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Skyhunter
I report.
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You decide.
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:rofl:QUESTION OF THE DAY
Who is most at fault for allowing the AIG bonuses?
Congress 36%
The Obama administration 47%
AIG 8%
The Bush administration 9%
Total Voters:8722
Skyhunter said:I report.
http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/434/foxnews152b.jpg
You decide.
Skyhunter said:I have never actually seen any straight news from FOX.
Does it really exist?
Could you perhaps provide an example?
Danger said:Asking if Fox news is fair and unbiased is like asking if a trout is dry. They're considered a major joke everywhere outside of the US.
WheelsRCool said:That's because everywhere outside of the U.S. is socialist and accepts big government and all that as an automatic good. They don't like it when a news organization has people who question such beliefs.
This is like saying the United States's belief in individualism, entrepreneurialism, etc...is a joke everywhere outside of the U.S.
WheelsRCool said:Fox News is more balanced than the other news stations such as CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, etc...that can easily be shown by the last election even, as it was the only station that bothered to actually investigate Obama.
WheelsRCool said:That's because everywhere outside of the U.S. is socialist and accepts big government and all that as an automatic good. They don't like it when a news organization has people who question such beliefs.
This is like saying the United States's belief in individualism, entrepreneurialism, etc...is a joke everywhere outside of the U.S.
TheStatutoryApe said:The straight news from Fox doesn't seem very slanted. The news radio station I listen to is a Fox affiliateand they just report the news. Its when you get the tv personalities involved that you see the bias from what I can tell. Its something permeating tv news all over. Either you hear little about actual news while they discuss things like American Idol and Paris Hilton or they discuss the news with a definite political lean to play to their demographic.
LowlyPion said:...
And just what is it that they "uncovered" about Obama? ...
LowlyPion said:...Meanwhile they spent the election cycle trying to lionize this Sarah Palin?
seycyrus said:[Lionizing Sarah Palin]Oh they did NOT.
LowlyPion said:Of course they tried to lionize her. You had Greta Van Susteren positively fawning over Todd and his man toys. You had Craig Cameron tossing Palin softball after softball trying to minimize her disastrous interviews with Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, Trying to resurrect her ignorance over Supreme Court decisions, over Putin rearing his head, over what she apparently doesn't read ... etc. There was a heavy campaign to lipstick over her faux pas for the entire cycle. And Fox was the moving force..
LowlyPion said:...
Now it turns out that Greta's hubby is involved with Sarah Pac, trying to set up funding and an organization for 2012. That hardly represents lack of bias, and certainly goes a long way to explaining her lame interviews with Palin after the election.
seycyrus said:Oh please. You're sporting subjective opinions, (most likely prepicked), as facts, to create ammunition for your channel wars.
TheStatutoryApe said:I hear it on the radio. Would you like me to record it and upload it to the internet for you? Most of it is probably canned product from the AP. They get 5-10 minutes at the top and bottom of the hour so they just relay it mostly without any comment. Its the talk show hosts that get a little crazy but even they tend to be on the level with facts and accuracy. Its a Clear Channel station so you may not trust it either.
Is that intended as parody? Or do you seriously believe that?
The Cable News operation appears to clearly be targeted to the Bible Belt areas that McCain managed to carry in the last election. That shrinking island of red in the middle of the country.
And just what is it that they "uncovered" about Obama? That he was bright, personable, hard working, and has the best interests of the Republic and all its citizens at heart? The best they could do was pick on his use of the teleprompter? Or whip up a tempest that his public fist bump with his wife was a terrorist high sign? Or flog the fact that he served on an Annenburg Foundation Board promoting inner city education with a Viet Nam anti-war activist? They uncovered nothing, so much as expose how little they actually could turn up about Obama.
Meanwhile they spent the election cycle trying to lionize this Sarah Palin? Herself in bed (literally it seems) with Alaskan Separatists? Yet no matter how much lipstick they put on her, she still came out looking unqualified and ill suited to lead the country.
As to Glen Beck ... he looks to me to be just a Quaalude short of institutionalization. I think his bizzaro dramatics from his Bunker of Doom was pure Theater of the absurd masquerading as pseudo-serious news analysis. The best face I can put on it was that his bunker was irresponsible fear mongering. It left no question in my mind that how that sausage was put together would have indeed been repulsive to anyone that values reasoned factual analysis.
Journalism professional and ethical standards:
- Find and report every side of a story possible
- Report without bias, illustrating many aspects of a conflict rather than siding with one;
...
You might consider about finding a better new source.
Skyhunter said:seycyrus,
None of this is meant to be personal. So please stop the personal attacks on others.
It is a joke. Like Fox News.
seycyrus said:The point is not what was uncovered, but rather that they did the investigation.
WheelsRCool said:Standard Leftist dogma. You criticize someone and get accused of doing "personal attacks" or being "hateful."
None of it is personal, you are right, and I do not see any personal attacks from seycyrus. I do not see anyone calling anyone any names.
seycyrus said:Go back to your liberal blogs, where they tell you how bad FN is ... or better yet, that one website where they proudly proclaim (and their readers proudly swallow) that they filter the content.
LowlyPion said:I'm not fighting any channel wars here. I'm merely observing what I see Fox has been engaging in as regards to the last election cycle. ...
LowlyPion said:The thought that Fox represents balanced broadcasting when they have indulged in such heavy partisan rhetoric the past election cycle, and continue to as well, is simply unsupportable.
Skyhunter said:seycyrus,
None of this is meant to be personal. So please stop the personal attacks on others.
It is a joke. Like Fox News.
Skyhunter said:That is a personal attack. He is insinuating that Lowly Pion is incabable of critical thought and proudly swallows whatever propaganda he is fed.
Come on, without personal attacks, what would that leave the left with? Nothing. If they can't accuse their opposition of being for the rich, not caring about poor people, old people, etc, how would they stir up hatred for Republicans?seycyrus said:Oh, I'd *LOVE* to see PF start enforcing *that*. As if we don't get the implied insinuations about conservatives every day and night.
As long as the rule is applied uniformly, I'm game.