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  • BrandonMills, on 10/11/2007, -24/+118Er, Fox News has existed throughout history.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_journalism
    • erikph7, on 10/11/2007, -23/+4I say kick it up a notch next time and photoshop Adolf Hitler style mustaches on each newscaster -- male or female.
    • 5urr3al5am, on 10/11/2007, -22/+10none of these even make any sense? of course unless you're trying to appeal to the bottom line?

      many attack fox news for being pro-Christian? and wasn't it the liberals who attacked Condi Rice, Attorney General, and at one point Colin Powell (when he didn't agree with them).. in fact the liberals will smear anyone who doesn't agree with them... It just goes to show you that the liberals / Secular progressives will do anything for a power grab...

      Think hard.. when was the last time you saw a minority Republican play the race card?
    • 5urr3al5am, on 10/11/2007, -17/+6we all know that there have been reports done that show a huge left-wing bias in the news reported today...

      that report was of course bashed and burried by the left-wing news outlets
    • lavoie0ca, on 10/11/2007, -2/+9@ 5urr3al5am

      Minority has more than one meaning.

      He mean't "you are in the minority" as in, only crazy people think like you.

      You meant the sociological minority, they are very different.
      If you were a minority like homosexuals you wouldn't have bush in the white house now would you. Can you imagine if a jewish president rigged the vote like that? There would be riots.
    • 2012, on 10/11/2007, -5/+10Thanks for the link to "Yellow Journalism".

      Key point: "sensationalizing the news in order to drive up circulation"

      I just get my news from from the Associated Press. It's nice. No fluff and stuff.

      http://www.ap.org/
    • 5urr3al5am, on 10/11/2007, -10/+2thats how elections work.. majority rule...

      The dems/libs vomit 'news' on a daily basis. Like Bush stold the election. If this were true then why are the dems/libs against locking down the election process and reducing chances of voter fraud? They are against making voters present an id?

      Time and time again they present an almost identical argument.. a sociological argument of bitter-entrenchment of 'this is not working'.... followed up by the argument that 'nothing will work', followed up by the argument that we need to get rid of an mitigation of the entire thing... iraq, voter fraud, illegals, drugs, 'testing students'?
  • Wonkanobi, on 10/11/2007, -14/+159Fox on Adam and Eve:

    "Eve has a well known liberal agenda. Her reckless anti-establishmentarianism is a threat to common decency and conservative Garden values. She is dangerously anti-Eden and a nut-job hack whose irresponsible actions are directly funded by serpent operatives."
    • noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -11/+39If only there was a way for your to change that to Cobra operatives I believe you would be dugg up for all time.
    • DildoOreilly, on 10/11/2007, -18/+4SwiftGoat Pets for Treason

      Coming soon to Faux News: Swifties explain why treason is good for America.
  • johnnick, on 10/11/2007, -13/+86Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
    • aralls, on 10/11/2007, -9/+52Dugg for Python!

      chief weapons are suprise and fear
    • Seaborgium106, on 10/11/2007, -8/+25"I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!"

      @aralls
      also ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms!
    • DildoOreilly, on 10/11/2007, -15/+4FoxNews created the 28%-ers!

      ROFLMAO!!!!!
    • robdiggity, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4What about ruthless efficiency and a fanatical devotion to the Pope oh start again.
    • fatpads, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6I genuinely didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition to be on that list...

      Chief weapon No. 1 is intact
    • GrouchoMarx42, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Cardinal Biggles... Give her... THE COMFY CHAIR.

      (Dun Dun Dun)

      Dugg just for the Monty Python reference. And because I hate Fox News.
  • UtahApocalyse, on 10/11/2007, -8/+22I like the Boston Tea Party one.
  • Jomwilli, on 10/11/2007, -16/+28Ahh yes, Yellow Journalism. "Remember the Maine!" boys! Think about the children!

    Well, muckraking was indeed honed and mastered amongst the free journalistic world in the last two centuries, I guess propaganda has existed forever we can all agree. Faux, sorry Fox news has a very distinct and different flavor if you wlll of propaganda. It is a subtle and slightly misleading news agency, that actually believes and it's watchers believes that they are reporting the "Fair and Balanced" news. This is more troubling, than say Goebbels who really laughed and took great passion in his Ministry of Information and would be quite creative in the mistruths. With the internet, and our free media, the "spin" is what makes Faux, sorry Fox News quite spectacular in their reportings.
    • betasp, on 10/11/2007, -33/+11Replace the words FOX NEWS with MSNBC and your point stays the same.
    • DildoOreilly, on 10/11/2007, -15/+22FOX_MESSAGE_BOARDS_NOW_OPEN_TO_ALL!!!!!

      Just kidding!

      Fox doesn't have message boards.

      They don't want people discussing things in public.

      The truth might slip out.
  • KevinJ, on 10/11/2007, -25/+12I don't know what you guys are talking about. Fox News always does its best to remain "Fair and Balanced"

    /sarcasm
  • eean, on 10/11/2007, -13/+123O'Reilly's talking point attacking Lincoln is my favorite. It sounds just like O'Reilly.
  • coodies4ever, on 10/11/2007, -16/+13@JimSpaza

    the world is obviously biased towards conservatism. that must be why our government is exactly the same today as it was in 1800
  • chubbymidget, on 10/11/2007, -5/+13I didn't expect that last one at all. I was kind of surprised and a little fearful
    • PDelahanty, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!
  • liam193, on 10/11/2007, -59/+20This is absolutely absurd. You can't have it both ways. Fox can't be biased toward conservative republicans and be pro-slavery and anti-Christian. Doesn't anyone remember that it was the conservative republicans who ended slavery in the US after years of liberal groups saying, we have a right to own slaves and the federal government needs to stay out of it.

    This page is actually ignorant enough of history to say that Fox news is biased toward conservative republicans and actually show them being anti-Lincoln!

    • byronm, on 10/11/2007, -18/+50You got it wrong buddy.. back in those days it was "conservative democrats".. The parties today are far different than those of yesterday and it just goes to show labels are useless. The truth of the matter is these pics are 100% spot on with regards to fox news' portrayel of events and there politically motivated agenda - regardless of the label you throw on it, its the scary truth. So yeah, keep on labelling people for its those labels you fear the most! Truth, you can't handle the truth.
    • meldroc, on 10/11/2007, -11/+45Back in the 19th century around the time of the Civil War, it was the Republicans that were liberal, and the Democrats that were conservative. Oh, how times change...
    • DreKor, on 10/11/2007, -13/+17@ liam193

      Are you being sarcastic or not? For all our sakes, I hope you are.
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -12/+61Actually, you're very wrong. Back in the day of Lincoln, the Republican party was the "Liberal" party. It changed around the time of desegregation when the Republican party saw an opportunity to get the Southern vote and came out anti-busing and pro-conservative values.

      Also, Jesus was a hippie. Deal with it.
    • baker551, on 10/11/2007, -8/+3All of you are oversimplifying the position of both parties. The modern day agenda of both parties is not easily categorized into the politics of the past.

      Buried as a lame.
  • mediaspree, on 10/11/2007, -8/+51"Death Ruled Carpentry Accident"

    LOL
  • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -54/+19Hrrrm... this is a blatant straw-man attack. If you had filed it as satire/political opinion, I would have been fine with it. However, you chose to call this news and I'm going to call you on it.


    This is a lame attempt to make Fox news look bad. There are much better ways to get your point across that you believe a news station is biased. Flat out lies is not one of them.

    And to all you who call "YELLOW JOURNALIZME!!!!!!!!!" Why don't you post your FACT based examples. Oh, and don't just stop at fox news, go after MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS, Al Jazera...

    The attacks on Fox news are now becoming more of a "I don't like the way they think, so I'm going to trash them any way I can" ***** smear campaign.
    • DoomMusic, on 10/11/2007, -27/+11This is a real cheapshot at the only mainstream "real" news source. All the other broadcasting channels just keep reporting on Paris Hilton.
      Liberals throughout the years have had all their credibility reduced to zero, and the only strategy left is to smear and taint the reputation of the others who don't agree with them.
    • natecarey03, on 10/11/2007, -6/+20@ thecobbs

      Congratulations, you made it through Philosophy 101. You even managed to retain the word "Straw man" from page Chapter 1, page 1, paragraph 1. Here's the problem: you then started attacking all of the other news agencies in defense of your own. Sound familiar? That's in the book too. It's called hypocrisy.

      The problem with Fox News isn't necessarily the bias. They're all biased. The problem is the frighteningly blind devotion and loyalty of the people who watch it. Normal people who watch the news tune it, check out a couple stories, and get on with their life. People who I see watching Fox News watch it for HOURS every day. It's just on in the background constantly. Like zombies from a bad 70's flick, no pupils, just white eyes staring unblinkingly at their plasma screen. Suddenly chanting "Bush is good, terrorists scary, taxes bad, money good, rest of world wrong, environment fine, Islam the enemy, me, me, me". Gives me the chills.
      Yuck.
    • ChildeRoland420, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3Of course noone has ever left CNN on for hours at a time.
  • DeeBlackthorne, on 10/11/2007, -18/+3I think Family Guy is a way for Fox to make up for the crap it puts out elsewhere. Kinda like, you know, if you're going to mug somebody, at least you pull the punches a bit. Steal SOME but not all of their money. Kneecap 'em instead of conking someone over the head. Stuff like that.
    • fatpads, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10Kneecapping somone would be 'pulling punches'.

      *****.

      Don't want to meet you in a dark alley....or a light alley...

      I don't want to meet you.
  • bralynn, on 10/11/2007, -14/+33Defending Fox News is just begging to get buried.
    • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -64/+18Yeah, can't have an dissenting opinions on Digg you know. Can't even defend a blatant fallacious attack on a news agency. I swear, people are reverting to 12-year old "I don't like you so I'll call you names all day" mentality.

      How would you, those of you in the minority who OBVIOUSLY see the bias of Fox news unable to actually present facts for your case? All you do is run around calling fox news biased and then trashing them with stuff like this *****. And you wonder why no on but those who think the same as you take you seriously.
    • swrostmore, on 10/11/2007, -8/+24@Thcobbs "How would you... who OBVIOUSLY see the bias of Fox news unable to actually present facts for your case?"

      http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/search_results?qstring=fox+news

      As you can see, this search results in 722 hits. Media matters is a watchdog organization that identifies lies or innacuracies in national news. And while i know you are going to claim that MM is a "liberal moonbat website that hates america" in about ten seconds, if you search for CNN or MSNBC they return similar numbers of hits.

    • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -30/+16@bjweeks

      Yes, I watch him quite often. I have to turn it off sometimes because he's going over the top, and then his arguments no longer have any merit for that show. But he's also come back and admitted his errors in judgment (Iraq being a major one that he has turned against his own opinion). He's also a commentator/analyst... That means he presents HIS opinion on something. Any person's opinion on ANY subject is inherently biased. To counter this he does invite guest on his show to debate him.

      Occasionally he DOES turn mics off when the guest is not allowing the host to get a word in edgewise. And guess what, it's his show, he's the host, he's the one people tune in to listen to. So, if he just lets his opponent railroad him by constantly talking and not allowing dissenting views, he will lose his show. Alternatively, he could yell back at them till they quiet down, but he gets beat up for that too. And, I guess he could only bring on people who would agree with him, but he'll be called unfair then too.

      The point of all this is that, yes... I do watch him, and listen to his radio show. Is it my only source of debate? No, I listen to NPR and watch CBS occasionally as well.

      Now, my question to you is this... have YOU ever watched Bill O'Reilly outside of the clips that are posted on here?

      It's all about diversity of information. The more diverse your information sources, the more informed your opinion will be.
    • ChronicColonic, on 10/11/2007, -13/+28O'Reilly is NOT THE NEWS. He is an opinion-only talk show host. He comments on news items. Yeah, he makes it into the news sometimes, but he is not a news reporter. Yes, Fox News has plenty of right-wing opinionated talk show hosts. But when they report the news, the news is hardly right-wing.
    • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -9/+19@swrostmore

      "As you can see, this search results in 722 hits. Media matters is a watchdog organization that identifies lies or innacuracies in national news. And while i know you are going to claim that MM is a "liberal moonbat website that hates america" in about ten seconds, if you search for CNN or MSNBC they return similar numbers of hits."

      And where is the moral indignation on digg about CNN or MSNBC? I'm not saying that Fox isn't biased. Hell, NO news agency is unbiased. I just want to see fair treatment.
    • BuddyDoQ, on 10/11/2007, -14/+9@thcobbs

      I guess it'd be easier to support defenders if they'd (Fox News) just report the facts, or hell, even some "real news" from time to time. The other big news outlets are just as bad often enough, but Fox has a way about them that just screams sensationalist, reactionary, and often times juvenile. It's super easy to poke fun of the kid crying wolf, because we all know how that story ends...

      Anyway, Fox News is trash and it's not hard to spot, thus anyone willing to stand up for them is a fool to be pitied. I don't think the fellows who made the joke article in question are asking to be taken very seriously, no matter how serious this issue really is. Sometimes you've just got to use extreme examples in such a fashion to make your point. When Fox News can demonstrate respect for journalistic integrity and non-biased news reporting, I'll be the first in line to defend them. In the meantime, BBC World News is the closest I've found in "big news" that maintains a shred of objective decency.
    • geekwithsoul, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Guess that shows you can't defend the indefensible.
    • IslandDog, on 10/11/2007, -15/+14"Dude... Have you NEVER watched O'Reilly?"

      Dude....have you EVER watch Keith Olbermann?

    • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -7/+7"His show is boring anyhow, as his opinions are cookie cutter "neo-conservative" so I could tell you his stance on everything."

      Then you obviously have never watched his show. Or at least you never watched it with an open mind. If his answers are so cookie-cutter, what's his stance on the War in Iraq?
    • hockey, on 10/11/2007, -4/+5@bjweeks.

      No you didn't say MSNBC was biased. The point being made to you though is that both Fox News and MSNBC are biased however, only Fox News gets trashed on digg.

      I agree with a previous poster. There is a difference between an opinionated talk show and the actual news reports. In terms of actual news coverage I personally don't see any bias from Fox News.

      Also this thread is turning into a another mob type mentality thread. As usual posters are getting dugg down based on rather or not there posts follow the mob. Is it too much to ask to have a meaningful conversation on Digg anymore without all of the popularity contests in terms of negative diggs?
    • saintdesy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+26The difference is that MSNBC has in their lineup:

      Tucker Carlson - Conservative
      Chris Matthews - Liberal Leaning Moderate
      Keith Olbermann - Liberal
      Joe Scarborough - Conservative
      Daytime People - No obvious poltical leanings

      Fox Has:

      The Fox and Friends People - Conservative to the point of comedy (3 Conservatives)
      Shepard Smith - No obvious bias
      John Gibson - Conservative (Have more babies, white people!)
      Chris Wallace - Conservative
      Sean Hannity - Very Conservative
      Neil Cavuto - Conservative
      Steve Forbes - Conservative
      Brit Hume - Conservative
      Bill O'Reilly - Conservative
      Alan Colmes - Liberal
      Greta Van Susteren - No obvious political bent
      The Beltway Boys (Morton Kondracke, Fred Barnes) - Both Conservative
      Geraldo Rivera - the dude is all over the place
      Oliver North - Conservative
      1/2 News Hour - Non funny conservative Daily Show (2 conservatives)

      So, overall it comes out to:

      MSNBC: 2 conservative, .5 moderate, 1.5 liberal
      And for Fox News: 15 conservatives, 3 moderate/can't tell, and 1 liberal

      It's hard to think that Fox has the balls to call itself the one that is fair and balanced.

    • illiteratebeef, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@ the cobbs
      "Then you obviously have never watched his show. Or at least you never watched it with an open mind. If his answers are so cookie-cutter, what's his stance on the War in Iraq?"

      -that it's good for his ratings?
  • themarq, on 10/11/2007, -3/+5Is there a mirror? Kontraband is blocked
  • brianbennett, on 10/11/2007, -26/+10I've heard Fox News called many things but this is a first for 'racist.'
    • swrostmore, on 10/11/2007, -13/+25Really? A first? Do you not consider the Obama/Osama thing to be racist? Or identifying corrupt congressman Jefferson as "rep. Conyers", because all black people look the same?
  • neffy, on 10/11/2007, -25/+7Just what we need. More sensationalist equivalency to "support" the left position.
  • thewebguy, on 10/11/2007, -25/+6good idea, horrible execution

    not one of the images were even slightly funny, someone try this again and do it right plz.
    • thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -8/+10And don't file it as "offbeat news"... File it as political opinion... where it should be.
  • Nougat, on 10/11/2007, -8/+23HAAAA. Pilate: "We found him like that."
  • DeskFlyer, on 10/11/2007, -6/+29Stolen from Fark: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=485972
    • hackiavelli, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Yep. Awesome that my picture got placed first though. :)
  • aroedl, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3Strip down the URL to its minimum:

    http://www.kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=3117
  • KatieBee, on 10/11/2007, -14/+6lame
  • kaiser44, on 10/11/2007, -16/+10I could give a ***** less about repub's or demo's.
    Can someone explain to me why C.N.N. has found a reason to air the Democrats on the come to Jesus metting they had after the debates a week ago. Three times I am aware of.
    One of the main problems the dems figured out was the religion message for them was lacking.
    They have made a big push to get the christian vote, or at least explain there side.
    Why is C.N.N doing the free leg work for them.
    Fox news has problems, but C.N.N is doing some real campaign work for the Dems on this one.
    Never trust a news network that claims to be unbaised.
    C.N.N.= SAD.
    • mikepictor, on 10/11/2007, -6/+9@KAISER44 (#7125418)

      "I could give a ***** less"

      ...so....one fewer ***** than you normally give?
    • edisonoside, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3RON PAUL 2008!

      Do you want the U.S to continue being this split on all issues, left-right, red-blue, Liberal-conservative etc.. Personally I'm sick and tired of this and I'm more than ready to accept change and that change is RON PAUL a REAL conservative Republican Patriot that defends the constitution. He is the anti-dote and cure for all this ***** that's spreading like wildfire all over this once great land. Fake republicans should be abolished and fake media should be abolished too. The Rupert Murdoch tabloid style of news reporting is played out and out of fashion...the American people are starting to become immune to it and it looks like it will no longer work. RON PAUL 2008!!! SPREAD THE WORD!!! THERE IS HOPE!
  • ATHEISTinHELL, on 10/11/2007, -16/+7FOX NEWS is right wing, MSNBC is left wing and CNN is somewhat in the middle. But they are all entertainment.
    • kaiser44, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1@mikepictor, Profound...............
    • geekwithsoul, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Yeah, because that Glenn Beck is just a peace-loving hippie, right?
    • ATHEISTinHELL, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1@geekwithsoul
      I said CNN is SOME WHAT in the middle. Theirs Glenn Beck, then have the real anti Bush O' Briens.
    • pintomp3, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6most corporate media outlets are slightly to the right. fox news is just so far off to the right it makes everyone else appear to be left-leaning. npr and pbs are about the only neutral sources.
    • mgriswold, on 10/11/2007, -5/+2@pintop3

      You said NPR is objective. Too funny.

      The Poynter Institute, a nonprofit media organization in St. Pete, Fla., which owns and operates the St. Pete Times has polled newsrooms for many years. On average, about 7 out of 10 people working in a newsroom have liberal leanings, much in the same way college professors have a tendency to lean to the left as well.

      70 percent of those employed by the mainstream media describe themselves as liberal and typically vote Democratic.

      Everyone gets so caught up in "how" a story is reported. The question you should be asking is: Why are there certain stories that don't get reported?

      The bias is not in the coverage so much as in the LACK of coverage when a news item goes against a particular agenda. Fox News is guilty of it with the Iraq War. Almost every other media outlet is guilty of it regarding anything damaging to the left.

      This is a reality that people wishing to be informed, rather than indoctrinated, should think about every time they see, hear, or read something in the press.
  • EdRiZzLe, on 10/11/2007, -28/+8C.N.N = Liberal
    MSNBC = Liberal
    Fox News = Conservative

    They are all biased. Why label one? It's not just Fox News.
    • killerofkiller, on 10/11/2007, -5/+20because CNN didn't label Mark Foley as a Dem... Twice
    • engwar, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4I'm interested in seeing some examples of how CNN is liberal. I mean it. Can someone point to some examples or explain in concrete terms?

      I always thought they were fairly middle of the road. Now NPR is certainly liberal. But CNN to me seemed to be fairly centrist.

      I mean back in the first gulf war they had kettle drums in their audio for awhile when going into and coming out of reports about the conflict. Talk about literally 'beating the drums of war'. They removed them after complaints. Didn't seem too liberal at the time. I don't watch much these days so perhaps they've changed.
    • EarlOfLade, on 10/11/2007, -7/+11MSNBC: Mostly right wing.
      CNN: Mostly right wing
      FAUX Noise: Always extremely right wing.

      Both the Democrats and the Republicans are to the right of center compare to political parties outside USA. There is no left wing party in US politics.

      Oh, and "liberal" means right wing outside USA.

    • jsebrech, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3True about the US not having a real left wing. For example, the far left in my country has such extreme points like capping profits and giving excess profits to the poor, or eradicating poverty by giving all poor people a living wage just because they're poor.

      Those are communist viewpoints and that's what true left is like. The deep fear of anything even smelling like communism has heavily distorted american politics towards the right.
  • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -6/+18The Simpsons explains the Fox/Fox News paradox.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFtsfDjOGjs&mode=related&search=
  • fleischner, on 10/11/2007, -19/+12This is what's called "turnspeak." When you're guilty of something, you instead blame it on the victim. The CNN/Baghdad-office outrage of the 90s is what should really be talked about, not this made-up FoxNews nonsense for example.

    And all the comments about "if today's liberal media were covering WWII like they cover Iraq today, we'd have lost" are 100% accurate.
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -5/+15According to you the "Liberal" media wouldn't want to be in World War II but where you seem to be mistaken is that F.D.R., who was very liberal, wanted to be in World War II.

      Also World War II has more parallels with The War in Afghanistan, which the entire media supported and still supports, than with Iraq seeing as how we were attacked by Japan and there seems to be no reason to be in Iraq.
    • ATHEISTinHELL, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8But the thing different about WWII we were attacked so had to retaliate. We had a million troops securing Germany. The war in Iraq was has already outlasted WWII. The people in charge back then didn't say stupid ***** like this. "It is unknowable how long that conflict will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months." -Donald Rumsfeld
    • Zarchon, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2 @nukethewhales

      Times are different from WWII. The Liberal media of today wouldn't support any war not even if we were attacked.

      As for those of you who say Lincoln's republican party was the liberal party of the time, would you not also say that JFK's democratic party of the 50's was the conservative party of the time? Didn't he say "ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."? How did that get turned around into the en\"entitlement" ridden liberal party the Dems are today?
    • ltcmdrfrow, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2This was really a good parady on Fox(hole) News Network.....I especially like the one with the "protesters attacking the police"........it showed just how fox would've reported that incident, and I think that it may've been spot on in that respect. I just wish they'd shown bush at the republican national convention looking like Hitler speaking to the throngs of followers; would've given a good take on the republicanazi these days and their present-day supporters!!

      Ein Reich, Ein Republican, Einbush!!!!
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5@Zarchon

      Were you asleep during the three months immediately following 9/11? The media was completely behind the war in Afghanistan.
    • mammajamma, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Yeah, they don't makes Dems like they used too. It's no longer the party of FDR or JFK.

      Of course my party hasn't been so hot in recent years, but at least they managed keep on to their testicles.
    • rwinograd, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Warfare changed in Vietnam when camera crews could actually follow the troops into combat. Suddenly people back home realized that war was not as patriotic and fun as everyone made it out to be.

      The west could not stomach a battle on the magnitude of WWII for more than 2 months, max. Do you have any idea how many soldiers died per day in WW2? Casualties like this would not be acceptable in the press. Could you imagine daily headlines:
      "4000 dead", "10000 dead", etc.. etc..

      Take 15 000 000 dead soldiers, divide by 6 years of combat, 365 days per year = 6850 soldiers per day
      Thats not even counting the additional 36 000 000 civilians.
  • djavulkai, on 10/11/2007, -11/+3Hard to argue with the ignorant masses, but people tend to believe what they are told, and since the other news stations tell you that Fox is biased, then you'll tend to believe them.

    Hey, if you want to live in a world of spoon fed ignorance, I guess that's what you'll do. It'll make you easier to control later =)
    • Nougat, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7@djavulkai (#7125555) said: "Hey, if you want to live in a world of spoon fed ignorance, I guess that's what you'll do. It'll make you easier to control later =)"

      Oh, the irony.
  • Ricemanstm, on 10/11/2007, -17/+4Yeah, let's bash Fox News for telling something from a different angle. I don't mind them being different, I just wish they were different like everyone else! You know what? The Japanese didn't bomb Pearl Harbor because they wanted us out of the war! They bombed us because they were protesting OUR imperialistic aggressions in the Orient. It's our fault! Whatever!
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -6/+18And I bet you think that 9/11 happened cause the terrorists hate freedom.
    • Ricemanstm, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4Was being sarcastic. Everyone knows the terrorists attacked us because we're responsible for Barney the Dinosaur!
    • noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7Different angle? Man, if I could explain getting caught in an outright lie as 'explaining it from a different angle' my life would have been a lot easier.
    • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 10/11/2007, -7/+29/11 happened because of blowback from the Spanish Reconquista. Thank's a lot Queen Isabella.

      Or how about 9/11 happened because of blowback from the Barbary Pirates Wars. Thank's a lot Thomas Jefferson.
  • zjbird, on 10/11/2007, -7/+2Grr..Liberals - WOOHOO!! - liberals.... - WOOHOO!! - liberals... - WOOHOO!!

    Fox Paradox, haha @nukethwhales
  • EdRiZzLe, on 10/11/2007, -5/+10BBC News FTW.
  • matthewmok, on 10/11/2007, -15/+2This is about right. Enough of Fox news is controlled by our enemies (Prince al-Walid bin Talal) and run by Liberal traitors (Rupert Merdoch) that essentially the Fox News and Fox stations are Liberal cancers on the United States. What makes it worse is that they masquerade as conservatives -- so the ignorant masses think Fox News is a bastion of conservative news when in reality it is the polar opposite.

    What then of the news and views of today's "Liberals"? Well they are none other than rank communists or socialists who have long been trying to undermine and destroy the United States.

    Bush = Internationalist Traitor
    Liberals = Communist Traitor
    • Nougat, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12@matthewmok (#7125646)

      That's right. Fox News' neo-conservative spin on everything is ... wait for it .. a "liberal conspiracy!"

      WTF is wrong with you?
    • Delphium226, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6gimme sum dat ***** to smoke too
  • evereddie, on 10/11/2007, -14/+7Fox news MUST be doing something right to have so many people throwing stones at them. If it were as lame as you libs try to make the world believe, and FOX made up stuff to the point that people say, then they would just be ignored and people would not make so much fuss about them. What I never see is rock solid proof of this 'Fox effect' instead of innuendos and unproven accusations.

    It also appears to be impossible for some people to separate the actual news from commentary. Yes, there is commentary and analysis and it has spin in every which way. Alan Colmbs is one big spin mister so maybe that is what the libs are talking about.
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -4/+16A good news agency would be receiving complaints from both sides. When only one side throws complaints and the others praise you, thats when you know you're biased.
    • noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3How many of those analyst and opinions shows carry the message 'The views and opinions expressed in this program are not those of the Fox network'? If the answer is none, then it doesn't matter whether the shows are supposed to be opinion, those opinions are supported by fox.
    • edisonoside, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I'm still waiting for the parade of flowers Fox news reported would happen over in Iraq...remember?
  • TannerLD, on 10/11/2007, -7/+4Color tv in the 1500s? Meh....
    • carbonetc, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8It should have been black & white.
  • BohicaTwentyTwo, on 10/11/2007, -13/+4And here's the rest of the MSM if they existed 50 years ago:

    http://hotair.com/archives/2007/06/07/video-crisis-on-omaha/

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Px_XBJHrs4I
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -5/+19Please stop making comparisons between World War II and Iraq. It just makes you look like an idiot.
  • luther70, on 10/11/2007, -3/+14Spanish inquisition uses "Enhanced Interrogation" to help find the the secular terrorist in War on Christmas.
    • dime, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12Tut, tut. We call them "freedom tickles" 'round here.
  • imneofurby, on 10/11/2007, -13/+5Am I the only one that is happy that there is a news network that is not spun towards the liberals? Many wise people throughout history have said that in order to get the most accurate picture of what is going on, you have to look at both sides. Oh, and also, if you look to history again, the Republican party is the one that has been Anti-Slavery, whereas the Democrats was the pro-slavery party... why does everyone forget this?
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -6/+5The Republican Party was also pro-segregation. Oh and if it wasn't for them we would have been helping in World War II a lot sooner.
    • IslandDog, on 10/11/2007, -14/+6Liberals just can't stand a different point of view than their own, especially when it contradicts their view of the "world". You will hear all day on liberals websites that Fox News is biased, but they can never prove anything, they will just make mention of O'Reilly or Hannity, which do not report news.
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -6/+6@islanddog

      If you look at these links you will see falsehoods being pointed out in three other Fox "News" Shows.

      Your World w/ Neil Cavuto
      http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/shows/yourworldwneilcavuto?f=h_hot

      Special Report with Brit Hume
      http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/shows/specialreportwithbrith?f=h_hot

      Fox & Friends
      http://mediamatters.org/issues_topics/shows/foxampfriends?f=h_hot

      If you claim that these aren't news shows then Fox has to stop calling itself a news network cause they're almost all the shows on the air.
    • noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6"but they can never prove anything," not to the likes of you at least. They have been caught in the act plenty of times (Obama/Osama being one example). They make no distinction, that I am aware of, between their opinion and their reporting.
    • mammajamma, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4It took Republicans and Democrats to end segregation. Wiki that ***** and you'll see. Southern Dems almost stopped it from happening.
    • dagobah77, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3"They have been caught in the act plenty of times (Obama/Osama being one example)."

      Yes, all the other news outlets would never do something like that...
      /sarcasm

      http://www.bestweekever.tv/2007/01/03/heres-why-barack-obama-will-never-be-president/
    • noamsml, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1That's a stupid argument. The republican party was opposed to slavery back when it was the radical liberal party and the Democratic party was the conservative party. Since then, however, sides were switched and now the Republican party is ultra-conservative whereas the Democratic party is moderately conservative (And no, they do not deserve to be called "liberals". The Green Party is liberal; the Dems are just ***** impostors.)
  • zyl0x, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Anyone catch the Monty Python reference?

    "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"
  • jmaresca, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8So where did kontraband.com steal these pics from?
    • DeskFlyer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Fark. See my comment above.
    • jax1492, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2lol, i know .... i should see these pics in a forwarded email in oh say a week.
  • markgl, on 10/11/2007, -12/+5why is fox hated? you cry that its right winged. well the rest of the news media seems to be left. if you oppose someone's opinions you should digg them down and spew hatred. This is America. We're allowed to have different opinions and different views. don't hate someone cause they don't see the world in your eyes the same way.
    • noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7You are allowed to have differing opinions a NEWS AGENCY should not.
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3Fox News only receives complaints from liberals but all the other news agencies receive complaints from both liberals AND conservatives.

      Who is biased?
    • Zarchon, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3Correct, a news agency should only report things from a liberal leftwing point of view.

      /sarcasm
    • noahhoward, on 10/11/2007, -2/+7No, a news agency should report facts from the only point of view, truth. They should not express opinions, they should not make predictions, they should not chose sides, the news is an outlet for events as they happen not the news agency's view of what may happen or how things appear. If it can't be verified as a fact it should be of no interest to news agencies.
    • edisonoside, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1RON PAUL 2008! We HATE fox news...there I said it and I'm using my right in a free country. Bush supporters like label the truth as a liberal tool. Truth hurts you doesn't it?
    • markgl, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1@noahhoward

      yeah tell the new york times.

      all the liberal media is against the war. the war must go bad. if the war goes good the bush is an all right guy. you can't get a democrat in the white house if the republican president does a good deeds.
  • grrrrrrrrrrrrrr, on 10/11/2007, -3/+4Dugg for The Spanish Inquisition!

    I didn't expect it
  • antiorblkflag9, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9I believe there is one un-biasd news source out there: CSPAN
    • nukethewhales, on 10/11/2007, -5/+8Right-wingers would disagree with you. You see they believe reality has a liberal bias.
    • mammajamma, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3I'll agree w/ antiorblkflag9 and I'm a right winger! The point is, that FOX provides balance to the other networks. Of course they are all leaning in one direction or another! And some more than others.
  • Hittman6, on 10/11/2007, -14/+6Fox new leans about as far to the right as the rest of broadcast media leans to the left. The lefties hate that a rightish point of view is readily available, and so constantly tries to vilify them. The attempts range from the lame (calling it Faux news over and over and over again, proving little more than a lack of imagination) to the really really lame, like this thing.

    Buried as lame; lamenting that "REALLY lame" is not an option.
    • luther70, on 10/11/2007, -4/+8Fox news isn't presenting the conservative point of view they are delivering the RNC/Bush white house talking points. Case in point I don't agree with the likes of Ron Paul but Fox has vilified him and he actually is a conservative.. I do no recall hearing much about reducing government spending on Fox until the democratic party took over the Congress.
    • mammajamma, on 10/11/2007, -6/+4And yet this years budget is the largest on record with a Democrat Party controlling Capitol Hill? I thought they were gonna stop the pork barrel spending.
  • Chiproller, on 10/11/2007, -19/+6There are way TOO many liberals on this site. PERIOD.
    • rabidjester, on 10/11/2007, -3/+3Funny, I'm pretty sure only one person in this thread (so far) has described him/her self as a liberal.
    • edisonoside, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2If Bush/Fox news didn't lie so much then the truth wouldn't seem so liberal biased or conspiracy theory...world knows by now that everything Bush/fox says is a lie...just look at old footage and newspapers about their false promises that never gave fruition...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!?!
  • opusaz, on 10/11/2007, -4/+0Meh. The only funny one was Kent State. I wonder how Fox News would have spun that.

    Oh, and I live under a rock so I don't know how Fox spun the LA immagration police attack.
  • Teku, on 10/11/2007, -4/+6I believe fox news is very valuable. Ok so they are not fair and balanced, but I believe their presence does balance out the news in general so it is not all to one side.

    If you read both the New York Times, and watch some Fox News you MAY (I stress may) be able to discern what actually happened on any given day.
  • EdRiZzLe, on 10/11/2007, -11/+8You WILL be dugg down for not being liberal.
  • Dotnetsky, on 10/11/2007, -12/+10Fox News is actually closer to the center than all the other lefty outlets. It just appears right-wing because they are all way over there on the left, about ready to sink into the Pacific Ocean. But i certainly wouldn't waste my time getting all worked up about it now.
  • eth3l, on 10/11/2007, -11/+8not funny. not true.

    I'd like to see the "If CNN were there pcis"

    Dateline: Russia, October 25, 1917 "A GREAT DAY FOR FREEDOM IN RUSSIA"

    Dateline: Germany 1942, "Unjust war war against unarmed civilians in Germany!" "Women and children suffered at the hands of aerial bombardments of bridges and roads in Germany!" "US can't control its artillery shells! Coffee shop in Berlin Rocked* by allied fire - no nazis inside! only women!" "Wendell Wilkie, he's our man!"
  • mammajamma, on 10/11/2007, -12/+1The only non-left leaning news network.....of course it's gonna always take the flak while the big three (ABC,CBS,NBC and don't forget CNN!) always get a free ride. There's a reason why the others are called the drive-by media!
    • edisonoside, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Don't forget to blame Clinton also;)
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