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phobicsquirrel: I watch it from time to time and over just say the last year they have false-i-fied video (tea bagger parties), lied countless times about the health care bills/proposals, instill fear and never if rarely correct mis-truths on the air or when giving interviews....
Ken Light:Now what we have is a president who is a limp d!ck worthless piece of slow-acting, overly-analytical nonsense wrapped in a fast-melting candy-coating made of hope... Get him the hell out of there.
TatuajeVI:Check this poll out from last month. 59% of all Americans have little to no faith in the Federal and State Gov. But even worse - 78% of Americans have little to no faith in the News Media. lol:http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.cfm?ID=1817As many have already stated, yes FOX news is to the right, but every other media outlet is to the left. Get over it liberals. All media has a slant. Lucky for us, we have the option to watch whatever we choose.
fla-gypsy: Only Politicians get lower poll numbers than CNN and MSNBC.
Vulchor:Fox News works for the same reason that Busweiser works----its easy and its comfortable for the "lowest common demoninator". Not saying people here are simpletons, or that they dont have intelligent people on their side----just saying it takes more brains to question and engage in critical thinking than it does to say that we need to proect the traditional family at all costs and that terorrists are bad....People who watch other news agencies seem to be able to progress a little beyond the "fun to talk about issues" like abortion and death panels and on to a true conversation about issues that impact people.
sightunseen:I watch some Fox News and then some CNN, the bias usually cancels each other out and voila! I get actual news. I've found that for general news without an overall American bias, you'll have to go international. When I was traveling last month, I got BBC World in my hotel and the difference between BBC and American news was like night and day. I actually saw real news being reported, rather than another missing white girl that has gone missing or live coverage of a dog that's been trapped in water.
PuroFreak: Vulchor:Fox News works for the same reason that Busweiser works----its easy and its comfortable for the "lowest common demoninator". Not saying people here are simpletons, or that they dont have intelligent people on their side----just saying it takes more brains to question and engage in critical thinking than it does to say that we need to proect the traditional family at all costs and that terorrists are bad....People who watch other news agencies seem to be able to progress a little beyond the "fun to talk about issues" like abortion and death panels and on to a true conversation about issues that impact people.See the exact same thing can be said for MSLSD or CNN. It takes some brains to question the President and not just praise him for every move he makes. That's where Fox News comes in. They aren't for the "lowest common denominator," they just go after the issues main stream media refuses to go after. They hold the current administration accountable and everyone loved doing this during the Bush administration, but now that the anointed one is in office, they don't feel it is necessary.
cabinetmaker: phobicsquirrel: I watch it from time to time and over just say the last year they have false-i-fied video (tea bagger parties), lied countless times about the health care bills/proposals, instill fear and never if rarely correct mis-truths on the air or when giving interviews.... Never remember hearing anything about that.
phobicsquirrel: PuroFreak: Vulchor:Fox News works for the same reason that Busweiser works----its easy and its comfortable for the "lowest common demoninator". Not saying people here are simpletons, or that they dont have intelligent people on their side----just saying it takes more brains to question and engage in critical thinking than it does to say that we need to proect the traditional family at all costs and that terorrists are bad....People who watch other news agencies seem to be able to progress a little beyond the "fun to talk about issues" like abortion and death panels and on to a true conversation about issues that impact people.See the exact same thing can be said for MSLSD or CNN. It takes some brains to question the President and not just praise him for every move he makes. That's where Fox News comes in. They aren't for the "lowest common denominator," they just go after the issues main stream media refuses to go after. They hold the current administration accountable and everyone loved doing this during the Bush administration, but now that the anointed one is in office, they don't feel it is necessary. Well they weren't at all critical about the last admin puro. Though when a democrat is in office they attack it at every moment. And on the left, the dems get attacked a lot but mainly because they admin is going about things with a "centrist" mind. Almost every bill has been watered down to be basically worthless. Also caving in to the few and ruining a real progressive agenda. Imagine if say 9-11 happened on a Democrat watch, Oh My Lord they would be impeached within a matter of weeks. An example of how "false" fox is as a "news" company is when Dems announced they were going to use reconciliation. All over Fox News and on the Right Wing Nut Radio they were calling it a travesty and against the rules. As well as calling it the Nuclear Option which none of them is true.
phobicsquirrel: I watch it from time to time and over just say the last year they have false-i-fied video (tea bagger parties), lied countless times about the health care bills/proposals, instill fear and never if rarely correct mis-truths on the air or when giving interviews.
phobicsquirrel: I do believe that most of the news on tv has been skewed
phobicsquirrel: as there is way too much corporate control
phobicsquirrel: which is why I personally reach out beyond that one source
phobicsquirrel: cabinetmaker: phobicsquirrel: I watch it from time to time and over just say the last year they have false-i-fied video (tea bagger parties), lied countless times about the health care bills/proposals, instill fear and never if rarely correct mis-truths on the air or when giving interviews.... Never remember hearing anything about that. http://blog.seattlepi.com/thebigblog/archives/184866.asp
phobicsquirrel: (tea bagger parties)
phobicsquirrel: sightunseen:I watch some Fox News and then some CNN, the bias usually cancels each other out and voila! I get actual news. I've found that for general news without an overall American bias, you'll have to go international. When I was traveling last month, I got BBC World in my hotel and the difference between BBC and American news was like night and day. I actually saw real news being reported, rather than another missing white girl that has gone missing or live coverage of a dog that's been trapped in water. Yeah I tend to view a lot of international media as well. And a lot of it is much more fascinating to me. I couldn't believe that the "balloon" boy took up almost a week of news here. Not to mention other things of non-essential importance.