Thursday, April 16, 2009 | 2:03 a.m.
I am very appreciative of the debate opportunity your editorial page is offering on Fox News Channel. It is interesting to read the different points of view, pro and con.
However, a few facts were missing from Dan Wesley’s Tuesday letter to the editor, headlined “GOP’s mouthpiece roars to little avail.”
Fact: Fox News is the highest-rated cable news channel on the air.
Fact: Of the top 10 cable news programs, nine are from Fox News.
Fact: Bill O’Reilly has had the highest-rated news program for 100 months.
Fact: Every political discourse is presented from both viewpoints, often to the detriment of conservative or moderate positions.
Other facts were also selectively omitted: MSNBC has been a continuous shill for the liberal viewpoints; Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow have never offered, and often ridiculed, moderate and conservative viewpoints.
NBC news people are now so entrenched in the liberal philosophy trumpeted by their bosses, Jeffrey Immelt and Jeff Zucker, that they can no longer offer an unbiased approach. CBS and ABC are almost as bad in their unflagging loyalty to the liberal agenda. Next time there is a presidential news conference, keep an ear open for the probing questions from their journalists.
Sadly, until the other cable and the network news channels decide to present equal viewpoints in their reporting, this debate will continue to rage on.
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