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Some Fox Stations Wish Not To Be Linked To Fox News

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

There are some Fox affiliates whose news departments are being viewed in an unfavorable light, thanks to the Fox News Channel.

For instance, the news director of the Fox affiliate in Fresno says: "There is a huge misunderstanding among a lot of people about Fox affiliates... “What Fox News does doesn’t affect how we do it. It is sometimes a challenge to get people who have that assumption to sample your product." In fact, this same station has experienced problems booking guests on their weekly political program, suggesting it is "like pulling teeth" thanks to the popularity as well as the identity of Fox News.

Full story:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/bl...tes_Sometimes_Painted_With_Fox_News_Brush.php
 
Then there's the issue of FOX News Channel wanting to distance itself from some FOX affiliate's news departments...like WSVN in Miami.

;D
 
ixnay said:
JayR said:
Then there's the issue of FOX News Channel wanting to distance itself from some FOX affiliate's news departments...like WSVN in Miami.
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Care to explain?
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Probably due to the fact that WSVN is practically a video version of "National Enquirer", priding themselves on the old "if it bleeds, it leads" and "breaking news all the time" models.
 
azumanga said:
WSVN is practically a video version of "National Enquirer", priding themselves on the old "if it bleeds, it leads" and "breaking news all the time" models.
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And how is this any different than most "Fox News Alerts"? ::)
 
DToTheJ said:
There are some Fox affiliates whose news departments are being viewed in an unfavorable light, thanks to the Fox News Channel.

For instance, the news director of the Fox affiliate in Fresno says: "There is a huge misunderstanding among a lot of people about Fox affiliates... “What Fox News does doesn’t affect how we do it. It is sometimes a challenge to get people who have that assumption to sample your product." In fact, this same station has experienced problems booking guests on their weekly political program, suggesting it is "like pulling teeth" thanks to the popularity as well as the identity of Fox News.
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I recall hearing about people protesting against FOX News outside the studios of the FOX affiliate in Madison, WI. The station, at the time (and maybe still now) had its news produced by the local ABC affiliate.

A lot of people outside the broadcasting industry don't understand the concept of networks and affiliates. My high school yearbook, in a piece about Ken Jennings, identified Jeopardy! as an NBC show - it just so happens to air on the NBC affiliate here. There was also a case a couple years back where a contestant of The Price is Right won something but then was disqualified because he happened to be an employee of a CBS affiliate (I think it was in Arkansas but I might be wrong on that), and TPIR doesn't allow contestants who either work for CBS or work for any of their affiliated stations. But, some people kept referring to the guy as a CBS employee and wondered how the heck a CBS employee got on the show.
 
I wonder if any NBC affiliates have had to deal with people protesting the rampant liberal bias on MSNBC.

M.J. said:
A lot of people outside the broadcasting industry don't understand the concept of networks and affiliates. My high school yearbook, in a piece about Ken Jennings, identified Jeopardy! as an NBC show - it just so happens to air on the NBC affiliate here.
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A few years ago, a friend of mine thought Star Trek: The Next Generation was an ABC show because it aired at what he thought was 8pm on Saturday nights on WCVB. He was misremembering the time -- it actually aired at 7pm -- but I couldn't convince him that it was syndicated.
 
7pm is prime time in the Central and Mountain time zones. Depends on what your friend's experience has been.

Viewers don't understand the difference between syndicated and network programming.
 
M.J. said:
DToTheJ said:
There was also a case a couple years back where a contestant of The Price is Right won something but then was disqualified because he happened to be an employee of a CBS affiliate (I think it was in Arkansas but I might be wrong on that), and TPIR doesn't allow contestants who either work for CBS or work for any of their affiliated stations. But, some people kept referring to the guy as a CBS employee and wondered how the heck a CBS employee got on the show.
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I remember this and used to work with the contestant in question, who was an employee of WRAL-TV in Raleigh, NC. I'll withold their identity, but mention that the person is an off-air employee.
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mescutia said:
I wonder if any NBC affiliates have had to deal with people protesting the rampant liberal bias on MSNBC.
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...yeah, that Killer Joe Scarborough sure is a liberal. Pat Buchanan too...

;D
 
The San Francisco Bay Area's Fox affiliate is KTVU - in the most liberal metropolitan area in America. KTVU has had the most respected TV news here for decades - before they were a Fox affiliate. Fox hasn't sullied their reputation. They run Fox on-the-scene reports on their newscasts, but those are generally free of conservative commentary, which KTVU doesn't run. There doesn't appear to be any problem, and nobody here in liberal-land has given them any trouble over it.
 
Obviously, there are Fox affiliates that love tying themselves to the 'Fox News' wagon hoping to score ratings with folks too dumb to know the difference. Here in Alabama, "Fox News at 9" runs nightly in both Montgomery (on WCOV) and Dothan (on WDFX) markets with FNC-friendly graphics and theme music.

The actual newscasts, however? Produced by (and at the studios of) longtime NBC affiliate WSFA, using its associated reporters.
 
ixnay said:
Here's the original Media Matters article about Fox affiliate news independence...

http://mediamatters.org/strupp/201006210030

Can the same be said of Fox *O&O's* news departments? And how independent from their respective networks are the news departments of the Bigger 3's affiliates and O&O's?

ixnay
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And, guess where Media Matters' political leanings lie? That's right, hard left - as they are financed by George Soros. While they certainly have a right to an opinion, that opinion is going to be biased in order to advocate their lefty point of view.

This is worse (and more useless) than quoting Wikipedia.
 
My Mother hates Fox News Channel and, therefore, will NOT watch Q-13 -- the Fox affiliate in Seattle. I tried to explain it to her, but she still feels she is supporting Fox News Channel if she watches Q-13 news. In many ways, I don't blame her. These stations have decided to affiliate with the Fox Network. The Fox Network, for better or worse, includes the cable stations (i.e. Fox News Channel) as well.

Similarly, MSNBC's progressive leanings do reflect on the main NBC network as well. Interestingly, CNBC is known for a conservative approach to business reporting -- that reflects on NBC as well.
 
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