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What Should Change About Fox News? (Vanity / Essay)
Self ^ | 12/17/2004 | Self

Posted on 12/17/2004 10:36:54 AM PST by Phsstpok

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To: Joann37

Street rumors are Fox is considering a 24 hour business channel... Cnbc is going off the air --- maybe Fox can do it.


181 posted on 12/18/2004 4:14:06 AM PST by doosee
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To: Armedanddangerous

More Dhue, less skirt.


182 posted on 12/18/2004 6:16:28 AM PST by PzLdr
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To: Phsstpok
Give Rush Limbaugh a segment where he may have a few guests and take telephone calls and use some comedy as he did on his brief television show!

Relegate O'Reilly to a late night spot to complete with Leno.

183 posted on 12/18/2004 6:34:42 AM PST by JesseHousman
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To: OldFriend
Some kind of warning signal when Eleanor Clift or Susan Estrih is about to appear. Ditto, Geraldine Ferraro and Geraldo.

Get rid of these "formers" and get new ones. I'm sick of these people.

Bring back Tony Snow and can Chris Wallace.

Give Brit Hume a better time slot. Replay his show first instead of O'Reilly after just 2 hours.

More good news on Iraq. Show what our people are doing over there like rebuilding schools, homes and hospitals. Not all Iraquis are bad. Show the ones that want us there and tell their stories.

Spend more time on some topics. Often it just gets interesting when they cut it off and go to something else.

Use the mute button. If a guest gets out of line (this includes Ann Coulter) just shut their mike off. Never ever allow Robert Kennedy jr or Sharpton on Fox.

Have whoever writes those crawlers at the bottom of the screen use spellcheck and do a preview before putting them up. I spot mistakes there all the time.

Get rid of the stupid wide banner thing just above the crawler. It's annoying and often blocks much of the video they show. There's nothing worse than Shep showing a car chase and all you can see is the top of the cars ;-)

184 posted on 12/18/2004 6:47:45 AM PST by barker (I have knocked on the door of this man's soul and found someone home, Zell Miller on GWBush)
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To: nutmeg

Less books, less repeated material - which reminds me of MSNBC.


185 posted on 12/18/2004 6:48:57 AM PST by floriduh voter (www,conservative-spirit.org (Mine))
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To: barker
It's to the point where most of us know the dialog by heart and are sick of hearing it, too!

Snow was too giggly for my taste.

They definitely need new people with NEW ideas.

It's all too predictable and boring.

Can't wait to hear Zell tho. Just hope he's not paired up with Hannity....

186 posted on 12/18/2004 7:30:18 AM PST by OldFriend (PRAY FOR MAJ. TAMMY DUCKWORTH)
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To: doosee; All

OH MAN doosee
It going down Fox news business channel rumor has might start in summer of next year 2005

That rumor right now

CNBC going off the air COOL


187 posted on 12/18/2004 11:07:20 AM PST by SevenofNine ("Not everybody , in it, for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: Phsstpok; nutmeg
You're a mind reader.

Cancel Fox & Friends weekend, Dari Alexander, Greta, and Geraldo (watch me pat my back) Rivera.

Move Britt to 8:00 p.m. est and reduce the arrogant O'Reilly and the tiresome shouting matches on Hannity & Colmes to half hour shows from 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Eliminate dual shows for Shephard Smith and replace his 7:00 p.m. slot with Tony Snow, Charles Krauthammer, Neil Cavuto and Zell Miller.

Temper the annoying and repetitive fox news alerts. If they insist on spoon feeding us Geraldo, let him appear ONLY on his show.

188 posted on 12/18/2004 4:51:27 PM PST by StarFan
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To: hobbes1

I agree with you completely...except we need to make sure that Juliet stops wearing those long skirts...


189 posted on 12/18/2004 4:56:52 PM PST by RavenATB
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To: Phsstpok
look at what you have started -- bump

and Mahalo

190 posted on 12/18/2004 5:24:48 PM PST by malia (do a FR search on "Fallujah battle inflicted crippling defeat on terrorists")
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To: Phsstpok

Have you done your Christmas shopping yet? Bought a tree even? ;^)


191 posted on 12/18/2004 5:30:55 PM PST by DCPatriot (I don't do politically correct very well either.)
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To: Phsstpok

Dump Greta


192 posted on 12/18/2004 5:39:12 PM PST by Natural Law
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To: Phsstpok
Get rid of the awful "Greta Relives OJ, Again, Hour". It is unwatchable. I always go over to Scarborough which is much more interesting.

More Brit Hume, questioning people one on one. It doesn't matter when it takes place. It is always worth watching.

Ollie North should be on more often, questioning Liberals. I love to see them sweat and have to answer the tough questions. Ollie makes sure they do.

Speaking of Ollie, he does a marvelous job on his own show. That will one day be a classic.

Get rid of the multiple guests at one time on Hannity and Colmes. It usually ends up as a screechfest with the mouthy and impolite Liberals talking over any rational conversation. Frankly, it is too tiring trying to listen through the crosstalk. H&C is worth watching when there is one guest and the guest is allowed to answer and for there to be sane rebuttal.

John Gibson does some great stuff. More!

Do more in-depth investigative reporting, but not of these endless crime scenes! Do in-depth looks at a specific topic for 40 minutes leaving room for discussion by an intelligent panel at the end. The panel should always contain Charles Krauthammer.

Laura Ingram would be a star if she had her own free flowing show or took over from Greta The Unwatchable.

193 posted on 12/18/2004 6:04:30 PM PST by Gritty ("This guy (Bush) in office is an uneducated, real lying schmuck... he started a jihad!-Chevy Chase)
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To: Phsstpok

Get rid of that criminal thug Bob Beckel. That would be enough for me.


194 posted on 12/18/2004 6:09:39 PM PST by ozzymandus
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To: pbrown

Lord I miss Tony Snow.

Me too. Luckily, I can catch him on AM Radio right before RUSH!


195 posted on 12/20/2004 6:11:31 AM PST by hushpad
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To: Phsstpok

bttt


196 posted on 12/21/2004 8:04:20 AM PST by malia
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To: iceskater

I say more hollering and yelling for H & C! It is amusing when Hannity makes a lib so upset that he walks off the set.


197 posted on 12/21/2004 8:38:25 AM PST by Stakka Skynet
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To: Phsstpok

Following O'Reilly's sellout to sKerry (and still didn't get him on the show BWAHAHA) I no longer care to hear his analysis of the latest political developments. Hannity and Colmes is at its finest when there is a knock-down, drag-out war going on. And as for most of the other shows, I would generally rather be reading Clancy or Pratchett.


198 posted on 12/21/2004 9:04:27 AM PST by Stakka Skynet
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To: Joann37
And Fox and Friends WEEKEND is a disaster.

I agree. Do we believe it when the police critique their own, or lawyers, or the UN, or political parties? ABSOLUTELY NOT!

So what makes the journalists think they have ANY credibility as critics of their own profession? Arrogance, plain and simple.

Why not have a panel of respected non-journalists tell these bozos what is wrong with their profession and their attempts to manipulate the public to their own agendas.

199 posted on 12/21/2004 10:24:28 AM PST by NilesJo
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To: Stakka Skynet

I appreciate O'Reilly's conviction, regardless of his wishes to have sKerry on his show. He just wanted sKerry to be able to attempt to defend his points, which I think is fair. I love to see a good debate, O'Reilly would have toen him apart if he would have shown up. He would not have taken it easy on sKerry, of this I am sure. It is a shame sKerry didn't showup. I also LOVE the excitement of most Hannity and Colmes shows. You gotta love it when both hosts and all the guests are screaming at once, so much energy. Primetime Fox is by far the best. Just keep up the good work, IMO.


200 posted on 12/21/2004 12:24:06 PM PST by hardknocks
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