Fox News

3/27 Apologies: This should have been written and posted on Friday, but I had this research to do or something....

3/25
I admit that I'm turned off to Fox News by the surrounding programs (ie O'Rielly) and their biased coverage of things like the Democratic convention. However, it might not be time to burn them at the partisan stake just yet...

The top 3 stories on their politics page: 3/25/05 noonish

Scrapped Tech System Leaves FBI Wanting
Trashed Virtual Case File project has some angry at cost, lack of intel-sharing

President a Hypocrite?
In 1999, then-Gov. Bush signed Texas law to take patients off life support
• Pols Work Together

DHS Tackles Anthrax
Department to probe D.C. anthrax 'attacks,' local officials say Pentagon's response lacking

3 bylines critical of the administration.

Now maybe in the articles under the bylines they pull the punches and act as Republican damage control (and they do, some). Certainly their F-16 story was more administration sympathetic than the BBC's. It just seems less biased than I've been led to believe. More tests are in order.

Most people believe in either a "liberal media" or a "Republican noise machine". I'm generally opposed to such terms. Not because they aren't true, but because they are apparitions to raise when one side wants to justify not hearing the other's argument. Arguing is fine. Not hearing the other's points is wrong. The big question though: which do I believe in? I don't know. Is it possible to believe in neither? Both? Maybe. I am always interested in who's selling what, when, and why. Trust but verify.