In early September, Twenty-First Century Fox settled with past host of a news show on Fox New, Gretchen Carlson, for sexual harassment. She was awarded twenty million dollars for her being a victim of long time CEO Roger Ailes. Roger Ailes was eventually fired from running the Fox News company. In her lawsuit, Carlson said her contract wasn 't renewed after she “refused to sleep” with Ailes and reported "severe and pervasive sexual harassment” at her workplace. (Yu, 2016) Since Gretchen Carlson filed her lawsuit, numerous other women has express Roger Ailes has harass other women has express they have felt the same treatment from Roger Ailes. One of the anchors who has express there was problems was Megyn Kelly. Megyn Kelly reflected the deep division within…
CNN and Fox News Watching the news, in general, can be a very tedious. However, news plays a significant role in societies; in which news provide information about recent events that occur in the world. The presentation and the facts reported in the news can raise attention in society. At times, we often raise questions or feel very suspicious of the accuracy of the report presented in the story. News Reporters do not often purposely broadcast stories that are not precise; however, some stories…
Fox News is one of the most controversial American television stations mainly because of one word, bias. They have been accused on several occasions of favoring the political right and misrepresenting facts/arguments. However, it seems to have gotten to the point where people just assume Fox News is overly biased based on what others say. There are a lot of people who have never even seen a decent amount of Fox News just because they assume that it’s garbage. I was one of those people until…
This is usually the case when the government or other influential bureaucrats have an overwhelming amount of control over the press. The media is often controlled to enhance the ruler’s power over the country, to maintain a specific perception among the people, as well as to protect them from possible national threats transmitted. Examples of such media entities are Cable News Network (CNN) and Fox News Channel. In comparison, a media free of overbearing control has the ability to reveal…
After hearing about different opinions regarding cable news, I found myself becoming more curious about bias in the media, especially within CNN and Fox News, the two most popular cable news channels. What I wanted to know is: how biased are CNN and Fox News? Most people are aware that CNN tends to lean more liberal and Fox News leans more conservative. However, through my research, I learned that the perception of bias in the media is based on relativity. Furthermore, I found that it is best to…
(9/22/2015) Of course, you recall Jeb Bush's comments to Fox News's Megyn Kelly that he would (based on what we know now) follow his brothers disastrous charge into Iraq. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss?" If you have any doubt about the questions above, visit with Fox News's Mike Wallace and Jeb Bush in 12 minutes of George Bush reincarnate. Jeb speaks of international leaders at the end of a week that has anointed President Obama as the consummate international states person of…
A Fox News article, “North Korea Tensions have Hawaii pols revisiting emergency attack plans” by Malia Zimmerman proves information about a possible nuclear attack that North Korea may launch on Hawaii and the ways Hawaii is preparing for it. This article definitely has some biased in it, since Fox News tends to have conservative ideologies, which tend to lead toward increased military spending and nationalism. One way the article is creating bias is my using Devil Terms such as “nuclear…
the world of today one can access the news through the internet, television, radio, mobile phone apps and social media. While each hold different credibility, the answer to any question can be found if googled correctly. It may feel as though humans are the ones in control with all of this wealth of information, but are we really? Any one who has the right amount of power or money can pay for an advertisement that can indirectly change how the public feels about a subject. Media coverage can…
a free press. News propaganda is propaganda disguised as credible news. According to Dr. Cynthia Boaz of truth-out.org, “Fox News is known to use propaganda to ‘brainwash’ their viewers by using a certain fourteen propaganda techniques.” News propaganda can be motivated by national security reasons, sometimes in times of war. Americans spend about 50 hours a week using different kinds of social media. However, our literacy levels are horrible. People are so addicted to the TV that they’ll…
The Red fox is found in more places than any other wild canine living all over the Northern Hemisphere. From the Arctic Circle and all of Asia, to Central America and even the northern Africa. Kitsune in Japan are connected to the god Inari Ōkami, the god of rice, rice harvest, and prosperity for farmers. Inari’s messenger and friend is the fox, or foxes depending on the image. Thus there are fox statues at Shinto shrines dedicated to the god Inari. Besides fox statues the shrines are also…