Because they have a mental disorder.G3|Genius wrote:
why does the left make such a stink about FOX news leaning the right when CNN, MSNBC, and all the network newses are OBVIOUSLY left?
it's a double standard, yes, but the standard is not where the left would have you think it is.
No, it points out that in America, Muslims can lobby that the courts mention the Koran as well as the Bible.CameronPoe wrote:
The title on the main page states: Koran v Bible - if that isn't sensationalist and tribalistic I don't know what is. It blows the issue out of all proportion and alludes to some sort of clash of civilisation which just isn't happening in the US.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
(c) "North Carolina Debates Use of Koran, Other Non-Christian Texts During Court Hearings." So what? Swearing on a book of faith is pretty much a trinket of a gesture. If you're not strong in your beliefs, it won't mean much. If you're swearing on a book you don't even believe in, then what's the significance? The title and article's content seems pretty unassuming to me.
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I second that.........The_Mac wrote:
People will watch whatever TV station they want to. If FOX was really encouraging hate, the other competing News stations would really pounce on 'em for it.
As it is, I think FOX is seen as more conservative is because they employ both conservatives and liberals. The fact is that the conservatives' opinions are more sound and thus the liberals are outclassed.
I personally use drudge report.
Too much flourine in the water down in FL, eh?...DBBrinson1 wrote:
Oh well. You missed you chance to become enlightened. I've derailed this thread enough...CameronPoe wrote:
I'd love to take that shithead Bill O'Reilly down to China Town! He was in Dublin recently at Trinity College but I couldn't attend due to work commitments.DBBrinson1 wrote:
Knowing you, you'd probablly would brag about being kick off of it. lol
I should be playing wingnut bingo with this guy. I can't play the drinking game because if I had a shot every time he regurgitated one of these simplistic talking points, I'd be beyond legally drunk and heading for legally dead.Pigskinn wrote:
Because they have a mental disorder.
Pigskinn
I'd be inclined to suspect steroids and lead, myself.Turquoise wrote:
Too much flourine in the water down in FL, eh?...
Opposite was in effect during the Clinton administration. It's just that everybody unfairly persecuted Bubba, right?Turquoise wrote:
As a sidenote, it's always good to remember that any media source that doesn't openly support the administration is liberally biased.
...at least that's how the neocons seem to look at it....
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Actually, I would argue that this demonstrates exactly why the media isn't just liberal. It's sensational. It fixates on whatever the juiciest scandals are at the time -- whether they're committed by conservatives or liberals. So, the mainstream media can be just as conservative as it is liberal, depending on what's going on in the world.unnamednewbie13 wrote:
Opposite was in effect during the Clinton administration. It's just that everybody unfairly persecuted Bubba, right?Turquoise wrote:
As a sidenote, it's always good to remember that any media source that doesn't openly support the administration is liberally biased.
...at least that's how the neocons seem to look at it....
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Which is why they are #1 in the ratings. It obviously caught your attention.CameronPoe wrote:
It's not the content I take issue with - it's the way they're presented and the subtle allusions and subliminal messages that get on my nerves.ATG wrote:
So Cam, do you disagree with the headline, or to them writing news about the story?
lol. It is isn't very balanced when they switch the mic off on any liberal saying things they don't want to hear...Harmor wrote:
Wonder why Fox is still on top? Perhaps they at least try to have both sides to a debate instead of the same ol' liberal bias.
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Couldn't have said it better.RoosterCantrell wrote:
I do enjoy the fact that FOX's Goebbels-esque tactics have made every rational minded person well aware of thier double standards and distortions of the news to the point where they no longer have any real credit left.
More proof some people can't handle the truth basically.CameronPoe wrote:
http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/2497/patheticim6.jpg
Please peruse the screenshot I captured of the current face of the FOX 'News' website.
'The Town That Won't Die' - captioning an Iwo Jima/Sept.11-esque flagraising event. This story must mark one of the proudest moments in US history, judging by the picture...
'FBI Smashes Jihad Plot to Kill GIs In Name of Allah' - a story which, going on the title, must mean that the US is ***oh my gosh run for the hills*** under constant daily threat from attacks by those darned muslims.... (I wonder why they wanted to attack soldier and not civilians? And what kind of ignoramus asks some bloke to burn people in islamic garb firing rifles in the air onto DVD??????????)
'Court Weighs Koran v Bible' - a story which, going on the title, MUST mean that muslims are taking over and destroying America and it won't be long before you won't be able to drive to the shops with all them mosques in the way!!!
This channel runs off the basest and most primal drivers unconsciously beavering away in every human mind: fear and tribalism. It's pathetic, in fact it's worse than pathetic. Any person living under a rock for the last ten years reading this tripe would imagine that muslims brandishing explosives, mortars and RPGs were swarming onto Delaware Beach on D-Day style landing crafts to meet their brethren in 'New Mecca' on the River Hudson!!! I've been to America many times and spent 4 months there once in one stint. Did I spot any muslims? Not really, none that particularly stood out. How can FOX be portraying an America on the verge of becoming the next Islamic Caliphate ffs. It really is ridiculous beyond words.
The bulk of the main page is basically inciting hatred against Muslims in general. Click on my screenie and it will take you to a story that is about whether the bible should be the sole item upon which you can swear an oath. It so happens that it was brought up by a muslim yes but read on. SETH COHEN (Jewish name) from the ACLU happens to be her spokesperson:And there's a little paragraph tucked away right down at the bottom:"This is an important issue that affects thousands of people of faith across North Carolina who are not of the Christian faith."It seems to me that it ain't exactly the jihadist muslim crusade FOX makes it out to be on the main page after all!!! As an atheist myself I would find it degrading to have my principles sidelined in a courtroom by carrying out some meaningless gesture on a book that means nothing to me.Several Jewish members of the state chapter of the ACLU have filed affidavits indicating they would prefer to swear upon the Old Testament, one of the religious texts of their faith, according to court documents.
You see what FOX are doing here don't you? Koran v Bible. Us v Them. Holy War. The 6 supposed 'Jihadists' intending to carry out their task 'In the name of Allah' - Allah isn't the fucking problem - their mentality is!!!! By implicating Allah in the whole 'mission' they are subliminally implicating all of islam. They are evil divisive cunts and they should be strung up by a regulator. Goebbels would be smiling with glee at their efforts in perfecting his art.
The flagraising picture is typically nationalistic subliminally recalling 9/11 and Iwo Jima on a page cluttered with stories about muslims that have been blown out of ALL proportion. It is designed to stir up that base emotion of tribalism and 'kill the enemy', when taken in context with the main stories on the front page.
They're no better than the Hamas Mickey Mouse children's 'Hate Israel' programs..
FOX News - GO FUCK YOURSELF YOU WORTHLESS SHITSTAIN OF A HATEMACHINE
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You really are gullible aren't you. How unbelievably general is that statement: 'Islam has declared war on the west'? It sounds quite like 'Jews are creating a global network... yadda, yadda, yadda' from 1930s Germany. Grow the fuck up. You've probably never met a muslim in your life.theelviscerator wrote:
More proof some people can't handle the truth basically.
You don't like Fox News don't watch it.
Islam has declared war on the West.
The head in sand types said much the same about hitler in WWII.
Give him what he wants he will go away.
You sound just like Chamberlain.
Apathetic Pacifists, cowards who only get more people killed in the long run.
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You know what ... the fact that you love FOX news does not surprise me one bit! It's lowest common denominator news. I studied psychology and semiotics as part of my visual communications degree and I find FOX News to be the most cynical and manipulative of all the News stations (Al Jazeera isn't even close to it's level of bias, the only thing close to it would be North Korean or possibly Cuban news - though I haven't seen as much of that).fadedsteve wrote:
I love how people bash FOX news. . . .
Just like people who bash the USA!
Boy. . .Its hard being #1!! lol, no respect!
Fox news is great, I watch it all the time LOL!! Has better anchors, no left wing bullshit spin, its my kind of network. Just so happens to be THE #1 station for news too!! Not too mention it royally pisses off the left wing idiots here in the USA and abroad!! good stuff!!
Sorry libs your stations suck!! Cause no one buys the shit your shovelin'!!
Nah. Hot, scantily clad women in the water.HunterOfSkulls wrote:
I'd be inclined to suspect steroids and lead, myself.Turquoise wrote:
Too much flourine in the water down in FL, eh?...
