Fair and balanced? Um ... no

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

Yes, my point exactly. Reporters and anchors don't usually have any choice in what they report, and how they write it, however, that is the producers who decide. And the producers report upstairs.

Have you ever seen the minutes particular stories get on Faux News, compared to any/all other TV/cable media outlets? Very telling, whether you are looking at Faux News or MSNBC.

For example, how much have you seen on Faux News about the final combat troop withdrawal over the past couple of days?

so...you watch fox news but can't stand what they say...so why watch? that's odd imo.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

so...you watch fox news but can't stand what they say...so why watch? that's odd imo.

??? Where did I say I watched Faux News?

I was flipping through the other day and saw Shep waving the potato chip bag

is fox fair and balanced? of course not. are they they only news outlet that is biased? of course not. but, like so many things, people think those with their viewpoint are right, and those with an opposing view are 'them'.

?? Nobody is really talking any viewpoints (opinions). Trying to talk the news. When you look at complaints and moderation from various watchdog groups, Faux News leads the list for lying.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Riot

??? Where did I say I watched Faux News?

I was flipping through the other day and saw Shep waving the potato chip bag


?? Nobody is really talking any viewpoints (opinions). Trying to talk the news. When you look at complaints and moderation from various watchdog groups, Faux News leads the list for lying.

Really?.....what groups?

[Riot]

Oh, you know, Timmi, those rampantly liberal biased Muslim leftist communist lamestream media people: Media Matters, Citz for Public Interest, FAIR, TPM, etc.

Jon Stewart had a hilarious ComedyCentral episode this past week - he discusses TV coverage of the mosque, then follows a Faux News episode, and doing the same thing Faux did he links Rupert Murdoch through a Saudi Prince (second largest shareholder of News Corp) to Faux News being a domestic terrorist org. It's pretty funny www.thedailyshow.com

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Riot

Oh, you know, Timmi, those rampantly liberal biased Muslim leftist communist lamestream media people: Media Matters, Citz for Public Interest, FAIR, TPM, etc.

Jon Stewart had a hilarious ComedyCentral episode this past week - he discusses TV coverage of the mosque, then follows a Faux News episode, and doing the same thing Faux did he links Rupert Murdoch through a Saudi Prince (second largest shareholder of News Corp) to Faux News being a domestic terrorist org. It's pretty funny www.thedailyshow.com

I asked you a serious question, and you give me a ration of crap? And will you stop with the childish "Faux News"? My God!

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I asked you a serious question, and you give me a ration of crap? And will you stop with the childish "Faux News"? My God!

That is so clever how she calls it "Faux News". She's really sticking it to them when she says that.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I asked you a serious question, and you give me a ration of crap? And will you stop with the childish "Faux News"? My God!

but it's so clever, much like nascar with his 'odumbass'.

[timmgirvan]

Originally Posted by Danzig

but it's so clever, much like nascar with his 'odumbass'.

it's like a mantra...

[Riot]

Originally Posted by timmgirvan

I asked you a serious question, and you give me a ration of crap? And will you stop with the childish "Faux News"? My God!

Wow, when the shoe is on the other foot on this board, how some do object!

I'm angry over a cable channel. That god-damned hallmark channel is sssssooooo not fair!! Cancer always makes me cry!!

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

I'm angry over a cable channel. That god-damned hallmark channel is sssssooooo not fair!! Cancer always makes me cry!!

lifetime. one of the reasons i don't like to go to the in-laws, that's all she watches. ugh

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

??? Where did I say I watched Faux News?

I was flipping through the other day and saw Shep waving the potato chip bag


?? Nobody is really talking any viewpoints (opinions). Trying to talk the news. When you look at complaints and moderation from various watchdog groups, Faux News leads the list for lying.

i just know you've posted more than once about their 'news'. how else would you know how they did they job unless you had viewed it?

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i just know you've posted more than once about their 'news'. how else would you know how they did they job unless you had viewed it?

ZIG, they have their lies n' mistakes covered on the other networks. Riot's correct about this. It's an unprofessional network. If you only counted Gretchen Carlson's mistakes, then it'd still be one of the most unprofessional sources of news ever. It's a joke. They're not fair n' balanced. People dismiss that lie so quickly, and say other networks aren't balanced. O.K., FINE, BUT WHY DO THEY KEEP REPEATING THIS LIE ON THERE? Rupert, there is no way any other network could be as unbalanced as Fox is. Even MSNBC has 3.5 hours of Scarborough n' friends' mainly Conservative talk every week day morning. That's hardly a Liberal's Morning Danish.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

ZIG, they have their lies n' mistakes covered on the other networks. Riot's correct about this. It's an unprofessional network. If you only counted Gretchen Carlson's mistakes, then it'd still be one of the most unprofessional sources of news ever. It's a joke. They're not fair n' balanced. People dismiss that lie so quickly, and say other networks aren't balanced. O.K., FINE, BUT WHY DO THEY KEEP REPEATING THIS LIE ON THERE? Rupert, there is no way any other network could be as unbalanced as Fox is. Even MSNBC has 3.5 hours of Scarborough n' friends' mainly Conservative talk every week day morning. That's hardly a Liberal's Morning Danish.

I don't think a guy like Sean Hannity claims to be "fair and balanced". But if you watch their actual news (like with Shepherd Smith), I think it is very good. I'd rather watch that than the politically correct nonsense on the networks. As much as you hate political correctness, I would think you would like Fox's news.

[clyde]

We can learn from the insane;they have no inhibitions whatsoever.

[SCUDSBROTHER]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

I don't think a guy like Sean Hannity claims to be "fair and balanced". But if you watch their actual news (like with Shepherd Smith), I think it is very good. I'd rather watch that than the politically correct nonsense on the networks. As much as you hate political correctness, I would think you would like Fox's news.

No, I don't like it. I've listened to it a lot. Like I said, the part I hate the most is that each day they start it out with an obvious lie (fair n' balanced.) I've never heard a good reason for doing that, and don't know why anyone would so easily just accept a network doing that b.s. The 2nd thing I don't like is that they are wrong on the facts way too often. After a while, it becomes obvious that these couldn't all just be innocent mistakes.

[gales0678]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

No, I don't like it. I've listened to it a lot. Like I said, the part I hate the most is that each day they start it out with an obvious lie (fair n' balanced.) I've never heard a good reason for doing that, and don't know why anyone would so easily just accept a network doing that b.s. The 2nd thing I don't like is that they are wrong on the facts way too often. After a while, it becomes obvious that these couldn't all just be innocent mistakes.

see fox learns from cnn and cbs , back during the 2000 election , dan , yes dan rather , we have confirmed that al gore , yes we have declared al gore the winner in the state of florida

..........only problem dan , not all the state is in the eastern time zone , mr hooves here and his pals still had an hour to go out and vote , now how many people in the western panhandle heard mr rather and decided to stay home????

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by SCUDSBROTHER

ZIG, they have their lies n' mistakes covered on the other networks. Riot's correct about this. It's an unprofessional network. If you only counted Gretchen Carlson's mistakes, then it'd still be one of the most unprofessional sources of news ever. It's a joke. They're not fair n' balanced. People dismiss that lie so quickly, and say other networks aren't balanced. O.K., FINE, BUT WHY DO THEY KEEP REPEATING THIS LIE ON THERE? Rupert, there is no way any other network could be as unbalanced as Fox is. Even MSNBC has 3.5 hours of Scarborough n' friends' mainly Conservative talk every week day morning. That's hardly a Liberal's Morning Danish.

i don't even know who gretchen carlson is. but yeah, i remember reading from another news source about fox making up news. that's just crazy-why would they be surprised if some don't watch or take them seriously? but i also remember (was it cbs?) a made up investigation into truck gas tanks back years ago. each news source should have an office that keeps them straight, and calls out anyone who crosses a line-hell, espn has one!

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Danzig

i don't even know who gretchen carlson is. but yeah, i remember reading from another news source about fox making up news. that's just crazy-why would they be surprised if some don't watch or take them seriously? but i also remember (was it cbs?) a made up investigation into truck gas tanks back years ago. each news source should have an office that keeps them straight, and calls out anyone who crosses a line-hell, espn has one!

There are multiple independent news watching organizations that do this. That is what this thread is about. Stations that do it on a daily basis, versus those that screw up occasionally. Guess which category Faux fits into?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Riot

There are multiple independent news watching organizations that do this. That is what this thread is about. Stations that do it on a daily basis, versus those that screw up occasionally. Guess which category Faux fits into?

oh, i thought the thread was about a donation made.