That’s what I’ve always thought too. Like there’s being biased or leaning left or right or whatever… And then there’s Fox News. They are so far beyond that it’s seriously bordering on satire at this point. They don’t lean right, they fucking blasted off into outer space to the right on a rocket ship that’s still cruising off into the distance.
They’re fairly even keeled but they do still have all the failings of other main stream media. If 1 is left and ten is right (under US focused understanding) I’d probably say they’re a 3.5-4.5.
Not talking about any local affiliates. IMO local affiliates tend to be better than national.
I’m not even sure what national ABC is; as far as I’ve ever seen its local affiliates. Unless we’re just talking Disney which I guess is left leaning (that is, if acknowledging gay people existing is left leaning which honestly is kind of sad).
I worked for a local Fox affiliate and, as much as I hated it for other reasons, I can tell you that our journalists and producers were sincere about getting out accurate local reporting.
I get your point, how is ABC left leaning though? I’m not up on my US media except for knowing CNN seems neutral, Fox being right.
Fox isn’t even news. By their own admission, they are for entertainment purposes only. They might as well debate on Nickelodeon
Right, that’s why I went for “media” I suppose.
Hey, I think that Linda Ellerbee would be a fine debate moderator.
Also: left leaning versus right wing mouthpiece. ABC v Fox doesn’t seem like a fair comparison.
Is ABC really left? The Democrats are centre right in my Europerspective.
Agree 100%
In Trump terms, left = anyone he disagrees with.
That’s what I’ve always thought too. Like there’s being biased or leaning left or right or whatever… And then there’s Fox News. They are so far beyond that it’s seriously bordering on satire at this point. They don’t lean right, they fucking blasted off into outer space to the right on a rocket ship that’s still cruising off into the distance.
Here’s the abc media bias fact checker:
They’re fairly even keeled but they do still have all the failings of other main stream media. If 1 is left and ten is right (under US focused understanding) I’d probably say they’re a 3.5-4.5.
Not talking about any local affiliates. IMO local affiliates tend to be better than national.
that site is a joke, everything is center left there
LOL, according to that website BBC is center left.
I’m not even sure what national ABC is; as far as I’ve ever seen its local affiliates. Unless we’re just talking Disney which I guess is left leaning (that is, if acknowledging gay people existing is left leaning which honestly is kind of sad).
W/ the national vs local I was speaking broadly about the major US news sources. Not just ABC. Even local Fox tends to be slightly less decisive.
I worked for a local Fox affiliate and, as much as I hated it for other reasons, I can tell you that our journalists and producers were sincere about getting out accurate local reporting.
Fox affiliates aren’t so bad, ya. I grew up on Good Day LA and it was mostly daytime fluff pieces anyway.