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Guest040616 · 06-01-2011, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Pity there are no longer any Walter Cronkites left in this world. "The Most Trusted Man in America." Wonder how he'd do on Fox?

I do not believe Cronkite would have never affiliated himself with FOX. He had too much professional integrity. IMHO, he was the best and most unbiased newscaster of my lifetime. May he RIP!

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Originally Posted by austin_guy08

So answer the question. Where are all the posts blasting MSNBC for have an "extremist position"?

I rarely watch MSNBC either. To answer your question, I suspect it is because this thread is about FOX, not MSNBC! I feel quite certain that if you were to start a thread about MSNBC, you would get very similar responses!

theaustinescorts · 06-01-2011, 09:54 AM

Fox new has more viewers than all others combined because most Americans are center-right in their politics.

I don't agree with most of what appears on Fox, but I have to congratulate them for appealing to to what most Americans what to hear.

It's a return to what the press used to be in times gone by...commercial and money making.

Yssup Rider · 06-01-2011, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Fred Garvin MP

Fox News is also controlled by the liberal Zionist media, they just cater to conservatives, as well as making them look bad. Rolling Stone magazine sucks too.

Great avatar Humpty!

budman33 · 06-01-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by theaustinescorts

Fox new has more viewers than all others combined because most Americans are center-right in their politics.

I don't agree with most of what appears on Fox, but I have to congratulate them for appealing to to what most Americans what to hear.

It's a return to what the press used to be in times gone by...commercial and money making.

news has never been money making. Over 60 years it steadily declined and then was reborn as a for-profit venture. that has worked. the only issue I have is to get it to work they have made it an entertainment and propaganda workhorse instead of ... well .. news.

fox annoys me because they go out of their way to tell me how they are most categorically not providing entertainment and propaganda as news, when I know that is the Business Model they are built on.

They do hire the most hot chicks to lie to me though, so that's a bonus.

Yssup Rider · 06-01-2011, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by theaustinescorts

It's a return to what the press used to be in times gone by...commercial and money making.

Yellow journalism and muckraking?

Booth · 06-01-2011, 10:54 AM

http://youtu.be/brlo4qqkDZ8

F-Sharp · 06-01-2011, 01:15 PM

I am hearing alot of comments about Fox and Rolling Stone in general but did anyone actuallly read the article?

Carl · 06-01-2011, 01:23 PM

Yes, I read it, and I think that this article may explain why much of the choir that Ailes is preaching to is so receptive to his message and so eager to tune in:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_exclus...ed-pessimistic

Billy_Saul · 06-01-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by KosherCowboy

They ( FOX ) have top ratings for starters and overtook all others.

I watched MSNBC last night, Rachel's liberal BS show. Ms. Maddow could not help but mention FOX at least 5 times in her show, one was in context to Sarah Palin, another to a critique of Obama that was on FOX she was rebutting, the others various jabs. Bottom line, if you need to mention your competition by name THAT much it tells you they are running a race from way behind.....and for a reason.

Hearing MSNBC or any of the stations trying to catch up in ratings say that krap would be like hearing the coach of the worst NBA team saying that the coaches of the Mavs and the Heat are lucky but really suck, don't know what they are doing, blah blah blah

losers for the most part; MS ( NBC) is a has been...just another media outlet like the article linked trying to scramble to increase ratings or sales...all they are doing (as is the linked article) is increasing FOX viewership..

thanks

The Ed show.....lol.....msnbc is more of a cartoon channel.

Guest040616 · 06-01-2011, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by F-Sharp

I am hearing alot of comments about Fox and Rolling Stone in general but did anyone actuallly read the article?

Yes I did. While I am not a great fan of Rolling Stone (I admit to rarely reading their articles) it seems this particular article was very well written. It is certainly difficult to argue against their findings!

Munchmasterman · 06-01-2011, 03:49 PM

Think about it. Watching the news.

A transcript of every spoken word in a half hour of TV news fits in a standard newspaper column (inch wide) that would barely extend beyond the centerfold of the paper. Half an hour watching people who are trying to make it to the network.

I can read that info in less than a minute. Look at any videos I think I need is another 5 minutes. Look at CNN, Politico, Politifact, etc.

Because blood sells on local TV, if I am going to sit and watch 30 minutes of news, it's going to be Jon Steward.

Many times I balance the liberal Jon Stewart with the conservative Stephen Colbert.

Yssup Rider · 06-01-2011, 04:30 PM

Journalistic ethics aside (and it's gotta be today -- chit even stodgy old ABC is full of shit nowadays), the biggest problem I've got with Fox is watching all the babes they put in front of the camera and trying to convince myself they DIDN'T fuck their way onto the set.

WyldemanATX · 06-01-2011, 04:56 PM

Fox does have the best looking women of all the networks that is for sure.

Fred Garvin MP · 06-01-2011, 04:57 PM

We need to rise up against the you-know-whos that control the media, rewrite history, and seek the destruction of the white race.

Yssup Rider · 06-01-2011, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred Garvin MP

We need to rise up against the you-know-whos that control the media, rewrite history, and seek the destruction of the white race.

Come on, Humpty, say it! We haven't had any good clean fun in days!