Fox News Reporting " Fair And Balanced " ?

   According to TVNewser, Fox News barely covered the 4th year anniversary of the war in Iraq compared to the other news networks.

Between 6am and 3pm, a TVEyes search of closed captioning transcripts shows 153 mentions of Iraq on MSNBC, 112 mentions on CNN, and 42 mentions on Fox News Channel...

   It is noted that Fox News also did very scant coverage of the Walter Reed fiasco a little while back.

Between Feb. 18 and March 5, FNC has mentioned "Walter Reed" 93 times -- about six mentions per day. CNN has covered the story 224 times, and MSNBC has covered it 257 times.

Also on TVNewser: Walter Reed also loses out next to Anna Nicole Smith, who enjoys a robust popularity on both FNC & MSNBC as compared to the beleaguered veteran's hospital. This is made apparent courtesy of ThinkProgress which has a highlight reel comparing the two has compiled a highlight reel of Anna Nicole vs. Walter Reed coverage. They ran the numbers on Friday, March 2nd, and here's what they got:

FOX NEWS: Anna Nicole - 121 Walter Reed - 10
MSNBC: Anna Nicole - 96 Walter Reed - 84
CNN: Anna Nicole - 40 Walter Reed - 53

Per ThinkProgress: "The most lop-sided coverage by far was aired by Fox News, which featured only 10 references to Walter Reed compared to 121 of Anna Nicole — roughly 12 times the coverage..."

   I guess that Fox News did not want to cover the fair and balanced side of the Bush administration's screw-ups so Anna Nicole became more important to them. Anna Nicole is something that I guess that Fox News ignorant viewers could grasp without any explanation needed.

 

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