Opinion of FOX News

[paul718]

Well MSNBC is just as bad!  (Sorry, I had to.)  Fox News has progressives -- Bob Beckel, Kirsten Powers, Juan Williams, Mara Liasson, for example -- on for a comment during almost every show.  While Hannity and O'Reilly are quite obnoxious, they allow opposing viewpoints on their programs.  Cavuto consistently has someone on to counter him.  

For the record, I watch CNN.  I don't mind Cavuto, Smith, and Baier...but cannot tolerate Beck, Hannity, or O'Reilly. 

[paul718]

While Hannity and O'Reilly are quite obnoxious, they allow opposing viewpoints on their programs.  

You mean they allow them to come and be harrased or shouted over.

When that happens (and it does), it tends to make the other person look better.

[paul718]

While Hannity and O'Reilly are quite obnoxious, they allow opposing viewpoints on their programs.  

You mean they allow them to come and be harrased or shouted over.

has anyone else noticed how most of Hannity and O'Reilly's guests are either tweedy ultra-liberal college professors, angry black radicals, or aging Hippie spokespeople, in other words people chosen because they conform to stereotypes of liberals that FOX wants to reinforce?

None of the people I named above fall into those categories.  They seem to be the most prominent progressive voices on the station.

[paul718]

I think Fox is causing other media stations to change their formats into something similar to Fox, which I think will eventually destroy journalism in this country. 

I am almost 100% sure that MSNBC's partisanship is a direct result of Fox News' success.  They now occupy a niche market.  Fox News, in turn, was a result of the perceived liberal bias of print media and CNN (then referred to as the "Clinton News Network" by Repubs).  Hence, the whole "Fair and Balanced" nonsense.