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tikitatas wrote:

LIBuffettFan wrote:

tikitatas wrote:

wiscoleeds wrote:Geez, like I couldn't guess who would turn up and on which side of this issue.
Yawn!

Still waiting for Flyboy to reply to a posting last week to define "elites" and "plebes"

Cheers
Wiscoleeds

There are sides to this issue?

I don't think so, I usually watch Fox but this shouldn't be acceptable regardless of who is delivering it.

Thank you and all of the previous posters who find what Fox thinks passes for journalism indefensible.

Don't get me wrong, I think quite often Fox hits it right on the head while the other guys are brown noseing with hopes of getting their exclusives. I just think this time it was wrong. Everyone seems to see the bias at Fox because it goes in a different direction than main stream NBC (and affiliates) and CNN. Basically to get "fair and balanced" you need to watch a combo of the different networks news, well with the exception of NBC, thats pretty much just garbage.

flyboy55 wrote:What a 'class act' from FOX News . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6cVJ5bFRc

This show aired within hours of another four Canadian soldiers being killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan.

If FOX talked that way about this nation's military they'd be permanently off the air, if not worse. Apparently, one of these boneheads (Doug Benson) was surprised that his performance dates at a comedy club in Edmonton, Alberta were cancelled by the club's owner. From what I understand, Edmonton is home to one of Canada's largest military bases and has a large presence of military personnel. I think they should have let him perform. One less idiot in the world.

I think this is symptomatic of our problems in the world. Ignorant, arrogant and any kind of drivel aired as 'entertainment' to make a buck.

Among our allies, the Canadians have been doing the 'heavy lifting' in Afghanistan for years. Using another metaphor, they 'punch above their weight' (far above) considering their population size and the size of their military.

They have a lot of oil, fresh water and hydro power - things we desparately need. They put up with a lot from us.

We should be much nicer to them.

moeron wrote:Fair and Balanced??? I think Un-balanced. That is from Reagan's time. I only watch fox when I need to get my blood pressure up. As with most news they slant it one way or the other. But fox is the worst.

diverg wrote:

moeron wrote:Fair and Balanced??? I think Un-balanced. That is from Reagan's time. I only watch fox when I need to get my blood pressure up. As with most news they slant it one way or the other. But fox is the worst.

There are many people who would disagree with you on this and many who agree.

mikemck wrote:

flyboy55 wrote:What a 'class act' from FOX News . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6cVJ5bFRc

This show aired within hours of another four Canadian soldiers being killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan.

If FOX talked that way about this nation's military they'd be permanently off the air, if not worse. Apparently, one of these boneheads (Doug Benson) was surprised that his performance dates at a comedy club in Edmonton, Alberta were cancelled by the club's owner. From what I understand, Edmonton is home to one of Canada's largest military bases and has a large presence of military personnel. I think they should have let him perform. One less idiot in the world.

I think this is symptomatic of our problems in the world. Ignorant, arrogant and any kind of drivel aired as 'entertainment' to make a buck.

Among our allies, the Canadians have been doing the 'heavy lifting' in Afghanistan for years. Using another metaphor, they 'punch above their weight' (far above) considering their population size and the size of their military.

They have a lot of oil, fresh water and hydro power - things we desparately need. They put up with a lot from us.

We should be much nicer to them.

Was it an individual who said these things or is this really the official position of FOXNews?

RinglingRingling wrote:

mikemck wrote:

flyboy55 wrote:What a 'class act' from FOX News . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6cVJ5bFRc

This show aired within hours of another four Canadian soldiers being killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan.

If FOX talked that way about this nation's military they'd be permanently off the air, if not worse. Apparently, one of these boneheads (Doug Benson) was surprised that his performance dates at a comedy club in Edmonton, Alberta were cancelled by the club's owner. From what I understand, Edmonton is home to one of Canada's largest military bases and has a large presence of military personnel. I think they should have let him perform. One less idiot in the world.

I think this is symptomatic of our problems in the world. Ignorant, arrogant and any kind of drivel aired as 'entertainment' to make a buck.

Among our allies, the Canadians have been doing the 'heavy lifting' in Afghanistan for years. Using another metaphor, they 'punch above their weight' (far above) considering their population size and the size of their military.

They have a lot of oil, fresh water and hydro power - things we desparately need. They put up with a lot from us.

We should be much nicer to them.

Was it an individual who said these things or is this really the official position of FOXNews?

one might think that unless they issued an apology, given that it was done under their broadcasting license, that it is their position. Fair and balanced application of the FCC regs that made a nipple decoration as heinous as crushing a baby on live TV.

C-Dawg wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

mikemck wrote:

flyboy55 wrote:What a 'class act' from FOX News . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS6cVJ5bFRc

This show aired within hours of another four Canadian soldiers being killed by roadside bombs in Afghanistan.

If FOX talked that way about this nation's military they'd be permanently off the air, if not worse. Apparently, one of these boneheads (Doug Benson) was surprised that his performance dates at a comedy club in Edmonton, Alberta were cancelled by the club's owner. From what I understand, Edmonton is home to one of Canada's largest military bases and has a large presence of military personnel. I think they should have let him perform. One less idiot in the world.

I think this is symptomatic of our problems in the world. Ignorant, arrogant and any kind of drivel aired as 'entertainment' to make a buck.

Among our allies, the Canadians have been doing the 'heavy lifting' in Afghanistan for years. Using another metaphor, they 'punch above their weight' (far above) considering their population size and the size of their military.

They have a lot of oil, fresh water and hydro power - things we desparately need. They put up with a lot from us.

We should be much nicer to them.

Was it an individual who said these things or is this really the official position of FOXNews?

one might think that unless they issued an apology, given that it was done under their broadcasting license, that it is their position. Fair and balanced application of the FCC regs that made a nipple decoration as heinous as crushing a baby on live TV.

Why would they need to issue an apology? They merely have to have a disclaimer at the end of the show that states the opinions on this show are not necessarily the opinions of the network. They have these disclaimers on many shows on most networks.
Whether they did or not on this show is another question.
This was obviously a sad attampt at humor, much in the same vein as Jon Stweart's show. I've seen Rick Mercer on CBC being far more insulting to Canadians, although he is funny, and is Canadian.

RinglingRingling wrote:one might think that unless they issued an apology, given that it was done under their broadcasting license, that it is their position.

mikemck wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:one might think that unless they issued an apology, given that it was done under their broadcasting license, that it is their position.

Not sure I understand that logic. I seriously doubt that you'd agree that Keith Olbermann's calling President Bush a facist means that President Bush is a facist is MSNBC's official position, would you?

When Dan Rather was caught fabricating evidence to support a news story that turned out to be true (this eventually ended his career), CBS made no apologies. Does that mean that it's CBS' official position to make up evidence for fake news stories?

mikemck wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:one might think that unless they issued an apology, given that it was done under their broadcasting license, that it is their position.

Not sure I understand that logic. I seriously doubt that you'd agree that Keith Olbermann's calling President Bush a facist means that President Bush is a facist is MSNBC's official position, would you?

When Dan Rather was caught fabricating evidence to support a news story that turned out to be true (this eventually ended his career), CBS made no apologies. Does that mean that it's CBS' official position to make up evidence for fake news stories?

RinglingRingling wrote:

mikemck wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:one might think that unless they issued an apology, given that it was done under their broadcasting license, that it is their position.

Not sure I understand that logic. I seriously doubt that you'd agree that Keith Olbermann's calling President Bush a facist means that President Bush is a facist is MSNBC's official position, would you?

When Dan Rather was caught fabricating evidence to support a news story that turned out to be true (this eventually ended his career), CBS made no apologies. Does that mean that it's CBS' official position to make up evidence for fake news stories?

I misspoke, as was pointed out, a disclaimer is all that is evidently needed. But the fact still remains: "hard news" vs "spoof of news". comparing this piece to The Daily Show is a bit of a stretch. And the fact that some blowhard behind a desk who probably has never heard a shot go past his head is hardly in a position to insult the Canadian AF. If the Canadians were the equivalent of the Costa Rican military, Americans would not have joined them in WW1 and 2 before this country got into the war, nor would they have fought beside them at Dieppe.

RinglingRingling wrote:I misspoke, as was pointed out, a disclaimer is all that is evidently needed. But the fact still remains: "hard news" vs "spoof of news". comparing this piece to The Daily Show is a bit of a stretch.

mikemck wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:I misspoke, as was pointed out, a disclaimer is all that is evidently needed. But the fact still remains: "hard news" vs "spoof of news". comparing this piece to The Daily Show is a bit of a stretch.

I didn't compare it to the Daily Show, but I would think that anybody with any sense would recognize that "Red Eye" is a show that has opinion and satire, not a news broadcast.

I love the fact that liberals are never willing to give FOX the same benefit of the doubt they give liberal news sources.

RinglingRingling wrote:

mikemck wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:I misspoke, as was pointed out, a disclaimer is all that is evidently needed. But the fact still remains: "hard news" vs "spoof of news". comparing this piece to The Daily Show is a bit of a stretch.

I didn't compare it to the Daily Show, but I would think that anybody with any sense would recognize that "Red Eye" is a show that has opinion and satire, not a news broadcast.

I love the fact that liberals are never willing to give FOX the same benefit of the doubt they give liberal news sources.

and I love how those whose only apparent source of news is Fox are so quick to claim that theirs is the one true source, and then resorts to name-calling if questioned. Did they measure you for that horse Mike? It seems awfully high for you.

alphabits wrote:This movie looks strangely familiar ......