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Most television networks lean right, left

Megyn Kelly will interview Donald Trump for a Fox TV special. It will mark Kelly’s first interview with Trump since their encounter during a Fox News Channel debate last August. The GOP presidential contender will be a guest on “Megyn Kelly Presents,” a prime-time special airing May 17 on Fox TV, the network said Monday.
Megyn Kelly will interview Donald Trump for a Fox TV special. It will mark Kelly’s first interview with Trump since their encounter during a Fox News Channel debate last August. The GOP presidential contender will be a guest on “Megyn Kelly Presents,” a prime-time special airing May 17 on Fox TV, the network said Monday. Associated Press

No argument from me that Fox leans right of center. However, your implication that the other main networks lack bias is, to borrow a word from your letter, “preposterous.”

I half jokingly refer to the rest of the mainstream channels as Nothing But Communism (NBC), Always Broadcasting Communism (ABC), Communist Broadcasting System (CBS), and Communist News Network (CNN).

Although my description is somewhat to extremely absurd, depending on your political perspective, it is no more preposterous than your apparent belief that Fox stands out as the only network that significantly skews the news/views.

Most networks lean left or right; and I admit that I prefer my news to give right of center perspective as a refreshing change from the majority of others who hew to the left.

Mark Weinstein

Palmetto

This story was originally published August 12, 2016 at 1:35 PM with the headline "Most television networks lean right, left."

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