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  1. 06-21-2010, 04:48 PM #1
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    Thumbs down Fox News: Fairly Unbalanced

    There is nothing fair or balanced about Fox News - it's what us librodouches have been whinging about all along, but Joe Scarborough reminds us again today calling his own network an "organizing institution for the GOP".

    "That is the wild card. If you'd wanna win, seriously, Roger Ailes, everybody goes who runs the Republican--Roger Ailes is the most powerful voice in the Republican Party. He has set up something that -- it is the only organizing institution for the GOP because everybody's let Republicans down in Washington DC. It's Roger.
    Video: http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201006210002
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  2. 06-21-2010, 04:52 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by boltonoutlaw View Post
    There is nothing fair or balanced about Fox News - it's what us librodouches have been whinging about all along, but Joe Scarborough reminds us again today calling his own network an "organizing institution for the GOP".



    Video: http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201006210002
    Scarborough is on MSNBC.
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  3. 06-21-2010, 05:48 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyCarter View Post
    Scarborough is on MSNBC.
    HA HA. You are correct, sir. Big fuck up.
    I must associate that windbag with Fox.
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    Nothing new there. Ho Humm. But did you see how irritated the Hostess looked the whole time? Is she always that crabby? I wouldn't know....I only watch FOX NEWS!
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    Quote Originally Posted by boltonoutlaw View Post
    HA HA. You are correct, sir. Big fuck up.
    I must associate that windbag with Fox.
    Don't worry about it. It's Bush's fault.
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    Totally unrelated but somewhat related to the OP's article but this is the issue with modern day "news" outlets. Viewers, TGR readers included, have trouble distinguishing between commentary shows on news networks and news shows on news networks.

    I've noticed on Fox that they've started flashing the word "commentary" underneath some shows like Hannity and O'Reilly, I've even seen it used on CNN as well. I'd be curious to see how fair and balanced any network CNN, MSNBC, Fox, NBC, CBS, ABC et al is in their strictly "news" coverage. Anyone got a link before I start my google quest?

    No, nothing from Huffington Post or NewsMax will do, I'm talking something like Neilsen or similar. I'll see what I can find.
    I still call it The Jake.
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  7. 06-23-2010, 12:20 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by Downbound Train View Post
    I wouldn't know....I only watch FOX NEWS!
    No shit, and you don't know much.

    Why is there no accountability anymore? I blame the "real America."
    No longer stuck.
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  8. 06-23-2010, 04:02 PM #8
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    It is both hilarious and scary to watch the conservatards eat up the Fox News "news".
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  9. 06-23-2010, 04:40 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by nutcase View Post
    It is both hilarious and scary to watch the conservatards eat up the Fox News "news".

    Just as bad as watching MSN/CNN drones lap up their slant..
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    Quote Originally Posted by farmguy View Post
    Just as bad as watching MSN/CNN drones lap up their slant..
    It's true. I can't tolerate any of it anymore.
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    It's The Age of the Moron.
    Help out a pup or kitteh

    Do it for the critterz

    Res dogz could use a break
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  12. 06-23-2010, 06:33 PM #12
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    Fuck Jer, you're so addicted, you can't even take a week off?

    And why are you linking to www.PMGear.com ?

    If I keep mentinoning splat and PM Gear Skis too, can I get a Bro Model for free?
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    Quote Originally Posted by gunit130 View Post
    Fuck Jer, you're so addicted, you can't even take a week off?
    It's Monsoon Season. All there is to do is build my ark and post here.
    Help out a pup or kitteh

    Do it for the critterz

    Res dogz could use a break
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    Quote Originally Posted by farmguy View Post
    Just as bad as watching MSN/CNN drones lap up their slant..
    Intelligent people don't watch 24hr news networks of any kind.
    No longer stuck.
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  15. 06-24-2010, 01:24 PM #15
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    stuckat, you're wrong, because I watch CNN all the time!
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    Exactly.
    No longer stuck.
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  17. 06-25-2010, 04:24 PM #17
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    Quote Originally Posted by farmguy View Post
    Just as bad as watching MSN/CNN drones lap up their slant..
    Nobody watches msn/CNN.
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  18. 08-17-2010, 04:16 PM #18
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    Further evidence of "Fair & Balanced" - News Corp Donates $1 MILLION To Republican Governors Association

    From the article:
    Fox News and Wall Street Journal parent company News Corp donated $1 million to the Republican Governors Association in June, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported.

    The media conglomerate, controlled by Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, took advantage of the unlimited donations corporations can give to governors' associations (from Bloomberg BusinessWeek):

    The Republicans' biggest corporate donor was New York-based News Corp. Teri Everett, a spokeswoman, said the company "actively supports organizations that advocate a pro-job, low tax, economic growth agenda."

    News Corp. opposes proposed federal rule changes that would weaken the position of its Fox network in negotiations with cable companies. Governors may have a stake in the issue. In March, for example, New York Governor David Paterson stepped in with a call for binding arbitration in a dispute over fees between Bethpage, New York-based Cablevision Systems Corp. and Burbank, California-based Walt Disney Co.'s ABC.
    News Corp made the $1 million donation on June 24, according to Politico's Ben Smith (and a filing).

    As Smith points out, News Corp's highest-ranking Democratic executive, former #2 exec Peter Chernin, left the company last year. Murdoch's liaison to the Democratic party, communications executive Gary Ginsberg, also left the company last year.

    "News Corporation believes in the power of free markets, and the RGA's pro-business agenda supports our priorities at this most critical time for our economy," a company spokesman told Smith.

    UPDATE:

    Democratic operatives have hit back with statements calling Fox News's RGA donation a final indication that their "Fair and Balanced" brand is less accurate than ever.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
    It's The Age of the Moron.
    Jer speaketh the truth. I can not believe how dumb the average American citizen is. Our greatest enemy is ignorance.

    If you are on TV, you are an entertainer looking for ratings. End of story. And the average Joe/Joleen eats it up. Too f**kn lazy to check it out.
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    should a news organization be making political donations at all?

    An entertainment enterprise sure, but!?!
    ... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...
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    News organizations should never be donating to political candidates.

    Endorsement is a close as they should ever get to the process of elections.
    "You damn colonials and your herds of tax write off dressage ponies". PNWBrit
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    I like reading the endorsements in papers like "The Stranger" (Seattle) during political season. Pretty sure no canidates would accept money (publically anyway) from The Stranger!!!
    ... jfost is really ignorant, he often just needs simple facts laid out for him...
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  23. 08-17-2010, 07:05 PM #23
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
    It's The Age of the Moron.
    A little knowledge is dangerous. (don't know who to qoute)
    And that's the way it is. (add date)
    Who remembers Cronkite.
    Last edited by skiballs; 08-17-2010 at 07:22 PM.
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  24. 08-17-2010, 07:19 PM #24
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
    It's The Age of the Moron.
    AKA, the Jackassic Era...
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  25. 08-17-2010, 10:22 PM #25
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    Fox news isn't fair and balanced? Oh wow man. That's crazy!
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