Fox News is biased bullshit. But so is every other news channel in America (except for Bloomberg). There is not enough news to fill 24 hours a day, every day, so all the channels give into sensationalism and interviews with people who don't matter in the grand scheme of anything.
Escapists: What's your opinion on Fox News and why?
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Oh, they do everything deliberately. You ever seen any of their leaked e-mails and memos? They know they're being misleading and yet they continue down the path. They're a disgrace to anyone that's ever considered themselves a journalist, and their hypocrisy and misinformation knows no bounds.
Well, put simply, they're a bunch of idiots and anyone who watches them and thinks they're right about anything is also a complete idiot. What I don't get is how they can say thair news is "fair and balanced".
Sorry for being an ignorant Englishman here, but how the hell can the NEWS be "fair and balanced"? That just makes no sense. There are no "sides" to news, there's accurate and inaccurate. There is FACT and FICTION. If something happens in the world then it happens, there is no narrative you can make out of it, you just present the facts and let people make up their own minds about what to do with that information.
You cannot present the "other side" of a news story because there simply isn't one to begin with. There is FACT and there is FICTION. If you're just trying to push an agenda then you are not giving us NEWS you're giving us BULLSHIT.
Simple as that.
I honestly don't understand the appeal of biased news. The news isn't there for your entertainment, it's there to keep you informed. Seriously, if unbiased news bores you, then maybe you don't care much about the truth.
Sorry for being an ignorant Englishman here, but how the hell can the NEWS be "fair and balanced"? That just makes no sense. There are no "sides" to news, there's accurate and inaccurate. There is FACT and FICTION. If something happens in the world then it happens, there is no narrative you can make out of it, you just present the facts and let people make up their own minds about what to do with that information.
You cannot present the "other side" of a news story because there simply isn't one to begin with. There is FACT and there is FICTION. If you're just trying to push an agenda then you are not giving us NEWS you're giving us BULLSHIT.
Simple as that.
I honestly don't understand the appeal of biased news. The news isn't there for your entertainment, it's there to keep you informed. Seriously, if unbiased news bores you, then maybe you don't care much about the truth.
I hate them because they butchered Mass Effect's good name and ruined the second one's sex scene
You could also drink every time you hear any of the following phrases on FOX:MoNKeyYy said:I think it's damned hilarious! I like to play a little game where everytime I feel the urge to facepalm I take a drink instead. I got drunk on light beer halfway through the O'Rielly Factor
-Jesus/God
-Christian
-9/11
-Socialist Nazi Conspiracy
-Shariah Law
Hope you stocked up on booze!
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But you have to love how they come up with those hot female anchors from ??? They obviously have no journalism background. What are they, cloning models? and then brainwashing them?
I can't figure it out, plus, once their hotness and appeal is used up, they'll never land a job anywhere else.
Saying you worked for FOX in the news industry is the black mark of death. Once selling your bias to go there, you have to stay there, but when your looks are gone... ????
But you have to love how they come up with those hot female anchors from ??? They obviously have no journalism background. What are they, cloning models? and then brainwashing them?
I can't figure it out, plus, once their hotness and appeal is used up, they'll never land a job anywhere else.
Saying you worked for FOX in the news industry is the black mark of death. Once selling your bias to go there, you have to stay there, but when your looks are gone... ????
They are biased. Sure, conveniently I tend to have a certain guilty pleasure for news biased towards my views and dislike news biased against my views. But that's not the end of it. Fox is Biased and won't man up to it. They are a republican organization, furthering a right wing conservative ideology to the letter, and they present facts and do there research according to what supports there viewpoint. They pretend like they are fair and balanced. It is grossly misleading. I could simply disagree with their opinions (constantly) but as it is they are just dishonest.
Rhymenoceros said:
See first quote.
Fox News lies about lying. Before we even come to Murdoch, and so help me, we could come to Murdoch.
Ta-da.the_hoffs_ego said:
Fox News is clearly the propaganda branch of the GOP. Their every opinion revolves around extreme right-wing authoritarian ideals. Shep Smith is there only real news anchor there. They're main goals is to divide our populace in an effort to distract us from the things that really matter in America.Rhymenoceros said:
Death Panels anyone?
This should be a pretty good sum-up,Rhymenoceros said:
in particular the bit at 00:41 - 02:34 of the second video.