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Over the last week, President Obama gave two nationally televised speeches concerning both health care and education. The speeches were televised by NBC, CBS, and ABC….three of the nation’s four biggest networks. It wasn’t overly surprising that the conservative and generally right-leaning FOX network was the odd one out. The following morning, Obama appeared on talk shows to discuss the speeches for the same three networks, again leaving FOX out. FOX played “So You Think You Can Dance” in place of the speeches themselves, and this to me, signifies exactly why Obama never appeared on the network in the first place. FOX is primarily an institution for entertainment, and the “news” that they do present, either on FOXnews or on the flagship channel, is generally biased and right-leaning. On the other hand,  the “Big 3″ networks have been commited to providing unbiased news to the national populace for over fifty years, and have become trusted institutions for the public to receive their information from. It has become expected, and even necessary for these public entities to broadcast news events, speeches, and all other forms of information that are deemed important for the masses to know.  FOX is not, and never will be in the same league as these three important establishments in the media world, and they proved it by their decision to show a reality show over two landmark speeches by our country’s leader. However, being primarily an entertainment source, FOX reserves the right to, and is better off leaving the real news reporting to more trusted networks.

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