# God I hate Fox News **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 18, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504 "2010-02-18T19:03:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/41 "2010-02-19T16:19:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Not likely. He had a 64% approval rating when he left office, and yet he didn’t even run for Mel Martinez’ Senate seat. I think he’s done with national politics. [This should help](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke) ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/42 "2010-02-19T16:47:18Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > If you hate them, why do you go to their website? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. That’s why. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/43 "2010-03-24T11:57:34Z")
I went to Fox news once, there wasn’t any news, just rants against The President. They ran the news on the bottom of the screen, but cut it off when comercials came on. I turned the sound off and just read the news. Too many loud mouths on it for me! I do not watch it any more. I watch other news stations a lot, and would just prefer they gave the real news, not all the gossip etc. It was that way back in the 50’s when TV first got a good start for most people. There was news shows and talk shows, now the commontators tell what the person said, instead of letting the people hear the whole speech for themselves. I think lot of people like controversy, so they listen to Fox news! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/44 "2010-03-24T12:35:28Z")
I just checked [abcnews.com](http://abcnews.com) and their headlines _don’t mention Obama even once_. They do have “Lucky Goose Survives Arrow Wound”. Since when are pestiferous waterfowl given precedent over the President of the United States? Dang corporate media. ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/45 "2010-03-24T14:59:24Z")
> [@](#): > > I think lot of people like controversy, so they listen to Fox news! I have said before and will say again… now. Fox News is the Howard Stern of television. They follow his model to a “T”. Bring on hot women, spout off without regard to people or facts, and get your listeners so fired up they do anything you ask them to do. I think a decent portion of Fox viewers simply watch/read to see what Fox could possibly say next to spike your outrage. Those types of people (and I include myself in them) are what helped propel Stern to king of radio. And hopefully like Stern, people will one day realize that Fox is just entertainment and shouldn’t be taken any more serious then Brad Pitts thoughts on the World Bank. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/46 "2010-03-24T16:42:28Z")
This has sucked ever since Murdoch got the Mandatory Fox News Web Site lVisit law (aka Rupert’s Law) passed ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/47 "2010-03-24T16:48:29Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > There’s something I learned a while back that some of you could stand to learn as well: if you don’t like something on the television, change the channel. If you don’t like a book, put it down. If you don’t like a game, stop playing it. If a website bothers you, don’t go to it. I would add “If you don’t like holding babies, let them go”, but after the lawsuit I’ve agreed not to. I often think about how completely absurd and impossible to understand the history of this era will be to future generations (especially those after 2012 who must hear about it around campfires while fending off zombie Elvises). One of many will be “Fox News was a television channel dedicated to the destruction of liberals in high places and decrying the lack of values and morals in the land- Fox News is not to be confused with Fox entertainment which had the same owner and hosted some of the most controversial and raunchiest left wing shows ever aired”. ---
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/48 "2010-03-24T19:07:08Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Not likely. He had a 64% approval rating when he left office, and yet he didn’t even run for Mel Martinez’ Senate seat. I think he’s done with national politics. Don’t be too sure. Traditionally, the Bush Dynasty allows the Dems a term or two before installing another of their own. Neal may be prove problematical, however. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/49 "2010-03-24T19:24:51Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > I went to Fox news once, there wasn’t any news, just rants against The President. I went there over a month ago. The rants were about how Obama’s health care plan would pay for the dead to rise from the grave and feast on the flesh of the living. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/50 "2010-03-24T19:32:14Z")
And that’s a bad thing, all of a sudden? ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/51 "2010-03-24T19:58:00Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > And that’s a bad thing, all of a sudden? Of course it is. The zombies are going to steal our jobs! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/52 "2010-03-24T20:01:57Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I went there over a month ago. The rants were about how Obama’s health care plan would pay for the dead to rise from the grave and feast on the flesh of the living. Well, it’s either that or raise taxes. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/53 "2010-03-25T11:44:34Z")
> [@A Monkey With a Gun](#): > > I went there over a month ago. The rants were about how Obama’s health care plan would pay for the dead to rise from the grave and feast on the flesh of the living. Gosh, I guess I watched at the wrong time!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/54 "2010-03-25T12:37:20Z")
What I wanna know is, when did they stop being reporters and begin being advocates for their own political agendas? And don’teven get me started on those “tough-rough” (while still looking like a “babe”) sounding women! I mean, it _is_ the Fox _NEWS_ channel, right? As a sidebar, in his most recent novel, _The Dome_, Steve King _really_ comes down hard on Fox while extolling the virtues of CNN, even to the point of naming most if not all the personalities on that channel. Sorry. Guess I’ll just stay with CNN and try to keep Mr. Cronkite from spinning in his grave. Having majored in journalism in college, I’m “old school”: Report the facts and leave opinions to editorials. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/55 "2010-03-25T13:37:13Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > I mean, it _is_ the Fox _NEWS_ channel, right? It’s also the “People’s Republic of China”. ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/56 "2010-03-25T14:07:30Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > As a sidebar, in his most recent novel, _The Dome_, Steve King _really_ comes down hard on Fox while extolling the virtues of CNN, even to the point of naming most if not all the personalities on that channel. > > Q Minor, pedantic, douchebag nitpick… it’s \*\*\*Under \*\*\*the Dome by Stephen King ---
**Author:** ![CircleofWillis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/54ee81/32.png) [@CircleofWillis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CircleofWillis)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/57 "2010-03-25T14:18:38Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > What I wanna know is, when did they stop being reporters and begin being advocates for their own political agendas? > > And don’teven get me started on those “tough-rough” (while still looking like a “babe”) sounding women! > > I mean, it _is_ the Fox _NEWS_ channel, right? > > As a sidebar, in his most recent novel, _The Dome_, Steve King _really_ comes down hard on Fox while extolling the virtues of CNN, even to the point of naming most if not all the personalities on that channel. > > Sorry. Guess I’ll just stay with CNN and try to keep Mr. Cronkite from spinning in his grave. > > Having majored in journalism in college, I’m “old school”: Report the facts and leave opinions to editorials. > > Thanks > > Q .. and because I missed the edit window due to the shitty browsers on the work laptops… A self-professed liberal progressive like Stephen King railing on Fox News? Go on you say. Well, that tears it. I’m convinced. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/58 "2010-03-25T14:32:34Z")
I love Fox News. I suspect Murdoch, deep down, is a radical leftist, for he has done more than a thousand Chomskies to show us the value of what we see, read, and hear. He just took cable infotainment and made it…more so. This is what is anyway, just more obvious, with more breastplosions set to rock music. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504/59 "2010-03-25T15:06:20Z")
> [@Dob](#): > > I know the format is messed up, sorry. But if you check the bold you see Obama listed 3 times without the President title. Bush is listed once, with the title. Hmm… accident? Fair and Balanced?? > > Just makes me sick. Look, don’t do this. I’m a liberal, I’m a Democrat, I voted for Obama. We’re a nation based on principles of egalitarianism, not status. Obama is Obama. Insisting that he be referred to as “President Obama” every single time is not part of our democratic tradition. The constitution prohibits the granting of titles of nobility. So don’t try to make simple job titles into a status thing. This is the kind of thing that conservatives do. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-i-hate-fox-news/529504.md?page=2)