O'Reilly Factor

The Fox Network has a reputation for presenting news in a biased manner. For an example, when it comes to news pertaining to President Obama, because of his Democratic viewpoints he is often portrayed in a negative light. Rather than presenting the news in a way that detaches one’s personal opinions, Fox News Network inserts personal opinion almost as an attempt to implement their ideas into households across the nation. On Feb. 14, Bill O’Reilly, in an interview with Charles Krauthammer, spoke negatively about Obama’s budget plans. He proceeded to say “…he’s going to tax, because he’s going to tax you, and me, and all the rich people”. He goes on to talk about how this budget has created a shift in society that has made it exceedingly difficult to “be successful”. This directly relates to Lippmenn and Dewey’s argument about whether or not the public is educated enough to develop an opinion of their own. In this particular interview we see two individuals, which can easily be considered experts in their field, speaking, in a biased manner, about the injustice of taxes on the rich and how the middle class are the only beneficiaries of this new budget plan.