A partisan complaint triggered by the growing political slant on cable news

When the cable media become increasingly political,  suspicion and complaints are sure to follow.

Consider the latest news involving Fox News and the Democratic Governors Association. As reported by the Associated Press, the association filed an “elections complaint in Ohio alleging Fox News Network illegally helped the Republican governor nominee solicit funds during a television appearance.

“The association says Fox allowed John Kasich to request contributions from viewers during an Aug. 18 broadcast and displayed the address of his campaign website. The complaint alleges the free publicity is an improper in-kind contribution to Kasich’s campaign.

“A Fox spokeswoman says the network has not yet been served the complaint and she couldn’t comment.”

As Mark W commented on the previous blog post, a partisanship within the cable media tends to feed upon itself. Expect more of these attacks involving cable media, and the matter likely will spill over into mainstream broadcast, print and digital media as well.

If you haven’t done so yet, take a few minutes and click on the Pew Report analyzing the Gulf disaster coverage. It is fascinating reading. The report cites Fox News’ reputation for conservative bias.
Even when the news organization is reporting objectively, its loss of credibility will hurt it, literally in the eyes of a skeptical and increasingly jaundiced public.

Feeding the situation is the fact that Kasich is a former Fox commentator.

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