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To: faithincowboys; PhiKapMom
Both of you are nitpicking. Mom, you've still got a wedgie over Major Garrett's reporting last Thursday over the wimpy talk of some Republicans. He quoted Hatch, he quoted Santorum. No "context" was need for remarks that sounded defeatist. If this is your evidence of "getting their facts straight," why don't you ask the two Senators quoted why they said what they said? You may not like Garrett's quoting their caught-off-guard statements, but they did say what he quoted them as saying.

As for our "newbie" here, FOXNEWS is not a "conservative" channel. It is "fair and balanced," and is still heads and shoulders above the rest.

You, and Mom, are free, of course, to scrape the bottom of the barrel and watch CNN or MSNBC, if you wish.

5 posted on 03/03/2003 8:27:20 PM PST by sinkspur
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To: sinkspur; PhiKapMom
technically, phikapmom and I witnessed some reporting errors.. we were speculating that 'maybe' there is a new person working in the room ...who is failing to confirm some of it's reports before they air them. I wish I could remember off the top of my head.. Oh, there was a situation where they said the husband of a missing wife was suppose to have been arrested, then they corrected themselves and said "no he was taken 3 1/2 hrs downtown..then later they reported he wasn't taken downtown at all. My point it, if they want to give us unconfirmed 'speculations', at least warn us.
15 posted on 03/03/2003 8:43:47 PM PST by Freedom2specul8 (Please pray for our troops....)
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To: sinkspur
I also have been complaining over their News Alerts that go on and on during the day and about their coverage over the weekend that the Al Qaeda person was not in US custody when he was -- other networks said he was.

If you want me to go on, I will be glad to -- how about their reporting in the Laci Peterson case that day when they searched the Peterson house. Fox -- Nine squad cars trapped Scott in his driveway, led him away in handcuffs. Actual story, they ran into Peterson down the street (two cars) and asked him to return to the house so they could give him a search warrant. Huge difference in reporting between Fox News and CNN/MSBNC who BTW turned out to be right and Fox was wrong.

Another one recently -- explosion at the CDC in Atlanta. Hazmat team on the way. Fact: Fire alarm went off in a building and they orderly evacuated. MSNBC got that one right too.

If you think Garrett is my only problem, then you don't know me at all! I don't take anyone's news forgranted until I find a second source. Have seen too many Breaking News stories turn out to be duds on all the Cable News networks. Sorry if I don't have the love affair with Fox but the day I start taking everything they say as gospel, I will remember Rita Cosby saying the SCOTUS had given Al Gore the victory. If you haven't noticed the preponderance of ex-MSNBC folks along with CNN that all over Fox, then go right ahead and keep saying Fox is the only channel to watch.

I spent hour upon hour working to get Fox on my cable and I still do watch Fox a lot for your information. Sorry you don't think a new channel should be critized when they make mistakes. People on here like to take after CNN and MSNBC -- do you want the same thing to happen to Fox where they don't think they have to answer to anyone because they are all we have.

Give me a break!

At 9:00 cst I watch Joe Scarborough on MSNBC instead of Greta.
19 posted on 03/03/2003 8:48:45 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: sinkspur
You, and Mom, are free, of course, to scrape the bottom of the barrel and watch CNN or MSNBC, if you wish.

I thought ABC was the bottom

27 posted on 03/03/2003 8:54:08 PM PST by woofie
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To: sinkspur
That's real nice of you to tell us we are allowed to watch MSNBC and CNN.

As a matter of fact, I do watch MSNBC at 9:00 to see the former Congressman Joe Scarborough! I will pit Joe Scarborough and his guests against anything Greta can have on her show. I personally liked seeing Sen Chambliss and Sen Lindsey Graham last week on his show.
30 posted on 03/03/2003 8:57:01 PM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: sinkspur
you are right,maybe some people prefer dan rather
92 posted on 03/10/2003 7:10:31 PM PST by kellymac2u
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