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One point everyone seems to be missing about the "bias" at FOXnews is that many of the programs on the channel are opinion/commentary shows and not hard news per se. The hard news is reported usually in smaller headline type segments in a completely unbiased manner. Where you may get a conservative feel from FOX is that most of the hosts of the commentary shows are on the right side of the aisle, however even in these formats I find most of the commentators have guests from the opposite side and give them a chance to give their point of view. Also when Fox has panel discussions they actually have an equal distribution of panelists representing both sides and even the middle of the political spectrum. This doesn't happen on any other network, on other networks 4 leftists to 1 conservative is considered balance.

These opinion shows on FOX are akin to the editorial pages of any newspaper. I have no problem with any show labeled as opinion having a bias. I find the leftist slant that exists in the actual news reporting of all the major networks and newspapers much more disturbing and insidious as they too often present their opinions in the guise of being just a simple presentation of the facts.

The one area I may remain open to discuss regarding the "bias" of FOX is the selection of stories they choose to cover on their hard news segments. You will see many stories covered on FOX, not covered by the others. Still even in this case it may just be because the bias of the other networks keeps them from covering them. Examples would be positive stories from Iraq and any story that would be considered negative towards Obama. Stories that Fox would cover in an unbiased manner with appropriate fact checking, but the other networks would generally ignore.