Specop 007
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I just searched Google for Communist News Network. It doesn't exist so you'll have to find another subject for your paranoia.
Originally posted by: Harvey
I just searched Google for Communist News Network. It doesn't exist so you'll have to find another subject for your paranoia.
I just searched for Faux News and didn't find any such network.
America died and has been taken over by Fox News watching zombies. They trust it to make sure they stay dead.
Whoozyerdaddy
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I can't believe that people get so irate over this subject. (Well, actually I can... but that is another issue).
In our lifetimes we have gone from only having a half hour of news at 6pm on only three networks to having over a dozen major, 24 hour all-news networks. We even have 24 hour SPORTS news channels and financial news channels.
With so many choices available it shouldn't be a surprise that people now shop for their news sources like they choose magazines. They choose the channels that interest them or cater to their particular point of view on certain issues. With that in mind, Fox is #1.
It's interesting to me that people have so much outright hatred for one channel. Why? Because, editorially, it tends to lean right? So what? Or is it that Fox leans right editorially AND is the #1 rated news network? My guess is that if Fox was an also-ran news network like MSNBC nobody would care.
But y'know... If you don't like it, there are pleanty of other news networks to watch.
BTW... The same complaints that a lot of you make about Fox were made about CNN when Clinton was president. Word for word in some cases... Interesting.
In our lifetimes we have gone from only having a half hour of news at 6pm on only three networks to having over a dozen major, 24 hour all-news networks. We even have 24 hour SPORTS news channels and financial news channels.
With so many choices available it shouldn't be a surprise that people now shop for their news sources like they choose magazines. They choose the channels that interest them or cater to their particular point of view on certain issues. With that in mind, Fox is #1.
It's interesting to me that people have so much outright hatred for one channel. Why? Because, editorially, it tends to lean right? So what? Or is it that Fox leans right editorially AND is the #1 rated news network? My guess is that if Fox was an also-ran news network like MSNBC nobody would care.
But y'know... If you don't like it, there are pleanty of other news networks to watch.
BTW... The same complaints that a lot of you make about Fox were made about CNN when Clinton was president. Word for word in some cases... Interesting.
Originally posted by: Harvey
You didn't try hard enough. :laugh:
I mean you REALLY didn't try hard enough.
Oh forgive me. What channel is faux news on and what type of programming do they have?
ericlp
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I can believe that in "america" fox news is the most trested... All the religious phreaks watch it. So why not? I think it is true since over half of america is christain camp.
Me? I perfer front line or PBS / BBC ... I mostly get my news from google news. Since it's so waterd down. I have a hard time trusting "anyone"... But PBS/NPR has a lot of news come in off the christain science monitor. That doesn't sit right with me at all. Tho, I listen to NPR on the way to work.
I don't really know. Google news is pretty current and no ads. I use to watch ABC/CBS but not anymore. Like I said you can't trust it and half the time they will sit on both sides of the fence as to not upset anyone or they might be afraid the big brother will want to know where they got the story and who leaked it out.
Me? I perfer front line or PBS / BBC ... I mostly get my news from google news. Since it's so waterd down. I have a hard time trusting "anyone"... But PBS/NPR has a lot of news come in off the christain science monitor. That doesn't sit right with me at all. Tho, I listen to NPR on the way to work.
I don't really know. Google news is pretty current and no ads. I use to watch ABC/CBS but not anymore. Like I said you can't trust it and half the time they will sit on both sides of the fence as to not upset anyone or they might be afraid the big brother will want to know where they got the story and who leaked it out.
And CNN is for the Democratic Party. Yet you never hear people whining about it. Remember the X on Cheney?
LOL Brit Hume's show is hugely successful and is growing. You can whine more.
The fact is, CNN also has opinions, yet you don't whine about that.
Still the best newspaper in America even though it is among the most biased. It has more content and diverse news stories and nothing comes close. Except the WSJ, but that is slightly different.
When I read the same opinion of Fox News stated over and over again mindlessly in this thread, I chuckle when the opinion ironically contains the word "brainwashed."
Of course the left cannot see the bias in their own reporting because they themselves are so incredibly biased.
Of course the left cannot see the bias in their own reporting because they themselves are so incredibly biased.
Steeplerot
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The lefts reporting? what reporting? internet blogs? none of the mainstream media reports any of that stuff. Hell, look at the colbert thing, Problem is you all are so far gone you think whatever the corporate news put out that isn't blowing bush is leftist.
Most "leftists" I know gave up on the TV as a source of news years ago with all the corporate mergers of media.
Foxnews is just the new soviet pravada, a mouthpiece of the government wired straight into rove's fax machine. The rest of them parrot what fox says to varying degrees, the message is all the same though.
No matter what you think of Fox News's editorial bias, it resonates with a pretty large segment of the population. I rented a room from a guy who got up every morning to watch Fox and Friends, and relied on Fox News for all his information. Fox actually does a pretty good job of reporting news events, though they have a pro-administration tone to their reporting. The catch is that most of the programming on Fox News is not news -- it's commentary.
In my opinion, though, looking to the television for a reasonable and coherent news awareness is ridiculous. Television as a medium is contrary to understanding. Any TV news ends up being sound bites, news flashes, decontextualized data, all with a slant to make it controversial or interesting. If it ain't local human-interest or the weather, I don't bother with TV for news. Neil Postman's excellent book, _Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death_, really highlighted to me why good TV news just ain't gonna happen.
In my opinion, though, looking to the television for a reasonable and coherent news awareness is ridiculous. Television as a medium is contrary to understanding. Any TV news ends up being sound bites, news flashes, decontextualized data, all with a slant to make it controversial or interesting. If it ain't local human-interest or the weather, I don't bother with TV for news. Neil Postman's excellent book, _Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death_, really highlighted to me why good TV news just ain't gonna happen.
trenchfoot
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i agree in most part. however, therein lies a dig....the pro-administration tone, or rather the pro neocon tone they employ. fox does not report any news or commentary solely for the sake of informing the public, they will report and comment on news using "truthiness" with the subtle insidious intent of making us see things "their way".
most of their news reporting and commentary will include an unspoken message that when repeated over and over will eventually turn a person's opinion around without them ever realizing it. subterfuge never had a more bonafide and legitimate-looking facade than the daily foxnews magic show.
it's not the overtly neocon programming they lay out as bait that changes a fence-sitter's mind in their favor, it's the psychological warfare they employ that does it.
their mantra may as well be "trust us...we never lie...we just tell the truth in our own special way so we can own you."
eits
Lifer
shens. there's no way that faux news is the most trusted brand of news...
that's like saying dogshit is the tastiest kind of snickers bar...
that's like saying dogshit is the tastiest kind of snickers bar...
Fern
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Yeah, he'd be fair game. He & Sheppard Smith (I think that's his name?) are "news" shows instead of the stuff like O'Reilly, et al.
Although I do like the Hume show, mostly the panel at the last 15 minutes. I enjoy Mara, Fred, Mort, Juan & Jeff. Don't really care for Cece or whatever her name is. It's the one panel/group that doesn't devolve into a screaming match
My favorite part of Fox News is the part near the end of each O'Reilly show where he kills and eats a live guest. That's worth tuning in.
Steeplerot
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Why the media plays along with bushs wars with minimal critisism in a easy to understand format even for a rightie thanks to SNL
Here is a bit about GE and their interests in these wars (the so called communist news networks parent)
Here is a bit about GE and their interests in these wars (the so called communist news networks parent)
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