Rupert Murdoch insists that his network is "fair and balanced," but he was stumped when asked which of its employees offer credibility to that claim.
During a recent appearance at a George Washington University forum, the Chairman and CEO of Fox News' parent company found it no easy task to fend off questions about the channel's predominantly conservative roster.
"Our news shows, our politics, or whatever -- you know, we have Democrats and Republicans and libertarians, whatever," Murdoch said. The other networks "tend to be Democrats," he added. "Let's be honest about it."
One member of the audience took him up on the claim that Fox News employs Democrats. "If so, who would that be?" he asked.
A visibly nervous Murdoch folded his hands and froze for a few seconds.................Murdoch talks bias, future of news at Kalb Report
by Reid Davenport
Hatchet Reporter
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was on the defensive at Tuesday night's installment of the Kalb Report, firing back at critics and audience members who said Murdoch's media empire was tainted by a conservative bias.
Murdoch - chairman and CEO of News Corporation, which owns the Wall Street Journal and FOX News Network, among other media outlets - said the anchors at CNN and MSNBC "tend to be Democrats," while the anchors at Fox "are not Republicans."
He said he believes The New York Times' coverage is skewed to the left, saying the publication "very clearly" has an agenda........
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