Fox TV affiliates distance themselves from Fox News Channel

Newsjock

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Wed Jun-23-10 12:52 PM
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Fox TV affiliates distance themselves from Fox News Channel

Source: Media Matters

If you look at the logo of KMPH-TV in Fresno, Calif., a Fox affiliate, the largest elements are the station's call letters and its channel: 26.

In smaller letters, and barely visible, is the name Fox. This may or may not be an accident.

According to KMPH News Director Jim Turpin, and his colleagues at some other Fox affiliates, disassociating their local news casts from Fox News Channel's conservative slant is often a challenge.

Several news directors say Fox's reputation for right-leaning broadcasts often misleads viewers into thinking their local news reports follow the same approach.

... "We have to remind a viewer that calls that we are not owned by Fox, they do not control our news and judgment," said Ed Chapuis, news director of KTVU-TV in Oakland, Ca., which serves the San Francisco area. "People know there is a fair amount of opinion-based programming on (Fox News) Channel, but we don't control that."

Read more: http://mediamatters.org/strupp/201006210030

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calico1

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Wed Jun-23-10 12:54 PM
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1. My local affiliate isn't that bad.

It isn't my preferred station but they most definitely do not have the same tone as Faux.

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janedum

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Wed Jun-23-10 12:55 PM
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2. Faux Newz - Treasonous, Seditious Scum!

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GodlessBiker

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Wed Jun-23-10 01:00 PM
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3. The news division of Channel 5 in NYC is pretty bad.

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movonne

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Wed Jun-23-10 01:00 PM
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4. If it is faux news it should not be watched....just because they are

in a blue area does not mean they don't lean right...

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SoCalDem

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Wed Jun-23-10 01:05 PM
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5. Fresno is bright red..

I'm surprised they want to distance themselves:)

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Liberal In Texas

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Wed Jun-23-10 01:14 PM
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6. There may be a difference between an affiliate and an O&O.

Some Fox affiliate stations are owned and operated by Fox and some aren't. Fox affiliates owned by other companies may decide on their own that they don't want to dance to the tune of the Fox News Channel news philosophy and bias.

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denverbill

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Wed Jun-23-10 01:52 PM
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7. You lie with dogs you get fleas.

Fox News is Fox News, as far as I'm concerned. The local affiliates are just as tainted as the national network.

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