FoxNews.com currently has a poll asking, “What Do You Think Tea Party Movement Is About?” At this moment, the leading response is “Fruitless mix of racism, conspiracy theories.” Classic!
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While Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) did ask Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair about the “likelihood of another terrorist-attempted attack on the U.S.,” and Blair did reply that the “priority is certain,” the headline and graphic posted on Fox News’ site, FoxNation.com, was arguably misleading and of the fear mongering variety…
1. The question was [...]
The photos with overlaid text on the front page of FoxNews.com is frequently compared to the Lolcats pictures on ICanHasCheezburger.com, but this is ridiculous… Not only is the use of ellipses not warranted, but the emphasis is beyond sensationalist.
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Nearly one year into Barack Obama’s first term as President, FoxNews.com is still displaying news from the Bush era. If you navigate to “WORLD,” select “The Mideast” from the “SECTION MAP” dropdown and look under “LATEST MIDDLE EAST NEWS” you will see the following severely outdated list:
Bush, Olmert Meeting to Focus on Iranian Nuclear Fears, [...]
FoxNews.com contained a graphic stating, “GOP SWEEP,” however, it wasn’t. Their own text below the graphic even confirms that it wasn’t. This is not a mere “typo” that (to use a Palinism) “gotcha” commenters can criticize – this is an obvious and deliberate attempt to show more strength for the GOP.
In the Politics section on FoxNews.com there was a headline that read, “Security Chiefs Way Risks to Modernized ‘Smart’ Grid Electrical System,” but now correctly reads, “Security Chiefs Weigh Risks to Modernized ‘Smart’ Grid Electrical System” (emphasis added). Here’s a screenshot showing the error:
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According to Alexa.com, which tracks web traffic metrics, demographics, and more, FoxNews.com ranks 10th in the News category. Here is the current top ten web sites, according to Alexa:
Yahoo News
BBC Newsline Ticker
CNN
BBC News
My Yahoo
Google News
NY Times
Weather.com
MSNBC
Fox News
Contrast the above rankings with those from Compete.com, another web site analytics tool. The web sites from above have [...]
FoxNewsBoycott.com just received the following response from SpendOnLife.com, a credit report site, regarding their decision to cease advertising on FoxNews.com:
Subject: Contact Form Results: We have removed advertising
Date: Thu, August 27, 2009 6:15 pm
Just FYI, SpendOnLife.com has stopped advertising on FoxNews.com
Thank You
Their small banner used to be found at the bottom of FoxNews.com and it has [...]
Leave it to Fox News to report pure hearsay as fact, especially if it’s regarding Fox News, or from Rush Limbaugh, or both. Supposedly, a 18 year old Michigan high school student called into Rush Limbaugh’s radio show and complained that his teacher scolded him for reading FoxNews.com. From the article, Fox News did not [...]
This is becoming an increasingly important indication of global news audience ratings because more and more people get their news online. Nielsen Online has released their ratings for Top Global News Sites, by Unique Visitors for March 2009. FoxNews.com places sixth, behind MSNBC, CNN, Yahoo, AOL and the New York Times. Here are the top [...]
