Watch FOX And Be An Easy Target

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:25 pm

See, there's a reason viewers of FOX news get beaten up so badly and can't take the heat.

Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed: Study

Post by **LarsMac** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:31 pm

Ah, yeah, Fox News. Fairly imbalanced.

BaghdadBob · Post by **BaghdadBob** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:32 pm

Ahso!;1347140 wrote: See, there's a reason viewers of FOX news get beaten up so badly and can't take the heat.

Fox News Viewers Are The Most Misinformed: Study

[sarcasm] Oh, YES! That well known rightwing news anchor Shep Smith. :-2 [/sarcasm]

If you watched everything but FNC you'd uninformed.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:00 pm

BaghdadBob;1347143 wrote: [sarcasm] Oh, YES! That well known rightwing news anchor Shep Smith. :-2 [/sarcasm]

If you watched everything but FNC you'd uninformed.That's a valid point. We do have the internet now. For example, you have conservapedia and I have wikipedia.

rgOFR · Post by **rgOFR** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:40 pm

Wow, BREAKING NEWS: Huffington Post posts a poll saying Fox News is bad. //rolleyes//

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:43 pm

rgOFR;1347187 wrote: Wow, BREAKING NEWS: Huffington Post posts a poll saying Fox News is bad. //rolleyes//You may wish to read the study yourself, it's linked in the article, which, BTW is an accurate enough summary of the study.

rgOFR · Post by **rgOFR** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:57 pm

First thought. Without reading it, they did not make it about news, but conservative talk. The pictures are of conservative commentators who do not host Hard News shows on Fox News, but shows more like the Today Show and Katie Couric's Nightly News which are obviously biased. Do I need to look further, or is your point blown here?

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 5:59 pm

Look further. It's not my study.

rgOFR · Post by **rgOFR** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:11 pm

Let's post it:

And then let us look at the results, which were confirmed on the first Wednesday in November. I am sorry, the results of that poll is not that Fox News viewers think their news channel of choice is full of crap, it is that they feel the democrat agenda and the main stream media is. And enough democrats, apparently agreed.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:12 pm

rgOFR;1347200 wrote:

And then let us look at the results, which were confirmed on the first Wednesday in November. I am sorry, the results of that poll is not that Fox News viewers think their news channel of choice is full of crap, it is that they feel the democrat agenda and the main stream media is. And enough democrats, apparently agreed.Said properly, it means that FOX misled their viewers into believing untruths about what was actually happening in order to vilify democrats and other media outlets.

FOX watchers don't realize what they are hearing is a load of crap. They didn't then and don't now.

The label of democrat means nothing because many democrats are moderate gopers.

rgOFR · Post by **rgOFR** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:18 pm

Ahso!;1347216 wrote: Said properly, it means that FOX misled their viewers into believing untruths about what was actually happening in order to vilify democrats and other media outlets.

FOX watchers don't realize what they are hearing is a load of crap. They didn't then and don't now.

The label of democrat means nothing because many democrats are moderate gopers.

Wow, If you can please provide me with the address for where to buy the koolaid you drink, I think I have a way to waste away my weekends. To quote our president, circa, 2009, "You lost".

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:35 pm

rgOFR;1347219 wrote: Wow, If you can please provide me with the address for where to buy the koolaid you drink, I think I have a way to waste away my weekends. To quote our president, circa, 2009, "You lost".Typical conservative response. If you can't twist it, try strangling it.

littleCJelkton · Post by **littleCJelkton** » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:47 pm

I get my news from all 3 never staying fixed to any one for more than a day or two, all of them spin things one way or the other. lets say this is the full story

Obama says " I want to have a sandwich on rye toast with american cheese, and Ham"

Fox will spin it to to say Obama defiles jews and puts pork on rye.

MSNBC will spin it to say Obama stays american with his cheese.

and CNN will just totally go no where and spin it to How to make a presidential sandwich and have some guest cook.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:04 am

littleCJelkton;1347260 wrote: I get my news from all 3 never staying fixed to any one for more than a day or two, all of them spin things one way or the other. lets say this is the full story

Obama says " I want to have a sandwich on rye toast with american cheese, and Ham"

Fox will spin it to to say Obama defiles jews and puts pork on rye.

MSNBC will spin it to say Obama stays american with his cheese.

and CNN will just totally go no where and spin it to How to make a presidential sandwich and have some guest cook.Excellent post! :yh_clap I'm going to figure out how to buy you one of these FG beers.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:24 am

Other than Wolfe Blitzer, my main problem with CNN has been the fact that there is a commercial between just about each and every sentence, it's insane. I guess all television other than premium channels are that bad now (I haven't had anything other than what comes over the antenna for several months now, and I barely watch any of it).

littleCJelkton · Post by **littleCJelkton** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:48 am

Yeah I watch Colbert Report, and Daily Show too to watch them make fun of it all.

Wolf Blitzer, for example

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-m ... s-20-years

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:52 am

rgOFR;1347195 wrote: First thought. Without reading it, ...

I love it.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 8:58 am

littleCJelkton;1347260 wrote: I get my news from all 3 never staying fixed to any one for more than a day or two, all of them spin things one way or the other. lets say this is the full story

Obama says " I want to have a sandwich on rye toast with american cheese, and Ham"

Fox will spin it to to say Obama defiles jews and puts pork on rye.

MSNBC will spin it to say Obama stays american with his cheese.

and CNN will just totally go no where and spin it to How to make a presidential sandwich and have some guest cook.

Great post.

I pretty much avoid TV news for the most part.

Will check in, when there is somethong of particualr immediacy going on.

But once they have stated the event, and start to editorialize, I am off.

littleCJelkton · Post by **littleCJelkton** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:14 am

rgOFR;1347219 wrote: Wow, If you can please provide me with the address for where to buy the koolaid you drink, I think I have a way to waste away my weekends. To quote our president, circa, 2009, "You lost".

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&expId ... 41,26761,2 6849,27520&sugexp=ldymls&xhr=t&q=kool+aid+factory&cp=25&um=1&biw=1600&bih=707&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=il

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:22 am

rgOFR;1347219 wrote: Wow, If you can please provide me with the address for where to buy the koolaid you drink, I think I have a way to waste away my weekends. To quote our president, circa, 2009, "You lost".

Ahso!;1347223 wrote: Typical conservative response. If you can't twist it, try strangling it.

Yep. I remember hearing that a lot, back in 2000, 2001

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:24 am

John Pilger the well respected and world renowned journaist, recently aired his documentary "The war you didnt see", recently on ITV about the manipulation of the media, both sides of the atlantic, by respective governments, especially over the Iraq war.

Its a pity those of you in the States cant access this on the net. I wish there was a way to access it

Those of you over here in the UK can watch it here

Video - ITV Player

We've sort of grown up respecting and believing what the BBC tell us. After watching this we all have to be very careful and selective in where we get our news delivered from

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:24 am

Snowfire;1347309 wrote: John Pilger the well respected and world renowned journaist, recently aired his documentary "The war you didnt see", recently on ITV about the manipulation of the media, both sides of the atlantic, by respective governments, especially over the Iraq war.

Its a pity those of you in the States cant access this on the net. I wish there was a way to access it

Those of you over here in the UK can watch it here

Video - ITV Player

We've sort of grown up respecting and believing what the BBC tell us. After watching this we all have to be very careful and selective in where we get our news delivered from

Watched this, a lot of it I already knew. For all it's faults I still like the bbc. When you look at those who would turn it in to a commercial channel or complain that it is too critical of government (both labour and tory) you have to seriously wonder at their motives. Nothing wrong with commercial TV, there is with letting it become a monopoly.

Sometimes despite all common sense we still do stupid things and trust politicians to tell the truth. Remember this?

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Cook wins Commons ovation

Common sense but all those MP's still voted for war. The british can't blame fox news for their gullibility we get reports and opinion from all over the place. Come to think of it surely fox news isnlt the only TV news station

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Tue Dec 21, 2010 4:25 am

Snowfire;1347309 wrote: John Pilger the well respected and world renowned journaist, recently aired his documentary "The war you didnt see", recently on ITV about the manipulation of the media, both sides of the atlantic, by respective governments, especially over the Iraq war.

Its a pity those of you in the States cant access this on the net. I wish there was a way to access it

Those of you over here in the UK can watch it here

Video - ITV Player

We've sort of grown up respecting and believing what the BBC tell us. After watching this we all have to be very careful and selective in where we get our news delivered from

Watched this, a lot of it I already knew. For all it's faults I still like the bbc. When you look at those who would turn it in to a commercial channel or complain that it is too critical of government (both labour and tory) you have to seriously wonder at their motives. Nothing wrong with commercial TV, there is with letting it become a monopoly.

Sometimes despite all common sense we still do stupid things and trust politicians to tell the truth. Remember this?

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Cook wins Commons ovation

(watch the video)

Common sense but all those MP's still voted for war. The british can't blame fox news for their gullibility we get reports and opinion from all over the place. Come to think of it surely fox news isn't the only TV news station. If he hadn't died the labour party might have had a chance of being a viable political party again.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:48 pm

Here's a related story/poll regarding the relevance of FOX News.

Fox News Most Distrusted Name In News: Poll

ZAP · Post by **ZAP** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:53 pm

Ahso!;1351352 wrote: Here's a related story/poll regarding the relevance of FOX News.

Fox News Most Distrusted Name In News: Poll

The article says that it's the 2nd MOST trusted after PBS and the most distrusted.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:46 pm

ZAP;1351358 wrote: The article says that it's the 2nd MOST trusted after PBS and the most distrusted.Odd that the Huffington post would go negative instead of headlining that PBS is the most trusted. One might think they are biased somehow. :yh_think

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:52 pm

ZAP;1351358 wrote: The article says that it's the 2nd MOST trusted after PBS and the most distrusted.Many Fox zombies were obviously polled, they're the only ones who refuse to acknowledge Fox for what it is...a charade. For a clearer understanding of the poll > Public Policy Polling: Our Second Annual TV News Trust Poll

Post by **LarsMac** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:52 pm

So what news source do you trust?

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:59 pm

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 9:52 pm

Id respect them more if they dropped the news part of Fox News. Its not news, its propaganda, skewed ideology and biased talking heads. At least Jerry Springer admits his show is garbage targeted for the lowest common denominator.

BaghdadBob · Post by **BaghdadBob** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:29 am

Nomad;1351486 wrote: Id respect them more if they dropped the news part of Fox News. Its not news, its propaganda, skewed ideology and biased talking heads. At least Jerry Springer admits his show is garbage targeted for the lowest common denominator.

Their prime time news anchor is well known lefty as is Greta Van Susteren. For their other 2 hours of prime time they have populist Bill O, and conservative Hannity. So, all this whining and gnashing of teeth is over Hannity's one hour????

Ever watch MSNBC? (No? Don't feel bad. Nobody else watches it either). Nothing but Marxist propaganda and other lies for hours on end. Why isn't anyone on here complaining about that?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:49 am

I watch Fox's 2 hour business block on Saturday mornings. Their big news story during the breaks was that Keith Olberman quit MSNBC. :-2

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:09 am

BaghdadBob;1351742 wrote: Their prime time news anchor is well known lefty as is Greta Van Susteren. For their other 2 hours of prime time they have populist Bill O, and conservative Hannity. So, all this whining and gnashing of teeth is over Hannity's one hour????

Ever watch MSNBC? (No? Don't feel bad. Nobody else watches it either). Nothing but Marxist propaganda and other lies for hours on end. Why isn't anyone on here complaining about that?Probably because it isn't true. O'Rielly is a conservative, him and Beck are a bit more goofy than the rest.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:15 am

Labels labels labels.

Apply the label so you don't have to think too much.

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:19 am

Political labels are a necessary part of the communication process. Thinking too much may not be the best habit anyway.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:32 am

Yeh, because you two might find you agree most of the time; and where's the fun in that?? :wah:

Ahso! · Post by **Ahso!** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:41 am

Accountable;1351759 wrote: Yeh, because you two might find you agree most of the time; and where's the fun in that?? :wah:I don't know about Bags, but I'm aware we agree a lot. But you're correct, I honestly couldn't care less about political parties, for me it's all about having fun.

BaghdadBob · Post by **BaghdadBob** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 8:12 am

Ever watch MSNBC? (No? Don't feel bad. Nobody else watches it either). Nothing but Marxist propaganda and other lies for hours on end. Why isn't anyone on here complaining about that?
Ahso!;1351754 wrote: Probably because it isn't true. O'Rielly is a conservative, him and Beck are a bit more goofy than the rest.

Were you giggling when you wrote that?

The focus of the attacks is MSNBC's evening lineup, where the channel has clearly gravitated to the left in recent years and often seems to regard itself as the antithesis of Fox News. Schmidt, for instance, says he regards MSNBC's daytime reporting as fair, but that it would be "delusional" to view its nighttime operation as anything other than a "partisan entity."

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 9:18 pm

BaghdadBob;1351742 wrote: Ever watch MSNBC? (No? Don't feel bad. Nobody else watches it either). Nothing but Marxist propaganda and other lies for hours on end. Why isn't anyone on here complaining about that?

Greta Van Susteren is paid to mouth what Fox thinks. She used to be a reporter now shes just a puppet show. Same goes for MSNBC. All these shows should be on Saturday mornings with the other cartoons.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:43 am

Nomad;1351486 wrote: Id respect them more if they dropped the news part of Fox News. Its not news, its propaganda, skewed ideology and biased talking heads. At least Jerry Springer admits his show is garbage targeted for the lowest common denominator.

I don't understand, could you draw some diagrams on a chalkboard for me?