Posted on 02/01/2005 12:42:41 PM PST by UpHereEh
Ironically enough, with all the press they're giving Fox more viewers are going to tune in to see what all the fuss is about. After all, there's no such thing as bad press.
And here is their undertaker.
<< Many cable and satellite services don't even carry Fox.>>
Liar, there is only one satellite that does not carry Fox News and it's Bell ExpressVu. Take your head out of your a**.
He's both a right-wing extremist and a left-wing extremist.
"After all, there's no such thing as bad press"
Too true, my friend, but is interesting to see the establishment press "up there" going through the same gyrations as "down here" when FOX premiered. They will try to descredit it, then ignore it, then hate will set in as FOX finds it's audience. I'm no fan of O'Rielly, but I believe that a marketplace of news and ideas is better than a single point of view as is the case without FOX around.
The Canadian media establishment assumes, like the American media establishment assumes, that their viewers are too stupid to choose for themselves - or that viewers are unable spot the BS (That, plus they want to hold onto their marketshare). The fact is, with FOX, I see conservative and liberal points of view competing side-by-side, unlike the other news channels who slant their opinion decidedly left.
What you're not being told is that at the end of the Fifth Estate broadcast they gave information on how to subscribe to FOX . Fear of FOX ???
Hmmm, why don't we let the free market decide who is right?
The FCC has explicit mandate for control of broadcasting in the USA and reports to Congress . CRTC does the same job in Canada and reports to Parliament . The air waves are not free and are regulated . The use of the word banned by some posters here is insulting to the intelligence of the readers of FR . An out right distortion , if not lie . FOX and CanWest Global had approval in 2000 , with Canadian restrictions and chose not to broadcast . That was their decision based on economics . This stuff costs money and return on investment happens to be of some importance . Contrary to what some think . Ultimately the market place will decide, but it isn't a free market .
"CRTC does the same job in Canada and reports to Parliament."
I fully understand how things work both north and south of the border. I also understand, given the many Canadian government scandles of late, that a million Canadian here and a million Canadian there pretty much gets the result you want out of the Canadian (liberal)government.
Running a hit piece and then telling how to subscribe is not fair reporting. Please note that I never used the word "banned" in any of my posts, but understand completely how beaurucrats "ban" things they don't like via regulation, review, and the "process". I am also glad to see you admit that the Canadian market is not free. I look forward to the day when it is more free.
We do agree that ultimately, the market will decide.
Agreed, the Canadian MSM is showing fear. It must be scary to share the spotlight with a network that isn't anti-American. Oh, the horror of it all ;)
The CBC is garbage.
The only thing good on it is Don Cherry and Hockey.
And even that looks like it will be gone for awhile.
I am a Canadian.
I like the o'reilly factor.
I will be keeping my subscription.
The CBC caters to minorities and special interest groups.
It extolls in the garbage mindset of the Atypical Canadian.
I have had it up to my ears with all the garbage they
report.
Whenever I watch the CBC I just get incensed.
They should be taken off the air..but the gov't pays
for them so they are not going anywhere.
Someday this country will get it.
They had "it" in the sixties...and it has been long
gone since Trudeau and the seventies.
Keep er coming Billy.......
Then you would know I was talking about both markets , not just the Canadian one. I tried not to imply that you had used the word "banned". You didn't . My apologies . My remarks were directed at those posts that did .
And we both know a million here or there will get someone's attention . In either country.
As for O'Reilly . This is the same a-hole who said if the 2 US deserters where not returned there should be a boycott and close the Canadian border . Never mind the USA has never asked for their return .
The CBC at least had the courtesy to tell viewers where they could subscribe to receive FOX . Did O'Reilly offer the same for the CBC in the USA ? Of course not . Maybe they struck a nerve with him. Or he's more afraid of them than they are of he . Either way CBC isn't available in most American markets. Perhaps it's been banned.
Yes they do! Newsnet is owned by BCE which also owns EBell Expressvu. They are both content providers as well as transmitters of news and information. Fox dioes the same with their network FOX as well as FNC and Direct TV satellite service. How do you explain Bell Expressvu not carrying FNC after 6 weeks available in Canada? It is not technology that hinders this but protection of their programs.
Nope . You spare us all the misinformation . Intentional or just plain stupid . Either way a deal with FOX and CanWest Global was made in 2000 . Since then it has been in FOX's ballpark. Not the CRTC's.
This was FOX's first application , Not the drivel you posted . Unless in your world , and I suspect it does , 2003 comes before 2000 .
Decision CRTC 2000-565
Ottawa, 14 December 2000
Global Television Network (OBCI)
Across Canada 200010025
14 August 2000 Public Hearing National Capital Region
Fox News Canada
On 24 November 2000, the Commission approved a Category 2 specialty television service to be known as Fox News Canada. The terms and conditions generally applicable to Category 2 services are set out in the public notice accompanying this and other decisions released oday.
http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/eng/Decisions/2000/DB2000-565.htm
Exactly my point. They didn't approve Fox News at all, they "approved a Category 2 specialty television service to be known as Fox News Canada" to which CanWest declined due to research showing that the basterdized Canadian version would not turn a profit. It wasn't in Fox's ballpark at all. The links I posted for the Canadian Cable Television Association's applications have nothing to do with the ridiculous offer to basterdize the channel. It was for reference only. I may have coded the links in an order that doesn't suit your high standards, but at least I do my homework.
No it wasn't .
Your point was some crap about a Liberal CRTC banning FOX from Canada . For political reasons when the truth is FOX has had access to Canada since 2000 . Even in a bastardized version with some Canadian content would have been better than nothing . So now we get FOX with American news. As if municipal election results in Arkansas or Georgia are of interest in Nova Scotia or Alberta . And the CBC will keep right on as it always has. Just F'n Wonderful!
I couldn't quite figure out where the attitude from you was coming from but then I noticed your hometown is in Quebec... nuff said!
I thought you said you did your homework . I've never lived in Quebec in my life . Even if I had Quebec has nothing to do with it , you first addressed me, not the other way around . As for attitude, take your drivel elsewhere .
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