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Has anyone seen a study on how much time Fox attacking the MSM?

As I read this, it occurs to me that I don't really recall any statistics about how much time Fox has spent attacking the MSM as opposed to actually doing it's own reporting and covering news.

I know the MSM bashes Fox too, and I'm interested in those numbers as well, btw.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/jan-6-hearing-morning-joe-trump-viewership-apprentice

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Budwick · 70-79, M

How much time has MSM spent reporting on illegal protests outside of Kavanaugh's home?

MistyCee

@Budwick Ive seen them reported, but I'm way more interested in the Admins response then media coverage honestly.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee

the Admins response then media coverage

Media coverage determines Admin response.

MistyCee

@Budwick That's concerning. I'm not denying it's true.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@MistyCee

"...Ive seen them reported..."

Oh, you looked on page A-20 of the NY Times, for example...? 🤔

If the would-be assassin had been looking for Kagan or Sotomayor instead of Kavanaugh, it would have been front-page news in the Times, for days on end. 🙄

MistyCee

@Thinkerbell I only get the NYT digitally. No clue what page it was on.

And, honestly, I'm also concerned about "democrat judges, Republican Judges, as well as Justices.

Having said this, I'm done discussing attacks on Judges and protests at their houses on this post.

I think I've discussed it elsewhere and will probably do so again, but this post is about the media, and I'm not going to go any further afield here.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee

I'm done discussing attacks on Judges and protests at their houses on this post.

Of course you are. It focuses too much on the point of the MSM failure.

MistyCee

@Budwick It still seems more appropriate on a post like this one.

https://similarworlds.com/politics/4359298-Is-It-A-Good-Idea-To-Allow-Threats-and

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@MistyCee

"...but this post is about the media..."

And so was my comment.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee That was a great post.
But your thread is about the MSM that refuses to cover the story.
And, now, you are refusing to discuss that!

MistyCee

@Thinkerbell And I responded, but I'm not that interested in rehashing the politicization of the media here.

I was just looking at how much Fox time is spent attacking other media outfits.

The other guys do it too, btw, but my guess is it's mostly less.

MistyCee

@Budwick Yup. Feel free to talk about it here if you want, but I'm moving on at the moment.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee

I was just looking at how much Fox time is spent attacking other media outfits.

And, what has your research discovered?

MistyCee

@Budwick I didn't do research. Remember you nailed me for talking out of my ass.

Carla looked, though.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee Yeah, and Carla said

I just spent time hunting for those stats.
There doesn't seem to be any.

This post is moving like the Jan 6 hearings,
going no where and providing no valuable information.

MistyCee

@Budwick Why do you think I'm bored with it and moving on?

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee

do you think I'm bored with it and moving on?

I'm sorry. I'm bored with you and moving on.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@MistyCee

I don't really care how much time various news media criticize each other for being biased.
I look to see for myself how much bias (usually by omission and failure to tell the whole truth) there is.

I have found, for example, that Fox's evening news (i.e., Bret Baier) is much more likely to report something embarrassing to the right-wing party line than his counterparts on CNN or MSNBC are to report something embarrassing to the left.

MistyCee

@Thinkerbell fair point. I wasn't carving out Baier or making a distinction between Fox News "news" and Fox's primetime folks, but I'll bet there's a difference.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@MistyCee

The reason I carved out Baier is that the prime-time commentators on Fox don't pretend to be journalists, unlike CNN's Blitzer or Acosta, for example.

MistyCee

@Thinkerbell That's actually a good point, and for all that I rant about Fox, theyve done a brilliant job with carving out a distinction between news and entertainment/propaganda.

CNN hasn't, and they're ratings are suffering, even in favor of MSNBC, which I often tend to agree with, but find pretty toxic and overreaching.

It'll be interesting to see what happens with the media, but aside from the fact that print journalism is dead, I'm not sure where it will fall out.

I'm sure I'll get some down votes for saying it, but I think there's a reason Fox is still leading the pack.

Thinkerbell · 41-45, F

@MistyCee

Well said.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee

but I think there's a reason Fox is still leading the pack.

They are far more likely to be covering the news.

It's not a secret formula.

MistyCee

@Budwick Nah, I don't think that's it, but the problem with the for profit media and "news' is still a little deeper than where I wanted to go, either here, or for that matter today.

If you and I havent already hashed this over, I know I've done with others, but I'm not really inspired to go through it all right now, and, at the end of the day, I don't know what, if any solutions there are to the problem given where we are.

Budwick · 70-79, M

@MistyCee Bord with your own topics again?

MistyCee

@Budwick blame it on ADHD.