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?
.....Now its fair and balanced and matronly.....
I've grown to like the matron Kiren Chetry
Chewie, you give the best reason to love FOX News. It is the same reason I voted for Bush. Anyone or anything the liberals despise can't be all bad. I don't have cable anymore, so I watch FOX whenever I can at work. I was getting very tired of Greta's show and O'Rielly can be a bit pompous and overbearing, but I think they both mean well. Geraldo should have been arrested for giving away troop locations. I wish Brit Hume could be on much more than he is.
Advanced CCS... 'Clutch Cargo Syndrome'
a definite ping
Jullian es finito.
Oh please. She's a tomboy with good bone structure. If she was a speed bump, you wouldn't have to slow down.
I have the same thoughts but too lazy to post them. THANKS!!!
ALL HAIL TO BRIT HUME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I rarely watch anything but FOX but one thing I hate is seeing all the liberals spouting their crap. Also, Hannity and Colmes don't let their guests speak without their butting in and talking over them. Brit is wonderful, as is Cavuto and John Gibson. I watch O'Reilly every night and appreciate his trying to protect our kids from predators and wacky judges who prosecute or don't prosecute them. Wish it weren't leaning to the left these days. Get more real conservatives to do the news from a conservative viewpoint. I thank God for FOX. At least I can get a better sense of what's going on in the USA than I can from the alphabet networks.
Amen, BonnieJ. Good post!
I like Fox, but find myself switching to other channels because I refuse to watch 3 minutes of ads for 4 minutes of news. If Fox is so successful, they should be able to charge more and reduce the ad time.
I do believe that Greg leans Left.
Just gleaned this myself from his reports over time. I have no hard proof to back it up.
Excellent reference.
Most tv stations and the networks are owned/controlled by liberals.
Liberal congressits gave the stations and nets exclusive franchises in the late 1940's and 1950's.
Since then, they have use their so called news as part of the leftwing PR flacks.
Thanks for that news.
More proof that there is a God.
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Here's wishing you a meaningful and happy Thanksgiving for you and yours.
THAT was a classic!
LOL
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Megyn Kendall........ 'nuf said. She's brilliant, well-spoken, does not waste time, speaks well in a precise feminine voice...... and she is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!
Ailes..... if you ever let this girl, Megyn Kendall go, you are a complete fool ........... and, I'll make you spend the rest of your life in a room smelling old socks and underwear of Michael Moore with Ellen Ratner, Eleanor Clift, and Barbra Streisand.
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