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

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Could you at least try to stick to the question when answering instead of going off on one of your now infamous tangents?

Empirical evidence does not apply to anything and everything btw - necessarily so it has a specific meaning.

Booyap - would you kindly add this to your siggy as a disclaimer any time somebody unexpectedly engages you in a discussion?

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

O'Reilly, Hannity and Olberman aren't even pretending to be objective because their programs are opinion/editorial based, which is fine as long as O'Reilly along with Murdoch don't pretend that the 'Fair and Balanced' umbrella applies to all of Fox News programs, which is essentially your argument. They market the whole network as being objective and that is the absurdity of it. I haven't heard Keith Olberman state that he is being objective....but O'Reilly.... ...he's an animal all by himself.

You just proved BY's point.

I bet you never even watched O'Reilly's show once - yet you're calling him an animal based on a couple of YouTube videos taken out of context.

How much are you willing to bet? I hear you're loaded. How about 50g's?

O'Reilly's show is editorial. Are you willing to bet that it isn't?

[웃 910]

It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

People in this country really have their head up their arses if that sort of blind partisan loyalty to TV channels is representative of their political dialogs.

The mainstream media really is a joke, and the reactionary talking heads who pride themselves aren't much better (if anything they're worse).

People are used to being spoon-fed their opinions - hence that talking points get trotted out in this forum, using buzzwords verbatim.

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

It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

Actually, it's the fact that so many Americans rely on TV for their main source of news and information, which is sad commentary in of itself.

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It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

Actually, it's the fact that so many Americans rely on TV for their main source of news and information, which is sad commentary in of itself.

No I would rather rely on basement oriented websites with zero accountable or credibility.

The mainstream media really is a joke, and the reactionary talking heads who pride themselves aren't much better (if anything they're worse).

I thought you said a few hours ago that you watch and read the mass media. Apparently now you do not; again.

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It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

Actually, it's the fact that so many Americans rely on TV for their main source of news and information, which is sad commentary in of itself.

i was thinking Confucian hit the nail on the head. so why do you think FOX is #1?

[Marilyn. 340]

It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

Actually, it's the fact that so many Americans rely on TV for their main source of news and information, which is sad commentary in of itself.

No I would rather rely on basement oriented websites with zero accountable or credibility.

The mainstream media really is a joke, and the reactionary talking heads who pride themselves aren't much better (if anything they're worse).

I thought you said a few hours ago that you watch and read the mass media. Apparently now you do not; again.

it doens't say anywhere in his quote that he doesn't watch it... you can watch something and not agree with it

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

It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

Actually, it's the fact that so many Americans rely on TV for their main source of news and information, which is sad commentary in of itself.

i was thinking Confucian hit the nail on the head. so why do you think FOX is #1?

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.

It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

Actually, it's the fact that so many Americans rely on TV for their main source of news and information, which is sad commentary in of itself.

No I would rather rely on basement oriented websites with zero accountable or credibility.

Can you think of any alternative sources besides TV and nutty websites for good journalism?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's pretty simple math why Fox News is #1. There are several librul channels to choose from and only one konservative channel.

Actually, it's the fact that so many Americans rely on TV for their main source of news and information, which is sad commentary in of itself.

No I would rather rely on basement oriented websites with zero accountable or credibility.

The mainstream media really is a joke, and the reactionary talking heads who pride themselves aren't much better (if anything they're worse).

I thought you said a few hours ago that you watch and read the mass media. Apparently now you do not; again.

Oh I do. I'm just s little more aware of what I'm being exposed to. TV news is shitty news source though.

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TV news is shitty news source though.

For the most part, yes. For political commentary, there are some good programs with interesting guests. But for solid news coverage, network news is mediocre at best. By design, they cannot delve into issues with the depth needed, on a 30 minute newscast....21 minutes when you subtract the commercials.

[Marilyn. 340]

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...

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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.

Edited June 9, 2009 by looking_up

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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.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

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.