How does Fox News get away with the slogan 'fair and balanced'...it's obvious they 'lean' to the right?

Question

How does Fox News get away with the slogan 'fair and balanced'...it's obvious they 'lean' to the right?

Answer 1

They are too big to sue. They would hire some expensive lawyers and then they would counter sue for libel/slander etc. It would cost millions.

They also don't lean to the right, they ARE the right.

Answer 2

They're referring to the fact that they try their best to always have someone from both sides of the issues on their reports. That doesn't necessarily mean that their employee moderators aren't biased.

They do better than "Real Time With Bill Mayer" on HBO did though. Remember when Bill started guaranteeing that the right would be represented on his show? Then he'd have four left-wing extremists and one moderate conservative. When the letters kept pouring in about how biased his show was, he finally said "s***w you" to the audience and went back to all lefties. To his credit though, he freely admits that he's biased.

Answer 3

It's hypocritical.

Answer 4

Have you watched msnbc? Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are the most unfair and biased journalist out there. They despise Hillary Clinton and have tried to influence the election from the start. At least, foxnews has tried to be fair when it comes to her.

Answer 5

I find them much more fair and balanced than the other networks.

Answer 6

Because they balance out all of the other news channels that lean way to the left.  They're a counter-balance.