# Fox News **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 27, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430 "2003-03-27T01:55:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@TJ555\_The\_Golfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJ555_The_Golfer)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/1 "2003-03-27T01:55:40Z")
Is Fox News the most watched cable news station in the world? ---
**Author:** ![rostfrei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7bcc69/32.png) [@rostfrei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rostfrei)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/2 "2003-03-27T02:05:30Z")
I don’t know, but I like to refer to it as the Faux News Network. ---
**Author:** ![Saxman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Saxman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saxman)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/3 "2003-03-27T02:23:24Z")
No, it is not; of American cable news networks, CNN is, according to an article in today’s Variety ([www.variety.com](http://www.variety.com), subscription necessary). While Faux News currently leads in primetime numbers thanks to its domestic war coverage, CNN is cited as having a larger overall audience. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/4 "2003-03-27T03:59:15Z")
Bill Oreilly just made this claim, and I guess this claim inspired the post. ---
**Author:** ![billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billy)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/5 "2003-03-27T04:02:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TJ555 The Golfer \* > \*\*Is Fox News the most watched cable news station in the world? \*\* No, but it is the most watched propaganda station in the world. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/6 "2003-03-27T04:12:31Z")
Does Fox even have a worldwide news network? Fox Japan mostly shows Buffy and X-files reruns, and hasn’t shown any war coverage so far. CNN has international and regional (i.e. Asian) news all the time, with dubbed or real-time Japanese translation. ---
**Author:** ![moc.liamtoh\_rorrim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f17d59/32.png) [@moc.liamtoh\_rorrim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moc.liamtoh_rorrim)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/7 "2003-03-27T10:40:53Z")
Fox Japan is probably not a news station… much like FOX8 in Australia. But we have Fox News also. Great channel! Why do so many people bad mouth it? ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Salads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mr\_Salads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Salads)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/8 "2003-03-27T10:43:59Z")
'Cause democrats need something to be angry about. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/9 "2003-03-27T10:50:44Z")
Fox News is like an Ann Coulter diatribe: Provocative and entertaining, but not a great source for information, and you gradually notice the pointed, mutated ears. ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/10 "2003-03-27T11:02:28Z")
According to [War coverage falters amid harsh realities](http://washtimes.com/national/20030327-30785780.htm) > [@](#): > > Americans follow the war intently. More than 70 million watched the initial bombing of Baghdad, according to Neilsen ratings. In recent nights, NBC ranked first with 18 million viewers, followed by CBS (13 million) and ABC (11 million). >     Among the news channels, Fox News won the race with 5.6 million, followed by CNN with 4.4 million and MSNBC with 2.1 million. Those numbers mark a 379 percent jump for Fox compared with this time last year. CNN’s ratings rose 393 percent and MSNBC’s increased 651 percent. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/11 "2003-03-27T11:04:55Z")
Guys. Cool the politics. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/12 "2003-03-27T11:09:48Z")
Hey, we’re saying “in the world” here, not “in the US”. Can’t find any figures on Google, but I’d imagine that whichever cable news station has the China/East Asia footprint automatically wins that one. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/13 "2003-03-27T11:15:22Z")
Fox isn’t worldwide in the same way as CNN is. For example, in the UK the equivalent Murdoch-owned channel is [Sky News](http://www.sky.com/skynews/home). ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/14 "2003-03-27T11:20:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*Fox isn’t worldwide in the same way as CNN is. For example, in the UK the equivalent Murdoch-owned channel is [Sky News](http://www.sky.com/skynews/home). \*\* But Fox News is also available as a stand alone channel on the Sky Digital satellite network in the UK. Not my favourite of channels by any means ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/15 "2003-03-27T11:31:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Why do so many people bad mouth it? It is not objective in its reporting. Some of the reporters do not follow the ethics of journalism. Maybe there is a bias in most other newscasts, but it is not as obvious as it is on Fox. I think of it as the tabloid of television news. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/16 "2003-03-27T12:10:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rayne Man \* > \*\*But Fox News is also available as a stand alone channel on the Sky Digital satellite network in the UK. Not my favourite of channels by any means \*\* Really? I only have Telewest; I didn’t realise Sky are effectively showing two competing channels from the same parent! ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/17 "2003-03-27T13:10:55Z")
To be fair, if your going to bash Fox for it`s political leanings then you should also discuss the anti-American in Jennings and the liberal in Rather. That way you wont seem so shallow. ---
**Author:** ![booka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@booka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booka)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/18 "2003-03-27T14:54:20Z")
I used to gravitate to Fox News because I enjoyed Brit Hume and a few others. I’ve always thought that Bill O’Reilley (sp?) was a silly populist mouthpiece. But lately, I can’t stand Fox. Why? Mostly it’s because of Sheperd Smith. His “I’m hip and hangin’” style irritates me. He acts like a smirking fratboy who’s just waiting to say something funny or cool. Couple this with the fact that our guys (and hell, the Iraqis too) are dying over there, and I just can’t stomach it. He’s way too much “Entertainment Tonite” and not enough serious newsperson. I don’t even know if this is relevant to the OP. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/19 "2003-03-27T15:03:55Z")
I didn’t even know Fox News was a separate news-only channel. :smack: How old are they, and do they still show news on the regular Fox channel? And are Fox News broadcasts in other countries (UK and Australia have been mentioned so far) localized for each region or just the same US-centric news? BBC and CNN both have worldwide coverage with regional content. (Though my cable company doesn’t carry BBC anymore…) ---
**Author:** ![blakeformayor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@blakeformayor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blakeformayor)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430/20 "2003-03-27T15:07:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zoe \* > \*\*Some of the reporters do not follow the ethics of journalism. \*\* What exactly do you mean by that? I’m not trying to fight here, I just honestly want to know. Are there specific examples of reporters acting unethically? What did they do? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fox-news/164430.md?page=2)