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10-11-2013, 08:59 AM
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And If I hear " wait and see which side blinks first" one more time from any of them including Fox I'm shutting off the news until this is over.
That's sort of rhetoric, from a news organization, is part of the problem our shallow politicians can't get anything done
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10-11-2013, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by buckman
And If I hear " wait and see which side blinks first" one more time from any of them including Fox I'm shutting off the news until this is over.
That's sort of rhetoric, from a news organization, is part of the problem our shallow politicians can't get anything done
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Whenever they say that, you can bet your last cent that they don't have anything to report, nothing to say, and are waiting to be told what to report.
Kind of what Obama would be like without a teleprompter! |
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10-11-2013, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by buckman
That's sort of rhetoric, from a news organization, is part of the problem our shallow politicians can't get anything done
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Problem is we don't have a leader who will negotiate on what is best for the American people. A leader brings people together and gets things done for the sake of the people, not dig his heals in for the sake of his own agenda.
Divide and conquer. |
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10-11-2013, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by justplugit
Problem is we don't have a leader who will negotiate on what is best for the American people. A leader brings people together and gets things done for the sake of the people, not dig his heals in for the sake of his own agenda.
Divide and conquer.
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I agree. What a sad state of affairs we have . Still more the half blame the Republicans.
And 18% are happy with the way the governments running right now.
It's a crazy world we live in.
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10-14-2013, 07:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by buckman
And If I hear " wait and see which side blinks first" one more time from any of them including Fox I'm shutting off the news until this is over.
That's sort of rhetoric, from a news organization, is part of the problem our shallow politicians can't get anything done
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Too busy over the weekend to watch any news (other than the weather channel) or check on any news on the web. Pretty bad when you finally watch the morning news and its depressing.
Must be some good paid for advertising with hot chicks on at 7am. Its certainly more entertaining.
"TV because of little kids" ahhhh training the next minions to the talking picture box! Excellent! |
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10-14-2013, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by likwid
Too busy over the weekend to watch any news (other than the weather channel) or check on any news on the web. Pretty bad when you finally watch the morning news and its depressing.
Must be some good paid for advertising with hot chicks on at 7am. Its certainly more entertaining.
"TV because of little kids" ahhhh training the next minions to the talking picture box! Excellent!
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10-15-2013, 06:54 AM
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It is interesting that Fox news blows away all their competition in the ratings war.
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10-15-2013, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by DZ
It is interesting that Fox news blows away all their competition in the ratings war.
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To be fair, part of that is because liberals have several TV stations (all of them except Foxnews) to choose from. So they are all splitting the liberal share. Fox, on the other hand, has a monopoly on the non-liberal viewpoint.
You'd think that a failing station like MSNBC might try to follow Fox's lead to eat into their ratings, but nope, they'd rather go down with the ship. |
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10-15-2013, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
To be fair, part of that is because liberals have several TV stations (all of them except Foxnews) to choose from. So they are all splitting the liberal share. Fox, on the other hand, has a monopoly on the non-liberal viewpoint.
You'd think that a failing station like MSNBC might try to follow Fox's lead to eat into their ratings, but nope, they'd rather go down with the ship.
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Remember the days when you had to think for yourself when you watched the news? You got 30 minutes at 6:30 to listen to the tv and then you had to resort to the newspaper. There was also this thin called "investigative reporting". Now if you watch tv you have a 24 hour news cycle spitting out garbage opinions that you want to hear. Mostly negative.
I hate tv and I hate the news. It's the number one reason that this country is divided on so many issues.
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10-15-2013, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by DZ
It is interesting that Fox news blows away all their competition in the ratings war.
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Fox changed the game. They came in hard with a lot of big talent and pushed the sensationalized format that others have had to respond to. MSNBC went left and CNN shifted to the middle.
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10-15-2013, 09:33 PM
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Originally Posted by spence
Fox changed the game. They came in hard with a lot of big talent and pushed the sensationalized format that others have had to respond to. MSNBC went left and CNN shifted to the middle.
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It's so refreshing that we can freely admit, now, that "news" outlets are biased. For the longest time, pre-fox, we were admonished that complaints of network bias were unfounded. That anchors and reporters were all purely objective, and not to worry about undue influence toward liberal agendas.
All it took for us to admit the truth was the appearance of an interloper in the sanctimonious realm of "pure" journalism. Fox, the black sheep in this herd of the hallowed press, gained a following which was weaned from the "major" networks, and it had to be reckoned with. And the accusation of its right leaning bias exposed a true difference, at least in the eyes of those who finally could watch news without barfing. |
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10-15-2013, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by likwid
"TV because of little kids" ahhhh training the next minions to the talking picture box! Excellent!
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Yes, because I let them watch 12 hours a day, which is precisely what I said.
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