Why do people watch fox news?

Question

It is the mouthpiece of the government, that has to be the most unamerican thing in history, media run by the government, that is poisoning the electorate

Answer 1

you don`t know what your talking about...when asking questions like this,you`re showing everybody how STUPID you are....

Answer 2

Truthfully,  I hardly ever watched FOX News until all the other cable news channels started their love affair with Obama.  It got to the point that I was nauseated just watching the news to find out what was going on in the world around me.

Answer 3

HUH ? Last i checked we had freedom of speech in this country if you dont like the fair and un biased coverage FOX provides to the people then by all means continue to believe the propagandists at CNN and MSNBC.  News is supposed to be crystal clear and objective if it ruffles a few feathers with the truth then it is doing exactly what it is designed to do.  FOX sugar coats nothing !!! And thats the truth so get over it!

Answer 4

they are a bunch of extreamists

Answer 5

Simply because they are persuaded by the spin doctors of the administration. Oops- sorry they are now called "Doctrine Writers" and they have lowest rank as Colonel. This is instructive for did we not have the lower ranks of private and sergeant? Or was that in "another world" ?

Answer 6

for entertainment.

Answer 7

Run by the government??...care to provide any links??..or is this just your emotional response to a news source that doesn't report like the rest of the prostitute press with constant negatives about the economy, the president, the war...the constant negative drum beat that you libs just eat up....if you want to see government run news reporting go the a PBS station...I'm sure you will agree with everything reported there since it leans FAR LEFT!!!...

Answer 8

If it's the mouthpiece of the government, why arent' they saying terrific things about Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid?

FOX is run by Rupert Murdoch -- and Australian-American who also runs the New York Post. In that same paper, he was asked earlier this year if he supported Barack Obama for President...

His response: "Yeah. He is a rock star. It's fantastic. I love what he is saying about education. I don't think he will win Florida...but he will win in Ohio and the election. I am anxious to meet him. I want to see if he will walk the walk..."

So I don't think your argument that FOX -- Ruper Murdoch's station -- is a mouthpiece for the government (or for Rupert). If it was, it would be shining a much better light on Obama.

Answer 9

Well, whne they are reporting an actual news story, they simply report the story, that's why.

I was watching another new station one day and the were showing live video feed of police chase when out of nowhere the reporter wernt into a rant about Bush and the Iraq war.

Plus when they bring people on to talk about politics, they usually have people on ech side of the fence on and let them duke it out, they dont juts allow one side of the opinion base speak, like some of the other stations.

When I watch the news, I want the news. Now as for the Talk shows on Fox, I rarely watch those.  

Answer 10

Stay away from national televised news please.

Fox News sucks yes.

But MSNBC is just as bad and I say this as a liberal.

Answer 11

ppl watch fox news because it's more entertaining than regular news . Ya know... the ppl are funny even in sometimes they blab, are rude and talk pure c**p... but it's better than others. CNN just makes you... zzzzzzzzzzzz....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

Answer 12

Unlike... apparently you... people watch FOX AND other news networks to get multiple perspectives. Sometimes its informative to get more than one side to a story. That way we can draw our OWN conclusions... not what one media source is telling us to be the whole story.

Answer 13

Fox news is a balance to MSNBC

Answer 14

They watch it because it is fair and balanced.

Answer 15

Simple, they like what they hear.  For many years, people who dislike the New Deal and its following phases have resented the press for seeming to be biased.  (Liberal bias)  Fox News and Talk Radio speak to those people in a way that validates their beliefs.  While I don't buy Fox's brand of "infotainment", I figure the price we pay for being a free country is allowing people the freedom to have different opinions.

Answer 16

I don't know, it's the biggest load of BS I have ever seen. The US must surely have better news channels than that, but unfortunatley that's the only one shown in Australia.

Answer 17

Easy, liberals hate it so they give it credence.  

Answer 18

For the same reason anybody watches anything. People enjoy Fox News. They enjoy seeing a different perspective on things instead of the same old same old.