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Posted on 11/23/2006 6:03:45 AM PST by bert
It has been ten years since Fox News came on the scene. As one who has followed one of the favorite sports on Free Republic namely Main Stream Media bashing, it seems appropriate to look back at the change Fox News has brought and to have a thread that gives one and all the opportunity to praise or bash the folks at Fox News. As the conservative core of their audience, our views should be important be they praise or criticism.
There was a start our own TV station thread….. Some for and some against. From that thought of making some expensive positive action there came the thought of a cheap and readily accomplishable effort. Here is an on line Freep, something positive that is free and everyone can lend a hand and a few thoughts..
It is now fashionable among some to bash Fox. This bashing seems to come from a few who insist on their way or the hiway. An intolerant view of all thought that is in the slightest way a variance from that of the poster is posted as criticism. There is also much praise and over time the praise probably surpasses the criticism. Years ago we applauded loudly the birth of the MSM antithesis. That feeling of goodness when we could feel the breeze of media change is now a full blown gale as the other MSM is struggling to find the way. Fox News remains the only viable hope for conservative news watchers in spite of the bashing by those who insist on seeing a reflection of their narrow views.
This thread is for posting opinions on Fox News…. praise or criticism. It will be printed out in total and Fedexed to Roger Ailes. It will in actuality be a Fox News Freep. Good and bad, we can let Mr Ailes know how we condemn or appreciate his efforts over the last ten years.
I will post the thread to activism in hopes it will stay around for a while and coax comments from the depths of many PING lists. A few hundred posts will be good, but an all-out big time rousing 1,000 post discussion will be great.
We should include the various personalities. A Fox Babe discussion is mandatory. There might be a similar Hunk discussion as well. We can express our happiness at the removal of Julian Phillips and Rita Cosby. If there is still animosity toward Geraldo, let it out. Shep haters can get their licks in……. if they give a good reason for the disdain. Shep makes me sick won’t get it. Because a good reason must be added.
What were the really great moments…… Brian Kilmeade’s killer impromptu interview with a Bill Clinton drawn mothlike to the TV camera on the post 911 streets of New York. Rita Cosby breathlessly reporting incorrectly from the steps of the Supreme Court that Gore won. Shep’s hardcore disgruntled report from the New Orleans Bridge. The Greg Kelly report as he, live on camera, entered Baghdad with the conquerors. Tell Roger Ailes what you liked or disliked.
Then there are the segments. Fox and Friends is Great. Fox and Friends is too silly for me in the morning. Brit is the greatest but O’rilley sucks. More Cavuto. Less Wesley Clark.
The opportunity to present our views is too great to pass up. Rather than bitch and moan, we can make a real contribution to the movers and shakers at Fox as they toil to increase their ratings. We are the core of their viewer ship. We matter.
Five hundred words……… did I make my point?
Agreed. It really gets boring and if real urgent news comes on, nobody pays attention.
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OH NUTS and Howlin we are so goodddd
Possibly redundant ping......
Your comments on Fox News......pro or con or both are requested.
Wesley Clark can always serve as a eaxmple of the evils of Kool Aid addiction.
I watch Fox News, but some of the regulars are getting on my nerves. O'Reilly's head has swelled beyond watchability. Shep has so much eyeliner that I can't watch. Thank God Rita (my sources say) Cosby is gone. Greta and Geraldo should be on E!.
Brit, Fred, Mort, Mara, Kraut and even Juan are still worth the time as is John (eraserhead) Gibson.
Of course, the Fox News babes are always easy on the eyes.
One thing. HEY FOX!!! NO MORE OJ!!!
I doubt you meant to ping me. See my tagline. FNC is no exception.
If FNC did an hour long "Grapevine" with Brit Hume, and ONLY Brit-no guests, I would watch it. If I want to know what Mort, Juan, Mara and their ilk think of anything, there are numerous other channels from which I can obtain their opinions.
FNC stands for Fox NEWS Channel, no?
What does "fair and balanced" have to do with the "news?"
News should be FACTS, nothing but the FACTS. I don't want anyone's interpretation of the the FACTS. FACTS speak for themselves and allow the viewer to come to their own opinion without the talking head spin.
I have zero interest in hearing Bob Beckel, Alan Colmes, Juan Williams et al opinions on actual facts of a story or event. The fact that they are permitted to spew their vitriol unchallenged has been cause for me to turn the TV off. I can get that on FR without having my auditory nerve abused.
I turn on the TV if the President is speaking. When I have to switch to Communist News Network to see him, because FOX deems anything else more important than the President speaking, that is a problem.
Please let me know when FOX has Mike Pence, Duncan Hunter, John Cornyn, Jeff Sessions, Jim Inhofe, Tom Coburn, Randy Forbes, Eric Cantor, Tom Tancredo, Jon Kyl, Marilyn Musgrave or Sam Johnson on to provide the "other" side of an issue, as oppossed to McCain, Hagel, Specter, Chaffee, Dent, Gerlach, Price and Wilson.
I gotta admit, she is a FOX, but she sounds so angry most of the time!
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