You're right, it's not even close. Fox News Sunday is THE best, and the fairest.

This is a no-brainer...

I flipped it over to Russert to see what was going on, then I saw the panel as Ifill was squawking about race....I immediately turned it, I have long had my fill of Wolffe by the way (one of Olbie's fav's)...yeah it was real balanced alright, if it was a teeter-totter we all know whose guests on the two different shows would of already been sunk deep in the ground.

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

I don't think a single panel on Meet The Press is worth getting too worked up over.  This was hardly a collection of far-left ideologues, but, rather, essentially a group of Democratic-leaning politcal centrists.  In any event, the line-up changes weekly and has featured prominent conservatives such as William Safire, Mike Murphy, David Brooks, Mary Matalin, etc.

The FNS panel is more static consisting of conservatives Hume and Kristol [occasionally Fred Barnes and Charles Krauthammer], the bland centrist Democrat Mara Liasson, and liberal Juan Williams.

Jer

just by looking at the line-ups posted, Fox News has the murderer's row on matters of fair and balanced. Meet The Press is in the Bush Leagues with all their token lefties--pun intended

Don't know which station it's affiliated with but the McLaughlin group seems pretty evenly matched.

"Don't let the bastards grind you down"

Red

I'm not sure why this is even relevant anymore.  The networks are so lost in their liberal leanings, it'll be a cold day in hell before any of them ratchet it back a notch or two to the right.  Fox News Sunday has had this balanced panel for years and it works extremely well.   You get a good exchange on most issues.  The networks, on the other hand, have had their typical liberal lineups for years as well, and apparently don't want a balanced dialog except on occasion.  It's not going to change.  More specifically, it's laughable to have even included NBC in this comparison since they have gone so far left with the likes of Matthews, Olberman, Russert and others, a comparison is meaningless.  It still burns me that Democrats shun Fox for debates due to their right leaning reputation, yet George Stephanopolous is given a seat at an ABC debate involving a Clinton, and no one, in the media, utters a word of disapprval.

Bourbeau, you said something there that started me to thinking.  You're very correct in your statements.  What does it matter?  The nets ARE too far gone to ever even approach an equally balanced newscast which would feature a conservative.  I also realized I haven't watched a network news program in going on three years.  I've never seen Couric, for example.  I meant to watch her debut on CBS but forgot to.  I guess it would be easy to juxtapose the ideas.  i've forgotten about the networks and the networks have forgotten about me.  I see them as irrelevant and they see me as hopeless.  They are the Eggmen, I am the Walrus.

Politics is a little like the expanding universe. No matter where you are located it always appears from your frame of reference that you are in the center.

I remember people from "The Nation" Magazine characterizing the Socialist Workers Party front groups who were sponsering anti-war demonstations as extremests and at other times accsuing the NYT and the networks of being right wing.

Tim Russert sees conservative-thought as an oxymoron. Most of the liberal media do. ABC gives a seat at the table to George Will because until recently he wore nothing but funny bow ties; his ideas were easily dismissed by the nine or so liberals on the panel.

David Brooks also gets to sit in some weeks; he's the New York Times' house Republican. David Gergen is another. He used to be the voice of the GOP on PBS until he took a job in the CLINTON White House.

Wonder why they are losing viewers?

I watched both and there's no comparison between the two. I didn't see Mark's blog until this a.m., but while I was watching Meet the Press, I thought, "All liberals, where's the balance?".

Thanks for bringing this to the forefront, Mark. :o)

I can't stand ABC news, but at least they have George Will and John Stossel on every week.  Who does NBC or CBS have?

Snuffing out major alternative views turns news programs into propaganda machines.  If I wanted propaganda I'd move to China.