Journalism is not based on ratings.

You are falling into the Trump trap here of conflating ratings somehow with worthwhile reporting.

If slack jawed MAGA hat waving goons prefer Fox (even with Donna Brazile who they detest) and that sycophant MAGA rally attending propaganda peddling Hannitty, the anti gay white supremacist ultra right wing Ingraham, or the child rape endorsing, woman shaming, pathetic little lying twerp Carlson, so be it.

You seem to know a lot about America and its media - do you somehow get an illegal stream of Fox news and watch Hannitty every night in Beckenham?

Trump lost. Badly. Hahahahahahaha.

I've already said they preferred Trump to Clinton. One obvious reason is that Clinton wanted more involvement in Syria and spoke about creating air no go zones over it.

Trump on the other hand had spoken about normalising Russia relations.

The affect of Russia's interference isn't know. It shouldn't be overlooked that.....though I didn't see it on this Wiki article....Comey said in 2017 that the GoP computers had also been hacked.

The democrats had and spent far far more money than Trump did on the 2016 election.

They also had most of the Broadcast media......There is no way that Russia could even touch that influence.

I think you are snatching at rainbows here.

What is important is that there was no Russian collusion by Trump and that was a huge Democratic conspiracy theory run by them and their activists for two years.

From reading this Wiki page I'm not getting a balanced sense of their editing and omissions and as I suspect that when it comes to politics Wiki is pretty much a far left run partizan organization nowadays.....I have respect for the original aims of its creator but not for what it's become politically.

I use to donate to them but I stopped two years ago once I noticed it happening.

Edited by Stirlingsays (03 Apr 2019 6.29pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

That's a good question.

I've given up on the main news outlets as their funding systems make any attempt at objectivity a waste of time. I use to rely on the BBC until they gave up on being impartial....which was a gradual process.

So I tend to listen to both sides and read between the lines.

The only news source that I regularly listen to and trust the most is Tim Pool.....but he's often just on America politics.

But even Tim Pool plays to his audience on choice of stories.......So essentially I'm saying that the search goes on.

Most of the media today are little more than money whores...fighting for clicks and writing anything to please their wage payer......Finding an objective journalist has become an exercise in panning for gold.

Edited by Stirlingsays (03 Apr 2019 7.06pm)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

Why do you smear people's character because you don't agree with their politics? It's pretty nasty stuff how you describe these people.

Well I lived in LA for two years up till last summer so I watched all the cable networks, where there is virtually zero unbiased reporting on US TV. At least Fox does criticise Trump on occasions and are open to the fact they are right wing. CNN on the other hand have the audacity to tell us they are impartial!

Chris Cuomo asks the most stupid questions and his 'ding dongs' with Kellyanne Conway are cringe at times. I think Jake Tapper is pretty unbiased and the best of CNN.

Bernie said yesterday on MSNBC (I think) that he will half prescription charges across the US. The host did not ask how this would be paid for! That's negligent journalism.

Tucker Carlson is good on Fox, and having listened to him outside of the network, he is a smart guy. His recent book 'Ship of Fools' is on my list. Sean Hannity is always worth watching but is too close to Trump to criticise him.

Edited by Penge Eagle (03 Apr 2019 10.11pm)

Why can't we have a 'Fox' for British TV? It's wall to wall left wing or neo liberal viewpoints.

The media have airbrushed huge demographics out of broadcast media using their elitist hold of the megaphone.

They are not a reflection of the society they are meant to serve. They are a reflection of the left/neo liberal middle class.

They deserve a voice.....but not to be the only voice.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)