Fair and Balanced

Many of my liberal friends believe that the line "Fox News; Fair and Balanced" is a joke.  I happen to think it's pretty accurate, but - who knows?  Perhaps it is indeed my bias that lends me to that opinion.

I defy my friends on the left, however, to read this post by Ed Morrissey and then be able to tell anyone with a straight face that their beloved New York Times is "fair and balanced."

The Times may have the slickest, sharpest advertising around, in depth feature articles and quality bridge columns.  "Fair and balanced," however, has not been associated with news reporting at the Times for a while.

Think that may be a factor in this?

Comments

[Greg]

Most newspaper revenues have fallen last year, so I am at a loss as to see the significance of this when speaking of the New York Times. I still wonder as to why anyone would hold Fox News as a bastion of excellence when studies consistently show that those that view Fox News are the most uninformed people who view as a source to get their news. So if one would want to go through life misinformed, and unaware of the realities of the world, then by all means watch Fox News.

One side note. Why is it those that watch Jon Stewart's Daily Show are more informed than those that watch Fox News? I think that is somewhat an indictment of Fox News, and their viewers that those that watch a comedy show are more informed than those that watch a news show if that is what one would label Fox as being.