Has News Always Been This Bad?
POSTED BY: AnthonyT
UPDATED: Saturday, October 11, 2025 22:12
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Originally posted by citizen:Quote:Phfffftt! heh, excellent example of your keen critical analysis. Helps explain all of your posts. So you like your news "thoroughly un-fact checked and biased" then, bravo!
Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
Much worse before, and many didn't even know it.
Fox News Channel really helped balance things out, and free access to information via the internet also helped clarify.
Please provide cites which back up your assertion that news reported on Fox is "thoroughly un-fact checked and biased", thank-you.
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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
Please provide cites which back up your assertion that news reported on Fox is "thoroughly un-fact checked and biased", thank-you.
How about flat out lies?
http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020002
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Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters
During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe "attack dogs," Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's hair moved further back on his head.
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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
Please provide cites which back up your assertion that news reported on Fox is "thoroughly un-fact checked and biased", thank-you.
Liberals, pseudo-intellectuals and the like love to belittle Fox News. It's the same type of smug condescending attitude as when Obama made his speech to left-coast libs and said that working-class folks in small towns "cling to their guns and their bibles." He might as well have added Fox News to that false caricature of average Americans.
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Well, they also digitally imposed one guy's head on the body of a dog. I don't know what kind of show this can possibly be, other than farce/comedy.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Hello,
I actually don't see anything wrong with clinging to guns and bibles during tough times. You can rely on one to make you feel safe and the other to give you hope for a better tomorrow. Best part is, they are interchangeable in that regard.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,
I actually don't see anything wrong with clinging to guns and bibles during tough times. You can rely on one to make you feel safe and the other to give you hope for a better tomorrow. Best part is, they are interchangeable in that regard.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
Were you offended by that statement from Obama? I'm sure he didn't mean any harm by it; its just that Liberals like him just think they're smarter and better than everybody else. They can't help themsleves. They think people that value American traditions and that are proud of our history are mentally defective trogladytes. They're the "enlightened ones"; the rest of us are beer-swilling, car-race-loving rednecks who need to learn from their wisdom. That's why they've shoved political correctness down our throats, mandated forced school busing to integrate, turned smokers into societal lepers, and countless other examples of how the Dudley-Dooright Left is re-shaping our culture.
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Hello,
I apologize if I derailed this into political bashing territory, when I really meant to study the state of the news media.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2008/07/09/green.uk.coast.erosi
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Here is an example of what I consider to be hyperbole.
The reporter states that this woman's house is not worth the price of a loaf of bread. I admit this could be some kind of British metaphor, well known in Britain.
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2008/07/08/ng.slain.student.cnn
Hello,
I was watching this video feed from CNN, and something rubbed me the wrong way. It's come up before, but it feels like it's becoming more and more prevalent.
I feel that when I was a young person, you had news shows which reported the news, and editorial shows which gave opinions on the news.
Now it seems as though all news shows also editorialize the news. I don't like to see my news reporters getting loud and excited and pointing out obvious personal opinions. Waving your hands in the air and saying, "Right There! Right There," in the middle of a news story strikes me as poor news delivery.
I want my reporters to deliver the news, not interpret the news or give opinions on the news, unless I'm looking at a special editorial segment or show.
Has news always been this bad, or is it getting worse?
--Anthony
"Liberty must not be purchased at the cost of Humanity." --Captain Robert Henner
Fekkin A right....
Don't watch the news man. Read some stuff in the paper or on the net, but dont' watch the news. Those assholes get paid way to much to depress the shit out of Americans.
Happy shit doesn't sell.... bottom line. If you watch news, particularly cable news, you're not going to like what you see. It's like Jerry Springer for a (supposedly) more sophisticated crowd.
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Originally posted by BigDamnNobody:
Please provide cites which back up your assertion that news reported on Fox is "thoroughly un-fact checked and biased", thank-you.
FOX News Lies About Barack Obama's Voting Record
FOX's O'Reilly fabricated evidence of success of purported boycott
http://mediamatters.org/items/200405020006
The Most Biased Name in News
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067
Out of curiosity, why do you never ask for cites to back up the assertion (that never gets backed up) that Fox News is Fair and Balanced, or that the rest of the US media is 'librul'?
More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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