Poll: Have Fox shot themselves in the foot?

[SFR]

I voted no because the stupid shit Fox News says regularly doesn't make their viewership any weaker. It does sadden me that some of the people who read it probably believe it. With a little bit of thought, a large part of what they say can be brushed off or at least questioned to a degree.

 

[Bender Rodriguez]

Fox's error is not absorbing anything being said about them.

 

[geldonyetich]

Silly OP, Fox doesn't have feet to shoot anymore. They walk around on peg legs chanting ultra-conservatism like a pirate whose brain has been twisted by bad grog.

 

[Thedayrecker]

Um...They do stuff like this every single day. It's what they do. The sad thing is a lot of americans don't notice.

This.

You seem to think the people at Fox News hve a sense of dencency, or shame.

 

[SteewpidZombie]

Fox hasn't shot themselves in the foot, they've completely disembowled themselves before raping some virgins and sacrificing them to their CEOs. I wouldn't be surprised that if Fox news vanished, and all crime and rape statistics dropped by 90% (Since Fox would no longer be there to add some bullshit statistics).

 

[MoosieMann]

i think fox is a stupid and slanted news station but no, i don't think they have. they, and their masses of possibly brainwashed viewers still think that they are in the right, and probably consider people like us heathen or something. or hippies.

 

[Baradiel]

Fox has very little foot left to shoot. At best it's a mangled stump they use to stumble around on, bleeding threateningly on anything they consider "new".

 

[RastaBadger]

Sadly as long as their are people alive there will be people who will watch fox news. As stupid as it does seem often you won't be able to kill it. Kind of like "The Sun" in England.

 

[CoL0sS]

I'm given to understand that Fox News is prime example of bad, irresponsible and misinformed journalism; and that they do things like that on daily basis which is why no one takes them seriously. By know their foot must look like Swiss cheese (if they haven't bled out already)

 

[ShadowsofHope]

..Fox News has a foot anymore?

I thought they were at least up to their torso in remaining metaphorical body parts by now, like MSNBC and CNN. Huh.

 

[Chibz]

Wait, there are people who actually take fox news seriously?

 

[AnonymousTipster]

This Bulletstorm situation will not harm Fox News in the slightest.

 

[WorldCritic]

The sad thing is that so many people believe Fox News and the completely wrong impression of a ton of crap.
Pretty much, anything with Fox in it's name is evil. With the exception of Pre-MGS Foxhound.

 

[jpoon]

They do make a lot of mistakes, no doubt and I don't trust quite a bit of what they "preach". I still watch it though, it isn't all bad, and unless you actually watch more than a bitesize piece of their shows you would know that.

 

[northeast rower]

Oh my fucking god, all of you please ***** MORE.

I'm conservative.

I like Fox News.

A lot of their stuff is stupid.

Deal with it. It's not like it affects you directly. Christ, it's like all of you view the people who view Fox as Glenn Beck-loving rednecks. Guess what? It's not true. (I enjoy Fox News as my central news source and I don't like Glenn Beck. Don't generalize.) Call me stupid. Call me ignorant. But goddammit, it's not going away, and complaining about it won't solve anything.

 

[PhiMed]

This is what they do. Their audience eats this stuff up. There are much more important issues that they've fabricated stories of, and it hasn't lead to a decrease in viewer-ship yet. Nothing will happen, either way.

 

[PhiMed]

Oh my fucking god, all of you please ***** MORE.

I'm conservative.

I like Fox News.

A lot of their stuff is stupid.

Deal with it. It's not like it affects you directly. Christ, it's like all of you view the people who view Fox as Glenn Beck-loving rednecks. Guess what? It's not true. (I enjoy Fox News as my central news source and I don't like Glenn Beck. Don't generalize.) Call me stupid. Call me ignorant. But goddammit, it's not going away, and complaining about it won't solve anything.

I don't think you're stupid, but I do think there's a good chance you may have a warped view of world events. Not because conservatives are warped (I'm one on most issues), but because there are multiple documented cases of Fox simply making stuff up because it fits their narrative.

They don't do news. They do what they think will create ratings, and "telling stories other outlets won't (because they didn't happen)" creates ratings. Rupert Murdoch has admitted as such.

Other news networks might be doing something similar, but no one is as blatant as Fox.

 

[Yarpie]

I don't think they have enough foot left to shoot themselves in, given their uh... peculiar past.

 

[Plurralbles]

FOX is a troll and have made shit up many times. This is nothing new. Seriously, they have done it often enough, so why can't people take them to court for spreading crap. Slandering games and offering false facts, and desecrating the name of a grand woodland mammal.

Calumon: But, if Hackers were on steroids, they would break the keyboard!

I will never understand you, Calumon...


Anyway, It would be great if there would be a lawyer like the guy who sued Big Tobacco and Asbestos users would come around and bash their bank account where it hurts through the courtroom.