Nearly 3 in 10 say Fox News too tough on Obama

Nearly 3 in 10 say Fox News too tough on Obama
The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly three in 10 Americans say Fox News Channel has been too critical of President Barack Obama.

Pollsters for the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press found a partisan divide. Forty-four percent of Democrats say Fox has been too tough on Obama, while 18 percent of Republicans said that.

Either way, Fox has a winning formula: Fox News has solidified its hold on first place in the ratings since Obama took office, with Bill O'Reilly and Glenn Back's shows doing particularly well.

Although MSNBC has positioned itself as a left-leaning network in prime time and CNN says it tries to be nonpartisan, an identical 16 percent of Americans each found those networks too easy on the new president.

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Pew questioned 1,000 adults over the past weekend. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

Published 4/22/09 by


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  • We are amazed how dramatic some of fox news comes across in the caribbean.It is so spitefull and hatefull
    Anonymous 5/2/09 Reply
  • Not only was this article not proof read for errors and spelling, neither were most of the comments.
    If you can't even get someone's name right "Glenn Beck" how can you trust that the information was also checked properly. Media should get back to...
    BobM4 4/23/09 Reply
  • I like FOX NEWS.
    I don't like MSNBC and i hate CNN. Bill O'Reilly is tough, smart and objective. We need anchor people like him. Go Fox news. You are the best.
    Anonymous 4/23/09 Reply
  • I am sure polls would say the other networks are 10 for 10 against the gop and the fox network
    PatriciaP16 4/23/09 Reply
  • I like Obama but give me a break. I didn't hear anyone crying including Bush himself when everyone and their mother started calling him every nasty name in the books. Take the heat or get out of the kitchen Obama fans.
    Anonymous 4/23/09 Reply
  • i agreed! Fox News don't like anyone who is liberal who had a disagreement with Fox News. I don't watch Fox News. I'd rather watch CNN and MSNBC. Those two news channels are better than Fox News. When they back that tax revolt, they may have gotten...
    GeorgeJobson 4/23/09 Reply
  • Valeria, YOu hit the nail on the head with this one, Glad you see the light, So many people do, Thanks for your posts!! H
    HeidiH9 4/23/09 Reply
  • I agree about fox telling the truth over the main line media!!! We all need to open our eyes to the truth!
    HeidiH9 4/23/09 Reply
  • Fox-news and sports are terrible, I stopped watch the Fox channel because of there comment on Candadian soldiers
    Anonymous 4/23/09 Reply
  • Are you kidding? The media is in his pocket, and Fox is the only news source that gives us the real news. America is brain-washed by the liberal media. We need more reporting like Fox.
    ValerieL3 4/23/09 Reply
  • Seriously? Fox isn't NEARLY hard enough on his socialist views. The man is "Celebu-dent" not the man that should be running our country (unless you LIKE our country being run into the ground...) My favorite point in this article is that "Forty-four...
    KristenP5 4/22/09 Reply
  • Cry me a River!....He's a Traitor,For kissing up to all the Communist and other Dictators...God Help us......
    ThomasK4 4/22/09 Reply
    • I am with you Thomas!!!
      HeidiH9 4/23/09
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    Anonymous 4/22/09 Reply