Is Fox News as bad as it’s made out to be?

Is Fox News slanted to the right? Sure it is. However, they do offer argument from both sides of the aisle. So much so that many Democrat strategists have praised Fox recently for that even-handedness. For example:

Lanny Davis, former Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton, asked, “Is there a difference between Fox News and NBC? You count the number of guests on Rachel (Maddow) and Keith (Olbermann), who are conservative Republicans. If you get to double digits, I'll buy you dinner for each one.”

How about Bob Beckel, another Democrat pollster, who said, “I talk to more persuadable voters in a month than anybody on MSNBC and CNN talks to in a year.”

Or Democratic pollster Doug Schoen? Who said of Fox, “They are the most professional network of any I have dealt with. ... I think Fox encourages critical views of all sides, asks different kinds of questions and wants to have diversity of view.”

Contrast these viewpoints with the mainstream media, who have for years leaned to the left, unabashedly. Dan Rather, fired from CBS for his fake stories on former President Bush's National Guard service, serves as a great example.

I urge anyone critical of Fox to take a look at these sites: www.mrc.org/notablequota

bles/2005/nq20050228.asp, that site categorizes the blatant bias of Rather as well as the bias of the mainstream media over the last 15 years. This site: http://renovomedia.com/news/the-medias-love-affair-with-president-obama/ showcases the fawning of media over our current president.

Ray Calef

Cedar Rapids