I predict a major ratings disappointment for Fox News on its next report card. Its producers clearly do not understand the nature of its viewer base. They apparently believe that they can shovel the same degenerate guff down the throats of their conservative viewers that is clamored for by the mainstream media’s infantile gaggle. If that is what they think they are in for a nasty surprise. Those of us who want substance in our news are not going to put up with it. And the talking head who’s going to take the biggest hit is the untouchable Mr O’reilly.
Whatever happened to that guy who was “looking out for me?” He appears to have devolved into a lecherous creep who gets off on peeking through the keyholes of painted women and deviant actors. I can hardly believe the garbage that has come into my living room through the Fox window since the beginning of this year. Every night its girl fights, child molestation, Paris Hilton, Anna Nicole, body language games, Geraldo, girls gone wild, Brittany Spears and spin meister Dick Morris. Don’t they understand that we turned to Fox to get away from that kind of idiocy?
I know there is news out there. I see America’s freedoms being threatened and denied all over the land. Our political leaders are trying, and at times succeeding, in passing laws that tell us what we can eat, what kind of speech we can listen to and even what language will be spoken in our schools. As I drive through the streets of Chicago I see cameras strapped to light poles recording every move of the citizenry ala “1984”. People have been gunned down and run down by crazed or directed Muslims with hardly a word of recognition from the guy who’s “looking out for me.”
I expect this kind of moral blindness from people like Olbermann, Stewart and Kuric, et al. But I have to admit that I was fooled for a while into thinking that Fox had found a couple of guys who had principles along with backbones that would allow them to stand for higher moral values.
I have come to despair that my political vote means nothing any more. But at least I have the satisfaction of knowing that my TV vote counts. I still get a twinge of pleasure out of pressing the off button on my remote at about 7 PM CST.
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I never allow myself to forget that the "news" is now as much entertainment as it is news. But it still effects people's views. I just want an honest conservative view to be represented on the tube somewhere.
Comments always appreciated.
The one exception I have noticed is Jim Webb. If he is not who he appears to be then he has not yet learned to play the game. The last may be true, and continued exposure to the "rules of the game" may transmogrify him into another political beast. If that happens then I will have no one to look to as an example of what it means to hold high office while remaining honest.
I will also tell you honestly that I have never been able to gauge the relativity of intelligence in Leftism. It seems that they have an abilty to rationalize equal to that of the Right but they incorporate far too much emotion into their calculations. Thus they factor in how they feel when sometimes it belies the facts.
As to your main points I generally choose my media sources based on two criteria: [1] Who keeps me abreast of the events that have meaningful effects on society and history. [2] Who offers fresh perspectives on issues that concern me.
so-called liberals, they parade their biases openly. The anti-dote, I think, is to turn to
CBS, NBC, ABC, and the Lehrer report. Much more objective approach, an no bashing of either conservative or liberal positions.
In case you're not aware of it I should add that the main stream media does color our world views. Their chief means of control is to withhold information or to under report events that expose the falsity of their positions.
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Remember Tom Brokaw and his handling of Pennsylvania during the 2000 Gore-Bush election night?
All media outlets are biased, it is human nature. My answer is a national syndicated Libertarian talk show host. He has no use for either for the two major parties and will give "the skinny" on both. Of course he may call for one party more strongly than another but I believe one party deserves to get called on the carpet more than the other.
You say that you've only recently begun to take politics seriously? Once you get into it you will begin to see that Fox News is not what you thought it was. I hope you will get back to me with occasional progress reports.
Thanks for dropping by.
While you have abyssmal manners, you do make good points occassionally.
When you agree to stop preemptively attacking people who view things differently, you will appear more mature and less like a schoolyard bully who relies on childlike epithets so as not to have to actually consider that someone with a different view might actually have a reasonable and rational basis for it.
Were you to even modestly research the alleagtions I speak of regarding vote rigging in the 2002 and 2004 elections, you might have to actually open up your mind for a change.
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