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Fox & Friends Just Lost ME (Vanity)
Me | 11/14/06 | Kieri

Posted on 11/14/2006 4:18:21 AM PST by Kieri

I've been a Fox News viewer from the very beginning, long before Fox & Friends was created. I remember when E.D. first appeared, filling in for Alison Costarini during the morning news. I've watched Steve, E.D., Brian faithfully all these years, and found them a wonderful break from the MSM's morning spew.

I will admit, I miss E.D., but I was willing to given Gretchen the benefit of the doubt at taking her place. Her performance has been lackluster and this morning she just sank the show for me.

How?

Gretchen Carlson went out of her way to correct Steve and Brian that the term "pro abortion" was actually "pro choice."

Nothing like spinning the ugly truth, is there, Gretchen?

I'm done with Fox and Friends. A show I trusted and enjoyed with my AM coffee isn't what it used to be -- TRUSTWORTHY.

I've been a FReeper since 1997 and have never posted a vanity, so I hope my fellow FReepers will understand. I think other Fox viewers should know what's happened to this staple of morning news, one we're finding we can depend on less and less.


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To: EQAndyBuzz
Isn't pro-life also pro-choice?

I would think so

41 posted on 11/14/2006 4:40:29 AM PST by Kaslin (Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers. Rosie O'Donnell November 9, 2006)
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To: Kieri
Kieri, you are spot on!!....Good vanity.

NARAL, Planned Parenhood, et al, always change the word & the game when it suits their purpose.

They have obfuscation to an art form.

FWIW, I tuned them out a while back...(even though I watched them almost daily for years)

42 posted on 11/14/2006 4:40:46 AM PST by Guenevere
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To: Cringing Negativism Network

I'd watch it.

I'd love a channel that featured "The Michelle Malkin Show," "The CNS News Hour" and, just for fun, "Throwing Little Green Footballs."


43 posted on 11/14/2006 4:40:51 AM PST by Kieri (A Grafted Branch (Rom. 11))
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To: Fawn

Pro choice makes it sound so pretty. Both sides are pro choice. The difference is when the choice is made.


44 posted on 11/14/2006 4:41:36 AM PST by helen crump
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To: MinuteGal

Right you are!

A pot of coffee for me, and FR completes the picture! TV news? Whazzzat?

(Hope all's well with you, Leni!)


45 posted on 11/14/2006 4:41:38 AM PST by Peter W. Kessler (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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To: Kieri

I only watch the weekend Fox & Friends. Gretchen is entitled to her opinion. Tell me - did Steve and Brian correct her? If not, then they are part of the problem. Someone should have come out and said it is neither pro-abortion or pro-choice, it is pro-death!


46 posted on 11/14/2006 4:41:47 AM PST by 7thson (I've got a seat at the big conference table! I'm gonna paint my logo on it!)
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To: MinuteGal
A jug of hot coffee, A slice of homemade coffeecake, And FR news beside me in the morning, Ah, wilderness, were Paradise enow

You know, I had a little argument with my husband this a.m. so I was feeling pretty glum, but your post put a smile on my face! It's quite cheerful. :) Thanks from a stranger! :)

47 posted on 11/14/2006 4:42:18 AM PST by proud American in Canada (Thy Will Be Done.)
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To: af_vet_1981

I didn't ask but I assumed it had something to do with family concerns that she probably didn't want to start work early because of child-children.


48 posted on 11/14/2006 4:42:33 AM PST by Nextrush (Chris Matthews Band: "I get high....I get high.....I get high....McCain.")
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To: Kieri

I suspect, like me, you're opposed to media bias. Well that cuts both ways. If the journalist is going to refer to people favoring the option to choose abortion as "pro-abortion", then they would have to refer to those opposed to giving women the option to choose abortion as "anti-abortion". Likewise, if they are going to refer to one side as "pro-life", than they should refer to the other side as "pro-choice".

This doesn't mean Gretchen is pushing a pro-abortion position; just that she's trying to help her fellow newscasters avoid the appearance of bias. I think given Fox's "Fair and Balanced" tagline, this is an important thing for her to do.


49 posted on 11/14/2006 4:42:36 AM PST by Scutter
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To: Kieri

If you cannot even hear two words without freaking out,,well, good luck in life.


50 posted on 11/14/2006 4:45:07 AM PST by cajungirl (no)
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To: Kieri

Where is E.D?


51 posted on 11/14/2006 4:45:28 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: af_vet_1981

No FNC did not fire E.D. Hill. They promoted her sts. She has her own show now. FOX News Live


52 posted on 11/14/2006 4:45:59 AM PST by Kaslin (Don't fear the terrorists. They're mothers and fathers. Rosie O'Donnell November 9, 2006)
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To: Kieri

The correct term is MURDER....


53 posted on 11/14/2006 4:46:22 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: Kieri

I understand your feelings, but submit that quitting the show and walking away is not a viable solution. Instead, why not organize a FREEPER write in to the e-mail address for the show protesting what this woman said and letting her know that her viewers agree with the guys and if she wants to keep her job she will - at least - respect that fact and the fact that others do not view the situation as she does. I have done this a couple times with different Fox shows and believe me, it has had a real impact and garnered real result. Try it.


54 posted on 11/14/2006 4:47:00 AM PST by Virginia Queen (Virginia Queen)
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To: Hegemony Cricket
The difference is, for the baby, pro-arbortion means NO choice.
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55 posted on 11/14/2006 4:47:14 AM PST by Mad Dawg (Now we are all Massoud)
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To: Kieri

I'd watch it.

I'd love a channel that featured "The Michelle Malkin Show," "The CNS News Hour" and, just for fun, "Throwing Little Green Footballs."

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I was just thinking the same thing.

Technology is leap-frogging the dino media. Somehow we need the interactivity of FR, the instant truth of LGF, and a heavy dose of broadband - all together in one multimedia hub.

Malkin has the right idea. She's building the Commodore 64 of something right now.

How about FR News Channel?

We all hold a Freepathon - to buy CBS, then turn it into the first (real) news hub for the 21st century.


56 posted on 11/14/2006 4:47:18 AM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (Election 2006: For Republicans, the results were comprehensive.)
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To: Kaslin
No FNC did not fire E.D. Hill. They promoted her sts. She has her own show now. FOX News Live

OK thanks.

57 posted on 11/14/2006 4:47:41 AM PST by Echo Talon
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To: shekkian

You'll never be mistaken for a thinker.


58 posted on 11/14/2006 4:47:47 AM PST by lonestar (Me, too--Weinie)
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To: Enosh
With no skirts, they would have no audience.

I beg to differ. With no skirts, their audience would skyrocket ;^)

59 posted on 11/14/2006 4:48:51 AM PST by SlowBoat407 (A living insult to islam since 1959)
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To: Scutter

I simply turned off my cable service...

Fox has been the best of the available networks, but I prefer to get my news from internet sources. It's easier to screen out the liberal bias.

Netflix for entertainment.


60 posted on 11/14/2006 4:49:18 AM PST by mountaineer1997
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