With 15,000+ media outlets in town, we figured all of America, plus much of the world, would have their foot soldiers on the streets. But after trekking around, there was no Fox News to be found. Fox radio was there, but not the national cable folks as far as we could tell. We learned later (from the Pew Research Center) that Fox TV did not cover the convention much at all in Charlotte, but instead ran negative reports about Obama and team on its nightly shows. In fact, Pew reported, eight of every ten "news" reports about the President that Fox aired this summer were negative. Talk about stirring up the news.... turns out, though, that MSNBC, the liberal "voice", was just as bad. Pew analysts found that most of its reports on Romney were negative. I guess it is okay sometimes (figuratively speaking) to shoot the messenger. When the stakes are so high, it takes some digging to find the golden nuggets of truth. Truth is, there is little objectivity in network news because they need to entertain viewers as much as inform them. That said, one of the most popular hangouts for journalists, celebrities, and VIPs in Charlotte was the CNN Grill, the temporary studio set up for the convention. CNN took over a restaurant and turned it into a television studio with a bar and tables. Food and even margaritas were gratis... Took special passes to get in, which we learned about waaaay too late. Jesse Jackson got in, then posed with a young Charlotte boy on the way out.
With 15,000+ media outlets in town, we figured all of America, plus much of the world, would have their foot soldiers on the streets. But after trekking around, there was no Fox News to be found. Fox radio was there, but not the national cable folks as far as we could tell. We learned later (from the Pew Research Center) that Fox TV did not cover the convention much at all in Charlotte, but instead ran negative reports about Obama and team on its nightly shows. In fact, Pew reported, eight of every ten "news" reports about the President that Fox aired this summer were negative. Talk about stirring up the news.... turns out, though, that MSNBC, the liberal "voice", was just as bad. Pew analysts found that most of its reports on Romney were negative. I guess it is okay sometimes (figuratively speaking) to shoot the messenger. When the stakes are so high, it takes some digging to find the golden nuggets of truth. Truth is, there is little objectivity in network news because they need to entertain viewers as much as inform them. That said, one of the most popular hangouts for journalists, celebrities, and VIPs in Charlotte was the CNN Grill, the temporary studio set up for the convention. CNN took over a restaurant and turned it into a television studio with a bar and tables. Food and even margaritas were gratis... Took special passes to get in, which we learned about waaaay too late. Jesse Jackson got in, then posed with a young Charlotte boy on the way out. 
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