Posted on 01/06/2006 2:56:53 PM PST by wagglebee
The market decides what you can watch on TV. The technical term for that is "capitalism".
In this case, a whole lot of people are hopping mad and are making it clear that they don't want junk like this on TV, and are prepared to boycott networks, stations, and sponsors as necessary to get rid of it.
That's called "freedom of speech".
Maybe things are going bad at Fox, maybe not. I've been watching them for a long time, and I kind of scratch my head when I see other conservatives freaking out about Fox becoming some lib institution. Let me ask you a question: Do you ever watch CNN, MSNBC or any of the big 3 nightly newscasts?
I might watch a few minutes in passing on the other networks but that's about it. I can't stomach the liberal crap that is being broadcast on those other channels, and I'm sorry to say that Fox is following in their footsteps when it comes to this liberal, Bush-hating Hollywood culture. I've said this before and I'll say it again.....Name one anchor or host on Fox who has ever made a pro-life comment. Completely taboo. They'd be called a right-wing zealot if they defended innocent human life. Contrast this with the absolute freedom that their employees feel they have to promote sick and perverted gay cowboy movies to their general viewing audience. I don't turn on Fox News Channel to have the female host sitting in the center chair (who I presume Fox would try to pass off as mainstream) tell me that "for those of you who might be concerned that this movie (Brokeback Mountain) is pushing an agenda, it doesn't do that at all", and "it's a great movie". Gay Hollywood always has an agenda, and this movie is what it's all about. If Ms. Chetry wants to cheerlead for that filth, maybe Fox isn't the network for her. Or then again, maybe it is.
The powers at Fox may not realize that there are decent folks out here in middle America who don't appreciate the promotion of the homosexual agenda. They need to wake up.
Also, when I think back to the Schiavo case, I'm reminded by the fact that Fox did the exact same as all of the other networks on the story, and that is to paint Terri as some sort of worthless vegetable who was justifiably being dehydrated to death just because perhaps she couldn't feel anything anyway. These "medical" ghouls that they had on their network gave me a creepy feeling. "She's totally at peace", "she's in no pain", "she's feeling euphoria", etc. were commonly used terms by these so-called "experts". All of this terminology was filling the airwaves to achieve one goal, and that was to make us all feel good about what was happening to this poor woman and her family. The comments of Shepard Smith and Judge Napolitano during that time were shameful, as they practically acted with glee with each passing hour of Terri's dehydration.
Fox is becoming a shock channel. It makes one wonder why they didn't keep Rita Cosby. If you ask me, her show wasn't the only piece of liberal trash programming on Fox.
You see, after reading this line...
Also, when I think back to the Schiavo case, I'm reminded by the fact that Fox did the exact same as all of the other networks on the story, and that is to paint Terri as some sort of worthless vegetable who was justifiably being dehydrated to death just because perhaps she couldn't feel anything anyway.
...I realize you've kind of lost it. You apparently missed Sean Hannity's impassioned pleas for her life and gentle treatment of the Schindlers. You also missed Joe Scarborough on MSNBC, for that matter, who never pulled a punch. Or O'Reilly refereeing debates about it and saying only that the case had convinced him every adult should have a living will so it wouldn't come to a court fight.
In all seriousness, I suggest you stop getting your news from TV. That's not a lib-crap "If you don't like it change the channel" suggestion. Instead it's based on the fact that something is coloring your perception and/or expectations, and you will continue to be angry and not really get anything out of it.
To be frank, your post reminds me of the emails Bill O'Reilly gets where two people watch the same segment and one accuses him of being a looney lib and the other accuses him of being paid off by Halliburton. Like those writers, you've lost your ability to rationally evaluate the content, in this area at least.
I haven't lost anything.
Now, let's just take the regular Fox anchors into consideration for a moment. Hannity, O'Reilly, Barnes, Thomas, Snow, etc. are quite widely known for their positions and are advertised as having more conservative postitions. These folks are paid just for their specific viewpoints. The folks who give "off the cuff" opinions on some of the shows like Fox & Friends, Dayside, etc. are more what I'm talking about. I hear many of these anchors express opinions on stuff, and I'm simply saying that social conservatives are treated like some sort of second-class citizens judging from some of the remarks that are made on a daily basis. An example........say for instance that E.D. Hill made a comment about a great pro-life movie that she had seen, and that she wanted to get across the point that there was no agenda whatsoever in that film, even though it was put out by a pro-life organization. Do you think that Fox would be happy if she made that remark? Heck no! She would be seen as promoting the pro-life cause, and that would be taboo for their morning show. There would be accusations of a conservative bias. But when a liberal bias is shown, there's no outcry. However, another anchor boasts of the greatness of a pro-homosexual film, telling us that there's no agenda involved, trying to lure us all into the theater to see it, and it's fine. I guess I'm trying to say that on Fox's more mainstream shows, the libs and their agenda seems to win out every time.
I'm no college graduate, but my heart tells me exactly what is going on in this society. I'm not fooled one bit. The media, in large part, based Terri Schiavo's worth on what she could do, see and hear, and not on the fact that she was a human being that God loved very much. If you don't think that the media made a conscious effort to lessen the barbaric nature of what was being done to this woman by putting on "experts" to assure us all that she really wasn't living and still a human being, then I think you are very naive. Sean Hannity has an opinion program, and his opinion is widely known and advertised. But the way that other Fox programming covered this story was quite bad. E.D. Hill made some comments that I didn't appreciate about Terri's plight, and I got the impression that she and most of the crew she works with thought that Bush and The US Congress had no right to interfere.
So you think I've lost it. Thanks for the compliment.
I did not say that, and I don't think that either. Saying I'm naive because I don't see Fox as a central force for liberalism is a bit silly.
Like I said, you should stop getting your news from TV, for the same reason that a guy with an ulcer needs to stay away from Szechuan food.
No, actually it is the heart of the issues, and my reference to it was an effort to reach you, not incite you. If you were a Muslim I would have asked about Muhammad instead of Zappa.
But again, we come to the real point. You haven't offered any evidence that anyone is restricting your freedom, or even thinking about it. What you have done is make it clear that you believe that people exercising their freedom to speak in a way that you disagree with is the same as the Taliban, that it is censorship. Rather than oppose us with speech of your own, you demand--quite petulantly--that we stop speaking, stop screwing up the world with our speech.
So, you know what that means?It means that by your own rules you're just another censoring zealot "censoring" speech you don't agree with.
BWAHAHAHA! Hoist on your own petard. That's GOTTA hurt!
Well, happy landings, sucker. Hope you like kimchee, that's all the peasants around your crash site have to eat.
Dude, I don't give a crap about zappa, he was an artist that I liked the music of, not some kind of worshipped god.
You belabor things to the extreme, and hence, you look like an idiot doing it.
I made my point, you made yours, but you aren't happy with that are you?
I don't want folk like you telling me what I can't see, simple as that.
Oh verily, verily have I been chastised by you repeating this unfounded charge for the umpteenth time. I am wounded to the core! Where was that in the Constitution again, that "customers may not contact a business" clause?
My sincere wish for you is that you continue to enjoy doing the "Freedom for me but none for thee" thing and thinking you're some sort of libertarian. You might as well be happy if you're already obtuse. Happy landings.
Regarding cable, when will the FCC make it mandatory that the cable providers allow the customer to pick the precise channels and only selected channels, instead of shoving junk down a basic customer's throat? The cable provider that changes to selection only will get it all!
Always gotta get that last word in, doncha?
Like I said, I don't want holy rollers like you telling me what to watch, I could care less what you watch, its your life.
Now, stop obsessing, you are looking like a stalker and a zealot.
Yep. Doin' it right now, in fact.
"I hope that more and more people are getting it."They are LJ but unfortunately a significant percentage of the population religously(no pun intended)park their fannies in front of the tube every evening to watch several hours the tripe that's offered.I didn't throw my tv away,but i'm selective as to what i watch.Same thing with movies.If enough of us simply refuse to watch,NBC will get the message.
People often think that what the absorb into thier minds with the senses doesn't affect them. "I can play these vile games, watch trash on TV, view porn, listen to hellish sounds called "music", and it doesn't affect me at all."
Can people eat rat poison and not have it affect them?
If what people saw/heard/read didn't affect them, the advertising industry would not be spending billions of dollars to influence people.
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