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Fox Misfits

[LoudRepublicangirl]

I turn to FR as my main source for news since FOX became tabloid television. I like their embedded reporters because at least these guys put themselves in dangerous situations and get news firsthand instead of citing other newspapers.

[Fish_Keeper]

I watched FOX news exclusively for about a year and a half after 9-11. Now my watching of FNC is mixed with CNBC (Dennis Miller) and MSNBC & CNN (breaking news). FNC wastes too much time on tabloid junk and other annoyances. Secondly, FNC does not have breaking news coverage that can rival CNN or MSNBC. They are usually last to get a report from the scene. CNN seems to cater to the gay and "eco" crowds with their "soft news", but at least they can get breaking news on the air. MSNBC had pretty good coverage of the Iraq War with their footage also provided by NBC.

[mountainfolk]

I hate that FNC is drifting left. And it has seemed to be going that way since at least when Tony Snow left. Maybe before but not so noticeably. We have been missing Tony more as the weeks go by and if not for Brit Hume we wouldn't bother turning Fox on Sunday mornings. Several others such as Jim (Britt's stand in) Carl Cameron, Cavuto and Gibson are also favorites and I do like the business weekend Sat show but that is about it. Fox will go down as fast as it went up if the leftward bias continues. Much more of their slide to the dark side and our family is tuning out for good.

[oldvike]

Well the President isn't there to watch a bunch of cars run around in a circle." Jarrett remarked. "He's obviously trying to get the Nascar Dads vote."

Well, it's true. Pandering is what Bush is all about.

[Hank Rearden]

Look, NASCAR's boring, and nobody's coverage is going to change that.

Same goes for NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and the rest.

[mrsmith]

I don't think they're doing too bad, but I agree it's going downhill.

Fox's research must be telling them that they have low numbers of Dem idiots watching. It's more cost-efficient to offer cheap entertainment for the Dem idiots than to offer more quality programs for intelligent people. Quality costs.
So the conclusion is that they can most cheaply increase their profits by going for them!
(But ultimately it is advertisers who decide what is on and they greatly prefer the idiotic manipulable Dem viewers.)

Hopefully, Fox'll reinject some of their vision into their programming. Aisles knows that the news standards journalism professors inculcate are way too socialist for the average American and the money is in bringing us what we consider is news - not what journalism professors think is.

Tabloidism is just a part of cable news. Best they can do would be to give it it's own programs IMHO and keep it to a minimum on news shows.

Believe it or not: When USA Today and CNN started they both showed promise of being more balanced than the established media! Boy did that end in a hurry.

[paul51]

A couple of years ago I would watch FOX almost exclusively. I can hardly take it now. Between the lightweight 'journalists' That present the news as if it is some kind of sporting event and the raspy washed up bimbos that breathlessly talk of the peterson case and other s that I couldn't care less about, I'd rather watch COPS or turn the tube off

[Exit148]

When Tony Snow had the Sunday program, he would often have Brit beside him to question a guest. It didn't diminish Snow's role--- it simply brought in questioning from 2 views.

Wallace hogs the show

[2nd Amendment]

I agree! I thought I was the only one who noticed it. Fox appears to be leaving its balanced path and becoming more like CNN. Can see it in O'Reilly,too.

[altura]

which one is Julian? Is he the fat-faced blonde one?

[JacksonCalhoun]

Every president campaigns in the sports world in a re-election year. Reagan went to the '84 Daytona 500. Klintoon milked the Atlanta '96 games for all they were worth. For Bush, NASCAR is his 'Hollywood'.

[GeekDejure]

On weekends Fox News morphs into FOCK SNOOZE !!!

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[He Rides A White Horse]

Jarrett continually made references to the possibility that the President is scared that John Kerry was going to take the Nascar Dads vote away from him.

I doubt it. 130 horsepower, hydrogen powered emissions choked cars screaming around Daytona at the blistering speed of 55 miles per hour.

[Dawgreg]

I just don't watch FNC on the week-ends any more. Hey everybody, write Roger Ailes......bombard him with emails and whatever........FNC was the only place to get our side heard and if Ailes is caving......well, I'll just stick with WorldNetDaily and Drudge to get "all sides". Gibson, Cavuto and Hume can't do it all as far as fair news reporting and if Ailes keeps these tabloid ninnies and lefties on there, he may lose his first place standing.

[arasina]

YO! FOX NEWS CHANNEL!
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THAT NEXT FOCUS GROUP. YOUR ANSWERS ARE ALL RIGHT HERE. WE ARE YOUR VIEWERS!

[tinamina]

Greg Jarrett is really obnoxious towards Bush and Republicans and I'd like to throttle him. But I did not notice the "snideness" in the others you mention.

[Publius6961]

Regardless of what the talking heads and headettes say, George W is the only politician in recent memory who "belongs" at a NASCAR race. Any other politician trying that would be doing a Dukakis.
That Bush is the first truly populist president in the last 100 years really irritates some people. Too bad.

[Rummyfan]

Is there any doubt, after watching the coverage of the last ten days of the President's 'alleged AWOL' status versus the love-fest for JFK, that the state of the mainstream media is dismal. Is this what J-schools are tunring out? Their reluctance to enage on the Kerry story is what is really illuminating.