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Matt Taibbi

Palin: Our First WWE Politician

Pick an asshole, any asshole, and she'll rock the house

Nov 22, 09 10:44 AM CST
analysis

Book Tour Shows Palin
Hitting a Nerve

'Going Rogue' phenomenon may foreshadow something bigger

Nov 22, 09 2:46 PM CST
the big plan

Beck Will Host Conventions
to Educate America

He's shifting toward political organizer, plans big DC rally

Nov 21, 09 5:06 PM CST
editorial

NYT to Blankfein:
Your 'Apology'
Is Bull

Editorial board schools Goldman CEO in true meaning of 'sorry'

Nov 22, 09 4:53 PM CST
Palin Pulls in Big Bucks
—for Democrats

'Going Rogue' boosts Dem fundraising to new high

Nov 21, 09 6:50 AM CST
NO COMMUNION FOR YOU, MY SON

RI Bishop Disses
Kennedy Over
Pro-Choice
Stance

Spat over Patrick's position on abortion escalates

Nov 22, 09 8:23 AM CST
Senate Democrats Clear
Health Care Hurdle, 60-39

Reid gets 60 votes to open full debate after Thanksgiving recess

Nov 21, 09 7:13 PM CST
who let the paranoids out?

46 Years After Kennedy, the Virus of Hate Is Back

Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert panders to dangerous paranoids

Nov 21, 09 9:08 AM CST
TALK SHOW ROUNDUP

McConnell:
Dems Proceed
at 2010 Peril

Senators hit the Sunday talk shows after health vote

Nov 22, 09 11:15 AM CST
Eyes on 2010

Lincoln
Swings to
Center of
Health Debate

Dems come calling as GOP eyes her seat in 2010

Nov 22, 09 1:03 PM CST
Billboard Links Obama to Jihad

Colo. car dealership wants this opinion heard

Nov 20, 09 8:42 PM CST
HE'S GOT A BOOK OUT, TOO

Beck to Unveil
'Big Plan' at
Saturday Rally

Righty pundit OK with destroying Dems and GOP

Nov 20, 09 8:07 PM CST
Neglected Ind. Fans Boo Palin

Hecklers accuse her of 'quitting on the job'

Nov 20, 09 3:50 PM CST

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OPINION

Fox Ain't News, It's 'the Opposition Party'

Other media outlets need to highlight 'propaganda:' Boehlert

By Harry Kimball| Posted Oct 13, 09 1:40 PM CDT|

(Newser) – “Fox News has exited the journalism community this year,” Eric Boehlert writes. “It's a purely political player,” which would be all well and good if other media outlets would just report that. As it stands, Fox goes happily about its “propaganda” while hiding behind the “façade of journalism,” created by the real press. Journalists are starting to call out the organization as an “opposition party,” but too many “naively” uphold a “gentleman’s agreement” whose time is long passed.

“Journalists have danced around the obvious,” Boehlert writes at Media Matters, casting in vain for the mover behind the “teabaggers” and the town hall screamers when it was mightily obvious. And news watchers “need to understand why it's becoming increasingly impossible to maintain any kind of public discourse regarding the issues of the day.” The truth is so simple, if the press would just tell it like it is: “A major so-called news organization is devoted to spreading as much misinformation as possible.”

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Glenn Beck. (AP Photo)

Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly. (AP Photo)

The Fox News Channel store at Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport in Minneapolis is shown. (AP Photo)

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It's clear that in 2009, Fox News is no longer in the business of journalism. Fox News isn't trying to inform people, it's trying to misinform them. That's not journalism. It's propaganda. - Eric Boehlert

Fox News still wants to enjoy the benefits of being seen as a news operation. It still wants the trappings and the professional protections that go with it. But it no longer functions as a news outlet, so why does the rest of the press naively treat it that way? - Eric Boehlert

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TheSniperZero
Oct 13, 09 1:56 PM CDT

MMMMMM. Delicious Sour Grapes. Check the ratings, it's obvious who's winning. Crybabies. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/10/09/oreilly-vs-olbermann-vs-cambell-brown-tv-ratings-through-october-8/30110 Reply

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maevealleine
Oct 13, 09 1:58 PM CDT

ratings are not the point. the point is that fox has been caught in lie after lie. someone needs to hold them accountable for all the misinformation they spew to a trusting audience.

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UrUndertaker
Oct 13, 09 2:00 PM CDT

Ratings my a$$, they are not watching that network for news they are watching for entertainment. Faux news is as trustworthy as a pit bull for a baby sitter and probably more rabid if judged by some of their local "color. Face it, the nation knows Faux is a Right Wing Army attempting to write it's own agenda and they have been called out for it, next is when they begin to loose a few tax breaks as being a political advocate so openly.

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NovThird2010
Oct 13, 09 2:00 PM CDT

Notice that CNN is rarely mentioned here although they certainly have had a left wing tilt for years. And MSNBC? I tune in every now and then to remind myself what this country is up against. Olberman, Maddow, and that Ed guy...all left wing bomb throwers, but no criticism in the MTM. BTW, by just mentioning those three clowns, I believe I have increased MSNBC's ratings considerably for the week.

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maevealleine
Oct 13, 09 2:04 PM CDT

having a left or right wing tilt is STILL NOT spewing lies. can't you people see the difference? do some reading, some research of your own before you so blindly put faith in something.

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easterner
Oct 13, 09 2:05 PM CDT

Fox goes happily about its “propaganda” while hiding behind the “façade of journalism,” created by the real press.... Since fox news is a media outlet for "political right wing propaganda" there is no other media outlet to compare it ,other than the REAL Media .

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super_soft_wizard
Oct 13, 09 2:08 PM CDT

'Winning' doesn't mean that they're 'news.'

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myvoice
Oct 13, 09 2:31 PM CDT

by your logic.... McDonalds make the best food on the planet!

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reasonator
Oct 13, 09 2:46 PM CDT

And this story coming from Media Matters. LOL, the irony is laughable.

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drlarrymitchell
Oct 13, 09 3:31 PM CDT

Dancing With the tars gets ratings asshole- but they don't win the Nobel prize for doping it.

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ducme
Oct 13, 09 3:40 PM CDT

who you ? you really think that.... WOW the extremist right are winning, be proud of that.. joke.

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Toon
Oct 13, 09 4:25 PM CDT

Novthird2010, you just might be a right wing extremeist if . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . you think CNN is liberal. They are pro-business and anti-immigration but neither of those things are liberal.

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Snowleopard
Oct 13, 09 4:47 PM CDT

Fox has good ratings only because all of the rational majority of viewers is spread across all of the other networks, while the the crazy right-wingers only have one channel that conforms to their distorted world view.

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ultramarine13
Oct 13, 09 5:31 PM CDT

Really, ratings? I guess by that logic Survivor is real.

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Thaddeus
Oct 13, 09 7:05 PM CDT

So you're proud of perverting democracy Sniper ? You're PROUD ? You WANT to live in a world where the media spews lies to a dumb population, in fact you're smug about it ? Wow.

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freethemall
Oct 13, 09 9:04 PM CDT

ATTENTION NOV03, 2010: Those media outlets who attempt to report without bias are what brainwashed and brain dead wingnuts, such as yourself, call "liberal". You need to realize that not being a right wing ideologue is not synonymous with being a "liberal". For instance, while it is reasonable to call Rachel Maddow a liberal, labeling David Gregory as one, is not. Also, while it is reasonable to recognize that Fox "News" is actually right wing propaganda masquerading as news, it is not accurate to label genuine news outlets as Fox's left wing counterparts.

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bewilderbeast
Oct 14, 09 6:04 AM CDT

@godawgs, you're being disingenuous here. Some reflection, please. When a NEWS station CHEERLEADS a war there IS a problem.

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zentenai
Oct 15, 09 12:50 AM CDT

More people watch it, so it's more right? BAAA-AAAAAH.

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maevealleine
Oct 13, 09 1:57 PM CDT

i really wish someone would force them to change their name from "Fox News" to "Fox Republican Propaganda Network." Reply

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reasonator
Oct 13, 09 2:54 PM CDT

Really? You really want someone to FORCE them to change their name? Do you take time to process your thoughts before you type them?

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Bambi
Oct 13, 09 3:40 PM CDT

Uh, reasonator, Fox being 'forced' to change their name to 'Fox Republican Propaganda Network' would not be any more fascist (clearly your implication) than 'forcing' buildings that contain asbestos to have a notice to that effect at the entrance.

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reasonator
Oct 13, 09 3:52 PM CDT

It wouldn't? Ok, I'm not going to make a smarmy remark. Do you really not see the differences between those two things?

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aces08
Oct 13, 09 4:55 PM CDT

Yes reasonator they should be forced. Want to know why, spreading false information under the title of "news" is wrong and hurtful to the country. We can't take a porno and call it a children's movie just the same as fox shouldn't be called news.

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 5:00 PM CDT

@aces what misinformation has Fox spread? I just checked out their website, CNN and MSNBC. Those are the big three and their sites should give a good barometer of what they stations have on. All three have the same stories up. So should the other two be forced to take down the word news off of their sites and channels? I mean the issue is that the left doesn't like the talking heads on Fox, which is the entertainment portion of the channel, not the news reporting.

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reasonator
Oct 13, 09 5:28 PM CDT

@aces: Let's be honest here, you just don't like the slant that Fox news has. Fine. But trying to relate it to pornography is really a false comparison. And neither you nor the government should be deciding that some publication or medium is "hurtful" to the populace and using that as a reason to shut them down or regulate them. Do you not see the slippery slope there? That is putting the freedom of the press and freedom of speech in peril, subjecting it to government control. You cannot try to control or ban opinions that you don't like; that is the fast lane toward a totalitarian regime. You think it's false information? Fine. Fight it by exercising your own right to free speech, but don't fight it by trying to control it, regulate it, or shut it down. Unless you just want to be a fascist.

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Monjubikahn
Oct 18, 09 6:41 AM CDT

A public nickname would suffice. A Papal Bull from Pope Murdock.

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ngemst
Oct 13, 09 1:58 PM CDT

When will all media outlets report the news without bias. Both the liberal media and Fox report the news like true journalists. Opinion pieces are one thing, but everyone has their own personal agendas coming through the "news". Reply

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maevealleine
Oct 13, 09 2:06 PM CDT

no, they don't. there are watchdog groups keeping tabs on ALL media outlets. again, do some research before you make such generalizations.

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tran_tor
Oct 13, 09 2:48 PM CDT

While I wouldn't put the 'true' in front of journalists, I do agree, reporting with out bias is nearly impossible. What is reported on, the content of what is said, expression, and tone all usually do contain bias. Most news embed statements from individuals involved in the news event, who quite necessarily, are biased.

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freethemall
Oct 13, 09 3:03 PM CDT

Those media outlets who attempt to report without bias are what brainwashed wingnuts call "liberal". Such individuals need to realize that not being a right wing ideologue is not synonymous with being a "liberal". For instance, while it is reasonable to call Rachel Maddow a liberal, labeling David Gregory as one, is not.

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RockyPneumonia
Oct 13, 09 3:29 PM CDT

Absolutely true...except for the part about Fox's reporting the news like true journalists.

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Fondue
Oct 15, 09 10:53 AM CDT

Trifle as it is, but how is it that ngemst has one comment and is in the top 3 in newser points?

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ronimaca
Oct 13, 09 2:02 PM CDT

Fox News must be stopped. They take advantage of people without education. How many people have been killed because of their muck raking? Can victims sue them? Reply

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reasonator
Oct 13, 09 2:57 PM CDT

Gee, I was just thinking the same thing about MSNBC taking advantage of your poor education. Actually, I wasn't thinking that, because I avoid ad hominem attacking-the-character logical fallacies when trying to make my points, and I wish you would do the same.

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camrock1
Oct 14, 09 2:46 AM CDT

reasonator, Your not supposed to be educated. Lol Good response by the way. Now to the rest of you on here, I can see that most of the folks that are on here are very young at heart and seem to be spewing classroom rhetoric being taught on the university campuses of America. let me ask you folks a few things, "Are you afraid to think for your self ?"......." Is peer pressure still ruling your life ?"........."How hard is it to research the facts ?"....... "Don't you have wifi ?" Here is a little word to the wise "In God We Trust All others bring data". Please bring some data so we can understand your point of view.

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 2:06 PM CDT

Looking at the media matters website, just the front page mind you, you can tell that they don't like the right wing or Fox News, since 100% of their stories were basing those two subjects. I think that should have been mentioned in the summary that the source of the article has its own agenda in place to make the right look bad. Ratings are not the end all be all in the war on Fox, while I do think if that if Fox's ratings sucked they wouldn't be an issue at all with the left wing. Reply

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piyrwq
Oct 13, 09 3:14 PM CDT

Just as Newser should discuss the source's agenda to make the left look bad when they use the National Review, Washington Times, or Fox News as a source.

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 3:34 PM CDT

yes they should disclose that, but how often does Newser ever use any of the sources you listed below?

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Snowleopard
Oct 13, 09 4:50 PM CDT

newser references these sources all the time, way more often that media matters.

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 5:06 PM CDT

@snowlepoard out of the 65 stories that are up on Newser right now none of them from the National Review, Fox, or Washington Times. So you can look at the sources on the home page, and there are more from the left leaning Huffington Post, NYT, the daily beast, LAT, and of course media matters. So maybe we should rethink our definition of all the time.

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piyrwq
Oct 13, 09 6:51 PM CDT

Here's a tally of all the stories: http://www.newser.com/topsites.aspx?type=all

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 7:02 PM CDT

@piy thanks for the link: Fox - 68 National Review - 92 Washington Times - not in the top 100. So again snowleopard maybe we should rethink our definitoin of all the time..

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piyrwq
Oct 13, 09 7:18 PM CDT

Regardless of the numbers the point is: it goes both ways, and I don't think newser is in the business of deciding who's got agendas, and who doesn't. For me, it's partly the non-traditional sources that draw me to Newser. And of course, the ensuing debates!

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Galileo
Oct 13, 09 2:06 PM CDT

"Ratings" don't affect the accuracy of the claims. It makes sense for this long overdue criticism of Fox news to finally come out now. It's another component of the religious conservative group that is being marginalized before our very eyes. I just hope it will not be too many years before evolution is standard in science class and creationism is just a ghost of the past, relegated to haunt the margins with the rest. Reply

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OG_Travis
Oct 13, 09 2:07 PM CDT

you know what i believe it! i BELIEVE that ALL other media outlets in the ENTIRE world are fake and lying constantly trying to trick me out of loving jesus and i'm not going to fall for it! fox keeps me informed of the truth that no one else will like that our president is a terrorist out to get grandmas and babies . they did good during bush and they do an even better job now. i also enjoy eating paint chips. Reply

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freethemall
Oct 14, 09 3:47 PM CDT

Oh gee, Travis, what great sarcasm!

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Reader68564280
Oct 13, 09 2:08 PM CDT

Eric, time to step back, take a deep breath and calm yourself down. Now that you have done that, do you feel like you can make more sense? Just stop, your embarrassing yourself. Reply

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BOTHPARTIESSUCK
Oct 13, 09 2:14 PM CDT

Check out pew research on which new outlet is the most unbiased, it's FOX. Check it out for yourself. The commentators on Fox might be biased such as Beck, Hannity, Huckabee, but what about Olberman, Maddow,Schultz,etc. The bottom line is Fox reported on Van Jones, he's gone, Acorn, well there in trouble. How come people don't ever argue the claims Fox presents only the presenter. GE owns NBC, who's buddies w/ Obama Jeffery Immelt. The CEO of GE, who stands to make millions on Cap n Trade and Healthcare Reform. It don't take a genius to figure out that may be a conflict of interest. Reply

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Snowleopard
Oct 13, 09 5:00 PM CDT

Fox's right winger commentators: O'Rielly, Hannity, Beck, malkin, don imus, brit hume, (soon Joe Dobbs), Fox's liberals: Sheppard Smith. Seems like they lean way to the right to me.

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Snowleopard
Oct 13, 09 5:00 PM CDT

At least MSNBC has scarborough.

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 5:07 PM CDT

@snow so since msnbc has one conservative that makes them unbiased but doesn't do the same for Fox? i am confused with your statement.

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LovinLife
Oct 13, 09 2:15 PM CDT

Until and unless the GOP gets it's stuff together, we need a loyal opposition presence. Fox News aint it, though. CNN does a good job and they're far less sensationalistic. Fox is just bent on destruction - like Liz Cheney. People are tuning in to Fox because they're paid to (i.e., restaurants, etc.) or to ridicule, laugh and see how far they'll go - not to learn anything. Reply

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ducme
Oct 13, 09 3:51 PM CDT

how true

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onlyinamerica1
Oct 13, 09 2:35 PM CDT

I can see why Obama was voted in! I'm just going to say a prayer for the country as a whole,all I can do at this point is....shake my head,God bless Reply

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bewilderbeast
Oct 14, 09 6:17 AM CDT

um, onlyinyourhead, if there was a god, and if she WAS capable of "blessing", there wouldn't be this goonshow, now, would there? . . .

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riffran
Oct 13, 09 2:43 PM CDT

Fox does not tow the line....as evidenced by the WH, and the MS attack media, and most of the post here so therefore they are the enemy....I watched a little of FOX last night..it was all local news untill O-reilly hit.....yeah that was sure all lies and hate..."firefighters today helped rescue a cat caught in a drainages system....today footage of a gunfight in a local bar....in todays news a fundraiser for the walk of life .....further investigation of the sweat hut incident has not turned up a lot of........(just the bulk of what was on...yeah pretty subversive stuff there...quick call msnbc)...I really don't even watch FOX that much, but if they are under such fire for lies and hate and distortion, they MUST have broken some laws..sue them then Reply

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LibertyMan
Oct 13, 09 2:45 PM CDT

Thank you both parties. I was goning to draw attention to that myself along with the Pew study of which networks had the greater number of negative stories about Obama and McCain during the election and which had the most postive. Once again it turns out Fox News was the most objective and fair in reporting news about both candidates. The problem for Fox News is that the Whitehouse "crybabies" (isn't that what Chris Wallace called them?) and liberal Newser posters here have little or no ability to sift through the diffence between a "News" program hosted by Sheppard Smith and an "opinion" show hosted by Hannity. Of course they have no probem when the Commie networks over at MSNBC News have a host talking about "tingling feelings up my leg when listening to a speech by the Messiah on air (and they wonder where we get that from?) but Fox News and talk radio is somehow in their demonic logic, a threat to the "One". Using my tax dollars to support government attacks on a free press is however, unconsitiutional and illegal (White House websites attacks Fox News). Can anyone say "Impeachment"? Obama will come to learn soon enough that this is a not a winning game plan and will make nice with Fox News if he wants another term. Looking petty and un-presidentail isn't going to win him a second term or a bump in the polls. Or health care reform. Reply

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 2:53 PM CDT

you had some valid arguments up until the end there when you started to talk about impeaching the President over a website. I think that people don't differentiate on Fox the opinion shows, which there are quite a few, and the news shows which are on mostly during the day. Since most of their big names are opinion guys such as Beck, O'Reilly, and Hannnity they are the ones that people lash out at as counting their opinions as news.

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Pragmaticrealism
Oct 13, 09 6:53 PM CDT

you are out of your mind.

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ducme
Oct 13, 09 7:38 PM CDT

wow is libertyman drinkin the koolaid... OOHHHH YA

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QuackQuack
Oct 13, 09 2:46 PM CDT

This was commented ad nauseam on the previous article about FOX. Overwhelming consensus left FOX & Rupert Murdoch where they belong - down the toilet ! Reply

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yummines
Oct 13, 09 2:46 PM CDT

I'm not a huge Obama fan, but news outlets like Fox News makes Obama more and more appealing to me. Fox News isn't real news, it's entertainment. So why do they keep on insisting that it is a real news channel rather than a republican propaganda channel? The only people who watch Fox News are: 1) Misinformed people who think that Fox is the news channel from God 2) People just inching to find something to parody in the news (John Stewart, Stephen Colbert) 3)People who find it funny on how biased and wrong it is. Reply

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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 13, 09 2:55 PM CDT

People comparing MSNBC and CNN to Fox News as biased are totally foolish. MSNBC definitely has a left leaning tilt, but they don't intentionally disseminate false information and rile up their base to boost ratings. CNN is utterly weak and never challenges either side. I am also convinced Larry King has dementia and forgets about how long he has been discussing the Jon and Kate plus 8 fiasco. FOX news pushes lie after lie to infuriate and stoke hatred for anyone who disagrees with their point of view. This my friends, is not news. It is entertainment/propaganda. Reply

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 3:00 PM CDT

if you want to call what MSNBC does a left leaning tilt, then that frames the rest of your statements. msnbc cheerleads for the president and any of the left wing agendas they can find. they have the two most popular left wing tv shows on, and a guy who gets a tingling feeling up and down his leg when the President talks. I mean I would like to know which news story Fox has pushed that is a lie. Not a story from Hannity, Oreilly, beck, those guys but the actual news.

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alkaseltzersammich
Oct 13, 09 3:07 PM CDT

Well, I was referring to Hannity, Oreilly, and Beck. They have on occassion stated falsehoods as facts. If you want to look at specific instances of lies perpetrated by Fox, then just go to the Media Matters website and enjoy the show.

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camrock1
Oct 13, 09 3:31 PM CDT

So alkaseltzersammich, Have you checked the info from Media Matters website,to make sure it is accurate. I'm just asking because I do not trust anything unless I can check it out for myself and weigh out all 4 corners of the matter before I conclude anything. In short I don't give in to peer pressure at recess....

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godawgs
Oct 13, 09 3:37 PM CDT

@alka see my post above about the media matters site. they are totally devoted to destroying fox news, but again it is the popular personalities on fox news such as the hannity, orielliy, and beck. there is no mention of the people that run the news shows in the middle of hte day, just the talking heads.

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camrock1
Oct 13, 09 2:56 PM CDT

I'm interested in the" fox has been caught in lie after lie" I 'm a person of facts not accusation.....so could you tell us about these lies. I would like to check them out for myself Reply

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Hermitbiker
Oct 13, 09 2:59 PM CDT

Let's see... Fox News attacked for "lying"... :) !! All the rest of the so-called "news agencies" can be "attacked" for "left-wing-media-bias" and also for "their own lies" too... they have been in Obama's "pocket" for about 2 years now !! They "strike out" in the "reporting of the whole story"... whereas... Fox News reports on the "whole story" including the "real facts" that the "Obama News Media" sweeps "under the rug"... and "does not want" the people to know !! I have found "more lies" from the "left-wing media" than I have ever found from "Fox News" !! Just because the "left-wing-Obama-backing-media" says "Fox News" are "liars" does not make it true !! We have entered a "New Age" in America where the "political party in power" dictates to the media... "what is news and what are lies" !! Complete "censorship" of the "news media" is just "around the corner"... with the "White House in driver's seat" !! "Welcome Comrades"... to the new "U.S.S. of A." !! Reply

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dontlikenobody
Oct 13, 09 3:44 PM CDT

"Welcome Hermitbiker" to the "Land of Delusion" - you really don't "ever have to wake up" and realize that "you missed your meds" again. A few more posts and you'll be "writing" ALL IN CAPS, LIKE THIS. Then your style of writing will be just as lunatic as your reasoning.

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ducme
Oct 13, 09 3:46 PM CDT

your an idiot and naive, you don't deserve a response...after this one of course.

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LoudProudLib
Oct 13, 09 7:51 PM CDT

It's hard to even begin to answer your long winded diatribe as you've not really said Fox isnt a liar, only that you agree with them and all other news aagencies are left wing. Why is fox known as the voice of the republican party?

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camrock1
Oct 13, 09 3:16 PM CDT

maevealleine, could you please explain or list the lies that Fox has been caught telling. Im asking so that I might research this. Reply

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cornelison
Oct 13, 09 3:18 PM CDT

Left wing, right wing. I just notice that liberals have a compassionate heart. I don't hear the GOP fighting for the rights of the 46,000,000 people without health care. Many of them are sick or dying. I just don't hear a moral message from the GOP. Reply

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Spudsy
Oct 13, 09 3:33 PM CDT

I would be okay with fox if they would remove all of the stars and stripes graphics and replace them with the union jack and southern cross of the Australian flag that flies over their owners homes. Fox is not an American company. They do not benefit from a strong America. When will the stupids realize this? Reply

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LovinLife
Oct 13, 09 4:25 PM CDT

Oh, the Stupid...it burns, it burns. ;o)

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Derni
Oct 13, 09 4:32 PM CDT

FOX is a political station-they're the Republican Party station--never objective news-always negative and oppositional-I never listen to them-nathional or localk-I refuse to watch poor jourtnalism-if you can call it that Reply

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dbrinsonjr
Oct 13, 09 4:59 PM CDT

Dan Rather didnt get caught in his lies and Chris Matthews with his leg tingling when he say Obama during the convention. No Bias there. Reply

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LoudProudLib
Oct 13, 09 7:48 PM CDT

Dan Rather presented evidence supplied by Karl Rove. Now why would Karl Rove do that?

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Jayster999
Oct 13, 09 5:43 PM CDT

They are an alternative voice to a media that is skewed to the left irreparably and overwhelmingly. In short, they are one of the few outlets in which people can get information without a totally socialistic bent. Thank God for Fox. Reply

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Shannonals
Oct 13, 09 6:46 PM CDT

Jayster, if the information format is biased, it's not information

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LoudProudLib
Oct 13, 09 7:47 PM CDT

They're a joke....lol

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wwwonderer
Oct 13, 09 6:06 PM CDT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley_Todd_mugging_hoax ...... 'Todd's story received international attention, including prominent coverage on Drudge Report and Fox News. John Moody, executive vice president at Fox News, commented in a blog on the network's website that "this incident could become a watershed event in the 11 days before the election," but also warned that "[i]f the incident turns out to be a hoax, Senator McCain’s quest for the presidency is over, forever linked to race-baiting."' Reply

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cornelison
Oct 14, 09 1:19 AM CDT

And Kimball has just discovered what most of us already knew. It started last year. Reply

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luv4USA
Oct 14, 09 9:56 AM CDT

Lest we forget the tenacity with which the left went after Bush on all but one news network...Dan Rather comes to mind....and the current president enjoys a 5:1 pro liberal media safety net. There is a trickle down effect here: Big news execs in the tank for political gain on both sides of the ball and journalists who are no longer reporting critically but emotionally and politically, to generate ratings and keep their high-paying jobs. Unfortunately, critical debate has not been taught in our schools like it used to be. Teachers are taking political sides and generating political agendas. Wake up America, neither party is looking after you and you're falling for both sides' propaganda. We don't live in a black/white, right/left, right/wrong world all the time....much of the time we're right there treading in the gray with something to take away...or throw away from both sides of the political game. Reply

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topdown1
Oct 14, 09 10:13 AM CDT

I used to watch faux news once in awhile, I used to watch "All Star Wrestling" once in awhile, both for the same reason - a few minutes of mindless entertainment. Only a five year old would watch either one and think it was REAL! Reply

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objectivemind
Oct 14, 09 12:37 PM CDT

again, not everything is about money and ratings. it is about truth and decency. Fox is not tilted, to be so it would have to be a credible news organization which it is not. it is registered as an entertainment channel with the FCC. it is pure entertainment, with agendas. not credible news. having a reporter encourage a crowd is not ethical as it has done. others on the network bluntly lie...ck the tapes, even with those, the same people deny they said what is on their own tapes. they spew hate and fear. The cater to the less educated and know they can manipulate their audience with their agendas due to that and in turn, those that watch and embrace Fox tend to be those that the least informed on current issues. sad and dangerous. Reply

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godawgs
Oct 14, 09 1:40 PM CDT

so by reading your post we can tell that you name is false. You are not objective because you aren't looking at anything objectively. you have bought into all of the blanket statements made by the left about Fox and their viewers. The funny part is the people who are making these statements are the OPINION givers on the left. Fox is a top notch new organization during the day, but the left is confused with what is news and what is an opinion. If I asked you who lied on Fox you would immediately say Beck, hannity, or Orielly. Those guys are not giving out news. they are talking heads not reporters. If you ask right wingers why they don't like msnbc they will most likely give you the same answer about hte talking heads on that station. That is not the news part of the channel, if you believe everything that Olberman says you are just an uneducated as you claim that the Beck viewers are.

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camrock1
Oct 14, 09 2:27 PM CDT

Please can you show me the lies.... everyone of you, who has made that claim has not presented any facts. which can either make you an idiot or a hater. Again bring the facts so that we can join your side. That is what objectivemids do.

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stormkite
Oct 14, 09 12:49 PM CDT

Fox's local affiliates aren't so bad - I know field reporters and tech people at several of them. The network is a different story - and I know several of them, too. Stood next to one of their cameramen while he was shooting a reporter's standup during a protest last year. When it was over, I pointed out to the reporter that what he'd reported had no connection at all with the events that transpired. His response: "Yeah, you know that, I know that, but this is what network wants, and I got bills to pay, y'know?" Reply

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MediaTechMadman
Oct 23, 09 10:15 AM CDT

Cite the story. I've stood next to reporters, too. Lots of them. But, your comment is worthless unless you support it with facts. What was the event? What did the reporter say? Did it ever make air? Facts! Facts! Facts!

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glassa
Oct 14, 09 1:11 PM CDT

And MSNBC was the opposition party during the Bush years. So what's the problem? Are people not allowed to disagree with Obama? Does EVERYBODY have to suck up to this man? Reply

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Monjubikahn
Oct 18, 09 6:37 AM CDT

Fox's ratings are not as good as Naked News and they are professional Journalists. Reply

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MediaTechMadman
Oct 23, 09 10:12 AM CDT

Once again, I dare someone - anyone - to cite ONE news story broadcast on Fox News that can be shown to be untrue, distorted and/or biased. Note that I am calling for NEWS stories - not commentary from Beck or Hannity. Those are not NEWS stories. Reply

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