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Did Fox News' anti-Terri Schiavo bias cause its ratings decline?
April 28, 05 | Churchillbuff

Posted on 04/28/2005 6:32:22 AM PDT by churchillbuff

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To: gopwinsin04

Ingraham, that is. Coulter is quite polished as a speaker.


41 posted on 04/28/2005 5:37:40 PM PDT by Xenalyte (I dare you to make less sense.)
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To: PhilDragoo; All

Florida Senate GOP not to be outdone by Fox News. NEVER FORGET THESE NINE...

42 posted on 04/28/2005 6:03:36 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's not the first victim or the last Visit www.terrisfight.org (e-newsletter).)
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To: Xenalyte

and some times it's just old fashioned maniAc


43 posted on 04/28/2005 6:52:49 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: churchillbuff

Re: ratings, what time periods are being compared? Perhaps a ratings decline is the result of the election season ending last November.
I recall Bill O'Reilly making some pro-Terri remarks.

Many reporters frequently rely on what other reporters are saying, instead of doing any digging into a story for themselves.
Such laziness can easily beget much spreading of erroneous information, e.g. the erroneous claim that Terri was in a persistent vegetative state.
I heard O'Reilly say that Terri couldn't feel pain-- laziness.

23 March 2005 William Cheshire affidavit: someone is there; Terri can
anticipate and feel pain
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=dford3-3ak2l1F6att0vU1%40individual.net

2005 Nora Wagner: Terri Feels Pain
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=dford3-b1c67abe.0504091947.7ef10df3%40posting.google.com

My well-referenced timeline of some scandalous events in the Terri tragedy is in
call for Terri Schiavo hearings in Congress
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=7055e676.0504251326.b43d97%40posting.google.com


44 posted on 04/28/2005 7:32:06 PM PDT by david ford
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To: floriduh voter

From
http://www.torontofreepress.com/2005/cover040505.htm

Campaign contributors to the political campaign of district 8 Florida
Senator James W. "Jim" King include Richard M. Jerger of Jerger &
Centonze Insurnace Agency (sic).

[Centonze is the woman Michael Schiavo lives with and has fathered 2
children with. While still remaining married to Terri-- a divorce
would have meant forgoing $700,000 gross upon Terri's
death-by-starvation: see
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=dford3-3avs98F6fdrtbU1%40individual.net
http://groups.google.co.in/groups?selm=dford3-b1c67abe.0504051123.408d5946%40posting.google.com
]

Senator King seemed in a rush for Terri Schiavo to depart planet
earth.

"I believe that there is a heaven and that's where Terri is going to
go, and that's a trip that's long overdue," said Senator Jim King, the
Jacksonville Republican who authored the state's death with dignity
law after watching his parents suffer drawn-out deaths from cancer.


45 posted on 04/28/2005 7:34:44 PM PDT by david ford
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To: david ford

Jim King is in trouble with or without Terri. He must be voted out of office or people in Duval get what they deserve.


46 posted on 04/28/2005 7:55:17 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's not the first victim or the last Visit www.terrisfight.org (e-newsletter).)
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To: david ford

and when did king get appointed to take over god's role?


47 posted on 04/28/2005 7:56:23 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's not the first victim or the last Visit www.terrisfight.org (e-newsletter).)
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To: david ford

They are buddies with some big time republicans too. It's really appalling the republicans who were on board for Terri to be killed by GOP Judge Greer.


48 posted on 04/28/2005 8:02:11 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's not the first victim or the last Visit www.terrisfight.org (e-newsletter).)
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To: xzins

Where Savage is concerned, I am totally willing to admit that as a possibility.


49 posted on 04/28/2005 8:46:25 PM PDT by Xenalyte (I dare you to make less sense.)
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To: floriduh voter

"It's really appalling the republicans who were on board for Terri to be killed"
Terri's law passed the first time. It's funny how campaign contributions can help grease a politician's mental gears making a change in mind possible.


50 posted on 04/29/2005 2:11:19 PM PDT by david ford
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To: david ford

money and power are intoxicating I hear.


51 posted on 04/29/2005 2:22:07 PM PDT by floriduh voter (Terri's not the first victim or the last Visit www.terrisfight.org (e-newsletter).)
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To: yankeedoodledandy
"Does anyone still listen to Savage?"

I do. I love his show.

52 posted on 04/30/2005 8:39:16 AM PDT by ViLaLuz
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To: churchillbuff
I am a huge Fox Fan. . .but began droppping a notch or two of my usual. . .mainly thanks to Michael Jackson ad nauseum coverage. . .

Was totally ticked; however, at Shepard's response to Terri's autopsy report; released just before his airtime. . .(he opened, offering that all was hype and it was a huge waste of time and money and apparently media coverage; and that the husband was 'right all along'); turned him off as well. . .

And now Natalee. . .it all is beginning to just be more than a viewer should have to endure. . .

ALSO sick of all those at FoxNews who still cannot say 'PRESIDENT BUSH'; but prefer MR. Bush or 'the President'. Even when I like the 'rest of their story'. With overkill on Jackson; find now, when irritated;. . .I am just willing to suffer less. . .and becoming more inclined to just turn itd off. . .

Given that I have sattellite radio so that I can listen to Fox News. . .my irritation has some 'volume'. ;^)

( They still are the 'best' however; but they are sounding more 'neutral'; perhaps in response to 'f & B' criticisim from MSM and the likes of Michael Moore et al. . .;all if which they should just ignore. . .but does not appear that are. . .

53 posted on 06/17/2005 12:00:04 AM PDT by cricket (Just say NO U.N.)
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To: churchillbuff

Preposterous.

I watch Fox all the time, and my house represents 65,000 households.


54 posted on 06/17/2005 12:01:27 AM PDT by onyx (Pope John Paul II - May 18, 1920 - April 2, 2005 = SANTO SUBITO!)
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To: cricket; churchillbuff
A p.s. of sorts. . .

Really should not write this late/early; too many mistakes. . .that said; I had turned off Fox News (radio) and was listening to Savage (whom I mostly like) when he made his comments about Fox News and I thought 'he is just one disgruntled Libertarian today, trying to flex muscle against Fox; just to check his own influence at the same time'. . .. . .and I turned him off as well, after his Fox analysis. . .

As I said, Michael Jackson has given me a low pain threshold. . .

55 posted on 06/17/2005 12:09:13 AM PDT by cricket (Just say NO U.N.)
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To: churchillbuff

I think I watch about 5-10 minutes of Fox per day, at best. I wasn't watching much either when the Terri Shiavo travesty was happening--it was bad enough seeing so much leftist MSM spin from FReepers.


56 posted on 06/17/2005 12:16:20 AM PDT by k2blader (Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
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To: cricket

Fox overdid it with the Peterson story too. Oh, and I remember a fairly recent thread saying that they were showing a live car chase. Now that's just sad.


57 posted on 06/17/2005 12:19:25 AM PDT by k2blader (Was it wrong to kill Terri Shiavo? YES - 83.8%. FR Opinion Poll.)
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To: churchillbuff

Ratings always go dowon this time of year....better weather, people doing things other than watching TV...


58 posted on 06/17/2005 12:55:39 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Life's a beach - and Liberals are like the sand that gets in your swimsuit...)
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To: k2blader
"Oh, and I remember a fairly recent thread saying that they were showing a live car chase. Now that's just sad."

A couple chases a week out in California; one yesterday afternoon. Amazing. Everyone wants their 'fifteen minutes'. . .some want it being chased down the freeway.

And the media is happy to accomodate them.

59 posted on 06/17/2005 7:28:18 AM PDT by cricket (Just say NO U.N.)
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