http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/09/30/a-cop-killing-and-a-beheading-how-fox-news-pick/200943
In two weeks since the shooting, the Fox programs monitored by Nexis
have mentioned Frein's name in just six reports, and most of those were
simply news updates that consisted of one or two sentences. Only one
segment, which aired on On The Record With Greta Van Susteren,
featured an extended conversation about the killing and the subsequent
manhunt. In none of the six Fox reports however, were Frein's vocal
anti-government leanings mentioned, nor was there any suggestion Frein
was a domestic terrorist.
Hosts Neil Cavuto, Bill O'Reilly, Megyn Kelly and Sean Hannity have
all ignored the shocking cop-killer story. In general, Fox has provided
almost no commentary, no context, and certainly no collective blame for
the execution.
By contrast, in the days since the Oklahoma killing, Fox programs
monitored by Nexis have flooded the zone with coverage of the beheading,
totaling hours and hours of coverage. Most of Fox's reports offered
extended, overheated commentary, and most of them dwelled on the fact
the killing may have been an act of terror.
Cavuto, O'Reilly, Hannity, and Megyn Kelly have all hosted extensive
coverage of the killing, with Kelly and Hannity devoting nearly their
entire September 26 and September 29 programs to the Oklahoma story ("Terror In The Heartland"), allowing guests to make all kinds of unproven connections between the crime and to Islam and, of course, to politicize the tragic killing.
In other words, on Fox News a Muslim who killed a co-worker in
Oklahoma and who remains in police custody represents a much bigger
story than a suspected anti-government assassin who killed a cop and
remains on the run, eluding hundreds of law enforcement officials while
terrorizing a Pennsylvania community.
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