Murdoch: ‘If we weren’t fair and balanced, we wouldn’t have the number one network in news.’

[rclouse 0]

I don't like to watch the news, it is all boring and depressing.. the first 10 or so news stories are always about someone getting killed or robbed etc...

Then you'll love Fox News...

[SMOKE 1,426]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Wow would you mind getting off your pedestal and coming down here so I can share my cheap beer with you, I think you will like it.

Its accurate though, but it isn't just true of the right wing, but anyone who tries to defend a ###### corporate TV network as some sort of political bastion. The very idea is idiotic.

it was pretty funny too. i dunno about you but, i like the new & improved (more aggressive & talk to the hand if you don't agree w/ me) steven.

[mawilson 2,133]

O'Reilly's show is editorial.

Of course it is, so what?

[_Simpson_ 250]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Wow would you mind getting off your pedestal and coming down here so I can share my cheap beer with you, I think you will like it.

It was a generalization and I stated it as such. Deal with it.

Yes you did state that, I dont think it has to do with right wingers in general being stupid(that is pretty much what you said) I think it has to do with the outlets that are available, not many on the right side.

[mawilson 2,133]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Of course - right-wingers are all idiots

[Marilyn. 340]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Wow would you mind getting off your pedestal and coming down here so I can share my cheap beer with you, I think you will like it.

It was a generalization and I stated it as such. Deal with it.

Yes you did state that, I dont think it has to do with right wingers in general being stupid(that is pretty much what you said) I think it has to do with the outlets that are available, not many on the right side.

why aren't there more?

not really the fault of the left side that there aren't more right side news channels...

[Peikko 1,575]

Perhaps it has something to do with the messages of the right and the people they appeal to? Here's one for you. Most/many/all problems in CA are caused by illegal immigrants. The solution, send them home. Simple.

[mawilson 2,133]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Wow would you mind getting off your pedestal and coming down here so I can share my cheap beer with you, I think you will like it.

It was a generalization and I stated it as such. Deal with it.

Tell me something, Steven.

If right-wingers are all so stupid, how come they have all the money?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

O'Reilly's show is editorial.

Of course it is, so what?

So Murdoch making the general claim that his entire news network is fair and balanced is a lie. Op/Ed pieces have never been about being objective. Murdoch and O'Reilly need to stop lying to public and be honest that much of the programming is anything but objective.

[Peikko 1,575]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Wow would you mind getting off your pedestal and coming down here so I can share my cheap beer with you, I think you will like it.

It was a generalization and I stated it as such. Deal with it.

Tell me something, Steven.

If right-wingers are all so stupid, how come they have all the money?

There is a big difference between right wingers who have money and the majority of the Republican supports who definitely do not

[one...two...tree 2,762]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Wow would you mind getting off your pedestal and coming down here so I can share my cheap beer with you, I think you will like it.

It was a generalization and I stated it as such. Deal with it.

Tell me something, Steven.

If right-wingers are all so stupid, how come they have all the money?

Generally speaking again...most Right Wingers are under-educated and on the lower end of income.

...

That's why they call being educated, elitism.

[mawilson 2,133]

O'Reilly's show is editorial.

Of course it is, so what?

So Murdoch making the general claim that his entire news network is fair and balanced is a lie. Op/Ed pieces have never been about being objective. Murdoch and O'Reilly need to stop lying to public and be honest that much of the programming is anything but objective.

He said, "people believe we’re fair and balanced, and they love us" and that much is true.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

O'Reilly's show is editorial.

Of course it is, so what?

So Murdoch making the general claim that his entire news network is fair and balanced is a lie. Op/Ed pieces have never been about being objective. Murdoch and O'Reilly need to stop lying to public and be honest that much of the programming is anything but objective.

He said, "people believe we're fair and balanced, and they love us" and that much is true.

Of course. It doesn't really matter whether it is actually true or not, as long as people believe it. There are, however, a lot of people who don't believe it either...so popularity isn't really a good gauge for quality.

[nowhereman 1]

O'Reilly's show is editorial.

Of course it is, so what?

So Murdoch making the general claim that his entire news network is fair and balanced is a lie. Op/Ed pieces have never been about being objective. Murdoch and O'Reilly need to stop lying to public and be honest that much of the programming is anything but objective.

He said, "people believe we’re fair and balanced, and they love us" and that much is true.

Of course people who like Fox will say its fair & balanced... its kind of like saying people who eat chocolate ice cream like it.

[_Simpson_ 250]

I think he's partially right. Right Wingers, in general, are not the ones you'll find in libraries or universities reading volumes of academic books. They like their TV and their cheap beer...and news shows that will take complex issues and dumb them down to emotional soundbites so it's clear which team to root for and which one to boo at.

Wow would you mind getting off your pedestal and coming down here so I can share my cheap beer with you, I think you will like it.

Its accurate though, but it isn't just true of the right wing, but anyone who tries to defend a ###### corporate TV network as some sort of political bastion. The very idea is idiotic.

"Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side."

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