On 6/1/2011 10:27 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:05:50 +0100, Invisible wrote:
>
>> On 01/06/2011 02:27, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> He seems to me to be mostly an opportunist, taking advantage of people
>>> who aren't willing to think for themselves.
>>
>> Isn't the whole point of news producers to basically produce whatever
>> people want to read, because it's more profitable that way?
>
> Well, some believe that.  Others believe that the purpose is to inform
> the public.
>
> The problem with Fox is that they blur the line between fact and opinion,
> which results in stories being "reported" on opinion shows that push a
> conservative agenda.  They do apparently have serious news shows (that
> some on the left even say do a good job reporting the news rather than
> opining about the news), but I haven't had the patience to wait for that
> 2 hour segment during the 24 hour day - always had more important things
> to do.
>
> Jim
Yeah. Most of their time seems to be spent talking about the "reported" 
facts, of the opinion show, which reported on someone else's opinion or 
the opinion some clown had, about the previously reported news, on the 
first show. I.e., why put up new news, if you can just recycle your own 
pundits opinions of your own opinion, or the news you barely reported in 
the first place? The main "news" show declares, "Spot say a ball", 
becomes a discussion on X show about the color of the ball, followed by 
Beck (or whom ever is left there now to do this) declares it red, and 
says Spot might be a communist, and a few days later the main show is 
quoting how Sarah Palin's opinion of what Ann Coulter said, in relation 
to Mike Huckabee's comments, about Beck's claims, that Spot is a communist.

BTW, the most stupidly dangerous thing about this isn't if its pandering 
to the right, because that is what is making money, its the fact that 
half the idiots that seem to be possible candidates for the next 
election, or keep trying to run, now "work" for Fox. You can't tell me 
that is good for impartiality, or accuracy...

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