CBS and FOX have always been, in my opinion, on completely different wavelengths when it comes to news. CBS tends to deliver the news without much fluff; while FOX news usually adds in a lot of side comments that take away from the story. Both channels did stories about the protests on Wall Street. CBS started by talking about an interview on 60 minutes and showed a clip to support the argument that people should support big businesses instead of protesting against them. They went on to interview a democratic senator from Wisconsin who also held to the argument. He did something different though, he acknowledged the reasoning behind why people should be protesting but still managed to be convincing that people shouldn't be protesting against GE.
Eventually in the interview he even admitted he didn't actually know what exactly people were protesting about, but he supported how "American" they were being. FOX news on the other hand started off by making a joke in "Envy Driving Wall Street Protests?" They didn't really seem to take the matter seriously and showed pictures that looked down upon protestors. They showed pictures of a man relieving himself on a cop car and the anchors had a sarcastic tone throughout the entire story.
The difference in the quality of reporting and respect for the protesting was obvious. FOX news took the matter lightly and drained all seriousness from it. CBS took more time to give viewpoints other than their own, which to me gave them a better resulting broadcast. FOX really only showed their side of what was going on. They were very opinionated and their jokes and sarcasm made it seem unprofessional. Personally, I don’t watch FOX news for this reason. I would rather get the facts from an unbiased source and make my own opinions instead of hearing someone else’s.
Good, thoughtful post!
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