Hate Fox News or CNN? Well then you're an idiot.
I was watching a program on Fox News the other day when the host said they had to stop in the middle of a conversation so they could go to commercials. And for whatever reason, that made me think of all the people I've known that said have Fox News was a puppet of the Devil or something like that. And I couldn't think but how dumb an idea that is. Fox News is nothing more than a capitalist brain child of someone that saw a market available. Instead of a news channel slanted towards liberal views or unbiased views (if such a thing were ever possible), a news channel was created with a conservative slant. And now that news channel is making money, which identifies the fact that some people obviously thought there was a need for such a news source. Which means this news channel is working as intended for its creator - it's making money. The same way MSNBC and CNN are (or should be) making money for their owners/creators.
If the heads of any of these sources was as concerned with the news (or even the truth) as they say, commercials would be less frequent, particularly during shows with guests on them. But time and again, you hear the phrase "we're gonna have to break here for a word from our sponsors" or something like that. If the message were that important, then sponsors would be fighting for air time as opposed to being guaranteed it.
To be honest, about 70% of my news intake is from Fox News. Mainly because I like the personalities that deliver the news there more than any others. However, I make sure to check other sources, especially for stories that seem suspect (easily slanted) to me. Anyone that only goes with one news source is ignorant, plain and simple.
Further proof, for me at least, of the capitalist agenda behind them ALL for me...
I went to the websites for the big three (as I see them), CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. At each site I viewed three video news casts (of the first video news casts I could click on). Really, all I was checking for was sponsor info, not the actual news story (maybe another time I'll check on that, but I doubt I'm going to change anyone's mind about how they view any news station reports, by saying what I saw). Here's what I got:
CNN (www.cnn.com): Three video links clicked and three commercials, each commercial thirty seconds long.
MSNBC (www.msnbc.msn.com): Three video links clicked and one commercial, which went for fifteen seconds.
Fox News (ww.foxnews.com): Three video links clicked and three commercials, each commercial fifteen seconds long.
(To clarify, that means Fox and CNN had a commercial before each video news cast while MSNBC seemingly just had one show up out of three, and could be even less as I didn't spend time searching more.)
According to my very unscientific data, all of them are in it for the money (why have sponsors for internet broadcasts otherwise?), but MSNBC seems to be the least concerned with INTERNET revenue (I emphasize "internet" as I don't know their entire business model).
In my view, news channels are in it for the money more than anything else. Not to say they're not also trying to influence their viewers with their political agenda (and really, who wouldn't in that position), but any smart businessman knows agenda takes second place to profit.
Anyways, if you don't get what I'm saying by now, then you never will.
If the heads of any of these sources was as concerned with the news (or even the truth) as they say, commercials would be less frequent, particularly during shows with guests on them. But time and again, you hear the phrase "we're gonna have to break here for a word from our sponsors" or something like that. If the message were that important, then sponsors would be fighting for air time as opposed to being guaranteed it.
To be honest, about 70% of my news intake is from Fox News. Mainly because I like the personalities that deliver the news there more than any others. However, I make sure to check other sources, especially for stories that seem suspect (easily slanted) to me. Anyone that only goes with one news source is ignorant, plain and simple.
Further proof, for me at least, of the capitalist agenda behind them ALL for me...
I went to the websites for the big three (as I see them), CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. At each site I viewed three video news casts (of the first video news casts I could click on). Really, all I was checking for was sponsor info, not the actual news story (maybe another time I'll check on that, but I doubt I'm going to change anyone's mind about how they view any news station reports, by saying what I saw). Here's what I got:
CNN (www.cnn.com): Three video links clicked and three commercials, each commercial thirty seconds long.
MSNBC (www.msnbc.msn.com): Three video links clicked and one commercial, which went for fifteen seconds.
Fox News (ww.foxnews.com): Three video links clicked and three commercials, each commercial fifteen seconds long.
(To clarify, that means Fox and CNN had a commercial before each video news cast while MSNBC seemingly just had one show up out of three, and could be even less as I didn't spend time searching more.)
According to my very unscientific data, all of them are in it for the money (why have sponsors for internet broadcasts otherwise?), but MSNBC seems to be the least concerned with INTERNET revenue (I emphasize "internet" as I don't know their entire business model).
In my view, news channels are in it for the money more than anything else. Not to say they're not also trying to influence their viewers with their political agenda (and really, who wouldn't in that position), but any smart businessman knows agenda takes second place to profit.
Anyways, if you don't get what I'm saying by now, then you never will.
posted by Paul | 1:59 AM
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