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Media Matters says Fox gives GOP senators twice as much air time in ISIS hearing

By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 4:42 p.m.


U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 16, 2014, in Washington. (Getty)

The president’s request to arm some Syrian rebels and conduct an air campaign against the forces of the Islamic State, a group also known as ISIS or ISIL, has found bipartisan support in Congress. But the liberal media analysis group Media Matters says the partisan divide is alive and well on Fox News.

At least in terms of minutes of air time.

In a blog post Sept. 16, the group charged that Fox News gave Republican senators twice as much time as Democrats during live coverage of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. policy in Syria and Iraq. There were only two people giving testimony, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey.

Fox News "aired more than 16 minutes of GOP questions, while showing less than eight minutes of Democratic questioning," the Media Matters post said.

We decided to check their math, and compare Fox News to MSNBC and CNN, the two other cable news channels that carried the hearing.

We used the subscription-based service Critical Mention to review coverage minute by minute on all three networks. Here’s what we found:



The Media Matters reporter added up the minutes correctly.

Fox News provided 16 minutes of Republican questioning, compared to eight minutes of Democratic questioning.

The other networks provided more of the raw feed of the hearing than did Fox News, thus more balance. CNN and MSNBC included the opening statements from the chair Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and the vice-chair Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and questions from more senators from both parties.

We counted each senator’s time based on the period when he or she had control of the microphone, not based on how long their lips were moving. The length of their questions had no effect on the tally. We rounded to the closest minute mark so the one-minute differences in the MSNBC and CNN coverage might not reveal very much. CNN had about a 90-second technical glitch that cut out about a minute of Inhofe’s time.

Only MSNBC offered continuous coverage, although not from start to finish. The full hearing lasted almost four hours. Both Fox News and CNN pulled away at some point and rejoined the hearing in progress. Fox News rejoined to air questions from South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. CNN cut away twice, rejoining once for questions from Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, and again to carry Graham’s question session.

Our ruling

Media Matters said that Fox News gave Republican senators twice as much air time as Democratic ones during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. They said Republicans got 16 minutes compared to the Democrats’ eight. That matches our count.

We also found that other networks provided more time and more evenly divided time to members of both parties.

We rate the claim True
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The old "Fair and Balanced" Channel at it again :roll: :p :lol: ....

But that kind of fits this new rightwingernut extremist movement and way of thinking- they only want to be fed information which fits and builds their beliefs- and the truth be damned!
 

Whitewing

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Oldtimer said:
Media Matters says Fox gives GOP senators twice as much air time in ISIS hearing

By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 4:42 p.m.


U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin Dempsey testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill Sept. 16, 2014, in Washington. (Getty)

The president’s request to arm some Syrian rebels and conduct an air campaign against the forces of the Islamic State, a group also known as ISIS or ISIL, has found bipartisan support in Congress. But the liberal media analysis group Media Matters says the partisan divide is alive and well on Fox News.

At least in terms of minutes of air time.

In a blog post Sept. 16, the group charged that Fox News gave Republican senators twice as much time as Democrats during live coverage of the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on U.S. policy in Syria and Iraq. There were only two people giving testimony, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin Dempsey.

Fox News "aired more than 16 minutes of GOP questions, while showing less than eight minutes of Democratic questioning," the Media Matters post said.

We decided to check their math, and compare Fox News to MSNBC and CNN, the two other cable news channels that carried the hearing.

We used the subscription-based service Critical Mention to review coverage minute by minute on all three networks. Here’s what we found:



The Media Matters reporter added up the minutes correctly.

Fox News provided 16 minutes of Republican questioning, compared to eight minutes of Democratic questioning.

The other networks provided more of the raw feed of the hearing than did Fox News, thus more balance. CNN and MSNBC included the opening statements from the chair Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and the vice-chair Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., and questions from more senators from both parties.

We counted each senator’s time based on the period when he or she had control of the microphone, not based on how long their lips were moving. The length of their questions had no effect on the tally. We rounded to the closest minute mark so the one-minute differences in the MSNBC and CNN coverage might not reveal very much. CNN had about a 90-second technical glitch that cut out about a minute of Inhofe’s time.

Only MSNBC offered continuous coverage, although not from start to finish. The full hearing lasted almost four hours. Both Fox News and CNN pulled away at some point and rejoined the hearing in progress. Fox News rejoined to air questions from South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham. CNN cut away twice, rejoining once for questions from Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, and again to carry Graham’s question session.

Our ruling

Media Matters said that Fox News gave Republican senators twice as much air time as Democratic ones during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. They said Republicans got 16 minutes compared to the Democrats’ eight. That matches our count.

We also found that other networks provided more time and more evenly divided time to members of both parties.

We rate the claim True
.

The old "Fair and Balanced" Channel at it again :roll: :p :lol: ....

But that kind of fits this new rightwingernut extremist movement and way of thinking- they only want to be fed information which fits and builds their beliefs- and the truth be damned!

You're reaching so deep fatman that there's crap under your fingernails. Who knew you could ever reach that far?
 

Mike

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The Dems didn't make sense in trying to defend Buckshot. They spouted as much idiocy as you do. It would embarrass any media conglomerate.

His ideas should have been carried out 3-4 years ago. Too late now. :roll:
 

Traveler

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Don't need to give the left much time. Their responses are almost always predictable and it's a waste of time listening to their BS.
 

Sandhusker

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"Media Matters" is nothing but an extreme left-wing propaganda page for people who have the reasoning ability of a 5th grader. They can be shot down soooo easily.
 

Mike

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Sandhusker said:
"Media Matters" is nothing but an extreme left-wing propaganda page for people who have the reasoning ability of a 5th grader. They can be shot down soooo easily.
Correct. Using Media matters as a source to shoot down Fox is about as comical as it gets. :lol: :lol:
 
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Sandhusker said:
"Media Matters" is nothing but an extreme left-wing propaganda page for people who have the reasoning ability of a 5th grader. They can be shot down soooo easily.

That "media matters" made the statement and was being questioned on it is the central issue of the article....
And that their statement was reviewed by Politifact- and the coverage in question was reviewed and Media Matters statement was found to be correct...


Our ruling

Media Matters said that Fox News gave Republican senators twice as much air time as Democratic ones during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. They said Republicans got 16 minutes compared to the Democrats’ eight. That matches our count.

We also found that other networks provided more time and more evenly divided time to members of both parties.

We rate the claim True.


http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/sep/18/media-matters/media-matters-says-fox-gives-gop-senators-twice-mu/
 

Mike

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If the Dems have nothing cognitive to say, why give them a shot at all?

All you'll hear from them is the same redundant sh*t over and over. :shock:
 
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Larrry said:
The funny thing is he defends media matter by using another leftwing group(politifact)

I really feel sorry for the poor Larrrry's of the world-- the rightwingernuts-- living life thinking everyone is out to get them... McCarthyism in its best forms... If the group/person says something you disagree with- just accuse them of being a liberal/communist and you've solved the problem :roll:

It must be Hell to live that type life seeing a boogeyman behind every crook and corner... :wink: :( :p :lol:
 

Mike

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Oldtimer said:
Larrry said:
The funny thing is he defends media matter by using another leftwing group(politifact)

I really feel sorry for the poor Larrrry's of the world-- the rightwingernuts-- living life thinking everyone is out to get them... McCarthyism in its best forms... If the group/person says something you disagree with- just accuse them of being a liberal/communist and you've solved the problem :roll:

It must be Hell to live that type life seeing a boogeyman behind every crook and corner... :wink: :( :p :lol:

WTF? McCarthy was dead on correct in his accusations concerning Communist Infiltration in the U.S.

The Venona Files/Project. Was years ago. Didn't you hear?

:roll: :roll:

If Communism isn't a big concern to you, you're way past rehabilitation.
 

hopalong

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Oldtimer said:
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It must be Hell to live that type life seeing a boogeyman behind every crook and corner... :wink: :( :p :lol:



This coming from a man who sees a boogey man with every tea party member :roll: :roll: :roll: and scared of his own shadow.... why else would he threaten to have his son do his dirty work and squeeze my head like a pimple :roll: :roll:

EH oldtimer????
 
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Mike said:
If Communism isn't a big concern to you, you're way past rehabilitation.

If we're so all fired concerned about communism- then why are some of the communist countries our biggest trading partners and bankers (best ex.- China)... :???:
Looks to me like the capitalists of the world have no fear of these communist countries....
 

Larrry

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Oldtimer said:
Larrry said:
The funny thing is he defends media matter by using another leftwing group(politifact)

I really feel sorry for the poor Larrrry's of the world-- the rightwingernuts-- living life thinking everyone is out to get them... McCarthyism in its best forms... If the group/person says something you disagree with- just accuse them of being a liberal/communist and you've solved the problem :roll:

It must be Hell to live that type life seeing a boogeyman behind every crook and corner... :wink: :( :p :lol:

No you re too stupid to see that you are trying to defending your crazy leftwingernuts by only using leftwingernut opinions as proof. Gosh you have to be stupid if you believe the moronic leftwingernut crap that you post
Are you that that stupid
 

Traveler

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http://noisyroom.net/blog/2014/09/20/the-bear-and-the-dragon-encircle-the-eagle/

We have a military with it's hands tied, and a President that can't be trusted, to put it mildly. What could go wrong?

In the light of Obama’s disastrously weak and intentionally ineffective foreign policy hijinks, over 90 percent of our military do not support the Presiden
 
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