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Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:40 am to Jim Rockford
quote:Yes, but if that focus group has been fed only Miley Cyrus twerks, they aren't going to know that monetary policy in the EU is even a choice.
If the focus groups showed their target audience wanted to know about monetary policy in the EU or whatever, that's what they'd be showing.
And that is (and always has been) the job of the media - divert and divide.
quote:I disagree completely. Cable news programmers have been instructed to make sure we don't learn anything. Instead, they bombard us with prejudices to keep us divided.
Cable news programmers have figured out that we don't want to learn anything
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:41 am to Lsut81
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Seriously, why isn't there a general news station with as good of quality/non-bullshite as CNBC.
Try BBC World News. What exactly were they doing/discussing that turned you off?
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:43 am to Lsut81
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Easily as bad as MSNBC
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:44 am to TX Tiger
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I disagree completely. Cable news programmers have been instructed to make sure we don't learn anything. Instead, they bombard us with prejudices to keep us divided.
Agreed, with the exception of the "unwatchable" weekly ratings leader that is fair and balanced.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 10:54 am to 4LSU2
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fair and balanced
An oxymoron in the controlled dissemination of information that is the mainstream media.
It puzzles me how supposedly intelligent human beings are so easily captivated by what comes out of their TVs.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 11:25 am to Lsut81
I usually prefer cnn for daytime news but they have hammered that missing plane story to death. I'm sick of it tbh
Posted on 4/18/14 at 11:40 am to Old Hellen Yeller
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they have hammered that missing plane story to death.
They damn sure can't discuss the ineptness of the Obama administration. The same administration that they helped get re-elected by hiding the truth from their blind sheep in 2012. They simply cannot admit how wrong they were, so they have to report something else and continue to divert from the truth.
They are not fair and balanced.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:14 pm to 4LSU2
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Agreed, with the exception of the "unwatchable" weekly ratings leader that is fair and balance
So ratings are the primary indicator of quality?
I'll assume you posted this while listening to Britney Spears, savoring a Big Mac, and sipping on a perfectly crafted Bud Light.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:19 pm to TideCPA
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So ratings are the primary indicator of quality?
OP's title says that Fox News is unwatchable. The weekly ratings specifically show that this is not the case.
OP did not say that he could not stand the network. He stated it was unwatchable when they lead all of the cable networks each week, which simply can't be the case if it was in fact "unwatchable".
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:20 pm to Lsut81
Seriously, why isn't there a general news station with as good of quality/non-bullshite as CNBC.
Because a news station w/o political propaganda is extinct in this country, sort of like customer service. Corporations make a BUSINESS choice. They describe there business has impeccable customer service and then proceed to use every technical device know to dis-prove their claim. That is not by accident. As for news stations. Not enough $$$ to purchase TV sources that do not provide "fill in your political slant here for news propaganda". Both sides do it, though BY FAR, FOX is the biggest abuser because their followers belong for the most part do not want anything that disproves their political persuasion. Not to mention employing egotistical elitists like Bill O'Reilly who use their shows to claim they were once considered years aog to become The Marlboro Man while not claim the known fact that hew was also once considered to become while highly qualified to become BOZG the CLOWN.
:cheers: :cheers:
Because a news station w/o political propaganda is extinct in this country, sort of like customer service. Corporations make a BUSINESS choice. They describe there business has impeccable customer service and then proceed to use every technical device know to dis-prove their claim. That is not by accident. As for news stations. Not enough $$$ to purchase TV sources that do not provide "fill in your political slant here for news propaganda". Both sides do it, though BY FAR, FOX is the biggest abuser because their followers belong for the most part do not want anything that disproves their political persuasion. Not to mention employing egotistical elitists like Bill O'Reilly who use their shows to claim they were once considered years aog to become The Marlboro Man while not claim the known fact that hew was also once considered to become while highly qualified to become BOZG the CLOWN.
:cheers: :cheers:Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:25 pm to 4LSU2
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OP's title says that Fox News is unwatchable. The weekly ratings specifically show that this is not the case. OP did not say that he could not stand the network. He stated it was unwatchable when they lead all of the cable networks each week, which simply can't be the case if it was in fact "unwatchable".
I agree he probably should have qualified his statement by saying it's unwatchable for anyone with a triple digit IQ.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:33 pm to Lsut81
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So CNBC is off air this morning because the Markets are closed, so I switch over to Foxnews to see if I can get some updates on what is going on and holy fricking shite, this is horrible...
Isn't it?
I stopped watching years ago.
MSNBC is nearly as bad - just minus the racism.
CNN is easily the best of those three - and CNN sucks. Same news all day long, different morons telling it to us.
quote:
Seriously, why isn't there a general news station with as good of quality/non-bullshite as CNBC.
No one wants news. They want to be told why their beliefs are correct, they don't want to be told the news.
This post was edited on 4/18/14 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:44 pm to TideCPA
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I agree he probably should have qualified his statement by saying it's unwatchable for anyone with a triple digit IQ.
This makes perfect sense being that Fox News statistically leads the ratings each week and Fox's viewers were not successful in the last election eliminating the country from the liberal vomit that plagues us.
You are effectively saying the high IQ people like yourself have contributed in the run away train wreck that is the Democratic Party and the Obama administration.
I am effectively saying that the facts here completely dispute all of your claims.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 12:45 pm to Lsut81
Al-jazeera English and BBC America are decent news sources. I don't watch cnn msnbc or fox, they're awful.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:00 pm to SpidermanTUba
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MSNBC is nearly as bad - just minus the racism.
What?
All MSNBC talks about is race.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:02 pm to Chimlim
This thread did exactly what I thought it would...
Thanks for the entertainment
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:03 pm to Lsut81
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Thanks for the entertainment
That's what we're here for.
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:06 pm to Homesick Tiger
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That's what we're here for.
No, you're here to give me some damn money...
Wire it over pops
Posted on 4/18/14 at 1:07 pm to wilfont
Fox blows all others out of the water. Most watched channel. And it isn't just about beauty, these girls cover the news and they also have the opposite opinions to. So turn up your volumn and listen for yourself instead of following liberal bloggers.
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