was, to them !!


:hippie:

[Cat Atomic]

18. You have to get close if you want to punch someone in the face.

Know what I mean? I don't trust FOX News at all. If they want to pull something slimy, they'll do it when it matters. Don't put your arm around the schoolyard bully just yet.

[janekat]

19. Fox News Watch is actually pretty good - they bitched about how no-one

covered Gore's speech a few months ago. Heard them skewer Fox (their own network) a few times even. I think that that show is so hidden away that no-one (including Murdoch) knows it's around. If it was more out in the open I think Murdock would have axed it a long time ago...

[ElsewheresDaughter]

22. NEVER happen...and don't fall for the heritage foundation/rove rue

that maybe they are fair and balanced...PUHLEEEES

[w13rd0]

23. Maybe they are all weepy...

...that the boy king blamed them for the "drumming up of the war talk" and the "filters". I mean, they may be all "fair and balanced" in being just as much shameless shills as everyone, but the taste of shrub ass must be too much for them...

[EggieDrudge]

24. FNS is shrewd but still total GOP propaganda...

I've noticed they've been giving more air time to Dems recently. But to me it is very obvious what they are doing. They are presenting the Dem candidates, liberal voices, etc in order to craft and shape these stories. When Tony Snow or Brett Hume comment about the Dem candidates they always slip in dismissive patronizing comments. FNS is totally untrustworthy. They know full well it is much smarter to carry and control the opposition rather than completely ignore it. Yet they are total pigs on almost every story I see them cover. One good example is the gay priest (Robinson I think). His personal story is very moving. He is of the highest ethics and integrity. His family, collegues, and fellow Reverends totally respect him. Yet every freaking time FOX carries the story they focus on bullshit sexual lies. They were the leading network to try and hype up the last minute Right-Wing smear campaign against the Reverend (which turned out to be totally false). This type of stuff is unforgivable, yet FOX does it 24/7. They are total pigs.

[ScreamingMeemie]

25. I would have to say no. Living in the city that hosted the debates,

one would think that the regular Fox channel would break into regular programming to allow for airing of the debates as a special broadcast. It was being held in their city after all. Did they? Nope. We went to a rally, and then to a bar that was supposed to air it and...nothing. They didn't carry the Fox news channel, and I guess the Simpsons were way to important. :eyes:

[corarose]

26. The Left of What?

The Mason Dixie Line?

[John_Shadows_1]

27. I saw the story on the voting machines on FOX...

...the other night - it was amazingly objective. After that they had a pretty reasoned debate about the Democratic field. It was like their whole value system had been inverted for a second. And yeah, that fuckin' Judy Woodruff is a fluff-head - she has no business doing something that important. She tried pure political stuff (no substance ) during the Gore-Bradely debates.

[Clark Can WIN]

28. You mean like having the post Democratic commentary

presided over by Snow and Bill Kristol?

[Classical_Liberal]

29. No there probably scared that most the of the Dem candidates

want to either bring back the fairness doctrine, or dust off the Sherman antitrust act just for them.

[angee_is_mad]

30. lol, yeah RIGHT!!!

Sweetie don't hold your breath, hell will freeze over before that happened!!!

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

31. Not with Roger Ailes in charge of Faux News.

Never happen.
Never.