Fox News and the People who Watch It - Idiots?

RugbyFanatic

Just sums up how stupid fox news is :pac:

Caoimhín

Hardly idiots.

Just because one disagrees with another's political leaning does not make them an idiot.

Oh, and the term "idiot" originates from the Athenian description for someone who declined to partake in politics, so by definition your question is redundant.

Link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

bobbyjoe

I'd go with a yes.

CiaranC

Lol, tell me that screen isnt real...

Bubs101

Bill is a great man and his TV show is hilarious. He's like a Republican American real life Alan Partridge and I just can't get enough. He's a hilarious man and his show is great, get off your high horse and enjoy these clips of Bill attacking 9/11 victim's children and the such.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IwIRNM5noY

Best bit of this is where Bill accuses and denounces the kid for spreading propaganda on his show without a hint of irony

here is Bill attacking Mark Cuban for 10 minutes. Entertaining stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiybkZeBSak

Here Bill blames the far left's dissaproval of the invasion of Iraq for making it difficult

Caoimhín

Bubs101 wrote: »

He's like a Republican Americanquote]

The United States of America IS a Republic.

Bubs101

caoibhin wrote: »

He's like a Republican Americanquote]

The United States of America IS a Republic.

I like the way you try and make me look like a fool and you can't even use a quote button

Caoimhín

Bubs101 wrote: »

I like the way you try and make me look like a fool and you can't even use a quote button

I didnt have to try.

Bubs101

caoibhin wrote: »

I didnt have to try.

Eh, yeah you did, you tried to bring a grammatical error to people's attention to people's attention. Don't see why you have to be such an anal liberal giant douche anyway. The crazy republican turd sandwiches are the way to go.

Here is another great Bill O'Reilly moment where he explains bias in the liberal media

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nja8UTlLKls

If that were on Radio Norwich it wouldn't surprise me

norbert64

I thought the US was a democracy

RugbyFanatic

caoibhin wrote: »

Oh, and the term "idiot" originates from the Athenian description for someone who declined to partake in politics, so by definition your question is redundant.

Link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiot

Might want to read your own link

"Idiot" was originally created to refer to "layman, person lacking professional skill", "person so mentally deficient as to be incapable of ordinary reasoning".[6][7] Declining to take part in public life, such as democratic government of the polis (city state), such as the Athenian democracy, was considered dishonorable. "Idiots" were seen as having bad judgment in public and political matters. Over time, the term "idiot" shifted away from its original connotation of selfishness and came to refer to individuals with overall bad judgment–individuals who are "stupid". In modern English usage, the terms "idiot" and "idiocy" describe an extreme folly or stupidity, and its symptoms (foolish or stupid utterance or deed). In psychology, it is a historical term for the state or condition now called profound mental retardation





hard luck mate

oscarBravo

Less handbags, please.

KerranJast

Anyone who believes that any of non-Fox news channels are not left leaning (or really left leaning in the case of MSNBC) is as deluded as the people who think Fox is fair. Fox is right wing although O'Reilly is fairly moderate. CNN, ABC and NBC News are fairly left wing with MSNBC being really left wing (it has Olbermann and Rachel Maddow as anchors :rolleyes:). Oh and the top image is photoshopped. I watched that show last night and that caption was not there. There's enough comedy gold on O'Reilly with out having to make **** up.

brianthebard

Lolz if CNN is supposed to be left wing then that just illustrates how non existant the left is in American politics/culture.

KerranJast

brianthebard wrote: »

Lolz if CNN is supposed to be left wing then that just illustrates how non existant the left is in American politics/culture.

True. The Torys are left wing by American standards tbf.

kmart6

A better O'Reilly moment!:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J36rv1JsCso

Black Swan

Fox News, and especially Bill O'Spin Zone, are known for sensationalizing talking points and programming with a conservative Republican Party favoured bias. This appeals to their Republican ideology market segment viewers (which includes some Southern Democrats and fundamentalist religious types that are more conservative than the Republicans), and conforms to their business model (which has been very profitable for them in terms of advertising sponsors). I'm not much into telly, but sometimes I watch Bill O'Spin Zone just for laughs!

If I was to join a party in the USA, it would not be the Republicans or the Democrats, but rather that true maverick group called Independents (the non-party choice). Then I could vote for whom I thought most qualified, guilt free, be they declared Democrat, Republican, Independent, or Lizard People, and not march in goose step to the music of some biased party ideology.

irish_bob

heres a site i have followed for a few years now

http://www.newshounds.us/

GalwayGunner

Oh dear jesus - I knew O'Reilly was a nut but I just can't believe that clip!!

Wow.

Mal-Adjusted

fox news (and fox itself ) are really just republican propaganda machines. look at the simpsons, how many pro-republican and anti-demacratic jokes are there in it?

O Reilly (if i spelled that correctly) is just the biggest nut-job of them all

Overheal

why hasnt Bill been shot yet?

Ludo

Good question.

I am willing to wager all my AIG shares though that no matter who becomes the next president, there will be an assassination attempt within a year. Either by ultra right wing nut jobs if Obama wins as they can't stand a black president, or by ultra right wing nut jobs if McCain wins as they would prefer Palin :-)

Mal-Adjusted

Ludo wrote: »

Good question.

I am willing to wager all my AIG shares though that no matter who becomes the next president, there will be an assassination attempt within a year. Either by ultra right wing nut jobs if Obama wins as they can't stand a black president, or by ultra right wing nut jobs if McCain wins as they would prefer Palin :-)

ha, ha, Brilliant:D

irish_bob

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

fox news (and fox itself ) are really just republican propaganda machines. look at the simpsons, how many pro-republican and anti-demacratic jokes are there in it?

O Reilly (if i spelled that correctly) is just the biggest nut-job of them all

never once have i seen any specific kind of political leaning from the simpsons , whats great about the simpsons is they lampoon everyone

Mal-Adjusted

irish_bob wrote: »

never once have i seen any specific kind of political leaning from the simpsons , whats great about the simpsons is they lampoon everyone

Side show bob rattling on about how bad the demacrats are, the demacratic mayor is a corrupt womaniser, Former demacratic presidents are shown as idiots while former republican presidents are kind hearted heroes, "Mr president, a little girl has lost her faith in democracy!"

The Mad Hatter

irish_bob wrote: »

never once have i seen any specific kind of political leaning from the simpsons , whats great about the simpsons is they lampoon everyone

I'd say Simpsons is fairly left-leaning, based on the standards of those I've watched (which, I admit, includes virtually nothing of the last eight years), but not as much as Futurama.

The only show I know that really does lampoon everyone and everything is South Park.

irish_bob

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

Side show bob rattling on about how bad the demacrats are, the demacratic mayor is a corrupt womaniser, Former demacratic presidents are shown as idiots while former republican presidents are kind hearted heroes, "Mr president, a little girl has lost her faith in democracy!"

sideshow bob is evil , mr burns is a republican and hes not exactly a nice guy either , i think the problem lies not with the simpsons but with you having a problem with your ironing

Mal-Adjusted

irish_bob wrote: »

sideshow bob is evil , mr burns is a republican and hes not exactly a nice guy either , i think the problem lies not with the simpsons but with you having a problem with your ironing

Ah! sideshow bod isn't evil! he just wants to kill *the boy*:) i'll give you mister burns (though he's more like a Goa'uld than anything else):eek:

What do you mean by the ironing? is this a joke or an insult?
...and in case you're wondering, i love the simpsons.


Proffesor Frink, Professor Frink,
He'll make yoy laugh, He'll make you think

dlofnep

Ah auld Bill. The Simon Cowell of political analysis. He is an idiot. But I have to give it to him, he's entertaining to watch.

Overheal

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

Side show bob rattling on about how bad the demacrats are, the demacratic mayor is a corrupt womaniser, Former demacratic presidents are shown as idiots while former republican presidents are kind hearted heroes, "Mr president, a little girl has lost her faith in democracy!"

Where were you during that whole George Bush Sr. Episode? And do you ever watch Nixon on Futurama?

Kelsey Grammar is a Republican though so it seems to fit that Bob is as well.

Mal-Adjusted

yea, futurama does it too.

Call Me Jimmy

Mal-Adjusted wrote: »

What do you mean by the ironing?

It's kind of like satironing, which the simpsons employs in all the situations you mentioned.

Just out of curiosity, is this cover racist?



On topic - people who watch fox news for news are probably idiots because they won't find any. But I love watching it for the pure entertainment of it all.

zero_the_hero

Surely it’s a question of right or wrong, rather than left or right on an issue? It just so happens that those on the left tend to be right more often than those on the right (especially when it comes to social policies).
To paraphrase Stephen Colbert, it’s well known that reality has a liberal bias.


As to the people who watch Fox News, I’m pretty certain they fall into three groups: The ignorant, the evil, and the bemused.

The Mad Hatter

zero_the_hero wrote: »

To paraphrase Stephen Colbert, it’s well known that reality has a liberal bias.

Why else set up conservapedia?

KnifeWRENCH

Speaking of Fox News and The Simpsons:

http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/49281/simpsons_vicious_fox_news_parody_%5Bvideo%5D/

Love this scene, especially the news bar at the bottom! :D

String

I love it. Especially bill and that show on in the morning here with the unicorns guy or something. Though I must admit bill is very biased even though he always says hes not etc.

irish_bob

fox news are bending over backwards this evening to try and blame this bail out collapse on the democrats , shepherd smith was on right after nancy pelosi spoke and i dont think ive ever see such bias , even on fox

i guess fox got the white house meme pretty quick

Mal-Adjusted

irish_bob wrote: »

fox news are bending over backwards this evening to try and blame this bail out collapse on the democrats , shepherd smith was on right after nancy pelosi spoke and i dont think ive ever see such bias , even on fox

i guess fox got the white house meme pretty quick

the instand i heard it on the news, i KNEW fox "news" would blame the left. they can get away with their blatant propoganda because, as a privatley owned company, they don't have to remain objective

Overheal

I find that intriguing, because 140 dems voted for, and only 65 reps voted for. 95 dems and 133 reps voted against. if i recall correctly.

You have a link of sheppard smithypoo there?

Mal-Adjusted

Overheal wrote: »

You have a link of sheppard smithypoo there?

?? what does that mean??

Overheal

irish_bob wrote: »

fox news are bending over backwards this evening to try and blame this bail out collapse on the democrats , shepherd smith was on right after nancy pelosi spoke and i dont think ive ever see such bias , even on fox

i guess fox got the white house meme pretty quick

link to the video?

Dave!

Bill O'Reilly is the worst person in the world, ever.

There was a gas clip that he played on his show of him shouting at a guy who was standing in front of Fox's camera at an Obama shindig, and in the headline was something like "Bill upholds the constitution" or "The OReilly Factor strikes one for free speech"

Legend

I seriously hope he is caught in bed with Ted Haggard and a rentboy and has to resign in disgrace. I'd wish him ill health, but I'm not that bad.

norbert64

In fairness to Fox, there is something worse than all there right wing propagandizing................ there F*CKING nonstop commercials.

I swear, everytime I switch over to watch the channel, I get those stupid news bulletins from Sky news.

speedboatchase

Does MSNBC only get a free ride here because its the liberal Fox News? Keith Olbermann is a transparent Democrat shill and ridiculously biased every night. I'd be more left-leaning myself but you have to call them how you see them

irish_bob

speedboatchase wrote: »

Does MSNBC only get a free ride here because its the liberal Fox News? Keith Olbermann is a transparent Democrat shill and ridiculously biased every night. I'd be more left-leaning myself but you have to call them how you see them

oh please , im often to the right on many things myself but i know propoganda when i see it and to claim that msnbc is the left wing equivelent of fox news is just redicolous

kieth oberman may be overtly left but the whole network is certainly not , this isnt the case with fox news where even when so called liberals are on stage , they are for the most part window dressing and as ive said before the other guy who is fighting hulk hogan in a wwf wrestling match , you always know who is going to come out on top

norbert64

haha, this is so class.
http://www.newshounds.us/2008/09/30/show_of_hands_dooms_mccain_fox_reporter_sees_split_vote.php

Mal-Adjusted

norbert64 wrote: »

haha, this is so class.
http://www.newshounds.us/2008/09/30/show_of_hands_dooms_mccain_fox_reporter_sees_split_vote.php

haha
brilliant!

Overheal

The Insider

That was class!!

Yeah that vid is class.

However..
This one is of the people on the street.. :rolleyes:

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=pGmesn5WXeE

Mad Finn

Bubs101 wrote: »

here is Bill attacking Mark Cuban for 10 minutes. Entertaining stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiybkZeBSak

Wonder if Bill and that blonde "Republican strategist" bimbo ever really did make it to a picket line outside a cinema with "support the troops" banners.

Would love to see a picture if anyone has a link.

I suspect they may be hard to find.