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geauxturbo 
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| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:22 pm to Choctaw)
Radio is 80% of my news. 10% on the intrawebs
10% FNC but only commentary and mainly O'Reilly. I typically want to punch Hannity in the throat. I hate all evening NEWs broadcasts. Bore me to tears (Fox) or make me curse their spin (the others).
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Lago Tiger
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Lago Vista Tx
Member since Jan 2011
587 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:22 pm to alajones)
WSJ
Drudge
Fox
CNN try to compare to the above
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Srbtiger06 
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17461 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:23 pm to FaSheaux)
I watch it from time to time. Mainly to hear if anything is going on that catches my interest. If it does then I'll do further reading elsewhere.
In short, I watch it for a synopsis of news. Mostly due to the eye candy.
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FaSheaux
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| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:24 pm to Srbtiger06)
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eye candy.
And FWIW, there is no better eye candy than Robin Meade 
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tylercsbn9
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Member since Feb 2004
51594 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:24 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
My news comes from TD and Reddit, so I have both sides of the aisle covered 
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theunknownknight
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Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
21991 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:25 pm to Choctaw)
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i was listening to Beck the other day and they were making fun of Gore and the altitude theory. i was crying i was laughing so hard. dude has a spot on Gore impersonation
"And the fact that he THOUGHT about it...I'm going to say something controversial" 
I need to add Cavuto, Charles Krauthammer, thehill.com, the weekly standard, and Megyn Kelly to my list as well
ETA:
Drudge + Rush + Levin + The Five + Red Eye + O'Reilly + Hannity + Laura Ingraham + Neal Boortz + Dennis Miller + Ann Coulter + Beck + David Webb + the Daily Caller (Tucker Carlson) + BreitBart.com + Mark Stein + Cavuto + Charles Krauthamner + thehill.com + the weekly standard + Megyn Kelly
This post was edited on 10/9 at 2:28 pm
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Wild Thang
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| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:25 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
I mainly get my news from the internet, but if any real disaster happens I usually roll with CNN.
I do enjoy the Bret Bair(sp?) news at 5 on fox, O'reilly, and I'll check Anderson Cooper's show.
I check MSNBC anytime I know there will be some lulz.
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ZZTIGERS
Member since Dec 2007
10030 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:28 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
100% The Onion. Only respectable news outlet out there.
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CITWTT
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baton rouge
Member since Sep 2005
25174 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:29 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
So what is wrong with you sdmitting that you suck on MSNBC and Current TV for news, and HuffPo and Dummies Underground to shape you opinions which really do stink as of the source from which you spread the gases around?
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Wolfhound45
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WhereverTheArmySendsUs
Member since Nov 2009
7477 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:30 pm to geauxturbo)
Interwebz - variety of sources (left and right).
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I typically want to punch Hannity in the throat.
+1
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WildTchoupitoulas
Member since Jan 2010
10675 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:34 pm to theunknownknight)
It seems like most of your "news" sources are really just opinion sources.
Why do you feel the need to view other's opinions so much?
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ugasickem 
Georgia Fan
I'm on a Boat!
Member since Nov 2010
3350 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:35 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
I actually watch all of them. But MSNBC comes across as a bunch of smug crybabies. Rachel Maddow acts like when something comes out of her mouth that you should automatically agree with her. They spin the shite out of everything. Fox is about as fair as it gets, unless we are talking Hannity.
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sugar71 
UCLA Fan
baton rouge
Member since Jun 2012
575 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:36 pm to theunknownknight)
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need to add Cavuto, Charles Krauthammer, thehill.com, the weekly standard, and Megyn Kelly to my list as well
ETA:
Drudge + Rush + Levin + The Five + Red Eye + O'Reilly + Hannity + Laura Ingraham + Neal Boortz + Dennis Miller + Ann Coulter + Beck + David Webb + the Daily Caller (Tucker Carlson) + BreitBart.com + Mark Stein + Cavuto + Charles Krauthamner + thehill.com + the weekly standard + Megyn Kelly
I thought the mean 'mainstream media' had shut right wingers out 
Makes me want to vomit when I hear right wingers complain about the 'liberal media' when their garbage is infesting the airwaves everywhere.
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a want
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| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:38 pm to FaSheaux)
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Does it really pain you THAT much that conservatives have 1 major news channel as opposed to CNN/MSNBC/ABC/CBS/HLN for the liberal view points?
This is a huge part of the problem.
First of all, network news is going to be "liberal" from the perspective of...say...someone in Louisiana or the south (which is where the bulk of GOP support comes), but for the general public, they're pretty close to the center. I do think it's probably fair to say that people who study and practice journalism are more likely (but certainly not exclusively) to be liberal than conservative. But having been around many professional journalists, I know it's absolute hogwash to suggest that the entire world's media (other than Fox) is a part of the vast left wing conspiracy.
Fox, is not just a network with slightly more conservative reporters than liberal reporters. Fox is an activist conservative news network. They are deliberately framing stories, editorial content, etc. for the conservative market segment. Fox is NOT simply the flip side of the coin of NYT, WAPO, etc. They've done one hell of a job convincing people that they are, though. With Fox you not only get your own opinions but you get your own facts, too.
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theunknownknight
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Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
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| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:38 pm to WildTchoupitoulas)
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It seems like most of your "news" sources are really just opinion sources. Why do you feel the need to view other's opinions so much?
Well let's see:
1. In order for an opinion source to state an opinion on the news, they must first report the news to which they relate their said opinion.
2. I like their opinions
Does this help you understand?
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LSUAlum2001
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Member since Aug 2003
23796 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:38 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
I get my from various internet sites.
As far as TV, I'll put it on Foxnews for election coverage when something big is on, but that is about it.
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theunknownknight
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Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
21991 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:40 pm to sugar71)
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I thought the mean 'mainstream media' had shut right wingers out
It looks like you don't understand what 'mainstream' means in relation to the media.
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RCDfan1950
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United States
Member since Feb 2007
6628 posts
| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:40 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
I trust Fox for stuff on Obama that you can't get in the MSM, but still make the rounds.
Beck is, and has been for years, waaaay out ahead of Fox. Probably why he left them; they (advertisers) trembled when Beck hit the air.
And of course...our esteemed Poliboard. If it pops...it'll be here. And hit from all sides.
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NHTIGER
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Central New Hampshire
Member since Nov 2003
6527 posts
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| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:43 pm to Draconian Sanctions)
75% of the honest and valid criticism of Fox News finds its way back to one hour of programmimg - the Sean Hannity Show.
Hannity is obnoxious, repetitive (REPEATS, REPEATS, REPEATS, REPEATS his talking points ad nauseum, well you get the idea), intellectually VERY weak and slow, often unprepared (as in using outdated or disproven data and information), tries to make big stories out of non-stories, believes everything he hears or reads that fits his mindset, toots his own horn beyond any reasonable level of acceptance, and even when he has a creditable and knowledgeable guest on (I find myself screaming at the TV "Hannity, you dickhead, let HIM/HER talk, he's/she's smarter than you are), manages to hog 75% of that guest's total time by cutting them off over and over, even when that guest agrees with Hannity. The guy is a narcissist with a self-inflated opinion of himself.
He single-handedly creates much of the negative image of Fox News network.
Using re-runs, I monitor parts of O'Reilly, Hannity, Greta, The Five, Bret Baier (can't handle S. Smith) - Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, Wolf Blitzer, (can't handle ol' Piers) - Maddow, Schultz, O'Donnell and Matthews (can't handle Sharpton)- and monitor CNBC off-and-on all day long.
I have a Bookmark list of about 77 daily newspapers from every major city, and on a typical day check in with 20-25 of them from around the country, as well as the websites of Bloomberg, CNBC, CBS, ABC, Fox News, Reuters, CNN, the Christian Science Monitor, Drudge (yeah, I know), RCP, and Politico - as well as several govt. websites that supply facts and figures.
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Newbomb Turk 
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| re: How many of you get your news mainly from Fox? (Posted on 10/9/12 at 2:44 pm to a want)
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First of all, network news is going to be "liberal" from the perspective of...say...someone in Louisiana or the south (which is where the bulk of GOP support comes), but for the Kool-Aid drinking, brain dead f*cking morons, they're pretty close to the center.
FIFY!
That's one of the first things I ask someone before discussing politics with them, i.e., their opinion the the MSM. If they consider the MSM to be "center" I just chalk them up to being a far-left whacko nutjob incapable of any sort of relevant discussion.
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