Too bad Heather is gone, but then, Rudi took her place I think!
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?
.......it may be over 80% now........
How did you quantify this?
Fair and balanced would be 50-50. Any thing over 75% is pretty bad out of balance.
I watch Fox & Friends, Gibson and Bret. All seem pretty even with a slight conservative bias. The business shows seem precisely balanced with a conservative edge to Cavuto.
ping
I switch over to CNN for a minute sometimes when I want some straight news. I can't watch it for long. I absolutely HATE the way Fox does its ALERTS. It can usually wait until the regular news time. Hardly ever is it anything really important or urgent.
I saw that live. What a drama queen. Emphasis on "queen".
PING!
I like Neil Cavuto's show and the Saturday "Cost of Freedom" business block. Keep those, please...
I also like Amy Kellogg. She just recently visited Iran and she's had some neat stories from there. Keep her, please...
I bet John Stossel would be a good choice. He's a libertarian, so he could mix it up with both sides.
Bring back the Dhue!
This sounds like the mentally of American video journalists who know of an impending ambush on American troops and would rather shoot the ambush than warn the troops in advance. I think there was actually a quote to that effect from one video journalist. I hope I'm wrong, and I hope FOX reporters never stoop that low.
Can't abide O'Blowhard, and though Hannity may be cute as a button, H&C is just a screechfest, with everybody yelling over each other. Greta and her missing white girls has become a snoozefest.
Brian Wilson is excellent on weekend mornings, and some of the field reporters (Jim Angle, Greg Kelly, and Wendell Goler). are good too
Bump
And I here I am; didn't want to disappoint you. I don't subscribe to cable or satellite TV. Occasionally, when the spirit moves me, I might watch a crime show but I honestly haven't turned the TV on in over two weeks.
Have I missed anything?
Oh, yeah! If all the illegal invader women looked like Julie Banderas or Rebecca Gomez, I would support Bush's amnesty plan!
FNC overdoes its alerts. They do one every time the DOW hits a new record high. It's ridiculous!
FOX News Alerts, you're all gonna die!
FOX News Alerts, don't you wanna know why?
"This sounds like the mentally of American video journalists who know of an impending ambush on American troops and would rather shoot the ambush than warn the troops in advance."
So do I. But ask yourself, who would get the Pulitzer? The person who warned of an attack or the person who filmed it? That may be your answer as to what any journalist would do although, like you, I hope I'm wrong. We live in a world that rewards the wrong behavior and makes it difficult to be honorable.
Fox News is the only News I watch. Special Report with Brit Hume, a rare treat. Brit is normally fair and balanced. However, I did feel that Fox News piled on and continued over and over and over to mention George Allen's faux pas and helped to sink his chances of winning reelection to the Senate. Even conservative media pilloried Allen, just as they did Dean over his excited yelling at the Democratic Convention. To be fair, I have noted these instances as beneath good reporting practice, in my humble opinion. Every station, including Fox, did numbers on Dean and Allen. I found this to be reprehensible.
Thanks for the ping, bert.
Too bad Heather is gone, but then, Rudi took her place I think!
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