Out Foxed

Is there a right wing / left wing dichotomy?

Are there a significant number of people who object to nudity and/or profanity?

Is organized religion a force or a way of life for a significant number of people?

What would you consider the "moral code" is?

Yup, boobs are horribly offensive to Americans. Seeing people get blown up isn't. <nods>

Your claim, fox, that foreign media shows no differences from American media in these matters is simply not so, and I wonder what it is you are reading.

I know you perceive the American press as tilted right or even maybe far right and to me that is just mind boggling as I read European press and don't see it as all that much different from our own mainstream media.

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I wonder if Fox is so decidedly slanted right as it is perceived that way because it doesn't go out of its way to point out the sins of conservatism and conservative politicians?

As loaded as that quasi-question is -- yes. That is precisely it. The network's talking heads consistently bash dems and admire repubs, and love war. I'm not stupid enough to think it stems from an ideological commitment on the part of the network: they just know their audience, and they know that they are the only television outlet that caters to that audience. CNN and MSNBC, on the other hand, seem devoted to catching trends and trying to one-up each other on entertainment and glitzy graphics, so neither can confidently claim a core audience.

Fox's audience has grown explosively since 2000, with most of those gains coming among viewers who describe themselves as Republican or conservative, according to a study released Tuesday by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press.

More than half of Fox's viewers describe themselves as conservative, Pew said.

ABC, CBS and NBC evening news viewers are slightly more likely to be Democrats than Republicans, according to the survey. Pew found little partisan tilt is the audience for MSNBC, the struggling third cable news network.

Four years ago, the same percentage of Democrats (18 percent) as Republicans told Pew they watched Fox regularly. This year, 35 percent of Republicans said they watched Fox regularly, and 21 percent said they watched CNN.

Meanwhile, 28 percent of Democrats described themselves as regular CNN viewers, and 19 percent of Republicans, Pew said. As recently as 1996 -- the year Fox News Channel came on the air -- CNN's audience was more Republican than Democratic.

That's interesting Walter. It should illustrate that the U.S. media provides something for everybody and there is no need to be alarmed at the success of one or two outlets that our out of the 'mainstream'.

Is it possible that 90% of political ideology is perception more than reality? If a news source doesn't say something uncomplimentary about Clinton or Kerry, it is seen as okay by the left but conservatives see it as having left wing bias.

So, Euro/Canadian/non-Americans, you've got me curious.
How do you all view yourselves or your governments/cultures.
Is there a right wing / left wing dichotomy?

Are there a significant number of people who object to nudity and/or profanity?

Is organized religion a force or a way of life for a significant number of people?

What would you consider the "moral code" is?

And, if most of the answers are "not really" or "whatever," how do you view your selves and life in terms of morality or religion or "proper" behavior or political leanings?

For what it's worth, a recent Rasmussen poll found that a large majority of people who regularly attend church preferred Fox; those who rarely or never attend church preferred CNN. Again, something for everybody.