Fox News covers Iraq war the least.
A new Project for Excellence in Journalism study finds that of the three major cable news networks, Fox News has given lowest percentage of coverage of the Iraq war. It has also devoted twice as much time to the Anna Nicole Smith story as have MSNBC and CNN.
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I guess they are counting the stories that CNN and MSNBC just make up.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:19 amWhy would Faux “News” even be in an “Excellence in Journalism” poll?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:19 amPay no attention to that war behind the curtain! The great FOX has spoken!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:20 amAnna Nicole is more important than the Iraq war. Stupid libs..everyone knows that.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:21 amShocking
May 25th, 2007 at 11:22 amI believe Fox did a story on the Al Qaeda torture manual. Did MSNBC?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:24 amI guess they are counting the stories that Faux News just make up
PSYOPS PROPAGANDA PLAYED ON FOX NEWS!!!
Military Plays Up Role of Zarqawi
Jordanian Painted As Foreign Threat To Iraq’s Stability
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 10, 2006; Page A01
The U.S. military is conducting a propaganda campaign to magnify the role of the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to internal military documents and officers familiar with the program. The effort has raised his profile in a way that some military intelligence officials believe may have overstated his importance and helped the Bush administration tie the war to the organization responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 , attacks.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:24 am>>
Newshole? Really, I think that says it all.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:24 amThere are missing white girls out there, people!!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:26 amOBL FREE = BUSH FAILURE
That nugget of truth is on the cutting room floor of Faux (Pravda) News
May 25th, 2007 at 11:26 amSurprise Surprise Surprise!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:27 amBut wait!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:29 amOf those three networks, which one uses the constant scrolling of terror alert level the most?
Seriously, ‘Percent of Newshole’? Please journo commenters - tell me what this means.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:30 amHow come on the FBI’s website : 9/11 is not mentioned with regard to him?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:32 amhim as in OBL (oops)
May 25th, 2007 at 11:32 amFox doesn’t know what they are missing.
It is a wonderful life when we are allowed to be part of it.
Early morning coffee and Granny on a sunlit patio: even DUHbya’s sparrow would be welcome and the Repug papers don’t seem nearly so impotent.
Good Morning to you all!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:33 amI guess they are counting the stories that CNN and MSNBC just make up.
Comment by Patrick1
There, there, Li’l Patty, I know it’s tough coming to grips w/ the fact that if you watch Fox Noise, you’re basically an uneducated fool easily manipulated by gaudy graphics and false “facts”.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:34 amLooks like Fox News is embarrassed by the debacle in Iraq. Such an overt display of the Bush Administration’s incompetence obviously makes Fox cringe. COWARDS.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:35 amgiven the fact that Fox TV broadcasts complete trash most of the time, is it any surprise that it leaks into their News broadcasts as well?
“next on FOX, ‘When Anna Nicole Smith ATTACKS!’
May 25th, 2007 at 11:35 amWe’ve had a rash of posters complaining about non-news items making it onto this site.
Does this item fit that bill?
You can be sure that if it suits the current administration FOX will be right there spreading the fear-mongering when deemed advantageous.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:35 am#12 Newshole is the percent of the program dedicated to X. Used to combine different time slots and lengths (1/2 hour vs. hour).
May 25th, 2007 at 11:36 amI believe Fox did a story on the Al Qaeda torture manual. Did MSNBC?
Comment by Patrick1
Why doesn’t Fox do one on the BushCo torture manual, why they’re at it? Oh wait, that would be the RNC handbook.
(Psst, Patty, you forgot to wear your white hood this morning :-)
May 25th, 2007 at 11:36 amNewshole = Newsperson + a**hole
May 25th, 2007 at 11:41 amNewshole? No really, does someone know what this is referring to?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:42 amblah, blah, blah…libtards…blah, blah, blah…surrender…blah, blah, blah…moonbats…blah, blah, blah…islamofacists…blah, blah, blah…
May 25th, 2007 at 11:45 amGlad you are back Clyde, hope all is well with you.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:45 amGood Morning to you all!
Comment by Clyde the Ripper
Good morning, Clyde & Granny! How are you feeling?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:47 amSorry I’m not ranting here, but does the graph header ‘Percent of Newshole Devoted Three Major Stories on Cable TV’ not raise an eyebrow or two? Or are newsholes a common phenomenon which, like assholes, we don’t talk about in polite company?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:49 am1 minute + google =
May 25th, 2007 at 11:50 am“A newshole is the amount of print-space or air-time available to report the news.”
Props to J Swift for noticing this intriguing yet repulsive reference ;-)
May 25th, 2007 at 11:51 amThat’ll teach me to rely on wikipedia and dictionary.com. Smackdown accepted. Still interesting that journalists refer to the time/space available as a ‘hole’.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:55 amI don’t think they should count the stories used by CNN that come from their Al Qaeda stringers.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:58 amBluedahalia, Zooey, others:
I am feeling wonderful, under the circumstances: eleven days past a quadruple bypass–the key word being “past.”
May 25th, 2007 at 11:58 amI am feeling wonderful, under the circumstances: eleven days past a quadruple bypass–the key word being “past.â€
Comment by Clyde the Ripper
Always best to be past a surgery like that, Clyde. I’m so happy you’re alright.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:20 pmUm, minor procedure…?
We need only look at the TV ratings to see which station is doing the best job for its shareholders and owners.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:26 pm#31 Zooey
The by-pass was the fourth in a series of four in seven days, two on each side of a heart attack. You are right! At that point in time clipping my toe nails would have been major!
May 25th, 2007 at 12:29 pmAgain, what’s the point? Is Fox news answerable to Think Progress or to some moral compass on Iraq? I believe they will prosper or falter depending on how their viewers take them up. And the last I checked, they are doing pretty good. So, maybe the socialist moralistic agenda doesn’t apply here. Try some place else - Venezuela, maybe?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:48 pmI’d also like to see a percentage of how much time they devote to Rosie O’Donnell. I watch FN quite a lot, and this week alone, they have spent HOURS covering O’Donnell v. Hasselbeck. I would be shocked if even ABC has aired more of O’Donnell than FN has.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:01 pmThe by-pass was the fourth in a series of four in seven days, two on each side of a heart attack. You are right! At that point in time clipping my toe nails would have been major!
Comment by Clyde the Ripper
Aw geez, Clyde. I’m so glad you’re ok. Granny must have been worried sick.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:22 pmPatrick1, the so-called “al-Qaeda Torture Manual” was created by Rumsfeld’s Pentagon. It’s an old propaganda tactic called “disinformation.”
May 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pmTara: It is hard to believe that Al Qaeda would torture anyone, religion of peace and all.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:51 pmThe link was to The Smoking Gun, which reported:
In a recent raid on an al-Qaeda safe house in Iraq, U.S. military officials recovered an assortment of crude drawings depicting torture methods like “blowtorch to the skin†and “eye removal.†Along with the images, which you’ll find on the following pages, soldiers seized various torture implements, like meat cleavers, whips, and wire cutters.
What was Amnesty International’s reaction?
cricket chirp
Yet Amesty International just 3 days ago called for the US to close Guantanamo Bay.
Where did USA Today play the torture book story?
Not on Page One.
Where did the New York Times play it?
Not on Page One.
Where did the Washington Post play it?
Not on Page One.
And yet such false stories as the “flushed Koran†got widespread play in the newspapers and on television.
We are hearing those awful “Sounds of Silence†that Simon and Garfunkel warned us about.
Whether intentional or not, the message is clear: The United States must be above even false reports of torture, while the enemy is allowed to promote eye removal, blowtorching skin and horrors I won’t go into.
The handbook shows that the enemy really is perverted and that its “cause†has less to do with global politics or any religion; they are sickos who like to torture people.
As much as I admire and respect John McCain’s war service, he is wrong when he says our interrogation methods encourage the enemy to torture our people. The enemy was torturing and beheading people well before 9/11.
That this does not disturb so many newspaper editors is in itself disturbing.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:52 pmGood point Patrick
May 25th, 2007 at 2:58 pmPatrick:
OH NOEZ, al qaeda has a torture book! somehow that doesn’t strike me as news. they probably also have some kalashnikovs and some RPGs. and i bet they’ve done some research into dirty bombs. WHERE IS FOX ON THE AL QAEDA OWNS A ROCKET LAUNCHER STORY???
what IS news, however, is that BUSH HAS TURNED THE USA INTO A STATE THAT TORTURES PRISONERS. that is news that needs to be repeated as often as possible, because EVERY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SAVE MCCAIN AND PAUL ARE PRO-MF-ing-TORTURE!
May 25th, 2007 at 2:59 pmCNN & MSNBC suppress and censor and manipulate the news,
May 25th, 2007 at 3:03 pmthen for entertainment they show Keith Olbermann.
i think, Flaco, that foxnews is the one on the defensive here… iraq war is obviously the biggest story for our nation right now. why are they burying it? and yes, olbermann’s a clown. unfortunately he’s got more than one counterpart on fox…
May 25th, 2007 at 3:18 pmWrites Wretchard:
The problem with the word “torture” is that it has been so artfully corrupted by some commentators that we now find ourselves at a loss to describe the kinds of activities that the al-Qaeda interrogation manual graphically recommends. Now that the term “torture” has been put in one-to-one correspondence with such admittedly unpleasant activities as punching, sleep deprivation, a handkerchief pulled over one’s face and loaded with water, searches by women upon sensitive Islamic men or the disrespectful handling of Korans — what on earth do we call gouging people’s eyes out?
May 25th, 2007 at 3:36 pmAnswer: we call it nothing. My fearless prediction is that not a single human rights organization will seriously take the matter up. There will be no demonstrations against these barbaric practices, often inflicted upon Muslims by other Muslims, in any of the capitals of the world. Not a single committee in the United Nations will be convened nor will any functionary in the European Union lose so much as a night’s sleep over it. The word for these activities — whatever we choose to call it — will not be spoken.
How is Olbermann a clown?
MSNBC ftw.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:37 pmYou mean other than thinking he is Edward R. Murrow?
May 25th, 2007 at 3:40 pmPatrick1,
Did you ever consider that maybe Al Qaeda wrote that torture manual in response to the fact that we tortured people in Abu Ghraib? Maybe, like the Iranians, they just want to have and use the same weapons that we have and use. That’s the whole point of the torture thing - the US can no longer take the high ground here. We are doing the same as them.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:41 pmNo because they were torturing people before Iraq or 9/11 for that matter. Have you ever considered that they wrote that manual because they are evil barbarian butchers of a perveted cult?
And to say that we are “doing the same as them” makes you out to be a fool.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:45 pmPatrick - your reference to Sounds of Silence is apt
“and the people bowed and prayed - to the neon gods they made”
Kill your TV.
May 25th, 2007 at 4:36 pmTP is a perfect example of selective news stories. The have wild catchy headlines with each story. One sided views, slanted, out of context, you name it they do it here at TP.
Lets see more news from the Middle East, Iran in particular. Got nukes?
You would think Iran’s mullahs threatining the world with nukes would get the moonbats here in a frenzy. Nah because it is too hard to believe they would do anything that destructive.
Death to America!
May 25th, 2007 at 6:09 pmHow come everything is Islam is a felony (beheading, stoning, burn alive)?
Does Isasham have any misdemeanors?
May 25th, 2007 at 6:11 pmPatrick1:
I guess they are counting the stories that CNN and MSNBC just make up.
I’m surprised anyone is defending Fox on this point. I’d think the hawks would be upset that Fox isn’t covering more of the ‘good news’ that the rest of the media is suppressing.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:02 pmThe False News Channel has never been fair and balanced.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:02 pm