TOW #15- Fox says Dish is ‘censoring’ the news as blackout drags on (Article)

Fox News is by far the most watched news channel with more than double the viewers then CNN and MSNBC. If they bring in the most viewers, what would have to go down for Dish to stop showing it? According to the CNN article by Brian Stelter, it was a dispute on per-subscriber fees and possibly digital distribution rights. This article uses implied ethos and photo/video evidence. It is stated that CNN is directly related in the conflict at hand, giving the website of the article (CNN.com) an obvious up hand. If anyone were to know what was going on and to be held credibly it would we the direct source. CNN and other Turner Broadcasting channels were blacked out for a month in November, showing they are directly related in the conflict with Dish. Another way this article gets across its point is through photo/video advertisements. They link and discuss video advertisements by Fox showing they’re urge for viewers to switch from Dish in order to watch their channel because of the dispute. They use not only video/television advertisements but also online advertisements on their website claiming that Dish is “censoring news” because of the cut off channel. The article shows no obvious bias, but one can assume it is for Fox due to their history with Dish. The purpose of the article was to inform viewers of the conflict at hand and the true reasoning. It wasn’t so much to persuade, as there was no true bias to the article.

http://money.cnn.com/2015/01/11/media/fox-news-dish-blackout-censoring/index.html