Opinion : Fox News

But look at those ratings! I have to admit, am a big Fox News fan. I spend at least 5 minutes watching TV news a month and they are all on Fox (not counting channel surfing) Now I know Fox is biased, but they are no more biased than any one else. Facts are boring and news is a commercial industry, so things are going to be slanted.
Yellow journalism, as it is referred to, is nothing new in the US. People complained that it was responsible for instigating wars and ruining our international reputation back in the '90's...the 1890's (see Spanish-American war history). Things have not changed. Before Fox news, there was a decidedly liberal bias to American media, so the conservatives decided to stop complaining and start there own network. With free speech and free markets, the general public will ultimately decide which is better, and they have. If you don't like it, just change the channel and stop criticizing it. If you watch it and talk about it, you are just giving the sort of publicity and attention that media types crave.
The problem with CNN is not some vast right wing conspiracy. The problem is that less-than-competent corporate executives following the AOL Time Warner merger drove out its visionary founder (Ted Turner). The quality has been suffering ever since. Fox has better graphics, more intelligent commentators, bigger host personalities, and better looking reporters. That is just good TV business, it has nothing to do with news accuracy. What CNN and the other networks need is some creative marketing and a little more pandering. What Fox needs is to keep a good thing going. And what people who watch cable news need is a life.