Fox News Calls In The Experts On Hurricane Katrina: Richard Simmons and Don King
Today on Fox News, Neil Cavuto devoted much of his show’s coverage to the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. To give the real picture of what’s going on, Cavuto brought in two “experts” on back-to-back segments — exercise guru Richard Simmons and boxing promoter Don King:
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I have come to the conclusion that most of the crap on Fox news is only seen by the 30% base. This is meant to keep the base in line. I talk to people a lot about the news and most watch the network news. No one has even heard of Rocky Vaccerelli. The news last night was filled with the reality of Katrina. I don’t get my pantys in a wad over what Fox news says anymore. Its for the stay at home 30 percenters.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:13 pmNo, no, no, Don! Never stop blaming Presidunce Bush for anything. He deserves all the criticism anybody can give him in order to retaliate the actions and messages of his Goeringesque propaganda machine. Never stop hammering this man.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:14 pmThe fallacious logic from FAUX never fails to enteratin those of us with fully functioning brains… Or scare the bejebus out of us that 38% of the country tunes into these guys for news…
August 29th, 2006 at 5:16 pm‘Only in America’?
Only on Fox News! Oh well, I guess they don’t want to expand their appeal beyond their existing audience…
Thank god no one takes them seriously…
August 29th, 2006 at 5:17 pmFox news, home of the greatest cartoon characters, hands down. Or is it the single greatest oxymoron?
August 29th, 2006 at 5:18 pmMaybe, just maybe, Simmons summoning all his glorious fitness, will flip Don King upside down and use him as a broom to clean the 9th Ward streets
If this is not the case, my second guess is that both Simmons and King have nothing but very nice things to say about Bush and Republicans in general….
Which is odd, for Richard, being that Republicans hate gays….
August 29th, 2006 at 5:19 pmWow, Fox News called in a gay man and a black man to give “expert analysis”? Did I wake up in a different universe this morning?
August 29th, 2006 at 5:19 pmNothing like the opinion of a convicted murderer to sway my thoughts!
August 29th, 2006 at 5:21 pmNothing like the opinion of a convicted murderer to sway my thoughts!
Comment by ChuckLA
I find it hard to believe that Richard Simmons killed a man.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:22 pmOk - so is Richard Simmons a LOG CABIN REBUPLICAN?
August 29th, 2006 at 5:22 pmWe know about Don King - what an idiot.
Sure got this gay boy here wondering.
Sorry, but this is such a non-story. Fox news isnt news, we all know that=P
In other news….. George Bush is due to receive a subpoena for a wide range of information relating to National Security Agency wiretaps recently ruled illegal
BUT…. this is being ignored by not only msm, but even thinkprogress, crooks and liars, dailykos, etc. so far
Astounding.
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/NSASubpoena.pdf
August 29th, 2006 at 5:23 pm7,
The thing is, Fox will only call in a gay guy and a black guy when they are cartoon figures already. They’re happy to call in Simmons and King, but could you ever see them giving time to gays and blacks who want to advance gay or black agendas? They will only ever give time to gays or blacks when a very important part of their personality is a non-issue. In other words, they deny their ‘gay-ness’ or their ‘black-ness’, but they will use them as tools for other purposes, not least of which is to show how ‘diverse’ they are!
August 29th, 2006 at 5:24 pmThe only way to be an expert on hurricanes is to have permanent WIND BLOWN HAIR!
August 29th, 2006 at 5:25 pmAmanda I gotta give you credit. This story is one of the few TP stories thats cracked me up recently.
But the photos of Simmons and King? The caption?
LMAO.
Great catch. The experts. BAHAWAHAHAHAHAHAHA !.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:26 pmPrince Myshkin + unbelievable . true love . lol .
August 29th, 2006 at 5:26 pm#11–maybe it’s because Rawstory just KNEW Rove was about to be indicted, until he wasn’t.. Nobody trusts Rawstory anymore, nor should they ought to….
August 29th, 2006 at 5:28 pmI got a visual of GWB running from the person who is trying to subpoena him, “You never touched me, you never touched me”
August 29th, 2006 at 5:29 pmYup sounds too good to be true, like the Rove indictment. If Bushy gets subpoena’d, that’ll be fresh.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:31 pm#12 I was just figuring that maybe Fox called these two guys in to talk about the areas of NO that Fox would never go to.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:33 pmI thought Richard Simmons was still pretending to date women.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:33 pmhey! read the links to these guys… simmons grew up in NO, so he has a stake in this… i’m not sure about king’s relationship - it was hard to get past his criminal bio…
August 29th, 2006 at 5:33 pmbut, whatever it takes to get attention and help down there…
16
The court has issued the supoena, the rawstory link is to the pdf of it. Others besides rawstory have reported on this, thats the only link to document I can find so far on the web.
did you look at the pdf?
August 29th, 2006 at 5:33 pmLooks like Rich and Don have the same hair “dresser”?
August 29th, 2006 at 5:40 pmYou gotta be f**king kidding me…
hahahahahahhahahahhahahahhahahahaha…………….
August 29th, 2006 at 5:40 pmwith Don King and Richard Simmons as Bush’s hurricane advisors, no wonder the levies broke.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:42 pmRUCerious, you beat me to it!
Wayne (not you, honey, the other Wayne), thanks for the link. I hope we hear something more about this soon!
August 29th, 2006 at 5:43 pmBrasscheck said today:
Don’t think for a minute it was an overwhelming
natural force that killed 1,158 Americans in
New Orleans.
As this material documents, it was willful negligence.
Were this a country that followed the rule of
law, it would be called criminal negligence and the
people responsible would be on their way to jail.
The story of corruption is so incredible…
http://www.democracynow.org/ article.pl?sid=06/ 08/ 28/ 1342209
August 29th, 2006 at 5:43 pmThat Warren Jeffs guy was caught in Las Vegas in a red Cadillac. Thats a good one. Remember Warren: What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:44 pm#28, I’m so surprised the perv wasn’t caught in a Pink Cadillac, Pink Cadillac!
August 29th, 2006 at 5:46 pmsoooooooo
Progressives, just as I thought, have real problems with gays and blacks - thanks for showing us your real faces for once.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:48 pmLink it up Wayno, the PDF on GWB’s subpoena.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:49 pmConservatives, just as I thought, have real problems with gays and blacks - thanks for showing us your real faces for once.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 29, 2006 @ 5:48 pm
August 29th, 2006 at 5:49 pmNobody is blaming Katrina on President Bush. Katrina was a natural disaster.
People are blaming Bush for the lousy response to Katrina and the lousy rebuilding effort. The criticism is well deserved due to the fact that Bush placed an Arabian show horse-show judge in the position of what should have been an EXPERT in FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:50 pmJason, Richard is gay, Don is black, both are jokes. Like you.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:50 pmThanks, Wayne. I like pdf’s. I can save them to my laptop and read them at home.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:52 pm30,
Have you actually read all the posts on this thread? Or just one or two, and then used them to prop up your implied allegation that progressives are racist homophobes?
Really, as long as you know roughly what progressives stand for, why would you think that they were racists and homophobes?
August 29th, 2006 at 5:52 pmLink it up Wayno, the PDF on GWB’s subpoena.
Comment by For Truth
link is on post 11 =)
August 29th, 2006 at 5:52 pmWho is to blame for encouraging the development of flood prone areas?
Who is to blame for the levys being substandard?
Who is to blame for apparant warnings for years that this would happen?
Who is to blame for ignoring the calls for levy upgrades and improvements prior to the storm?
Who is to blame for so many people not knowing any better about where they live and what could happen?
August 29th, 2006 at 5:53 pm#27, Marley, I read that yesterday–sickening, isn’t it? And why is no one else covering it?!
Everyone here should check out Marley’s link. The story is stupefying.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:54 pmDon’t mind Jason, he’s mentally retarded. Nothing he ever says is logical.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:55 pmOnly ignorant lowbrows watch Fox. What a joke!
August 29th, 2006 at 5:58 pmYou can always object to a subpoena, and then the judge can court-order the information. This is what will happen.
August 29th, 2006 at 5:58 pmCaption Contest:
Simmons singing to King;
‘You are so beautiful–to me”…….
August 29th, 2006 at 5:59 pmActually because we are liberal, we allow Jason to continue posting. See we know he wants to be treated like everyone else. So we do that, and pretend we don’t notice his “special needs”.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:00 pmSo, did Seixon get banned?
August 29th, 2006 at 6:02 pmWhy not bring on Mike “Heckuva job Brownie” to discuss his heroic role in Katrina? Oh…FNC already did that on Sunday. And John Kasich has the nerve to whine about Fox being “bashed” all the time. “We’re fair and balanced…” Yeah…
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How do you know if someone got banned? They can’t post to tell you they did. Is there a TP list of banned names?
Just being a smart ass. No offense.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:03 pmWith Seixon, he would have posted it on all the other liberal blogs he visits, just like he posted the fact that DailyKos banned him here. And since other posters visit some of these blogs, I figured someone might have heard.
Plus several off the bannished have returend under different IPs to get the last word.
Or Judd might have said.
There are many logical ways. I was just curious as there was an entire Global Warming thread without one of his exhaustive rants on it.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:06 pmSo, did Seixon get banned?
Comment by unbelievable
I’m guessing he did. A few days ago, someone posted a comment praising George Galloway and Seixon didn’t jump all over him. Seixon absolutely hates that guy. But I’m not going to waste my time reading Seixon’s blog just to see if he got banned. He would certainly mention it there.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:06 pmUn - haven’t heard from Exley in a couple of days, either. Not that I’m looking that hard. Nice to have their mental implosions out of sight for a while.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:06 pmsoooooooo
Progressives, just as I thought, have real problems with gays and blacks - thanks for showing us your real faces for once.
Comment by Jason M. Heckler — August 29, 2006 @ 5:48 pm
Pathetic.
No Einstein, I think the issue is with the fact that neither Richard Simmons nor Don King belongs anywhere near commenting as analysts on Katrina.
But I hope Faux keeps it up.
It sure helps make them look ridiculous.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:07 pmProblem is,
I wrote about this at ~ 10:30 this am on ThinkFast, and again at ~ 3:30pm on the Rita thread… copy follows…
Lawyers to subpoena WH in Wiretap Case!!!
http://www.rawstory.com/ news/ 2006/ BREAKING__Bush_White_House_subpoenaed_0829.html
Comment by trueblue — August 29, 2006 @ 10:29 am
August 29th, 2006 at 6:08 pmNot that they needed any help.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:08 pmHe would certainly mention it there.
Comment by Wayne A. Schneider — August 29, 2006 @ 6:06 pm
I refuse to give him a hit to check it out. :)
August 29th, 2006 at 6:10 pmNice to have their mental implosions out of sight for a while.
Comment by RUCerious — August 29, 2006 @ 6:06 pm
I’d like to have a lenghty break from MA’s feces slinging as well. :)
August 29th, 2006 at 6:11 pmI refuse to give him a hit to check it out. :)
Comment by unbelievable
Same here. Let some other sucker visit the Scourge of Norway’s website.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:14 pmRUCerious, last time we saw Exley was Saturday, I think–Wayne A. was back-and-forth with him on some thread.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:18 pmSeixon didn’t get banned from T.P..
August 29th, 2006 at 6:23 pmHe is currently moving into a new flat (pad) in Oslo.
Also has some nice pics. of Norway currently posted:check them out.
Good thing Seixon has pix of his new flat, we need to know where to go when we all go to move in with him.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:24 pmI don’t need to see the pix on his site though, don’t want to give him the attention, like Unbelievable said.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:25 pmAs weird as it is to see Simmons and Don King on Faux, they’re still more politically informed than Coulter and Hannity.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:26 pmThey must think they are hurricane experts because of their hairdos.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:29 pmSimmons and King are probably experts compared to the LA governor and NO mayor. Somebody ought to do a brain scan on Governor Kathleen Blanco and Mayor Ray Nagin to see if there is any mental activity whatsoever. Talk about your flatliners… GEEZ.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:29 pmJane,
Actually, Exley was posting in the Stephen Hayes thread yesterday.
One topic: The problem with Faux “experts” is that they are usually a bunch of talking heads with no knowledge whatsoever on the topic they’re invited to opine on, but they’re articulate and they sound like they know what they are talking about -even though they are only shilling for the latest conservative pet cause du jour. In other words, Faux is willfully deceptive (what a shock, I know).
At least these two “experts” are transparently anything but that, so at least they won’t deceive Faux watchers… or not too much… ok, they won’t fool anyone else.
August 29th, 2006 at 6:31 pmREMINDER: the spike lee hbo documentary is showing tonight …
invite yourself over to a friends house if you have to… it’s great…
http://www.hbo.com/ docs/ programs/ whentheleveesbroke/
August 29th, 2006 at 6:34 pmFor Truth–why listen to Unbelievable?
August 29th, 2006 at 6:34 pmSeixon blew him out of the water everytime they debated.That(literally)unbelievable person resorted to name calling every time.It was no contest.
total count
troll posts - 1
August 29th, 2006 at 6:35 pmposts about trolls - 20 out of 66
Richard Simmons? Don King?
I am now convinced that all TV news organizations, not just FAUX News, are choreographed more than WWE wrestling. I’m waiting for one of the talking skulls to put someone in the “Sleeper” hold or a “Figure 4″ leg-lock.
Richard Simmons? Don King?
August 29th, 2006 at 6:36 pmthey both have that cool hair going for them… just sayin
August 29th, 2006 at 6:43 pmI guess mickey mouse and donald duck were busy?
August 29th, 2006 at 7:07 pmNo, Jason Hendler, you have it exactly wrong. Liberals do NOT have a problem with blacks and gays - we are pointing out the obvious hypocrisy of Fox news, who support the conservative agenda which is determined to deny blacks, gays, (and anyone other than WASPS) the guarantees of the Constitution. It is the mentality of FOX news and their opininated anchors, who carry water for Bush&Co, who cheerlead for the conservative immoral and unfair agenda that we are criticizing.
August 29th, 2006 at 7:08 pmApparently, you can’t think straight for the brainwashing that has permeated your cranium, and you see a liberal making a comment about a black man (with a criminal record) and a flamboyant gay man and you can’t realize that the point is that FOX is exploiting these celebrities in their mindless support of the failed Bush&Co.
People ARE allowed to have opinions about others are they not?
Simmons and King have put themselves out there for notoriety and they make their fortunes on it. Fox is mocking them, while, under the guise of calling them “experts,” they subtly make their point that gays and blacks are outrageous!!
total count
troll posts - 1
post about trolls - 21 out of 73
jason, posted once at 5:48 - 7 responses
seixon, who never posted - 10 responces
exley, who never posted - 3 responses
ma, who never posted - 1 response.
August 29th, 2006 at 7:23 pmthat’s an interesting hobby, troll alert…
August 29th, 2006 at 7:26 pmit’s good to be reminded occasionally…
Sounds like someone is jealous.
August 29th, 2006 at 7:26 pmCavuto must have drawn the ’short straw’ this week. This is an unusual pairing, though. But don’t pick on Richard, he has helped countless people in his lifetime, unlike many others I could name, and deserves respect, not ridicule. Shame about the hair though. ;)
August 29th, 2006 at 7:38 pmSeixon didn’t get banned from T.P..
He is currently moving into a new flat (pad) in Oslo.
Also has some nice pics. of Norway currently posted:check them out.
Comment by shaman — August 29, 2006 @ 6:23 pm
shaman–I mean egore! go get Dr. Seixon/Frankenstien better body parts. He needs a good brain–not, and I repeat not, a Abbey Normal one. Good boy.
August 29th, 2006 at 8:12 pmThank you Troll Alert.
August 29th, 2006 at 8:55 pmSimmons and King have put themselves out there for notoriety and they make their fortunes on it. Fox is mocking them, while, under the guise of calling them “experts,†they subtly make their point that gays and blacks are outrageous!!
Comment by Marie — August 29, 2006 @ 7:08 pm
Wow!, Marie that is so insightfull. Not many could see that ( except TP regulars). You are also correct in that both of them are laughing all the way to the bank. Are you in the polictical profession? No insult meant but, your too damn good for a novice. Lastly, where do you live( just- N.E, S.W,etc)?
August 29th, 2006 at 8:59 pm# 74-That ‘troll alert’ is not the origional,but doing a good job none the less:
August 29th, 2006 at 9:11 pmCalling them left and right.
Well, I wouldn’t be a good liberal blogger if I didn’t commemorate Katrina’s aftermath in some way like so many of my peers and betters. So kindly check out my massive retrospective of what Katrina meant, still means, and what it betrays.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:14 pmJoefriday:
Maybe after you figure out where Marie lives,you can go wipe her ass.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:24 pmYou’re a suck-up.
Thanks, Joe - and bt too.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:37 pmI wasn’t sure I was getting my point across, but I guess you got it — all the way from here in the midwest.
Richard Simmons & Don King — What a cute couple. Are they registered…?
August 29th, 2006 at 10:00 pmI always hate to sign off because it could be days before I can get past the spam filter at TP.
August 29th, 2006 at 10:22 pmAre others having the same problem? It must have to do with the way TP’s filter reads my connection data.
Anyway - I can always read posts, even if I can’t answer them. But it is so FRUSTRATING!
That must be so maddening, Marie. Have you tried setting up a hotmail account, and then use it for your TP email? Couldn’t hurt, and it’s free.
August 29th, 2006 at 10:34 pmBush’s New Orleans interview got pretty literary. What are Simmons and King reading these days? Or claiming to read? Surely they must have talked about their reading, too…
Bush was a complete prick with Brian Williams in New Orleans tonight — the lying, arrogant, narcissistic frat boy, proud of his nonresponsive answers and made-up stories about his “ecelectic” reading list. “Shakespeare, three of ‘em. Try to top that, Williams! You can’t, because I’m the ‘ecelecticator!’”
Is he as stupid as he acts? It doesn’t matter. He’s the flyover president, and he leaves a jet trail of broken promises. It’s frightening that this guy has more than two years left in office, two more years to fly from here to there, posturing to his heart’s content, while the country goes to hell.
August 29th, 2006 at 10:42 pmMaybe after you figure out where Marie lives,you can go wipe her ass.
You’re a suck-up.
Comment by N.E, S.W,etc)? — August 29, 2006 @ 9:24 pm
Just post your address and maybe bt and or zooey will drop by and wipe your ass and kick it down the street. $hit for brains retards like you are always puke wimps. Now don’t get your white sheet wrinkeled.
August 29th, 2006 at 10:46 pmThese guys are a real as that Rocky operative we’ve seen of late.
By the way I heard Bush’s speech today. It was a good one…..and a year too late.
August 29th, 2006 at 11:00 pmWell, JoeFriday, I won’t be wiping any asses, but I’ll kick the shit out of it. :D
August 29th, 2006 at 11:01 pmThat’s about par for the course for this network. Notice I left out the word “news”.
August 29th, 2006 at 11:28 pm[…] Now that’s funny […]
August 29th, 2006 at 11:30 pm[…] Now that’s funny […]
August 29th, 2006 at 11:30 pmHey Jason Hendler I don’t hate gays or blacks, what I am wondering is if both of them use the same haidresser.
I mean, have you ever seen two such great heads of hair?
It’s like hair and life mirrored light and dark form and function..
August 30th, 2006 at 1:05 amThe parallels can’t be ignored.
Richard Simmons’ and Don King’s careers are in the dumpster, and Fox News’ ratings are headed that way.
August 30th, 2006 at 1:31 amThat’s right. Ande when Democrats go on FOX they propagate these silly images. Don King. Jesus Christ.
FEMA? Dumping ground for political friends.
Bush 1 had hurricane Andrew and killed innocent people.
Bush 2 had Katrina and killed innocent people.
These people kill for their friends then ask Don King his sorry ass opinion?
August 30th, 2006 at 6:14 amAll of this from a network who has its greatest success from a cartoon man in blue pants
August 30th, 2006 at 6:25 amHey, at the very least, gays and blacks were represented on FAUX News for a brief shining moment!
August 30th, 2006 at 6:26 amHey now, hold the criticism. To the Fox audience Don King and Richard Simmons are a step up.
They could have just had Britney Spears and her mom on as experts. Fox chose integrity over ratings. Remember there’s only one ‘right’ way to view it.
August 30th, 2006 at 6:45 amMo Do on Bush’s triumphant return to NOLA. The NY Times said that Bush going back to New Orleans is like Sherman going back to Atlanta to cheer them up.
August 30th, 2006 at 8:00 amWow, that’s just so disconcerting seeing these two up. At first I thought they were being interviewed for the new season of SURREAL LIFE and not about Katrina. Katrina?! And people wonder why Fox News’ ratings are down.
August 30th, 2006 at 9:04 amAugust 30th, 2006 at 9:24 am
[…] Fox News needs betters “experts.” What can Richard Simmons say that a representative from the Army Corps of Engineers can’t say more authoritatively? […]
August 30th, 2006 at 12:04 pmLook, don’t know about Don King, but I saw the Simmons piece by chance. The guy grew up in the French quarter, his brother lost his house and Simmons bought him a new one. He was on the verge of tears in the interview and closed it being critical of Bush and the relief efforts. Everyone should be careful (including TP) with assuming something on the basis of a news appearance.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:16 pmHeck Of A Job
August 29, 2006
The article “Bush hopes $110 billion enough for Katrina†by Deb Riechmann provided President Bush the proper light for his efforts in rebuilding the communities of Biloxi, Mississippi. The president reiterates his commitments he made a year ago, emphasizing the $110 billion in rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. Although Bush released $77 billion he said he’s saving the difference for future needs “Hopefully that’ll work. Hopefully that’s enough.†That’s vastly different from what he said a year ago: “It’ll be one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world had ever seen.†Now here’s my take on his “reconstruction effortsâ€: This one year anniversary, the Gulf Coast is still waiting for the help the president promised. The $110 billion’s “public relations blitz†has yet to translate into the promise of rebuilding just as he failed to confront poverty “with bold action.†With his “This government will learn the lessons of Katrina,†Bush has yet to learn the lesson of “running out of excuses.†Of the three proposals Bush promised two went nowhere: the “Worker Recovery Accounts†and the Urban Homesteading Act. And to top it off $1.4 billion in tax dollars wasted by FEMA. Nice try, Mr. President.
August 30th, 2006 at 12:32 pmWhich is why I got rid of my T.V. 5 years ago. Had a couple of relapses and got cable for a month or two in those 5 years. Then I figured out the whole thing is based on propaganda, psyops, control of the sheep… to debrief myself from 30 years of brainwashing I kept the T.V.’s plastic casing and retro-fitted it onto my toilet. Now everytime I go to the washroom I’m reminded what freedom really is…
Why do you people even bother watching T.V.???? Lost a few friends to that, they are totaly brain dead…
August 30th, 2006 at 2:13 pm[…] go to source/story>> Think Progress » Fox News Calls In The Experts On Hurricane Katrina: Richard Simmons and Don King […]
August 30th, 2006 at 2:23 pmWhere in the screen shots does it say that fox called them “experts”
August 30th, 2006 at 3:22 pm[…] The ratings are in and they’re not so good for Fox News. Viewership has slipped significantly since this time last year, so to spice things up, they decided to pull out the big guns and have talking pez-head Neil Cavuto talk to two experts on the state of New Orleans one year after Katrina. Of course I’m talking about Richard Simmons and Don King. Posted by willtuck Filed in Television, News stories […]
August 30th, 2006 at 3:32 pmThe only good thing on Fox network is the Simpsons, which has a lot to do with their choice of “experts”. Both of those guys are a joke.
August 30th, 2006 at 3:48 pmAnother good example of how FOX news is not news at all but a thinly veiled propaganda machine.
However, I have to say that FOX-style ’sensationalism’ is not characteristic of only FOX. All the major network news channels are of the same mold. If you are interested in a comparison as to what the news should be and have satellite tv or live near the New York area watch the local Buffalo news or even better watch most of the Canadian news broadcasts. Mostly content, usually little sensationalism.
Unlike some news networks (I won’t name names.. cough CNN.. cough ABC…), who had an around the clock coverage, the of the JonBenet ‘crisis’ was for the most part footnotes to actual news on the Canadian and Buffalo stations.
Want real news with real content watch locally.
August 30th, 2006 at 3:56 pm[…] I saw this article while reading news online today and thought it was way too funny not to post. This week on Fox News, a reporter devoted much of his show’s coverage to the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. To give the real picture of what’s going on, the reporter brought in two “experts” on back-to-back segments — exercise guru Richard Simmons and boxing promoter Don King. […]
August 30th, 2006 at 3:59 pmALL the corporate news stations are basically like this; most are more flexible than Fox, since Fox seems devoted to exclusively supporting Republicans. But the rest of the news networks do the same thing: protect the status quo through manipulation, spin, and omission of facts or discussion.
Look at the Jon-Benet Ramsey murder hoopla—shouldn’t these “responsible” news networks check into things a bit more deeply before making so much noise over what turns out to be NOTHING? They’ve exposed themselves as peddlers of mind-numbing drek designed to turn your attention away from Israel’s hypocritical rampage against Lebanon, the escalating violence in Iraq & Afghanistan, and Bush’s continious contempt for the Constitution.
KILL YOUR TV. IT WASTES YOUR TIME AND DUMBS YOU DOWN.
August 30th, 2006 at 4:37 pmwikipedia….
Fox News currently leads the cable news market, earning higher points ratings than its chief competitors CNN and MSNBC combined by average viewership.
In 2004, the gain in ratings became more apparent. In September, Fox News Channel’s ratings for its broadcast of the Republican National Convention beat those of all three broadcast networks. During President Bush’s address, Fox News notched 7.3 million viewers nationally, while NBC, CBS, and ABC scored ratings of 5.9, 5.0, and 5.1, respectively.
In the wake of the North Korean Missile Crisis and Israel’s fight with Lebanon, Fox saw a surge in viewership and managed to easily remain the #1 rated cable news channel.[6] [7] Fox still held eight of the ten most-watched nightly cable news shows, with The O’Reilly Factor and Hannity & Colmes coming in first and second places, respectively. .[8]
In July 2006, Fox had the 55 top rated programs on cable news. The first non-Fox show to appear on the list was number 56, Larry King Live
August 30th, 2006 at 5:20 pmAlways remember the 1,158 Americans that got killed in New Orleans, not by a natural disaster but by sheer negligence.
August 30th, 2006 at 6:00 pmMaybe the chocolate mayor should have done somthing with parking lots filled with hundreds of empty school busses. The blame falls equally on the state level as federal. Add to the fact that people were told to leave, and did’nt. If you don’t have any family, money or contacts you can reach to help you in a situation like this, then you will live with the consequences. The goverment will not be there to save you. People need to realize this, and act more responsibly.
August 30th, 2006 at 6:10 pmwhat the f*ck does Don King being black have to do with anything you pedantic pedophilific morons! Because he is black means his comments mean nothing to you white trash probates?!
You nimrods make white people ashamed to be even associated with such common tripe as yourselves!
By the way Richard Simmons is a flaming homosexual and WHITE!
You inbred buttwipes go on and on about D. Kings criminal past..well it likes look he as gotten past and made enough money to buy many of you people’s whole neighborhoods house lock, stock and barrel.
I don’t give a flying frick that one is black and the other white AND gay, I question the validity of choosing either of them for national commentary ..neither has any outstanding credentials to say nay or yea on the subject of Katrina.
August 30th, 2006 at 6:31 pmMiss Sogenistic Hendler would only have a problem if the commentators were women.
August 30th, 2006 at 9:58 pmAfter one year, Bush is still talking about “what we’re gonna do.” What has he done? He talks about sending money - but much less than “whatever it takes.” FEMA is worse than ever. He stands for his photo ops and just out of camera range is destruction, garbage, and broken houses, no streets, no sanitation, no power. This is the Bush government.
August 30th, 2006 at 10:09 pmSure the state failed too, but the feds are ultimately responsible for the country as a whole. (Why do presidents declare disaster areas?)
As for the buses that were not used. Nagin may be faulted certainly, but who owns the buses? Private companies? Does the mayor have the authority to commandeer buses? Before you say yes, think of who you would blame if non-qualified people drove those buses, or rolled off the highway?
This is essentially Bush’s legacy. His shame. His incompetence. His lies. Again.
Miss Sogenistic Hendler
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