[Snowy]

I agree. I am so tired of hearing about Lacy too.

[areafiftyone]

You are right about Fox News - they have changed and become more like the Entertainment Network - ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS!

[TomGuy]

Yes, but according to Greta's new commercial, "People love it!"


CSpan has been having a fairly decent follow-up discussion to the speech.

[Huck]

Rupert Murdoch putting out tabloid journalism? I am shocked I tell you! Shocked!

Seriously, I tape Brit's show and watch it every night, and I even find an interesting interview occasionally on O'Reilly, but the rest of FOX is junk IMO. Ok, some people like Cavuto but I never see it.

[Principled]

Vanity or not- this needs to run a while so that FNC will see it. I am certain they monitor this board.

I'm surprised they can fit any MJ in, what with all the Laci and Kobe news.

I agree with you- there is some mighty lame programming on FNC. Not all, but much of their day and nights is dedicated to laci, kobe, now MJ - instead of what I think is important.

Of course, FNC has no obligation to broadcast what I think is important. But if they never broadcast what I think is important ... and they always broadcast what I think is UNimportant, then I watch less and less.

[The Louiswu]

Did you watch the speech?

If you did then what else can FOX tell you that you already don't know?

and who cares what some lame protester in London thinks anyway.

[gridlock]

They'll break into the continuous loop Laci/Kobe/Jackson stories later today to cover Hillary!'s announcement.

[onyx]

Correct. I switched to *gasp* PMSNBC and was pleasantly shocked by their on-scene reporter's grasp of the speech and her praise for POTUS.

[dougherty]

Every time I have turned on Fox today to catch coverage of Dubya's Brit trip, they are talking about Laci. Or Scott. I am sick and tired of the Peterson case. It's not of national importance, there are murders committed in every state every single day. Enough already!! I am so sick of it that I welcome Jacko back into the headlines just to hear about something other than the Peterson case.

[PaulJ]

Michael and Laci and Kobe is what people want, and not just from the networks. Take a look at Free Republic right now and see which topic has the most replies. (Hint: It's not about Bush's speech).

[poet]

Except fot Cavuto, I quit watching fnc when they hired geraldo.

[commandante_zero]

Nuts 'n' sluts sells.

Not an audience out there for thought. That hurts sometimes, and, worse, people who think too much begin to connect the dots. Give 'em more Joe Millionaire on the air and more Jacko and Peterson on cable and keep 'em tranquilized.

[lainde]

I was really hoping Brit would get up to cover this one. When i was growing up, a speech like this would have been broadcast in it's entirety on the network evening news 9sigh).

[TatieBug]

Ditto...if Fox doesn't carry the good Bush is trying to do, who wiill? We're counting on you...pleeeeeeeeze.

[bk1000]

My email to those at FOX from earlier:

Enough with the Lacy/Kobe tabloid format. You have been my only news channel, but the incessant coverage
of these two events is completely worn out, and borders on voyeurism. There are more interesting things to
talk about. Please! Besides, none of these people can get a fair and objective trial with all the coverage given.
If this persists, every trial will require gag orders and sequestered juries. I can not believe enough people are
interested in these two cases to warrant the coverage they get. A mistrial verdict in either of these cases will
be directly the result of too much media coverage.

Regards,



reply from David Asman:

I hear you. I sent this on to the news director. Thanks
David

reply from Linda Vester (automated):

Hi there, it's Linda -- thank you for your email. I appreciate that you
took time out to comment on the show -- and thanks for watching DaySide.
Kind regards,
Linda Vester
Anchor, "DaySide"
Fox News Channel

reply from Rodger Ailes:

All emails to Mr. Ailes are being screened and tracked and he may not read your email for quite some time, if at all.

No other replies, but funny they are now questioning excessive coverage of these cases as they excessivly cover these cases.

[MissAmericanPie]

Conservatives need meat and potatos, fluffy desserts leave us unsatisfied and turned off.

Part of their programming must be for empty headed liberals that eat up mindless fluff pieces. While Michael and Lacy are sad cases, they sure take a back seat when most peoples attention is on vitally important national and international matters effecting everyone.

[Salvation]

Sad commentary if this is true. And I have no reason to doubt you.

Makes me wonder who is doing the producing/editing about what gets broadcast.

Poor taste.

[iwantfox]

At least you have the option to watch FNN. Sadly, we Americans living in Canada have to do without it. I get to watch one hour per week, Fox News Sunday, Fox channel 29 out of Rochester. Sad, 'eh?'

[MEGoody]

"the speech of our age."

The speech of our age? I think this is a bit of an overstatement, but okay.

[Ribeye]

Fox is really getting bad with the tabloid crap. It's nonstop and all day long. Kobe and Lacy do not warrant 6 hours of daily coverage and analysis. It's pathetic and is telling of what many Americans are interested in...celeb worship and gossip mongering. Leave that crap to E!

I hate to say it but most Americans could care less about what's really going on in the world and don't want to understand what events are shaping the world we live in.

I miss real news. I mean in depth reporting on national and international events and issues. Not just talk shows about a particularly lurid story but actual, comprehensive NEWS that provides the full details of the events. Political, financial, war, science, etc...

(sigh) Oh well...