"lol fox news" - The Megathread

[DINGO Joe]

Apparently their anchors like to liquored up in an airport bar? 

https://tv.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-channel-anchor-gregg-jarrett-arrested-jailed-055600462.html

He acted like he was drunk on TV and constantly flirted with the co-anchor on his show when I used to watch Fox a lot.

He's been on leave according to the report here.  Hey, if he has a problem deal with it, but this was plain ole stupid to cause a rucus in an airport.

Apparently he's on some kind of medication that "may not" mix well with alcohol

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fox-news-anchor-charged-airport-171956174.html

Also, he may want to look into Just For Men--"No play for Mr. Gray"

[Kushahontas]

Why is the left obsessed with fox news?

Because it spews misinformation on a constant basis, and millions of impressionable voters lap it up?

Anyone who watches Fox isn't going to be voting Democratic anyway, so does it really matter?

It does when it gives radical rhetoric credibility by being the most popular news channel in America

[Lief 🗽]

In a reminder that Fox isn't the only media that spews a lot of right-wing nonsense, the New York Times describes living in a 19th-century mansion, with a cook, two housekeepers, and a chauffeur as merely "comfortable," not "extravagant."

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http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/nyregion/a-new-role-for-cardinal-dolan-in-a-shifting-catholic-church.html?_r=0

[King]

Why is the left obsessed with fox news?

Because it spews misinformation on a constant basis, and millions of impressionable voters lap it up?

Anyone who watches Fox isn't going to be voting Democratic anyway, so does it really matter?

Yes, because it makes them not just vote Democrats but hate Democrats and see them as some sort of evil which leads to Teabagger Congress we have now.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

In a reminder that Fox isn't the only media that spews a lot of right-wing nonsense, the New York Times describes living in a 19th-century mansion, with a cook, two housekeepers, and a chauffeur as merely "comfortable," not "extravagant."

I don't see anything inherently extravagant in a person tasked with running a large enterprise having someone to deal with the housekeeping.  It's not as if Pope Francis mops the floor of the Sistine Chapel himself.

[Brittain33]

Why is the left obsessed with fox news?

Because it spews misinformation on a constant basis, and millions of impressionable voters lap it up?

Anyone who watches Fox isn't going to be voting Democratic anyway, so does it really matter?

It's not just the voting every two years that matters--it's the way Fox News can focus and direct their anger to targets like Shirley Sherrod or random local officials and stoke racial resentment.

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Why is the left obsessed with fox news?

Because it spews misinformation on a constant basis, and millions of impressionable voters lap it up?

Anyone who watches Fox isn't going to be voting Democratic anyway, so does it really matter?

OF COURSE!  It helps no one in this country to have vast swaths of ANY party so disgustingly misinformed that they barely have any concept of what's actually happening in the world.  Our current political discourse is toxic because we have a party that cannot live in reality because they are trying to appeal to people who don't live in it. 

[Joe Republic]

Fox talking head: 'Maybe the misogynistic UCSB shooter was actually gay?'

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Fox talking head: 'Maybe the misogynistic UCSB shooter was actually gay?'

I suppose that was intended to reassure the gun nuts in the audience, but logically should it?  It suggests that those who are gung ho about guns are trying to compensate for a lack of masculinity elsewhere in their lives.

[Joe Republic]

This guest contribution post comes courtesy of CNN:

First, CNN President Jeff Zucker admits that they're devoting less coverage to climate change because it doesn't bring in the ratings like a missing plane or a poo cruise will...

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And next, a CNN journalist devotes a 2300-word essay and a slideshow to comparing modern-day America to Game of Thrones.


Truly the most trusted name in news.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Joe, it's awfully hard to inform viewers who aren't watching.

[t_host1]

Why is the left obsessed with fox news?

Because it spews misinformation on a constant basis, and millions of impressionable voters lap it up?

Anyone who watches Fox isn't going to be voting Democratic anyway, so does it really matter?

OF COURSE!  It helps no one in this country to have vast swaths of ANY party so disgustingly misinformed that they barely have any concept of what's actually happening in the world.  Our current political discourse is toxic because we have a party that cannot live in reality because they are trying to appeal to people who don't live in it. 

Would the FOX News comparison of the West Point Cadet welcome intro of Obama and Dubya a good example of news reality?

[Oldiesfreak1854]

I considered starting a "lol msnbc" thread for this, but oldies would probably just ruin that with his horribleness, so I'll put it here instead:

I'll do it.

[Flake]

I considered starting a "lol msnbc" thread for this, but oldies would probably just ruin that with his horribleness, so I'll put it here instead:

I'll do it.

please don't

[Donald Trump’s Toupée]

lol MSNBC

oh, wait, we can't post anything about that channel because no one even watches it to begin with!

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

lol MSNBC

oh, wait, we can't post anything about that channel because no one even watches it to begin with!

[Mr. Illini]

[Joe Republic]

Fox's Lauren Ashburn complains that it's just not fair when Fox News gets blamed for the misinformation that its anchors spread.

[pbrower2a]

One of the more common tricks of FoX "News" is to begin an argument with the words "Some say". Who is "some"? A couple of drunks on Skid Row?

Anonymous authority is suspect.   

[Joe Republic]

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[Joe Republic]

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No dog whistling here whatsoever. 

[Likely Voter]

How they covered unemployment going down to 6.1% (lowest level since Lehman collapse)
On TV

On Web

(its like finding Waldo, but its there if you look hard enough)

via: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/you-know-whos-not-thrilled-about-the-new-jobs-report-fox-news/

Then Fox Business reporter had this tweet

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Thank's Obama!

[Joe Republic]

Their local San Diego affiliate, but still... there's something awfully familiar about that rape suspect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuhxk9rHNHQ#t=10s

[pbrower2a]

Their local San Diego affiliate, but still... there's something awfully familiar about that rape suspect:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuhxk9rHNHQ#t=10s

The station is owned by Tribune Corporation, probably best known for the Chicago Tribune and WGN TV and Radio.

[t_host1]

 
 I would like to commend FOX news for their stories on cancer researches using viruses’ to kill the cancer cell, notably, the most recent one of the melanoma type cancer. I am most grateful when illustrating with video of girls in bikinis and not the trending of boys in bikinis. Thanks again to FOX and the importance of girls safety and their bikini’s.