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boo boo 06-10-2009 05:31 PM

Gawker - Daily Show Exposes Fox & Friends' Hypocrisy Over Its 'Bruno'/Eminem Outrage - Jon Stewart

FoxNews gets pwned by Jon Stewart once again.

TheBig3 06-11-2009 08:29 AM

That was pretty amazing. F&F is one giant shill. Have you seen the Morning Joe battle?

And wheres my Chris Matthews rant?

ChiliColdBlood 06-11-2009 12:30 PM

Fox News Has No Idea What's Going On - hilarious.

Son of JayJamJah 06-11-2009 06:49 PM

I don't know why, but I am so turned off by people who bash Fox News, I don't watch it, I don't like it, but it doesn't bother me nearly as much as hearing people whine about it.

clarksided 06-11-2009 10:39 PM

Well, for your sake, at least it's confined to one topic here, right?

Anyway, I don't watch Fox news but I do read their website occasionally...whenever I want the news I just go to cnn.com in one tab and foxnews.com in the other, as well as nola.com for local news. The website is actually pretty fair, since it's mostly just AP articles. The opinion pieces have slanted titles but I can't speak beyond that because I don't read them.

Freebird 06-11-2009 10:39 PM

It's not really a news channel, it's really just a source of entertainment! Come on, the irony they produce sometimes....Colbert can't even write stuff that good. I mean, when you hear someone like Sean Hannity accusing all liberals of fear mongering and that conservatives are fine and dandy, how can you not laugh? Oh, and Glenn Beck is the most entertaining human ever.

Gareth Brown 06-12-2009 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 669840)
Ultra liberals are just as bad as ultra conservatives, for the most part.

Explain??????

boo boo 06-16-2009 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Gareth Brown (Post 680697)
Explain??????

The radical left. The radical right. It's all a form of moral imperialism. Which is bad no matter how you label it.

At Sixes and Sevens 06-16-2009 08:32 PM

Fox News isn't the only news corporation that has a bias...

DRUDGE REPORT: ABC TURNS PROGRAMMING OVER TO OBAMA 2009®

Astronomer 06-16-2009 08:39 PM

News will always be biased. It's impossible to report something objectively.

Gareth Brown 06-18-2009 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by boo boo (Post 682916)
The radical left. The radical right. It's all a form of moral imperialism. Which is bad no matter how you label it.

Expand.

sleepy jack 06-18-2009 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by JayJamJah (Post 679933)
I don't know why, but I am so turned off by people who bash Fox News, I don't watch it, I don't like it, but it doesn't bother me nearly as much as hearing people whine about it.

I don't really blame you. I think people who spend their time criticizing Fox News or the media in general tend to watch too much Jon Stewart and think them doing this shows some sort of political intellect when in reality they're rallying against a tiny sect of something and ignoring the fact that media (at least mainstream media) is there to make money. I mean come on, all news stations in the United States are owned by about five different companies. How can you sit really sit here and go "Oh well Fox News is biased but the other companies that are under the same media conglomerates aren't." It strikes me as silly.

boo boo 06-18-2009 10:40 PM

It's not like I think CNN, MSNBC or broadcast news programs are poster boys for excellent journalism. You're right, it's all biased propaganda.

But FoxNews is the best example of bad journalism at it's must excessive, and it's also the most popular news network. It's kinda begging for criticism when it's such a huge force, one that actually impacts other news media I might add.

sleepy jack 06-18-2009 10:42 PM

Come on now that's unfair. Chris Matthews basically admitted that Obama makes him wet and MSNBC compared Obama to John F. Kennedy, MLK and Gandhi in one advertisement. Their goals aren't different either (CNN included) they're just pandering to an audience to make money.

boo boo 06-18-2009 10:44 PM

I agree, MSNBC is just as bad.

But I don't have MSNBC or have a grandmother who watches it on a regular basis, this is more of a personal thing.

sleepy jack 06-18-2009 10:47 PM

Well then you and Nas should hook up and make an album about it. That'd be phat y0.

TheBig3 06-20-2009 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack (Post 685519)
Come on now that's unfair. Chris Matthews basically admitted that Obama makes him wet and MSNBC compared Obama to John F. Kennedy, MLK and Gandhi in one advertisement. Their goals aren't different either (CNN included) they're just pandering to an audience to make money.

Well yeah, but he's not been one-sided on Obama either though. He clearly meant he made a great speech, and Matthews admittedly lives for the game of politics.

I've read two of his books now, and I can tell you he's not a policy wonk in show (he was a AA/LA for about 10 years collectivly so I'm sure he is) and he self identifies as a non-foreign policy expert.

But as for good journalism, he's tough to beat. He's praised Reagan for his masterful and stealthy use of the telepromoter, then chastized Obama for not being able to make a speech without one. Also, his reponse to Tom Delay's "donor state" hogwash was exactly what journalism should be.

He regularly has Pat Buchanon on, and regularly goes to the mat against Joan Walsh, its hard to paint him with the same brush as Olberman and Schultz who are damn near insufferable with "Worst Person in the World" and "Psycho Talk."

I have a soft spot for Maddow, though I have no illusions about her positioning. She does however give an amazing interview and has a less sensational, more editorial show than her counterparts. She's more of an Edward R. Murrow than Olberman, who's stole his sendoff, will ever be.

Miltamec Soundsquinaez 06-20-2009 07:11 PM

I think Sleepy Jack kind of hit it when he said, 'their main goal is to make money, so they give you 2 sides of the same coin. One is conservative, one is liberal, they're both entertainment.'
That is true, but it's not taking in the variable which is that our media is controlled by the New World Order. This is a divisive group that seeks to perpetuate institutional racism, and also wants to keep us uninformed.
In that regard Fox isn't the only one guilty, so is NBC, ABC, CBS, even your local news affiliates, because they're not giving you news. They're only dwelling on the absolute horrific, negative things in the world. This is meant to keep you in a fearful, traumatized, and obedient state.
We get a morphine rush every time we hear about the latest local killing or bombing in the Mid East, so we get our fix, and go to work, only to come back later, and get our morphine rush again, and say, 'Ah, I knew it, the world is a terrible place, I'm lucky to just be alive from one day to the next, so I won't try to learn anything, I'll just focus on surviving in this fearful, crazy world.'
Or something, I like to rant apparently.

clarksided 06-26-2009 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Wayfarer (Post 686170)
Not Fox, but it's Ann Coulter, so sure:



Go to 1:30 and tell me it doesn't sound like she's gagging during deepthroat.

Bill Maher AND Ann Coulter?

I think I'd rather kill myself. Two of the most insufferable individuals to ever live, without a doubt.

Anthony 06-30-2009 08:49 AM

for those who hate ann coulter



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