Poll: Fox News

[bl4ckh4wk64]

Kill Bill he is a idiot iam a republican i am a christion/athiest i believe god is in a way mother nature and evolution i dont believe that he just snaped his fingers and bam we were created. he had to do it some how thats why he made scientists!!
also i dont hate hitler just find him evil.

waitwaitwaitwaitwait. You're both a Christian and an Athiest? Those are two conflicting beliefs... One is the belief that there is one God in three parts (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) the other is the belief that there is nothing, there never was anything, and there never will be any form of "Ultimate Reality."

 

[bl4ckh4wk64]

So conservatives = liars and gullibe morons who believe them? Again, "the earth is 6,000 years old" or "Obama is a nazi" isn't "a side of an argument", it's stupid rubbish. Beck, Hannity, Cavuto, O'Reilly etc do not give you a "conservative side of an argument"; they lie to you. There IS no conservative side to 1+1=2, and not everything is a matter of political debate.

Also, Bush was in favour of more off-shore drilling. He pushed for de-regulation of the banks. His silly and obscene war in Iraq cost America two trillion dollars. So yeah, he IS partly responsible for a lot of the mess in which America finds itself today. And once more, those aren't matters of opinion, those are FACTS, something you might know about if you watched less Faux News.

Prefect example of American politics, result in bashing the other side and spouting out what you think are facts. Was that first paragraph really needed? You merely used it, along with almost every one else in this thread, as a means to bash conservatives because they have a different opinion than you. I never said everything was a matter of political debate, I said politics was a matter of political debate. So you're saying that there is no conservative side to a political argument? I thought that these people were in America, where people are allowed to formulate their own opinions. I wasn't aware we were in a tyrannical state where opposing opinion leads to execution. I refuse to debate with someone as narrow-minded as you, and therefore, I bid you adieu.

 

[TundraStalax]

the staff just seem to represent EVERYTHING bad about America, and, because they have the loudest voices, they get worldwide media attention, they may actually be responsible for the hatred of Americans...

...this may mave been Murdoch's plan...

I'm an Australian, by the way

 

[GotMalkAvian]

There's no such thing as an unbiased news source in America today, mostly because people don't want unbiased news. People want stories written with a spin that fits in with their beliefs. Sure, Fox News is extremely one-sided, but if I was conservative, I'd probably think it was the best thing ever.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

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See, the only reason Fox News gets all the hate is because it's the ONLY conservative news station. I guarantee you if there were as many news stations on the right as there are on the left, there would a huge drop in the hatred of Fox News. You know why there's a hatred of them in the first place? Because they're conservative. Because in American politics, it's much easier to just bash the other side than actually try and argue a point. I'm proud of the non-video game information that comes from Fox News as I can count on having the conservative side of an argument shown to me. I get way too much of the Liberal media at school that it's really rather nice to come home and not worry about being called a "racist, incestuous, obama-hating, retarded redneck fuck." and it's REALLY nice to listen to a news source that doesn't blame Bush for every, single, fucking, bad thing that happens in America. My intro to the arts teacher blamed the freaking BP oil spill on Bush saying that if he wasn't elected, none of this would have happened.

So conservatives = liars and gullibe morons who believe them? Again, "the earth is 6,000 years old" or "Obama is a nazi" isn't "a side of an argument", it's stupid rubbish. Beck, Hannity, Cavuto, O'Reilly etc do not give you a "conservative side of an argument"; they lie to you. There IS no conservative side to 1+1=2, and not everything is a matter of political debate.

Also, Bush was in favour of more off-shore drilling. He pushed for de-regulation of the banks. His silly and obscene war in Iraq cost America two trillion dollars. So yeah, he IS partly responsible for a lot of the mess in which America finds itself today. And once more, those aren't matters of opinion, those are FACTS, something you might know about if you watched less Faux News.

In addition to this, the oil rig was made by Haliburton -- Dick Cheney's company -- and it either lacked or had inoperable failsafe mechanisms, something that should have been caught during Bush era inspections.

Also, the fact that Fox is a conservative news station is a major problem. Whatever Fox and the various right-wing talk radio hosts may claim, there's no such thing as a "liberal media." MSNBC swings to the left, but it's nowhere near as far to the left as Fox is to the right, and CNN, the only other national news station in the country, doesn't have a direct bias either to the left or to the right; at best, they're neutral, and at worst, they take whichever side on a given issue they think is most likely to bring in the ratings. When you start looking at the network news stations, both Fox and ABC have a distinct conservative bias; NBC, to the best of my knowledge, is fairly neutral, but even if it were biased to the left, that's a 2:1 conservative bias. So where is this liberal media bias, again?

Edit: To make myself clear, bias in a news source is a bad thing, a very bad thing -- no matter what direction it is in. Having a slant on the editorials may be all right, but the actual news reporting should be as unbiased as possible -- otherwise, you aren't reporting the news, you're reporting what you wish the news was. While it's never truly possible to fully rid oneself of bias, a good journalist, like a good historian, will do whatever is possible to account for any bias, and give an honest depiction of the events. Fox goes out of its way to do the opposite of this, and fails as a news source; even MSNBC saves the editorializing for the editorial shows, like Hardball and The Rachel Maddow show. Fox does it no matter what program is on, and their editorial content has much more than a simple spin to it.

Prefect example of American politics, result in bashing the other side and spouting out what you think are facts. Was that first paragraph really needed? You merely used it, along with almost every one else in this thread, as a means to bash conservatives because they have a different opinion than you. I never said everything was a matter of political debate, I said politics was a matter of political debate. So you're saying that there is no conservative side to a political argument? I thought that these people were in America, where people are allowed to formulate their own opinions. I wasn't aware we were in a tyrannical state where opposing opinion leads to execution. I refuse to debate with someone as narrow-minded as you, and therefore, I bid you adieu.

I AM a conservative, my friend, and as such, I am fucking embarrassed of these morons. And you are a whinger. You basically said that you watch Fox News because they don't bother you with hurtful truths. And now you cry about how people don't like your opinion and you are prosecuted. Boo hoo. When the hell did republicans turn from John Wayne into My Chemical Romance?

Now, I will show you the difference between an opinion and a lie.

"Obama's health-care plan is poorly timed, since America has huge debt problems, and therefore, adding more spending, even for a good cause, is probably a bad idea."

That is a perfectly valid conservative opinion, one which I happen to share.

"Obama is a Muslim nazi who wants to kill your granny and turn America into a socialist hell."

That is a lie. As a matter of fact, it's a whole bunch of lies. And Fox News make their money off the latter, not the former.

Technically, the first statement is a lie as well; the health care plan is budget neutral, with everything in it completely paid for. Further, it's expected to actually reduce the deficit over the next decade, not raise it. But I understand where you're coming from, and I'd much rather have a debate with the kind of conservative you seem to be than a tea-party member.

 

[GrizzlerBorno]

They are the Mass Media personification of the Old, White, "Pure Bred" American master race. So it doesn't really matter that WE dislike them, because we are not SUPPOSED to like them.

FOX news caters specifically to Old, white, pure bred Americans, not to other Americans with international roots or to any other nationality. So we may hate them, but our opinion on them is about as valid as their opinion on the Sex scene in Mass Effect.

In conclusion, i wish people would just STOP paying them so much attention and i'm looking at you Escapist! SO WHAT if they think Bulletstorm will turn kids into Rapists? Why should we Give a shit as to what they think?

 

[Vrach]

*steps on box
Being a republican...
*dodges tomatoes
That was uncalled for.
*Steps down from box
Look, I'm fine with some of fox news reporting. Yes, they have an obvious bias. So does EVERYTHING else. That said, I completely ignore their video game news group, which needs to get a new brain cell, their only one is wearing away fast.
Custer's Revenge was (thankfully) a LONG time ago. Let's move on, Fox video game division.
It's like Rush Limbaugh. He's not the devil people think he is, if you take the time to read his work, he is not nearly as crazy as EVERYTHING makes him out to be.
Fox isn't the best, but they are by far not the worst.
For any news outlet, you should double check stories. I trust very little without multiple sources, and I like comparing viewpoints between Fox, NBC, and CNN.
*makes mental note to avoid quote messages in the inbox for a while
Ugh. Just opened myself to a shit storm here, didn't I?

A bit, but I'll keep it short and sweet - just who do you consider to be worse? Cause I was thinking about the Daily Mail being one of the most consistently hilarious pieces of bullshit to ever be called news reporting but then I saw what Fox News was doing and it just blew it clean out of the water. If there's something worse still... I'd kinda wanna know about it. You know, for entertainment purposes

They are the Mass Media personification of the Old, White, "Pure Bred" American master race. So it doesn't really matter that WE dislike them, because we are not SUPPOSED to like them.

FOX news caters specifically to Old, white, pure bred Americans, not to other Americans with international roots or to any other nationality. So we may hate them, but our opinion on them is about as valid as their opinion on the Sex scene in Mass Effect.

In conclusion, i wish people would just STOP paying them so much attention and i'm looking at you Escapist! SO WHAT if they think Bulletstorm will turn kids into Rapists? Why should we Give a shit as to what they think?

Are you familiar with a very famous quote going, "All it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing."?

They're good for a laugh (not the good kind sadly) and seeing as they're (legally speaking) seen as a major news network, they should not be allowed to keep spreading lies. I've personally seen footage from national television in Communism-controlled countries (this is not a "Communism is evil" argument, it's a "Communism tends to control the media into spouting biased nationalistic bullshit") and those guys are little kids in comparison to Fox News.

 

[Woodsey]

My thoughts?

Well, I've seen Glenn Beck tell a woman that euthanasia is where the government elects to kill you if you're too much of a financial burden, and I've seen Bill O'Reilly categorically state that Stephen Hawking (he actually kept calling him Hawkings) has no explanation for the moon or the tides.

Their biggest and "best" are a bunch of manipulative morons (or geniuses, depending on how you look at it) who receive viewing figures they probably sold their souls to the devil for.

Glenn Beck even blames the Jews for Jesus' death for fuck's sake.

Don't even get me started on that fucking chalk board of his.

He is kind of crazy, but what do you have against the chalk board?

It's just so predictable! Sure the middle bit is illegible, but at the end the answer is always either Muslims or c-c-craaazy Communitsts. Is it too much to ask for a little variety?

 

[Prometherion]

I dont like American news coverage, opinions are not news and anchors are not journalists.

I prefer the British style - all politicians are scum and should be humiliated and argued with at any opportunity. If you want partisan stick to newspapers.

 

[GeorgW]

Sure, if they attack a company personally they will defend themselves, but why are they even allowed to spread these lies? Since it's free publicity for the games, they have never been sued for damages, and this really annoys me.

I think you just answered your own question.

The thing that bugs the most is the fact that no one seems to stand up to them.
When the hell will people start pushing back to Fox news??

Uh, Fox News is the national laughing stock of everyone except those who are both stupid, and politically conservative. Yes, I mean even the smart conservatives and the stupid non-conservatives consider them a joke. They're ridiculed by almost every other media outlet out there, news-related or not. What more do you want? It's not like they're actively kicking puppies.

They represent everything that's bad with America, and I'm tired of it! [/rant]

This is the place to ***** and discuss about Fox News. Now, I must admit that since I'm not an American I don't know much about the actual Fox News, only about all the bad things that are said about it.

Oh, I get it now, you just don't know what the hell you're talking about. Please don't ever publicly put your two cents in about another countries culture unless you've personally lived it for awhile. It would be like if I (an American) made a forum topic called "Why do the British do everything wrong?" and just start complaining about the metric system and which side of the road they drive on.

Jeez, I'm really sick of this human tendency to completely misunderstand, stereotype, and make broad assumptions about other people's cultures. I guess I shouldn't be surprised, since many of my fellow Americans do it too. But seriously, get some perspective people. Even Yahtzee, who is usually brilliant in the context his game reviews, falls into the same idiotic racist diatribe about Americans too. Just assume that everything you know about us is wrong and forget about us. We'll be stepping out of the international limelight in a few years anyway, right?[/rant]

Sorry, Yahtzee's most recent Extra Punctuation essay just set me off about this topic. TL;DR? Most Americans treat Fox News as a joke, and the only people that take them seriously are other morons who would believe misinformation regardless of the existence of Fox News. Don't worry about it.

So what, I'm not allowed to have an opinion about something just cuz I live too far away?? Sure I don't have all the info, but that's why I made this thread, to learn. That's like me saying that you aren't allowed to talk because language wasn't invented in your country and you don't know every word in the world. Sure my opinion is a bit biased, but whose isn't??

Also, I don't remember saying anything about American culture, or republicans for that matter before you mention it. I just said that from what I know they are frequently misinformed, and I wanted to know if anyone else had thought this or wanted to prove me wrong. Because believe me, I want to be proven wrong, as I said in the OP.

 

[Timedraven 117]

sorry what i ment was i think God is real but i dont think we were created in the way it says in the bible i think God made the universe through the big bang, then he started creation of the stars and thought "hmmmm i think i will make planets with living things on them!" and he did that through science and he made evolution making us. what i am trying to say is ibelieve in god but i think he made us and the universe through science.

 

[aenimau5]

words cannot express how much i hate fox news, however I think this sums them up quite nicely

 

[Rakkana]

Hate them, but the world would be a lot less funny without them.