Fox News isn't really giving you the news
Newscasters and print journalists by definition gather and report the news. Analysts are supposed to offer their informed opinion on a given subject. Commentators and editors propound a given theory, or augment news or topics of interest with their views on the subject.
Talk radio and televised talking heads spouting personal opinions and/or unfounded hearsay should be considered entertainment in the same vein as The National Enquirer.
A true news organization informs the reader/listener with facts. It asks revealing questions. It doesn't make news, nor make up news stories by innuendo, implication, exclusion or actual altering and rewriting of quotes via subtraction or addition. Nor does a true news organization fund, promote or advertise any faction's activities in the name of making news.
True news organizations use editorials or commentators stating the viewpoint of the management of a given outlet; these comments are identified as op-eds or commentaries, don't masquerade as news and show a slanted view only if they identify themselves as adherents upfront.
They are not considered journalists or reporters if all they do is issue opinions of their funders or backers as verified facts without research, evidence nor actual sources to cite their reported "news".
Fox News broadcasts virtually no news, just commentary and innuendo; it is neither fair nor balanced in its reporting of anything to do with the President nor his adherents. It has sponsored both on air, and financially, activities such as tea parties, death squad protests and carrying arms to political event.
Admittedly there are muckrakers on all sides of the political divide, but when MSNBC cite facts, they have researchers and professional analysts to back them up; they're equal opportunity whistle-blowers. Knowledge is supposed to be power, but being told what to think by Fox news and their ilk frequently proves that many Americans are unencumbered by the thought process.
Ronda Scott-Marak
Wheeling