# Is Fox News really all that bad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 3, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625 "2012-10-03T21:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 85
**Author:** ![John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_stamos_left_ear/32/3198_2.png) [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Stamos_Left_Ear)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1681 "2018-02-08T19:55:38Z")
> [@Drum\_God](#): > > “Oh no,” said dear F in Law. “They’re making fun of that bitch Pelosi.” He sounds fair and balanced. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2018, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1682 "2018-02-08T22:14:28Z")
> [@John\_Stamos\_Left\_Ear](#): > > He sounds fair and balanced. Oh, very much so. He’s one of those who will say something incredibly racist and then swear that he isn’t racist at all. Reminds me of a certain POTUS in that regard. We get along okay and he’s actually one of the most generous people I know. His politics, however, are a mess. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1683 "2018-02-09T17:43:01Z")
Fox executive [thinks there is too much diversity](https://www.salon.com/2018/02/08/fox-news-executive-blasts-darker-gayer-u-s-olympic-team-in-bigoted-rant/) on the US Olympic team. Too many dark-skinned people and gays, and we should eliminate this damn affirmative action or what ever is causing this. As this is the Winter games, there are actually not very many African-Americans on the team – about 0.5% – so it would seem that this Moody person is seeing what he wants to see. Hard to get outraged about reality. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1684 "2018-02-17T02:20:45Z")
Fox News is claiming the indictment says Russia was just trying to sow confusion and not favor one candidate, when in fact it explicitly states Russia wanted to help Trump. State media. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1685 "2018-02-17T05:43:48Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Fox executive [thinks there is too much diversity](https://www.salon.com/2018/02/08/fox-news-executive-blasts-darker-gayer-u-s-olympic-team-in-bigoted-rant/) on the US Olympic team. Too many dark-skinned people and gays, and we should eliminate this damn affirmative action or what ever is causing this. As this is the Winter games, there are actually not very many African-Americans on the team – about 0.5% – so it would seem that this Moody person is seeing what he wants to see. Hard to get outraged about reality. Well, you know [what that one guy said](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/muellers-indictment-reveals-details-of-russian-election-interference/553625/): > [@Yevgeniy Prigozhin](#): > > The Americans are really impressionable people, they see what they want to see. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1686 "2018-02-17T06:15:05Z")
Someone recently posted that _Boxer_ lyric that seems to fit so much these days, _All lies and jest Still a man hears what he wants to hear And disregards the rest_ ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1687 "2018-02-17T06:44:50Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Someone recently posted that _Boxer_ lyric that seems to fit so much these days, > _All lies and jest > Still a man hears what he wants to hear > And disregards the rest_ ♬ _Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie!_ ♬ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1688 "2018-02-17T07:38:15Z")
You are two “lies” short. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1689 "2018-02-17T15:02:06Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You are two “lies” short. :smack: My bad. But no matter how many 'lie’s I put, Fox ‘News’ would out out more. I’d never be able to keep up! . ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1690 "2018-02-17T15:12:31Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > ♬ _Lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie!_ ♬ > [@eschereal](#): > > You are two “lies” short. > [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > :smack: > > My bad. But no matter how many 'lie’s I put, Fox ‘News’ would out out more. I’d never be able to keep up! > > . It’s the Bridge To Nowhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1691 "2018-02-17T15:28:02Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > You are two “lies” short. Who are you, the lie-man for the county? ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2018, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1692 "2018-02-17T18:02:58Z")
Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies… ---
**Author:** ![Yask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1693 "2018-02-18T22:48:07Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies… _Fox news is fair and balanced._ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1694 "2018-02-18T23:15:55Z")
He said _sweet_ little lies. ---
**Author:** ![Yask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1695 "2018-02-19T00:22:44Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@Yask](#): > > > > > [@John\_DiFool](#): > > > > > > Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies… > > > > _Fox News is fair and balanced_ > > He said sweet little lies. How about: Fox News : Fair and Balanced ::: sugar/fat-free carob : Ghirardelli chocolate ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1696 "2018-02-19T02:22:10Z")
What does a golfer call a shot that lands in a favorable spot? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1697 "2018-02-19T02:28:20Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > What does a golfer call a shot that lands in a favorable spot? A hole in one if it hadn’t been for that wind. _marks scorecard_ ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1698 "2018-02-21T01:01:57Z")
Ok, I popped on over to _[The Accidental Onion](http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/02/20/florida-school-shooter-sympathized-with-syrian-terrorists-sold-knives-from-lunchbox-friend-says.html)_ to see how they were doing today. “ **Florida Shooter ‘sympathized with Syrian Terrorists’** … I wonder what they were trying to accomplish with that. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1699 "2018-02-21T10:53:19Z")
Hmmm…what possible motive could they have for deflecting attention away from the fact that a violent massacre was committed by a white nationalist, MAGA-hat-wearing Trump supporter? I am baffled. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625/1700 "2018-02-21T15:10:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Hmmm…what possible motive could they have for deflecting attention away from the fact that a violent massacre was committed by a white nationalist, MAGA-hat-wearing Trump supporter? I am baffled. Hey, at least it draws attention away from the investigation of Loser Donnie’s Russia connections. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625.md?page=84) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-fox-news-really-all-that-bad/636625.md?page=86)