Study: Is Fox Too Balanced?

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HUH?
What a pack on illogical nonsense.

Stan 8:54AM May 20, 2012

This was a very misleading article. I watch Fox on a regular basis and I rarely hear anyone "dismissive" of Global Warming. The opinions on Fox are almost universal that Global Warming is real.
What many Fox commentators may be "dismissive" of is the claim that Global Warming is due to some insidious, profiteering-at-all-costs activity on behalf of big corporations. In reality, science has proved that Global Warming, and Global Freezing, has occurred several times since the earth was formed. It just happens. It is no one's fault.
Millions of years from now, after the earth goes through another Ice Age, it will happen again. That's what many on Fox believe. They are merely "dismissing" the hysteria, not the fact itself.

Joe Rubino of FL 11:59AM April 29, 2012

So how does it escape you that your claiming Fox influeces people not to believe in Global Warming or climate change yet you dont acknowledge the the other channels are influencing viewers by their coverage to believe in it? What an idiotic argument.
Did you honestly not find this flaw in your writing. what biased crap you have produced here.

William jamison of KY 1:30PM April 14, 2012

Let's suppose for a moment that the majority of climate scientists are correct and humans are responsible for the gradual climate change that we're observing.
I know that the majority of people who have commented do not agree with the above, but I just want you to ASSUME for a moment that it's true.
If it is indeed true (IF!), THEN would you say that FOX news is biased?

Darin of CA 8:00PM March 01, 2012

So, in other words, you believe the mainstream networks are less biased because they advocate for global warming. Since Fox dismisses it, they are more bias? This would be true if the writer of this article was biased on the side of global warming (and according to the article, they endorse that position), but if they disagreed with that position, then Fox would be less biased.
In summary, Fox disagrees with our position and therefore, they are bias.
STUPID!

roostir of CA 5:09PM February 29, 2012

It is our nature as Americans to be critical and not accepting.

Anna of MO 8:45PM January 18, 2012

Want balance? How about we have three networks with NO liberals on it, ever? That would be balance.

Ron of PA 1:01PM January 10, 2012

"They wrote, "Fox broadcasts were more likely to include statements that challenged the scientific agreement on climate change, undermined the reality of climate change, and questioned its human causes."
You just proved your bias in the topic you chose and your conclusions based on your leftist ideology.
Paul you simpleton! The sad part is liberals like you can't or won't see it.

James of OH 12:37PM January 10, 2012

Fox news is an excellent example of how contaminated by "progressive" ideology American political discourse has become. Even supposedly conservative Fox responds to negative news about the economy with exactly the same knee-jerk reaction that CNN and the non-cable networks do: "What is the government going to do about this?" That reaction is based on the very liberal assumption that it is the government's job to constantly intervene in the economy, which is absolutely false. By intervening in the hopes of avoiding economic pain, the government delays necessary changes and generally makes the pain worse. Businesses and individuals should decide on their own how to best deal with news, good or bad, and government action delays or prevents those market-based decisions. Even liberal darling John Maynard Keynes believed that the government should only intervene in times of EXTREME economic difficulty; the rest of the time, the government should stay out of the way and let the markets function. That second part of his message is lost on today's politicians, who only see as far as the next election cycle. To politicians, especially liberal ones, any constituent complaining about some difficulty is an extreme situation justifying government action. Keynes would have been appalled by the use of his name to justify massive permanent deficits, to say nothing of a national debt greater than the GDP.

John M. of TN 12:24PM January 10, 2012

Why on earth would you pick "global warming"? Earth to Paul...the data was faked, remember the emails?
Why not pick Operation Fast and Furious. Apart from CBS, the MSM ignores it completely. Wonder why.
The only reason Fox looks so biased is point of reference. The so-called mainstream is so far left-stream that the middle looks biased to them.
TRUTH....all we readers want is the TRUTH. And the left can't tell the truth unless it supports their cause. It is pathetic.
Good pick with GW. A great lie that the "balanced" left propogated for years...and still does.

Ken Yangottago of MD 12:08PM January 10, 2012