Fox news is fair and balanced

Many in the media have been enchanted with Barack Obama; Lee Cowan of NBC News actually admitted that "it's almost hard to remain objective." Meanwhile, MSNBC's Chris Matthews claimed that Hillary Clinton won her Senate seat only because "her husband messed around." The Factor talked about media attitudes with Michelle Bernard of the conservative Independent Women's Forum "Welcome to the era of advocacy journalism," Bernard said. "Many members of the media pick their favorites, and a large segment of the population is willing to accept this." Echoing Dick Morris, Bernard predicted that reporters will soon turn on Barack Obama. "Our media like to build somebody up and then tear them apart. They have built Obama up, and now I think they're going to tar and feather him." The Factor decried the lack of objectivity in many outlets. "There's no question that Senator Obama has received favorable coverage, especially from the left-wing media. NBC News is rooting for him openly, and we in the media should not be playing this game.",http://www.billoreilly.com... The Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University surveyed evening news programs and concluded that Fox News has been the fairest during this campaign. The study's author Robert Lichter, a Fox News media analyst, elaborated on his findings. "We look at every sound bite related to the election and categorize every time something nice or nasty is said about a candidate. Fox came out about 50-50 on the Republican candidates and about 50-50 on the Democrats." The Factor warned Lichter to expect some backlash. "You said Fox News was the most fair, and when the loons on the far left hear that they're going to hate you." http://www.cmpa.com... These results are from CMPA's 2008 ElectionNewsWatch Project. They are based on a scientific content analysis of all 481 election news stories (15 hours 40 minutes of airtime) that aired on the flagship evening news shows on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX (the first 30 minutes of "Special Report with Brit Hume") from October 1 through December 15, 2007. Hillary Pilloried? On-air evaluations of Hillary Clinton were nearly 3 to 2 negative (42% positive vs. 58% negative comments), while evaluations of her closest competitor Barack Obama was better than 3 to 2 positive (61% positive vs. 39% negative). John Edwards attracted much less coverage, but his evaluations were 2 to 1 positive (67% positive vs. 33% negative). Sen. Clinton was evaluated more often than all her Democratic opponents combined. Examples: "Critics say her best known Senate vote, on Iraq, was driven by politics, not by principle." – Andrea Mitchell, NBC "She was widely blamed for a health care policy so secretive and complex it died at birth." – Major Garrett, FOX "I've been inspired [by Obama] to believe that a new vision is possible for America." – Oprah Winfrey, FOX 51% positive vs. 49% negative, as were all evaluations of GOP candidates – 49% positive vs. 51% negative, producing a perfectly balanced 50-50 split for all candidates of both parties Now all I am saying, is they may be conservative, but they are giving positive and negatives on both sides in this example. Read the article.