Author Topic: Fox News suppresses freedom of speech (Read 1136 times)

ra · « **on:** September 29, 2004, 07:57:28 AM »

Fox News is preventing its 4 main competitors from being heard. Congress should act now to protect the 1st amendment rights of those networks.

"According to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News averaged 1.8 million viewers, while CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and Headline News averaged a combined total of 1.7 million. The quarter ended Sunday. "

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1951&ncid=2019&e=1&u=/variety/20040928/va_tv_ne/fox_news_beats_all_rivals

Sandman · « **Reply #1 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:09:29 AM »

In other words... The other 288 million people in the U.S. don't watch Fox, MSNBC, CNN, CNBC, or HLN.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #2 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:13:10 AM »

Why? FoxNews is pretty terrible most of the time I see it.

The only thing I can imagine is a need in the marketplace for a less left wing slant. Other than that their anchors, reporting and commentary arent really all that good - especially for international news..

ygsmilo · « **Reply #3 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:16:01 AM »

Sandy,

the problem is that the other 288 million don't watch anything but Fear Factor and Dukes of Hazard reruns

mora · « **Reply #4 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:20:06 AM »

Hardly amazing, of course the average Joe chooses to see the kind of news he likes to see. He couldn't care less if the news are true or not, It's entertainment.

Sandman · « **Reply #5 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:23:25 AM »

According to the numbers, the "average Joe" doesn't watch the news at all.

Blooz · « **Reply #6 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:48:34 AM »

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Fox News suppresses freedom of speech

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Fox News is preventing its 4 main competitors from being heard.

You should get a job with CNN. This is the reason nobody watches and listens to their twisted liberal spin crap reporting.

Nobody is preventing anybody from being heard or supressing speech.

It's just freedom of choice in action.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #7 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:54:09 AM »

I consider the news, as it is being reported today, to be a poor work of fiction. I prefer Isaac Aisimov or Jules Verne for good fiction.

midnight Target · « **Reply #8 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:56:54 AM »

If you need the real facts... just ask me.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #9 on:** September 29, 2004, 09:56:54 AM »

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
I consider the news, as it is being reported today, to be a poor work of fiction. I prefer Isaac Aisimov or Jules Verne for good fiction.

Exactly why we must gather it from many sources and media-yype, and discipher it ourselves for what is, and isn't the truth.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #10 on:** September 29, 2004, 10:03:25 AM »

Hmmm,..take a bunch of lopsided sensationalism and pile it all together, then mull through it. You end up with mulled-through-lopsided-sensationalism.
Whatever floats your boat. You might as well toss in "The National Inquirer" to help balance things out. It is just about as accurate as any of the top news reporting media.

AKIron · « **Reply #11 on:** September 29, 2004, 10:03:39 AM »

Dunno how they "averaged" those numbers. Could be the average number of viewers at any given moment. If so, then it doesn't mean so few watch news.

Maybe we should just get our news from the Yourapeeins, nah, Bush can't possibly be Hitler.

straffo · « **Reply #12 on:** September 29, 2004, 10:07:56 AM »

That's perhaps stupid but you have several timezone in the US so there is more than one prime time no ?

Or I didn't undertsood as usual ?

Dago · « **Reply #13 on:** September 29, 2004, 10:08:02 AM »

I hate to say this, but I agree with Skuzzy on the news situation today. Mostly sensationalism, poorly reported, and often with some bias or slant.

I get most of my news off the internet, if it's on the internet, it must be true!

dago

john9001 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 29, 2004, 10:51:13 AM »

i get all my news from that al jerzria guy and of course from this board.