Why doesn't Fox News just say "We're the news channel for conservatives"

[Mike Daniels]

Or "Fox News: The Conservative News Channel"?

Hell, their own viewers don't buy the F&B schtick and FOX is kicking the ass of every other cable news network around viewer-wise.

Is there some unseen reason why they go for the "fair and balanced" tag when it's obvious to anyone who watches for even 5 minutes that they definitely do a conservative spin on everything?

[Jack from Charlotte]

1. They're not conservative. They're Republican.

[goddess40]

13. They're not republican they're NeoCons

The real republicans aren't in Washington, they live in other parts of the country and are letting themselves be duped by these NeoCons.

[Selwynn]

14. They're not NeoCons... they're.... ok yeah they're neocons. :)

[ixion]

2. because contemporary conservatives think it's funny

to rub that kind of crap in the face of progressives... why? because they can get away with it. :grr:

If the 'news' media were actually required to tell the truth (which they are not) FAUX would not be able to do this.

[Cocoa]

3. it's called the "Big lie"

Goebbels, I think, developed this technique.

[joefree1]

8. You mean the Hitler qoute?

"The great masses of the people . . .will more easily fall victims to a great lie than to a small one."
- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)

[vinnievin777]

4. They use the Jerry Springer mentality

Where you stir up the passions and prejudices of the insipid to make everyone tune in to see why.
Vinnie
http://www.vinnievin.com

[olddem43]

5. They aren't for conservatives. They're for RW Reactionaries.

The current Repug party bears no relationship with the conservatives.
Instead of conserving, they want to loot the treasury and destroy everything that has been built up in the last 100 years.

[joefree1]

6. They still get a lot of ignorant viewers unaware

... they're being brainwashed. Why would Faux News ruin a good thing (for them)?

[mmonk]

7. And tell the truth?

Their viewers like their cozy little fantasy world even if they know in the back of their minds its not true.

[Mike Daniels]

9. That's the thing - even their viewers don't buy the F&B claim

No-one with just the reasoning ability of a gnat can believe you're really F&B when every criticism of Bush is called a "slam", your bottom screen captions read "Krazee Kerry" or "Liberal Loozers Lie of the Day", and 9 out of 10 guests in any given hour are Republican politicians, authors, or columnists. Hell, they even have taunts run across their message board during protests.

I don't know...My take would be to just be proud of who they are and just promote it as such. They aren't going to lose their audience.

[ComerPerro]

10. True, their viewers know that their "fair and blanced" claim is a lie

But they don't care. They pretend that they are watching a legitimate news channel and not just pathetic propaganda. That way, they can keep convincing themselves that they are informed and aware.

Besides, some people believe that Fox is right wing and balanced at the same time. They know its all Conservative bullshit, but they think the rest of the media is liberal and therefore that it all just evens out.

Its quite pathetic. What we are observing in this country now is an almost breathtaking shift toward fascism and willful ignorance.

[Poiuyt]

11. CNN can make the same claim

They're just as conservative, though a little more insidious

[flvegan]

12. "Outfoxed"

If you haven't already seen it, go buy/rent it. You'll really be pissed!

[leftofthedial]

15. because that would be the truth

and they are incapable of speaking the truth

if they did, they'd melt like the Wicked Witch in Oz

[tom_paine]

16. Because Orwellian Tyranny of the BushPutin variety requires endless

100% deception.

As to why their viewers can't see through the lies and Pravda, as to why Faux is now the "#1 Cable News Channel in Amerika" one only has to look at why the Germans did the same for THEIR Orwellian Tyrannical Rulers.

We now belong in the same family with the 1930s Germans. November will seal it, if BushPutin regains the throne.

We are them, they are us. Only a few cosmetic differences and the severity of the evil (for which we cannot fully compare Amerika in 1936 with nazi Germany after it had it's full course in 1945) remain.

[grace0418]

17. Because Neocon's like to be stroked

My Republican boss said to me very recently "You know, we are the more inclusive party." :wtf: Really? Care to provide examples of this?

I think lots of people know it's a crock of shit but it helps ease their minds to believe it's FAIR AND BALANCED.

"A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest."

[Skittles]

18. because they are dishonest, cowardly bastards

a reflection of the GOP