12/15/2009 4:09:13 PM

12/15/2009 10:05:54 PM

walked into the eye doctor's office today. Fox news was blaring in the waiting room. Everyone there lost all credibility.

12/15/2009 10:46:47 PM

one of their headlines on Google newS:

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"Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of Obama's Latest Big Brother Plan FOXNews - ?Dec 10, 2009? "

[Edited on December 15, 2009 at 10:51 PM. Reason : ]

12/15/2009 10:51:05 PM

12/17/2009 4:43:55 PM

i feel like i saw that pic on KSK earlier this week
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aha found it



[Edited on December 17, 2009 at 5:06 PM. Reason : lol]

12/17/2009 4:54:55 PM

Lol.

I read an article about this earlier.

http://esciencenews.com/articles/2009/12/16/santa.should.get.his.sleigh.and.walk.says.public.health.doctor

It's a bunch of PC bullshit, but it's NOT a study, like the graphic says. It's basically one doctor's commentary.

12/17/2009 5:10:19 PM

BUY GOLD

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30755.html

Beck has no shame.

12/18/2009 11:18:21 AM

What does he not have shame about? It isn't like he brings in "experts" about the problems with the dollar that advocate buying gold while he is secretly invested in GLD and GDX without disclosing as such. If his listeners are stupid enough to go buy heritage seeds, MREs, guns, and generators because he says so, then why should you care? This is the great thing about the GOP, when it is revealed that their emperors have no clothes, we can laugh hysterically at their failing personal responsibility regarding investments at his urging.

12/18/2009 5:34:01 PM

Shame is what leads those uncited experts to turn to dishonesty. It's exactly Beck's overtness that indicates that he lacks shame.


This just in: Tiger Woods = OJ Simpson

Quote :

"Beck: Do you believe Tiger Woods may actually be O.J. Simpson? Guest: Is it 12 now, is it a dozen women? Beck: Is this guy turning into O.J. Simpson? Guest: I think the thing with O.J. was the murder, wasn't it? I mean... Beck: Well there was a woman taken to the hospital last night at O.J's, er I mean, I'm sorry, Tiger's house. Guest: Nobody believes it was an assault. Beck: I'm not saying it was an assault or anything else, I'm just., you know, Tiger, it's losing control here."

You know, because they're both black.

12/19/2009 8:15:35 AM

Not because they are both womanizing sports super stars?

12/19/2009 10:22:16 AM

ahahaha at that video, the very first quote was from Alan Grayson.


gg



[Edited on December 19, 2009 at 10:33 AM. Reason : though perhaps the point of the video was to point out the irony of Fox by mimicking it perfectly.]

12/19/2009 10:32:29 AM

Alan Grayson exists for the same reason that Michelle Bachmann exists. To make headlines by contributing to the partisan nature of most debates, not to add any real substance.

Prayers to kill a heathcare bill? "Die quickly?" Jesus. One-upsmanship is getting to be pretty disgusting.

12/19/2009 11:36:59 AM

OMG! They are mocking the reason for the season!

12/20/2009 8:31:51 AM

White Christ Mess?

Well if that's not a mockery of Jesus H. Christ and the celebration of his birth, i don't know what is.

also,

THAT'S RACIST

12/20/2009 10:03:11 AM

12/20/2009 10:41:15 AM

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"Alan Grayson exists for the same reason that Michelle Bachmann exists. To make headlines by contributing to the partisan nature of most debates, not to add any real substance."

The sad thing is . . . I don't know if they won their respective elections because they played to their crowd, or because they are their crowd.


But really, as worthless as most congressmen are, we haven't had someone physically assaulted with a cane since Preston Brooks did Charles Sumner in back in 1856, so we've got that going for us.

12/20/2009 10:57:57 AM

12/23/2009 6:30:00 PM

^ I just saw that. Fox "News's" ability to take shit that nobody would have cared about, like Christmas ornaments on a tree, something that nobody would have given a second glance too, and blow it all out of proportion. The stupidity that goes on in that network astonishes me.

Last night as my mother was going to bed and I came down stairs to watch TV, I turned on the TV and saw MSNBC. Now, my mother is a staunch conservative, so I had to remark, "why the hell are you watching MSNBC, even I won't watch that crap." She then retorted, "Yeah, the only thing you'll watch is CNN," as if that was an insult. I then asked, "Yeah, so? They're boring, but they do a decent job on reporting the news." She then claimed that, "they don't report anything."

I had to kind of laugh at that. I then said, "Why, because they don't spend all fucking day covering Tea Party protests, like Fox News did." To which she had nothing to say.

How people think that Fox News actually "reports" news is beyond me. They make up news. They use their henchmen, Glenn, Bill and Sean to "uncover" stories, which they then use to lead into their actual "News" segments, which the "anchor" then starts off with, "Some people are saying..." Jon Stewart made a great point about it a few weeks ago. Occasionally they get lucky, like with Acorn. But they also talk out of their ass and do nothing but contribute to conservative fanaticism (like with the school kids singing songs about Barack Obama, which it turned out to be a kids play put on during Presidents day and included skits about the rest of the presidents. Not to mention that Bush had similar songs sung to him by kids a few years ago, which unlike the school kids for Barack, Bush was ACTUALLY there at the school and heard them sing. But you didn't hear about Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly mentioning both sides of the story).

Out of the 3 of Fox News's henchmen, only 1 of them actually has a college degree, Bill O'Reilly. He's the only one that I actually respect to some degree. The other two are uneducated bigots who got lucky and, unfortunately for the rest of us, get to preach to other people who actually think that their opinion matters, and to people who think that they actually know what they're talking about.

12/23/2009 7:01:53 PM

the Fox News anchors today (not the commentator shows) were downright giddy talking about the fractioning of the Democratic party because of the guy who defected from Alabama (as if he offered anything to the Democrats all year anyway....). I could literally hear them smiling while doing voice overs. That, and a huge fluff piece about how the Senate Dems were being grinches by forcing everybody to stay in DC on Christmas eve to make the vote

12/23/2009 7:45:55 PM

12/23/2009 11:33:55 PM

Quote :

" Passenger Ignites Explosive on Delta Flight, Al Qaeda Connection Reported -FOXNews Man lights firecrackers on NWA flight into Detroit -Detroit Free Press Northwest Plane Passenger With Firecrackers Subdued -BusinessWeek "

12/25/2009 5:38:32 PM

CALLED THE FUCK OUT

1/5/2010 11:50:42 AM

I love that callous "I don't give a FUCK" photo they used

1/5/2010 11:53:14 AM

Fox has nothing on the New York Post

1/5/2010 2:26:20 PM

Just the thing I expect on a network that tries to be a major news network. An article that should be in Consumer Reports.

1/5/2010 3:24:12 PM

YOU DECIDE: Are Obama's advisers up to the task?

How cute.

1/5/2010 5:35:35 PM

I've noticed the fox team is starting to advocate and push for RACIAL PROFILING lately, following the attempted plane bombing. I was tipped off to this fact over Christmas break when my dad brought up his 'brilliant' idea on how to enforce airport security. i put 2 and 2 together and oreilly confirmed it tonight.

1/5/2010 8:52:53 PM

nothing about Brit Hume prosthelytizing to Tiger Woods on Fox News Sunday yet?

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/01/brit_hume_yet_another_obliviou.php

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"The extent to which he can recover seems to me depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. So, my message to Tiger is, 'Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world.' "

what an ass

1/5/2010 9:39:19 PM

yeah, that was a pretty obnoxious thing to say. There was a good column in The Post about it today.

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"Brit Hume's off message: Have faith, Tiger Woods, as long as it's Christianity By Tom Shales Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, January 5, 2010 In "North by Northwest," cold and heartless bureaucrats in Washington realize they may have inadvertently sent a frivolous but innocent advertising man to his death, and one of them says, "It's so horribly sad -- why do I feel like laughing?" The dichotomy pops up all the time among observers of media, politics and the personalities who inhabit those spheres, and it probably always will, largely because people in those lines of work are, to state it in the most innocuous way possible, full of surprises. Brit Hume was certainly full of something on "Fox News Sunday" this week. Hume, a part-time analyst at Fox since stepping down from his daily anchor role, sought to redefine the job of political pundit, apparently, when he stepped boldly up to the task of telling people what religious beliefs they ought to have. He prescribed in particular a remedial, therapeutic dose of Christianity for disgraced golfing champ Tiger Woods, a man whose lubricious private life has been haunting the headlines for weeks. Noting that Woods has referred to himself as a Buddhist, Hume knocked his fellow "Fox News" panelists for mortified loops when he dissed about half a billion Buddhists on the planet with the remark, "I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith." It sounded a little like one of those Verizon vs. AT&T commercials -- our brand is better than your brand -- except that Hume was comparing two of the world's great religions, not a couple of greedy communications conglomerates. Further, is it really his job to run around trying to drum up new business? He doesn't really have the authority, does he, unless one believes that every Christian by mandate must proselytize? Oh, but there was much more to it. Since Buddhism is so lacking in news-you-can-use, Hume continued -- sinking into his own mouth-made mire -- "My message to Tiger would be: Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world." Whom did he sound more like -- Mary Poppins on the joys of a tidy room, or Ron Popeil on the glories of some amazing potato peeler? You could almost hear the gears of YouTube turning as he spoke, and imagine the writers on "Saturday Night Live" trying to find ways other than the painfully obvious to satirize the moment and what it represents. The easiest mistake to make would be to associate Hume's off-the-cuff, off-the-wall remark with the pathology of Fox News, a cherished target of the left just as the left is a cherished target of certain Fox personalities. Some of us cling to our faith that there is no institutional bias at the network, and that the business of Fox, to paraphrase Calvin Coolidge, is business. Darts of derision should be aimed at Hume, not at his employer or at Fox News as a social force. Before one gets too carried away with Brit-bashing, however, it's worth a Google or two to investigate the origins of Hume's seemingly newfound fervor. Is he really known far-and-wide for advocating religious fixes for scandals and furors? He did say, at the 2008 Republican convention, "I'm 65, for God's sake," but that was a mere aside, not a statement of policy. Earlier, though, when it was still the 20th century, Hume discussed, in an interview, his spiritual epiphany and what motivated it. "I came to Christ in a way that was very meaningful to me," he said; it was in the aftermath of his son's death by suicide in 1998. It would be indefensibly insensitive to mock Hume for his beliefs, especially considering the way he came to them, but that still doesn't mean one must cheer him on as he tries to turn a bully pulpit into a pulpit, period. In a way that many others had spoken of this particular faith, Hume seemed so bolstered by Christianity that he just had to go tell it on the mountain. And the golf course. And Fox news-talk shows. Whatever his motivations, and however his statement regarding Woods reflected Hume's own emotional turmoil, the remark will probably rank, even only a few days into January, as one of the most ridiculous of the year. It tends at the least to banish any wayward hopes that the looniness of the Bawdy Aughties is over; we're not out of the woods, or the Woods, yet. Oh no, the madness will go on and on and on, at least until some sanctimonious busybody takes it upon himself to go even roguer than Hume. If Hume's remark is going to turn out to be a mere starting point, where in the name of all that's holy (really holy, genuinely holy) is the finishing line going to find us? Or leave us? Hume has a message for Woods; lots of people will have a message for Hume. First off, apologize. You gotta. Just say you are a man who is comfortable with his faith, so comfortable that sometimes he gets a wee bit carried away with it. If Hume wants to do the satellite-age equivalent of going door-to-door and spreading what he considers the gospel, he should do it on his own time, not try to cross-pollinate religion and journalism and use Fox facilities to do it. At the same Republican convention where Hume bemoaned his advancing years, he spoke of knowing when to leave the party and go home. "I'd like to walk away while I'm still doing okay," he said, "and not have people say, 'He was fading.' " It's easy to understand the sentiment, but Hume ought to know that what people are saying right now is a whole lot worse than that he's fading. "

http://tinyurl.com/yc4nqrt

[Edited on January 5, 2010 at 10:32 PM. Reason : .]

1/5/2010 10:31:21 PM

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january-5-2010/even-better-than-the-real-thing

1/6/2010 12:49:20 PM

I always find it hilarious when people vent about the good ol' days.

1/6/2010 12:51:01 PM

^^^ I've always liked Brit Hume--even back when he was a hard-nosed reporter for ABC News--and up through his years with FNC's Special Report. But I cannot and will not defend his comments concerning Tiger Woods--it was proselytizing, plain and simple.

1/6/2010 1:04:05 PM

i've always liked brit, i think its nice to see someone talking about being a christian, and now that he's retired i guess he can say whatever he wants

1/6/2010 5:31:36 PM

LOU DOBBS!!!

1/7/2010 8:22:19 PM

Quote :

"FOX FORUM: Does Obama Want to Win War on Terror?"

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/01/07/andrea-tantaros-obama-speech-christmas-day-terror-attack/

not enough rolly eyes in the world

1/8/2010 12:53:21 AM

1/8/2010 11:38:35 AM

there's no sex in your violence

1/8/2010 11:42:24 AM

Fox News always reminds me of Entertainment Tonight in its willingness to sell skin.

They were pimping Hanna Giles more than any ACORN worker could've.

1/8/2010 12:26:48 PM

A Fox Chief at the Pinnacle of Media and Politics
January 9, 2010

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"Mr. [Roger] Ailes is certainly making money. At a time when the broadcast networks are struggling with diminishing audiences and profits in news, he has built Fox News into the profit engine of the News Corporation. Fox News is believed to make more money than CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined. The division is on track to achieve $700 million in operating profit this year, according to analyst estimates that Mr. Ailes does not dispute."

Quote :

"'When you think about that, [FNC's endorsement is] the equivalent of the endorsement major newspapers used to provide,' said David Gergen, an analyst on CNN who has been an aide in Democratic and Republican administrations. He went on: 'Regardless of whether you like what he is doing, Roger Ailes is one of the most creative talents of his generation. He has built a media empire that is capable of driving the conversation, and, at times, the political process.' Mr. Murdoch, in a statement relayed by a spokesman, said: 'I'm proud of Fox News and what it is accomplishing, and I am grateful to Roger and his team for creating such a great asset for News Corporation.'"

Quote :

"Mr. Ailes started Fox News in 1996 and faced skepticism that it ever could be a rival to CNN, much less the ratings and profits leader it is today. As recently as 2002, the network made very little money, said Michael Nathanson, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Company. Today, its vast profits secured by ever-rising fees from cable companies make it 'probably the single most important asset at News Corporation,' he said. 'I built this business to throw off a billion dollars in profit,' Mr. Ailes said. 'That was the goal from Day 1. In my own mind.'"

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"As powerful as he is within the News Corporation, Mr. Ailes remains a spectral presence outside the Fox News offices. National security had long been a preoccupation of Fox News, and it was clear in the interview that the 9/11 attacks had a profound effect on Mr. Ailes. They convinced him that he and his network could be terrorist targets. On the day of the attacks, Mr. Ailes asked his chief engineer the minimum number of workers needed to keep the channel on the air. The answer: 42. 'I am one of them,' he said. 'I've got a bad leg, I'm a little overweight, so I can't run fast, but I will fight. 'We had 3,000 dead people a couple miles from here. I knew that any communications company could be a target.'"

Quote :

"Mr. Ailes said he received frequent threats over the years, but his concerns for the safety of his family were heightened by an incident at his New Jersey home after the 9/11 attacks. There was an intruder on his property, but no arrest was made. In Putnam County, he has bought several properties surrounding his home. A sign outside his house shows an illustration of a gun and advises visitors that it is under video surveillance."

Quote :

"'If he were a Democrat, I think there would be 67 Democratic senators right now,' said the political consultant James Carville, a former Clinton aide and a frequent guest on CNN. 'In terms of the news business, the cable television business, and the political business, there is him and then there is everybody else.'"

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/business/media/10ailes.html

1/10/2010 11:59:21 AM

Quote :

"Regardless of whether you like what he is doing, Roger Ailes is one of the most creative talents of his generation."

I don't know a ton about the guy, but if the network is any reflection on him, I'd go with "cynical" or "shameless," rather than "creative."

What's creative about what he's done? He's simply sunk significantly lower than others were willing to sink.

1/10/2010 2:20:45 PM

^ Ailes created a way to beat the other cable news outlets in ratings combined--and he created a way to make FOX News more profitable than "CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined." I understand that you don't like Ailes or FNC, but this performance is phenomenal--particularly, when you consider that the prevailing wisdom at the time of FNC's inception was that it could never even rival CNN, much less surpass it (and all the other cable news outlets combined).

1/10/2010 3:10:12 PM

he was creative enough to capitalize on the general american population's ignorance and affinity to being told what to think.

awesome job, dude. you've made the world a significantly better place.

1/10/2010 3:12:47 PM

^ And if, say, CNN had accomplished the same, you'd say what exactly?

1/10/2010 3:13:57 PM

if CNN accomplished the exact thing FNC has?

I'd say the same thing.

1/10/2010 3:15:07 PM

^ Hmm. . .curious. Well, I can't prove that you wouldn't, so I have no choice but to take you at your word.

1/10/2010 3:31:13 PM

you find it curious that someone can be relatively objective and intellectually consistent?

that's a sad indictment of the times.

1/10/2010 3:38:52 PM

^ Concerning your former statement, not exactly--but I'll let it be.

1/10/2010 3:40:23 PM

lol, classic hooksaw exchange

if it had rolly eyes, it could have been the best there ever was

1/10/2010 4:02:04 PM

Quote :

"Ailes created a way to beat the other cable news outlets in ratings combined--and he created a way to make FOX News more profitable than "CNN, MSNBC and the evening newscasts of NBC, ABC and CBS combined.""

This isn't surprising just given basic supply/demand rules. As FNC is the only conservative name in the game, they can charge a relatively high premium for advertising that will be targeted at their demographic, versus the centrist/left leaning outlets cannabalizing each others business.

Add to that your average FNC watcher is going to really consume what FNC has to offer where-as your average CNN/MSNBC watcher is probably going to get his news from a variety of sources, it isn't at all surprising.

1/10/2010 4:19:36 PM