Saturday, April 18, 2020

Why Doesn't FOX Fact Check Trump?

Do they fear truth, data and facts?
Fox News Conference Coverage
CNN News Conference Coverage

Some of the things I find most annoying:
  • Blaming the previous administration.  You have been President for over 3 years and own this.  Can you imagine a CEO or Head Coach being in a job for 3 years and blaming his predecessor for the current processes, staffing, inventory?
  • Past the the worst of the crisis?  Now I understand that the stay home orders are working in California and New York, however there are apparently still 4,000 people dying each day. And more hot spots popping up regularly.  Still seems like a crisis to me.
  • Comparing our results to Spain, Italy and France like that is a "success"? That is like saying that we got 8th place in a tournament with 10 teams.  Even though we are the wealthiest nation on Earth and spend much more on healthcare than those countries. "Yippeee... We are #8..."  We would fire a coach if they said that.
  •  No one saw this coming...  Really?  Bush and Obama both experienced similar and set up organizations to watch for them.  Oh yeah, you fired all those people.
So what do you think:
  • Is FOX scared of Trump's Bully Pulpit?
  • Is FOX scared that their viewers will stop watching if they provided facts and data?
  • Would they or were they this gentle with Obama when he made statements that did not match the record or the current data?
I am fine with Trump opening the country faster as long as we hold him accountable for the additional dead that may result. (nursing home deaths) And is it too much to ask that the press keep our politicians honest?  Or at least report when they are not.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fox News is really a form of entertainment programming in the reality TV genre. It's managers identified an underserved niche in the market place and filled it w with right wing like programming. For it to fact check Trump, would be sort of like fact checking "The West Wing". Facts are not what it does.

--Hiram

John said...

FOX does seem to be a lot like a drug dealer. Or at least their talks shows are.

They get ratings and advertisers by preying on the fears and hopes of certain groups of citizens.

But I suppose that is the same of the Far Left folks. I am not sure if they would have fact checked their preferred politicians.

I still find the Chris Wallace Sunday morning news show one of the best.

John said...

How about this fine coverage... :-(

Now I am all for slowing or stopping the flow of illegal entries and asylum requests.
But using COVID19 as an excuse when Mexico has a MUCH LOWER infection rate than we do at this time.

""CBP has noticed some reporting stating that asylum has been shut down. That is not true. Asylum is still in place and is reviewed on a case-by-case basis," the spokesperson said. The order has, however, made it easier for the agency to reject asylum claims without investigating them to the extent that they previously did.

CBP is currently treating unaccompanied minors the same as other illegal entrants since they pose a similar risk for spreading the virus. Minors are often returned to authorities in their home countries."

John said...

Trump Accountability Avoidance on Full Display