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ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanently?

Would it make you happy if Fox News was off the air?

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 31.6%
  • No

    Votes: 26 68.4%

  • Total voters
    38
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

Huh. Sounds like someone's a generalizing bastard. :neutral:

Moderator's Warning:
Don't do this.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

Your Minnesota nice is showing. ;)

You are absolutely correct and this rude person's personal insult has been reported.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

I would be pleased if Fox News was fairer and more balanced. As it is my happiness is not tied to Fox News broadcasting or not. It is not relevant.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

No. What should be done is an industry wide rule set like they have in the UK.

I don't mind that Fox News is conservative, but I do mind when their conservative views account for 90% of the so called News Channels air time and they hide behind the excuse of it being "opinion journalism". Normally opinion journalism should not make things up and provide at least some sort of credible rebut by the "opposition" to the issue. Also the whole definition of "opinion journalism" is idiotic.. either you are a News Channel and all your programs should be under the same scrutiny for bias, lies and so on, or you are an opinion channel with minimal news content. Dont call yourself a news channel if you are an opinion channel and dont call yourself "fair and balanced" when you clearly are not 90% of the time.

Also at times bleeds into the general news reporting via "comments" from the journalists doing the reporting or the anchors.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

By that, do you mean that some conservatives voted on the thread? Maybe even voted yes so that they could bash liberals on our desires to censor all opposition?

Hmmm... Guess what? I have the power to check.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

Good for our conservative posters. They have shown complete integrity and not ONE has voted in the poll. I applaud DP's conservatives for not messing with the poll. :applaud
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

I would say no, it's always good to see what a different viewpoint and what the other side is thinking/discussing. I sometimes tune in to hear what's going on on that side, but that's not my primary news source channel.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

Since I never watch TV news, it really doesn't matter, however, if I did I do have the ability to change the channel. Therefore, no, don't shut it down.

I also find it interesting that some conservatives have decided to ignore the thread title.

Nobody said whether the mandate was voting or posting or both. Seeing as you are "undisclosed" what are you doing here?
OK... you're a Lib... knew it... but how about having the courage to list it?

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Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

Nobody said whether the mandate was voting or posting or both. Seeing as you are "undisclosed" what are you doing here?
OK... you're a Lib... knew it... but how about having the courage to list it?

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Why would I do that when I have conservative positions on Israel, gun control, immigration, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the military in general, and crime, and a libertarian position on drug legalization? I've been told I have libertarian positions on other things, but I don't see it. Though I consider myself leaning left, my politics on things are so all over the board, undisclosed is the best description. I also find it best for folks to not prejudge, especially since my leanings really are reflective of the issue being discussed.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

Good for our conservative posters. They have shown complete integrity and not ONE has voted in the poll. I applaud DP's conservatives for not messing with the poll. :applaud



How do you know? :confused: :ssst:
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

No. What should be done is an industry wide rule set like they have in the UK.

I don't mind that Fox News is conservative, but I do mind when their conservative views account for 90% of the so called News Channels air time and they hide behind the excuse of it being "opinion journalism". Normally opinion journalism should not make things up and provide at least some sort of credible rebut by the "opposition" to the issue. Also the whole definition of "opinion journalism" is idiotic.. either you are a News Channel and all your programs should be under the same scrutiny for bias, lies and so on, or you are an opinion channel with minimal news content. Dont call yourself a news channel if you are an opinion channel and dont call yourself "fair and balanced" when you clearly are not 90% of the time.

Also at times bleeds into the general news reporting via "comments" from the journalists doing the reporting or the anchors.

I will be glad you go after MSNBC for the exact same thing. Can I expect that any time soon or should I just continue to hold out hope that one day you might see the light?
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

I love Fox News as it helps in keeping my eye on some folks and good for some laughs.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

Well, the question implicitly refers to the government shutting it down. Fox News represents the mainstream America, so it wouldn't be shut down because nobody listens to it.

The poll has a measure of force built into the response. How else would the most watched news outlet suddenly disappear from the air?

HUH? How can you say that Fox News represents mainstream America and then turn around and say because nobody listens to it?
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

How do you know? :confused: :ssst:

One of the things I can do as an admin. is see who voted for what even if the poll is not public. As of the time of my post, no conservatives voted in this poll.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

No because we need something to make fun of on the internet.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

I will be glad you go after MSNBC for the exact same thing. Can I expect that any time soon or should I just continue to hold out hope that one day you might see the light?

I cant see MSNBC, so I cant comment on it. But any rules would hit MSNBC just as hard.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

This poll is only for those who considered themselves on the left-side of the spectrum. Please be honest.

I don't want Fox News off the air. I just want them to stop their pandering fear-mongering bull****.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

For me personally, this isn't a yes or no question. But since there were only two options to vote for, I had to take sides and so I voted for "Yes". But it's more complicated than that.

Do I want them off the air for the incredibly biased, sometimes even fabricated "news"? Yes - if they're going to call themselves a news channel. I think every news channel should strive to be as unbiased as it possibly can. Just deliver the actual news regardless of what it is, don't let your opinions dictate how or what you deliver. And yes, this goes for liberally biased news channels too.

Do I want them off the air period? No. People must be able to choose for themselves what they want to watch, even if it is biased or fabricated news.
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

I don't think they should go off the air. But I would like people like David Brooks and George Will to be their conservative voices instead of the obnoxiousness of Beck and the smugness of Hannity.

And I wish their news division was much further separated from their editorial division because you can only mix up a (D) with an (R) so many times after a Republican gets involved in a scandal without it looking like a LOT more than a mistake.

It just seems that "conservative" is more and more becoming equatable with "loud", "shouting", "frothing", and "obnoxious". Not that liberal was/is any better. I'd just love more intelligence to be used in place of moronic theories on Communist Architecture and shouts of the "end of the Republic".
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

So if MSNBC does it it's okay for Fox News to do it?

Where did I say that and what would lead you to believe that was my intent? I'm just wondering if you are holding MSNBC to the same standards that you are holding FOX News to. Either you are being intellectually dishonest or you are turning a blind eye to the other side of the coin. MSNBC is just as guilty as FOX News with the pandering and the fearmongering, and yet you only mention FOX News. Was that on accident or did you purposely intend to show your hypocrisy?
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

You introduced them in a vain attempt to turn the spotlight off Fox' shenanigans.

Where did I say that and what would lead you to believe that was my intent? I'm just wondering if you are holding MSNBC to the same standards that you are holding FOX News to. Either you are being intellectually dishonest or you are turning a blind eye to the other side of the coin. MSNBC is just as guilty as FOX News with the pandering and the fearmongering, and yet you only mention FOX News. Was that on accident or did you purposely intend to show your hypocrisy?
 
Re: ONLY FOR LIBERALS: Would it make you happy to see Fox News off the air permanent

You introduced them in a vain attempt to turn the spotlight off Fox' shenanigans.

Not at all, but nice try. I introduced them to see if you folks are capable of calling a spade and spade. Apparently I was correct in my assumption as you have proven so in this thread. If you are going to call out FOX News for what they do, you should be honest enough to call out the others for doing the same exact thing, hence the intellectually dishonest part. Thanks for playing though!
 
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