Author Topic: Fox News is just plain BAD (Read 1402 times)

Kanth · « **Reply #15 on:** April 08, 2003, 09:20:04 AM »

Yep.

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Originally posted by Mini D

Dunno... seems anyone dogging one news agency and/or singing the praises of another is pretty much missing the boat.

MiniD

midnight Target · « **Reply #16 on:** April 08, 2003, 09:36:06 AM »

I've been watching all 3 news stations. Here's my opinion, YMMV.

CNN - is the most "3rd World" of the three. Peter Arnett notwithstanding, CNN has a bunch of people reporting that like to put an Arabic spin on the news. Probably the least "Gung Ho" patriotic of the three.

Fox - Is kinda hit and miss. I lost a lot of respect for them when the Geraldo story was all but ignored. Then spun to look like he was leaving on his own.

MSNBC - Had the 2 best Embeds in the war. One was the late David Bloom. He was awesome, and had stories that made you want to watch. He actually designed the vehicle he traveled in and was able to provide pictures that didn't look like you had a slow internet video feed. Bob Arnot is the other. He is in the thick of it often, and speaks arabic. He seems to get the best human intrest stories. OTOH they (MSNBC) seem to have become superpatriots since the Geraldo fiasco... marketing marketing marketing.

midnight Target · « **Reply #17 on:** April 08, 2003, 09:37:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Rude
Let's try to limit our remarks to only pithy one's pls.

Fox is a breath of fresh air....not saying good reporting never happens on the more liberal networks....kinda funny to me that you would criticize Fox when they at least hire known liberals and give them airtime...can you give me an example of the same for the other networks?

MSNBC - Phil Donohue

Well you asked.

AKIron · « **Reply #18 on:** April 08, 2003, 09:52:34 AM »

hmmmmm

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=1514&e=30&u=/afp/20030408/wl_mideast_afp/iraq_war_baghdad_media_030408105504

"As they filmed the arrival of two US tanks on a major bridge in central Baghdad close to their offices overlooking the river, what appeared to be Iraqi machinegun fire clattered out from just beneath the camera position.

Several incoming blasts boomed out, engulfing the area in smoke and Abu Dhabi TV said it had lost contact with its correspondent."

AKIron · « **Reply #19 on:** April 08, 2003, 09:54:33 AM »

If they were reporting from the same building as combatant Iraqi forces they have no complaint.

Rude · « **Reply #20 on:** April 08, 2003, 10:46:41 AM »

MT....

Let me try this one more time....

Fox News(conservative by definition of some), hires liberals and gives them airtime.

MSNBC(liberal by definition of some) hires any conservatives?

Thanks:)

mason22 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 08, 2003, 11:28:21 AM »

btw, that was NOT the Al-Jazeera camera that was hit (the one fox was showing with the concrete flying and then the camera knocking over)...that was coming from Abu Dahbi TV.

the Al-Jazeera incident was in a different location.

Erlkonig · « **Reply #22 on:** April 08, 2003, 11:51:21 AM »

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Originally posted by Rude
MT....

Let me try this one more time....

Fox News(conservative by definition of some), hires liberals and gives them airtime.

MSNBC(liberal by definition of some) hires any conservatives?

Thanks:)

MSNBC recently hired Michael Savage, one of the most rabidly conservative voices on radio. He has a show on Saturday afternoons, "Savage Nation".

Pat Buchanan also appears on a show opposite of some Democrat I never heard of.

midnight Target · « **Reply #23 on:** April 08, 2003, 12:07:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Rude
MT....

Let me try this one more time....

Fox News(conservative by definition of some), hires liberals and gives them airtime.

MSNBC(liberal by definition of some) hires any conservatives?

Thanks:)

ahhh, my bad.

Mike Savage, Pat Buchanan, Norman Schwarzkopf

lazs2 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 08, 2003, 12:53:26 PM »

deja i stick by what I originaly posted here.
lazs

Hangtime · « **Reply #25 on:** April 08, 2003, 01:07:41 PM »

Kanth · « **Reply #26 on:** April 08, 2003, 01:28:04 PM »

Sandman · « **Reply #27 on:** April 08, 2003, 02:21:55 PM »

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Originally posted by Mini D
Dunno... seems anyone dogging one news agency and/or singing the praises of another is pretty much missing the boat.

MiniD

Good call, sir.

N1kPaz · « **Reply #28 on:** April 08, 2003, 03:58:21 PM »

sorry squelch if I offended you.

I just have a hangup that I cant get rid of.

I dont like racists.

sorry man.

Sandman · « **Reply #29 on:** April 08, 2003, 04:02:39 PM »

What if Fox News were around during other historical events?