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Riedle
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#61 - 2012-02-13 15:57:22 UTC  |  Edited by: Riedle
2bhammered wrote:
Riedle wrote:
Quote:

Lol sorry but, really? You really believe what you just said??

(to make it clear, I feel same way about networks like ABC and MSNBC, CNN, BBC etc.)


Yes, really. I know it's not popular with the "in crowd" these days, but some times I like tuning into opinion pieces about politics and one of the stops on my dial is fox news.

I know, I know - you and others will call or infer that I am a hick/redneck/ obviously stupid / not right in the head etc etc but that’s ok.

I don’t need to be in the ‘in crowd’ and if my opinion on wanting to watch opinion shows on fox news featuring great opinion people like Charles Krauthammer then I couldn’t really care less so have at it.

Big smile



No I wont call you a hick or redneck. I would call it being uninformed and I strongly believe it is a mistake to get their news from those big networks, not just FOX NEWS. Same goes for the big papers and other media. Of course best solution is to always read summary of the news then get the spin from both left right and middle of the political spectrum to make a well informed opinion.

PS: I even watch it sometimes, I just make sure to always watch with a skeptical mind and never take their word for it.


So I should take your word for it instead? lol

You are the one parroting the tired, lame line that Fox News is LOL etc etc..

Well a couple of things: Newsflash - Everything is biased. All media, all newswires etc etc. bias is inescapable to the human condition.

Now Agenda, that is something we can talk about.

However, the very fact that I am unafraid to speak my mind about how I don't mind fox news in a thread about people who like to feel superior to others by demeaning a news and opinion outlet that they have deemed inferior should tell you all you need to know about how well informed and unafraid to counter the tide of herd thinking.

So maybe I am not the one who is in need of 're-education' comrade? Perhaps if you and others were really concerned about independant thinking you would be on the OP and others for saying very openly that some opinion/news should be censored.
Someone truly interested in skepticism would be able to spot the dangerous thinking in people purporting to be looking out for the best interests of others. It's always the one's who act and feel superior to others that think they know best and that is ALWAYS the path to tyranny - no matter if it is on the left or the right.

Something worth thinking about anyways.
Riedle
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#62 - 2012-02-13 15:58:49 UTC
Bootleg Jack wrote:
Riedle wrote:
Bootleg Jack wrote:
On FOX radio in South Dakota they convinced the listeners that if Obama Care happened there would be a Fed Inspector in every doctors office.

People really belive that ****, that is why we need to put FOX on parental control, to protect the gullible and the naive.


You sure seem to know a lot about Fox News for someone who doesn't watch it.

lol


I unfortunatly have a family member who does. There needs to be a 12 step program for news junkies


I see.. So you are forced to watch it?

let me guess, you are a young adult living at home and dear old Dad likes to watch?

Lol – I get that right?
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#63 - 2012-02-13 16:00:04 UTC
2bhammered wrote:



Lol sorry but, really? You really believe what you just said??

(to make it clear, I feel same way about networks like ABC and MSNBC, CNN, BBC etc.)


BBC is most likely the most trustworthy news on the planet.

American media is like the newspapers over here. Opinionated, full of lies and never let you see all the facts. American media also suffers from not telling you about the world. ABC world news has one or two stories from outside the US, one night they didnt have anything at all!
Riedle
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#64 - 2012-02-13 16:03:21 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
2bhammered wrote:



Lol sorry but, really? You really believe what you just said??

(to make it clear, I feel same way about networks like ABC and MSNBC, CNN, BBC etc.)


BBC is most likely the most trustworthy news on the planet.

American media is like the newspapers over here. Opinionated, full of lies and never let you see all the facts. American media also suffers from not telling you about the world. ABC world news has one or two stories from outside the US, one night they didnt have anything at all!


I find it odd that a person from the UK is counting how many news stories a news organization from another country is doing about international news.

Kind of a weird hang-up wouldn’t you agree?
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#65 - 2012-02-13 16:15:29 UTC
Riedle wrote:


I find it odd that a person from the UK is counting how many news stories a news organization from another country is doing about international news.

Kind of a weird hang-up wouldn’t you agree?


Used the have BBC news 24 running in the reception. At 00:30 they would play ABC world news to "get the view of the Americans". Given that it was more interesting to listen to that rather than the wering of the CCTV screen I would listen in. Would have thought the world news would have news about the world outside of the US but I guess notStraight
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#66 - 2012-02-13 16:18:03 UTC
Riedle wrote:
2bhammered wrote:
Riedle wrote:
Quote:

Lol sorry but, really? You really believe what you just said??

(to make it clear, I feel same way about networks like ABC and MSNBC, CNN, BBC etc.)


Yes, really. I know it's not popular with the "in crowd" these days, but some times I like tuning into opinion pieces about politics and one of the stops on my dial is fox news.

I know, I know - you and others will call or infer that I am a hick/redneck/ obviously stupid / not right in the head etc etc but that’s ok.

I don’t need to be in the ‘in crowd’ and if my opinion on wanting to watch opinion shows on fox news featuring great opinion people like Charles Krauthammer then I couldn’t really care less so have at it.

Big smile



No I wont call you a hick or redneck. I would call it being uninformed and I strongly believe it is a mistake to get their news from those big networks, not just FOX NEWS. Same goes for the big papers and other media. Of course best solution is to always read summary of the news then get the spin from both left right and middle of the political spectrum to make a well informed opinion.

PS: I even watch it sometimes, I just make sure to always watch with a skeptical mind and never take their word for it.


So I should take your word for it instead? lol

You are the one parroting the tired, lame line that Fox News is LOL etc etc..

Well a couple of things: Newsflash - Everything is biased. All media, all newswires etc etc. bias is inescapable to the human condition.

Now Agenda, that is something we can talk about.

However, the very fact that I am unafraid to speak my mind about how I don't mind fox news in a thread about people who like to feel superior to others by demeaning a news and opinion outlet that they have deemed inferior should tell you all you need to know about how well informed and unafraid to counter the tide of herd thinking.

So maybe I am not the one who is in need of 're-education' comrade? Perhaps if you and others were really concerned about independant thinking you would be on the OP and others for saying very openly that some opinion/news should be censored.
Someone truly interested in skepticism would be able to spot the dangerous thinking in people purporting to be looking out for the best interests of others. It's always the one's who act and feel superior to others that think they know best and that is ALWAYS the path to tyranny - no matter if it is on the left or the right.

Something worth thinking about anyways.



Are you trying to be a smart ***?

Fact is all major news networks, fox news several times, have been caught for even fabricating news or purposefully changing and spinning its meaning.

So what I basically say is trust no one and you parrot by asking why you should trust me?Lol If you understood what I said you would not need to question my credibility now would you?

I am a skeptic, but Fox News and Glen beck people breed cynicism and they have an agenda which is obvious just as MSNBC has.

Having Fox News as only source for politics and world events is bad, plain and simple, even for something as easy as reporting a bulletin.
2bhammered
Cyberpunk 2077
#67 - 2012-02-13 16:47:43 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
2bhammered wrote:



Lol sorry but, really? You really believe what you just said??

(to make it clear, I feel same way about networks like ABC and MSNBC, CNN, BBC etc.)


BBC is most likely the most trustworthy news on the planet.

American media is like the newspapers over here. Opinionated, full of lies and never let you see all the facts. American media also suffers from not telling you about the world. ABC world news has one or two stories from outside the US, one night they didnt have anything at all!




I have seen some terrible bias by BBC over the years. I am sure if you google you can find a lot of stuff, not as bad as Fox News but not best by any means, perhaps, but not great and I am also skeptical watching their news.


ABC news is pretty damn bad from what I have seenLol I have read some good papers, forgot their names though, no, not the new york timesP
Riedle
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#68 - 2012-02-13 19:00:07 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
Riedle wrote:


I find it odd that a person from the UK is counting how many news stories a news organization from another country is doing about international news.

Kind of a weird hang-up wouldn’t you agree?


Used the have BBC news 24 running in the reception. At 00:30 they would play ABC world news to "get the view of the Americans". Given that it was more interesting to listen to that rather than the wering of the CCTV screen I would listen in. Would have thought the world news would have news about the world outside of the US but I guess notStraight



Ok, that’s a good explanation that makes it less weird but you must admit, it is a pretty limited sample size

:)
Riedle
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#69 - 2012-02-13 19:05:59 UTC

Quote:
Fact is all major news networks, fox news several times, have been caught for even fabricating news or purposefully changing and spinning its meaning.


And this surprises you? That is the shocking to me.
"News organization makes mistake - more at 11!" lol

"News organization sipjns story - more at 11!" hahaha

Quote:
So what I basically say is trust no one and you parrot by asking why you should trust me?Lol If you understood what I said you would not need to question my credibility now would you?


You are telling me to not trust anyone - when exactly did I say I trust anyone? lol.
Stop inferring who I am or what viewpoints I have by the mere fact I am not ashamed of watching fox news and then maybe you will get it.

Quote:
I am a skeptic, but Fox News and Glen beck people breed cynicism and they have an agenda which is obvious just as MSNBC has
.

fascinating. Look, you are free to like or not like whatever you want to watch. I couldn't care less to be honest. My point is why do you people who hate fox news so much hate the fact that it is a very popular medium?

Quote:
Having Fox News as only source for politics and world events is bad, plain and simple, even for something as easy as reporting a bulletin.


Well thanks for clearing that non-existent problem up. lol
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#70 - 2012-02-13 21:03:45 UTC  |  Edited by: baltec1
Riedle wrote:



Ok, that’s a good explanation that makes it less weird but you must admit, it is a pretty limited sample size

:)


Granted its only ABC I have seen (aside from some angry guy on FOX who shouts at his guests and boots them off his show if they start winning). Still I know a good few Americans and they all agree the US news has very little news from outside of their borders.

Guess its different over here in the UK what with the BBC being founded in the time of Empire.
Selinate
#71 - 2012-02-14 01:56:38 UTC  |  Edited by: Selinate
I typically watch MSNBC or *sometimes* CNN. I have a brain, so I know when the liberal crap is coming and when to stop listening, but aside from the occasional blatant support for democrats regardless of the issue, they at least have some good information and their show hosts make some good points.

I've watched FOX a few times, but I've always had to turn it off because I just end up not listening to it at all for the same reason as above except for conservative crap. No point in watching a network like that. They're much worse in their political bullshitting than any other network I've watched....
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#72 - 2012-02-14 02:07:07 UTC
I get my news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report Cool

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Bootleg Jack
ACME Mineral and Gas
#73 - 2012-02-14 04:23:54 UTC
Riedle wrote:
Bootleg Jack wrote:
Riedle wrote:
Bootleg Jack wrote:
On FOX radio in South Dakota they convinced the listeners that if Obama Care happened there would be a Fed Inspector in every doctors office.

People really belive that ****, that is why we need to put FOX on parental control, to protect the gullible and the naive.


You sure seem to know a lot about Fox News for someone who doesn't watch it.

lol


I unfortunatly have a family member who does. There needs to be a 12 step program for news junkies


I see.. So you are forced to watch it?

let me guess, you are a young adult living at home and dear old Dad likes to watch?

Lol – I get that right?


No, you didn't.

I'm an American, English is my second language...
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#74 - 2012-02-14 20:09:36 UTC
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#75 - 2012-02-14 20:27:35 UTC
Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:

The last thing said on the last good show on FOX



Thats a good showStraight
THE L0CK
Denying You Access
#76 - 2012-02-14 21:07:00 UTC
Look at the lot of you lambs. Got us a bucket'o'hipsters here all playing a game of grab ass with each other while mimicking each others rehashed phrases. It's pretty damn apparent that non of you know a good news network when you see one. I'm glad that Fox has the team that they do and they have been dead on with Nobama since before he took office. The man has lied to us time and time again and Fox has caught it and exposed it every. single. time.

Do you smell what the Lock's cooking?
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#77 - 2012-02-14 21:12:50 UTC
THE L0CK wrote:
Look at the lot of you lambs. Got us a bucket'o'hipsters here all playing a game of grab ass with each other while mimicking each others rehashed phrases. It's pretty damn apparent that non of you know a good news network when you see one. I'm glad that Fox has the team that they do and they have been dead on with Nobama since before he took office. The man has lied to us time and time again and Fox has caught it and exposed it every. single. time.


Im guessing they left out the fact he has been blocked by republitards at every turn...
Bootleg Jack
ACME Mineral and Gas
#78 - 2012-02-15 01:18:40 UTC
THE L0CK wrote:
Look at the lot of you lambs. Got us a bucket'o'hipsters here all playing a game of grab ass with each other while mimicking each others rehashed phrases. It's pretty damn apparent that non of you know a good news network when you see one. I'm glad that Fox has the team that they do and they have been dead on with Nobama since before he took office. The man has lied to us time and time again and Fox has caught it and exposed it every. single. time.


lol, another one who actually believes in FOX Shocked

I'm an American, English is my second language...
Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#79 - 2012-02-15 18:04:03 UTC
stoicfaux wrote:
Jada Maroo wrote:
Merin Ryskin wrote:

You know, I would love to see a REAL marxist/socialist/whatever president, not a spineless center-right empty suit like Obama. Not because I actually like marxism, but because the tears from people like you would be so beautiful.



If it's tears you like, you're in luck! Marxism is the most efficient system of distributing human misery ever created.

Two problems with that statement:
a) Marxism doesn't exist in the real world. Name one country where the working class has all the power.

b) Capitalism is much more efficient. Look at the British Empire and colonialism. Or the US's history with banana republics. Never underestimate the efficiency of capitalism. Raw capitalism only appears friendly because a capitalistic society needs to keep its own citizens happy. What you don't see is the abuse going on off-shore. Meaning, Wal-Mart prices are great for US citizens if you ignore where the products are made and the working conditions in those countries.



Thank you for that Stoicfaux. I was about to bring up the concept of Banana Republics, but decided that it would fly over the heads of too many people.

But brace yourself, because it is ineveitable that it will be said that the US brought prosperity to the people of those 'nations' Roll


Riedle wrote:
I like Fox News. Nothing wrong with it. They have opinion shows and they always present both sides of the story. They will have panelists from the left and the right.

The biggest problem with Fox news is the morons on the left who are seemingly incapable of differentiating between hard news and commentary. lol.

Why? Because they are used to the old guard media presenting leftward opinion as hard news.

Edit: To the OP:

Typical leftist – wanting to control what others do. Here’s a hint – if you don’t like it, turn the channel.



The highlighted part is just righteous Reidle, considering that the wedge issues that the 'two parties' use to manipulate the 'two sides' of the voting public revolve around the Right and the Left telling people what they can and can not do and what they should and should not do. One would be a fool to think the 'Righ't truly wants to be fiscally conservative and non-invasive

Get over yourself. Both sides want to control you; you just happen to be more in favor of the things the 'Right' want to control.


Slade
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
#80 - 2012-02-15 18:27:20 UTC