Fox "News" is Crap

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lawgator1

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Come on guys, even those of you on the right have to admit that Fox News is not news -- its just a Republican-based Bush apologist network.

I look and see on this site repeatedly "news stories" that are taken from Fox and which are obviously written to embarass or criticize the Democrat they are based on. They routinely overstate or quote out of context, and its all to advance a conservative agenda.

You may think there is a subtle liberal media bias in the other networks, but Fox is just blatant about it.

Fair and balanced? What a joke!
 
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Yeah because all the other networks are "fair"...Take a look at the Obama station MSNBC. :)
 
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lawgator1 said:
Come on guys, even those of you on the right have to admit that Fox News is not news -- its just a Republican-based Bush apologist network.

I look and see on this site repeatedly "news stories" that are taken from Fox and which are obviously written to embarass or criticize the Democrat they are based on. They routinely overstate or quote out of context, and its all to advance a conservative agenda.

You may think there is a subtle liberal media bias in the other networks, but Fox is just blatant about it.

Fair and balanced? What a joke!
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typical of the FNC hysteria. you quote a lot of dailyKOS talking points but you don't point to a single specific example.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Come on guys, even those of you on the right have to admit that Fox News is not news -- its just a Republican-based Bush apologist network.

I look and see on this site repeatedly "news stories" that are taken from Fox and which are obviously written to embarass or criticize the Democrat they are based on. They routinely overstate or quote out of context, and its all to advance a conservative agenda.

You may think there is a subtle liberal media bias in the other networks, but Fox is just blatant about it.

Fair and balanced? What a joke!
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:rock:Go LAW GO LAW
 
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MG1968 said:
typical of the FNC hysteria. you quote a lot of dailyKOS talking points but you don't point to a single specific example.
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TRANSLATION FOR MG POST- I am a raging republican and nothing anybody says will ever be correct unless it is positive about the party.:whistling:
 
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Fine Vol said:
TRANSLATION FOR MG POST- I am a raging republican and nothing anybody says will ever be correct unless it is positive about the party.:whistling:
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I'm not sure you have the capacity to accurately translate my posts. :)
 
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not really. we'll go round and round pointing out how CNN, MSNBC and the Big 3 all have their leftward bias and FNC and their rightward bias. in the end, nothing will be accomplished.

but, threads like this are great for FV to pad his post count.
 
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MG1968 said:
typical of the FNC hysteria. you quote a lot of dailyKOS talking points but you don't point to a single specific example.
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I don't quote anybody's talking points.

Ever.


MG1968 said:
not really. we'll go round and round pointing out how CNN, MSNBC and the Big 3 all have their leftward bias and FNC and their rightward bias. in the end, nothing will be accomplished.

but, threads like this are great for FV to pad his post count.
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I think what is so annoying about Fox is that they claim in one breath to be fair and objective, and in the next will say something like "Michelle Obama and her racially charged image: Will it be an issue for the campaign?"

I mean its just so obvious. They don't even try to hide it, really.

I just looked on their political page, and the lead story is very critical of Obama, and in all the traditional ways you would expect from the Republicna war machine: Obama is the racist, Obama lies, and Obama does what is politically expedient.

Obama’s Public Financing Reversal Could Widen Playing Field - America’s Election HQ

Never mind saying that he is so popular he can afford to take this tack in the campaign.
 
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lawgator1 said:
Come on guys, even those of you on the right have to admit that Fox News is not news -- its just a Republican-based Bush apologist network.

I look and see on this site repeatedly "news stories" that are taken from Fox and which are obviously written to embarass or criticize the Democrat they are based on. They routinely overstate or quote out of context, and its all to advance a conservative agenda.

You may think there is a subtle liberal media bias in the other networks, but Fox is just blatant about it.

Fair and balanced? What a joke!
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I agree but what's wrong with that? The liberal media owns every other type of news media in the country. At the end of the day, it's still the responsibility of the reader/listener to judge for himself what is true/false, right/wrong, black/white/gray, etc. If you're being a jackass to someone, you cant say Keith Olberman/Bill O'Reilly said it was ok.


Also.... someone posted Olberman telling the POTUS to "Shut the hell up" a few weeks back... Olberman was spot on IMO. Maybe a little vociferous, but on target. So it's not completely one-sided here.
 
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The only commentator on Fox that is a Bush apologist would be Hannity. Bill criticizes Bush often an really is perhaps the most the most "fair and balanced" commentator on any network. You do however fail to point out all the Obama slurping that happens on daytime tv, and all the other "major" news networks out there.
 
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All of this is mitigated by the fact that the viewer knows before touching the remote what he'll (she'll) get when they tune in to any of the 24hour info channels. No, I didn't say news... news is coverage of flooding in Iowa. All do that well. Politics is opinion, the objectivity has to come from your own ability to reason...


Don't expect what is not possible to give from these people...
 
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Fine Vol said:
2 wrongs dont make a right covvol:bottom:
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Im not saying there is a wrong or right in the media (there are but that's not my point)... everyone has an opinion. If they use whatever news service that will let them speak... so be it. It is still the reader's/listener's responsibility how much garbage they will accept as truth/falsehood... which in most cases is an opinion as well. So really.... most of what we argue about is that gray area. :vava:
 
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KB5252 said:
The only commentator on Fox that is a Bush apologist would be Hannity. Bill criticizes Bush often an really is perhaps the most the most "fair and balanced" commentator on any network. You do however fail to point out all the Obama slurping that happens on daytime tv, and all the other "major" news networks out there.
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I respect it when a member of the right criticizes Bush for being too soft on illegal immigration or allowing spending to be so out of control.

Even as a Democrat, I happen to agree that both parties have been incredibly ineffectual in dealing with both of those issues and both should be criticized.

Hannity? Pure evil. I was flipping through channels on the radio yesterday, in fact, and caught his radio show. He whined sarcastically for a bit, until I could take no more. Every time I've seen him or heard him, its the same schtick.

Wha wha wha. How can anyone listen to that man or, worse, take their political cues from him? I swear all he does is complain 24/7/365.
 
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orange+white=heaven said:
All of this is mitigated by the fact that the viewer knows before touching the remote what he'll (she'll) get when they tune in to any of the 24hour info channels. No, I didn't say news... news is coverage of flooding in Iowa. All do that well. Politics is opinion, the objectivity has to come from your own ability to reason...


Don't expect what is not possible to give from these people...
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Which is why it is important to watch more than one if you're going to watch at all.
 
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Hannity is awful. I doubt you see many people on here use him for backing up any idea. Hannity does not comprise all of Fox News. In fact, his counterpart on that TV show is equally horrible and impossible to listen to.
 
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KB5252 said:
The only commentator on Fox that is a Bush apologist would be Hannity. Bill criticizes Bush often an really is perhaps the most the most "fair and balanced" commentator on any network. You do however fail to point out all the Obama slurping that happens on daytime tv, and all the other "major" news networks out there.
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Hannity is far from a Bush apologist. He was very critical of McCain-Feingold, Bush-Kennedy, the prescription drug program, many spending bills that continued increasing the size and scope of government, and the various farm bills.

I can listen to him, but I have to throw my arms up in frustration when he brings up Wright, Pfleger, and Ayers. Everybody knows that Obama has questionable associations, but Hannity has chosen to beat those dead horses into the ground.
 
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