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- delrin500, on 06/05/2009, -23/+351We have lost our freedom of Press. It has been blanketed by the extremism of cable news. All cable news is garbage (not just Fox, they are just the most obvious), it has turned something that was supposed to inform people into entertainment and the dumbest of us still think what they are watching is news. I don't need more entertainment, I just want unbiased facts. I don't care about your opinion just give me information and I will formulate my own opinion. I am sick and tired of these cable news stations catering to the lowest common denominator.
- Shiftgood, on 06/06/2009, -39/+233Usually i try to at least bridge a gap and have a somewhat respectable conversation with conservatives to see how we differ and if we can understand each others viewpoints.
but its friday and there has been some drinking.
so... ***** conservatives.. they're literally retarded people that live together in such large packs that you cant single them out as "special". They're a dying breed because the advancements in technology are educating the masses. Its pathetic we even have to cater to them and pretend to value their opinions.
***** guns. ***** war. ***** ignorance. ***** hate. ***** racism. ***** fox news. ***** sexism. ***** religion. ***** conformity. ***** terrorism. ***** home shopping. ***** reality tv. ***** the RIAA. ***** the pursuit of prestige. ***** corruption. ***** selfishness. ***** blue tooth headsets. ***** tv. ***** mainstream music. ***** abstinence. and ***** lying.
all the best to you,
-Shift - digitalArtform, on 06/06/2009, -12/+173Hannity can never recover from the 'Obama says US is Muslim Nation' thing. And anyone who uses Hannity in an argument is immediately dismissible.
- EnviroChem, on 06/05/2009, -2/+96Our founding fathers expected individual publications to be of dubious quality thus they wanted a robust press with many different voices. Unfortunatly control of the modern day media has been consolidated into just a few voices.
- Morky, on 06/06/2009, -0/+89You had me at ***** bluetooth headsets.
- grambones, on 06/06/2009, -5/+82Canadian Mirror: http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/#clip178516
- SirBruce, on 06/06/2009, -2/+66Didn't you use Hannity in an argument just now?
- Hazardc, on 06/06/2009, -3/+59Go ahead and describe how the guy that has been in office for not even 1/8 of his term (possibly 1/16) can already be labeled a failure?
Not many people in the news business would consider mr stewart irrelivent, colbert either for that matter. - niradg, on 06/05/2009, -5/+51The idea of getting news from television was never a good one to begin with. Increasingly, only the willfully uninformed get their news coverage that way.
- hatdrop, on 06/06/2009, -4/+49problem with your comparison is "liberals" DO know he's joking
- Hazardc, on 06/06/2009, -2/+43conservatives aren't extremists.
Real conservatives are pretty good people. It's the people that try to turn the word liberal into some kind of derogatory term that are the real douchebags. - hatdrop, on 06/06/2009, -0/+38i don't believe you've been drinking, you've used the correct contraction of "they're" multiple times. some people can't even do that when sober!
- alex7575, on 06/06/2009, -2/+39How can you consider "biased news" news at all?
- inactive, on 06/06/2009, -1/+38Paxton's definition of fascism is not agreed upon by many historians. You should consider the more coherent 14 defining characteristics of fascism:
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism - Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights - Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of "need." The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause - The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.
4. Supremacy of the Military - Even when there are widespread
domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.
5. Rampant Sexism - The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Divorce, abortion and homosexuality are suppressed and the state is represented as the ultimate guardian of the family institution.
6. Controlled Mass Media - Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.
7. Obsession with National Security - Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined - Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government's policies or actions.
9. Corporate Power is Protected - The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.
10. Labor Power is Suppressed - Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts - Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts and letters is openly attacked.
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment - Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption - Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.
14. Fraudulent Elections - Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.
But probably the most authoritative definition of fascism is attributed to the man who led the fascist party, Mussolini: "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power."
Anyone who confuses liberalism, which leans to the left with fascism, which is hard right wing, is a moron. - Hazardc, on 06/06/2009, -7/+43You're fighting the wrong fight. there's plenty of conservatives that don't follow the fox news bs.
Check out people like jesse ventura and ron paul. very good people.
BTW, leave my guns out of this. - pintomp3, on 06/06/2009, -2/+37That's because we've turned the news into a business instead of a public service. Some services don't function well when you introduce the profit motive.
- FreddieD, on 06/06/2009, -10/+44Huff post is a liberal leaning blog site. Fox news is a news station whose central tag line is "Fair and Balanced".
Both insist on only reporting the news from a specific bias, but at least one of them doesn't laughably try to convince others that they are actually trying to see things from both sides. - Mercedes383, on 06/06/2009, -5/+38Look, as a resident of Australia I feel I must profusely apologise for Fox News.
- mrmaple, on 06/06/2009, -0/+32BBC World News is my choice for unbiased facts... and it's true cable doesn't seem to have any show with similar aspirations.
But I do believe that some of the cable news is fantastic because it puts the current news in an accurate historical context... often inviting experts on the history related to the current event to frame the discussions in the smartest and most meaningful way. Rachel Maddow is really fantastic at providing the historical aspect in a way that makes me feel smarter.
Fox News doesn't seem to have this contextual / historical depth. It seems to just react in a way that lacks a worldly perspective, or a historical context, or really any substance beyond angry head shaking.
I really hope that Jon Stewart has just started something... started a debate in which the networks will challenge each other to see which is actually grounded in reality, and which are taking a narrow and twisted view of the world. - Morky, on 06/06/2009, -1/+33What on Earth are you talking about? The last administration tried to subvert rule of law any time it did not suit their needs. In what way is the left disregarding rule of law and the constitution.
- pintomp3, on 06/06/2009, -3/+33Nuking civilians should be a war crime.
- whatthefu, on 06/05/2009, -3/+33Cable news sucks because they rely on ratings, and thus try to be entertaining. I watch all three major cable news channels, and though CNN is the least awful, it still has its problems.
- hatdrop, on 06/06/2009, -1/+30Al Jazeera is actually pretty level headed, they're more like the BBC of the middle east than Fox news. just because they air tapes recorded by Bin Laden folks in the US mistakenly believe they're Al Qaeda's ministry of propaganda.
- Shiftgood, on 06/06/2009, -6/+32dont you wish.
- archiesteel, on 06/06/2009, -1/+27"And everyone has the need to deny the president they elected last November is a massive failure."
...except he hasn't been, and it's eating you up inside. - SlyT862, on 06/06/2009, -8/+31Keep in mind, they're appealing to their demographic... and making a lot of money doing so: They're far and away the most successful cable news network.
Saying "Fox is run by conservatives" is like saying "Disney Channel is run by children." It's television FOR children. - inactive, on 06/06/2009, -0/+23I find it amazing that people can't spell they're,
- JazzSax, on 06/06/2009, -1/+23http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/8938/v33fhz1.gif
- Lefts, on 06/06/2009, -0/+22TV news in general makes everything so dramatic.
- orion846, on 06/06/2009, -1/+22i'm sure if i go through your comment history i'll see you criticizing bush's infamous train wreck right? cus you're not a hypocrite right?
- TheSwashbuckler, on 06/06/2009, -2/+22Calling extremists extremists is act of truth telling...
- Karmashock, on 06/06/2009, -6/+26First, Stewart is right... at least in many cases. Many of the fox personalities are extremists. However, they're hardly alone in the media. The media is FULL of extremists. I don't know if the majority of them are but the majority of media "personalities" certainly are extermists. It's part of their job whether they do it on purpose or not. Likely their producers pick them because they're extreme. They have 'strong' personalities. They're forceful, judgmental, loud, make at LEAST 50 percent of the people that listen to them uncomfortable, and probably please 40 percent of the people to some extent.
- ScottyAnimal, on 06/06/2009, -4/+24I wouldn't call him a failure. It has been what 6 months. What could you or Bush do in that time period?
I would rather to have tried and failed than never tried at all. I am sure I stole that from somewhere. Rather than push these countries away and simply let the hatred for us brood or build he is trying to reconcile and build a relationship and open a line of communication. Or simply work with the richest in said nation to get what we need why not appeal to all members of the nation in hopes that the majority will realize not all Americans are ignorant gun toting hood wearing and intolerant .
I don't get how these people who for the most part are christian, who supposedly believe the word of their lord and savior can tout so much hate. I am not just talking about Fox I'm talking about other Americans as well. You can't just keep pushing others away that don't agree with your beliefs. - inactive, on 06/06/2009, -6/+26I like you.
- inactive, on 06/06/2009, -0/+20It's different when you claim to be a fair and balanced news organization.
- snagglefoof, on 06/06/2009, -1/+20Case in point.
- Stavrosian, on 06/06/2009, -2/+20Unfortunately, Hannity can recover from anything he wants owing to the fact that none of the people who watch his show give a ***** if he's honest or not. He just told them something else they wanted to hear, the fact that he made it up maliciously is neither here nor there.
- inactive, on 06/05/2009, -1/+19CNN pisses me off. I mean sure, they don't throw a political slant on everything like the others, but they're just bad in general. I mean, they'll have 23 1/2 hours of nothing newsworthy, and then maybe half an hour of something real, like a presidential speech, and right in the middle of that speech they'll cut to some random high speed chase for no apparent reason.
- hawkspur, on 06/06/2009, -3/+20Jon Stewart is a comedian. Liberals know this. Conservatives think Steven Colbert is serious.
- lanemik, on 06/06/2009, -1/+18amen.
- Yesplease, on 06/06/2009, -2/+18I think you've confused your right and left hands again. Hold them both up in front of you, palms out. The hand that makes the 'L' shape is the left one.
- tidu, on 06/06/2009, -1/+17He did apologize on the next episode. Ever seen Hannity apologize for stating an opinion? Hell, ever see him apologize for flat-out lying?
- mrdude4290, on 06/06/2009, -1/+17***** you
- Mercedes383, on 06/06/2009, -4/+19Yes, yes you are.
- infectaphibian, on 06/06/2009, -0/+15The RIAA tries to block my use of file sharing, I block their use of my money. Sorry, but that's the deal. I used to buy music all the time before the original napster was shut down.
- musicbear, on 06/06/2009, -2/+16Isn't Ron Paul a libertarian in a republican wolfskin? And isn't the second amendment there so the people have guns to over throw a government that is too big for its britches and not just so that phallically challenged men can have a ***** off huge cabinet of weapons to shoot at small animals with? And so that their kids can then take them to school and get emo on everyone's asses?
- TonyTheTerrible, on 06/06/2009, -1/+15hurr durr mah country iz perfect durr
your past present and future presidents arent some kind of holy, untouchable gods, incapable of making mistakes. - Bloodweaver, on 06/06/2009, -0/+13The problem is that there is a sizable group of people who take this "news" as fact. These people represent voters who want the government and politicians to act upon the issues that they "saw on TV". It becomes difficult to dismiss when they in fact have the largest number of regular viewers.
- Shawn4168, on 06/06/2009, -0/+13Getting news from newspapers is pretty much a joke around here too.
- inactive, on 06/06/2009, -2/+14Yes, but Fox News isn't a comedy show.
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