VIDEO COMPILATION: Fox News Devoted 12 Times More Coverage To Anna Nicole Than Walter Reed
By on Mar 5th, 2007 at 10:05 am
VIDEO COMPILATION: Fox News Devoted 12 Times More Coverage To Anna Nicole Than Walter Reed
Our national media embarrassment was again on full display on Friday. Both MSNBC and Fox News devoted more coverage to Anna Nicole Smith — three weeks after her death on Feb. 8 — than they did to the multiple developments involving the neglect and deplorable conditions at Walter Reed military hospital.
The most lop-sided coverage by far was aired by Fox News, which featured only 10 references to Walter Reed compared to 121 of Anna Nicole — roughly 12 times the coverage. MSNBC featured 84 references to Walter Reed and 96 to Anna Nicole.
ThinkProgress compiled a reel of lowlights from Friday’s coverage. Watch it:
References to Anna Nicole and Walter Reed on cable networks on March 2:
NETWORK ANNA NICOLE WALTER REED FOX NEWS 121 10 MSNBC 96 84 CNN 40 53
If you want to write CNN and thank them for their more balanced coverage, the feedback form is HERE.
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Don’t be fooled by the name: Fox “News” is NOT a news station. It is only entertainment. The FCC should make them change the name as it is false advertising …etc.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:10 am“Supporting the troops”…
…at Fox Propaganda Networks…
…is just a slogan…
…or didn’t you already know that?
March 5th, 2007 at 10:11 amCaption:
March 5th, 2007 at 10:12 amO’Really: “I never had sex with that woman… or, well, at least not in person…”
The FOX channel was created by Roger Ailes to be a 24-7 Republican party propaganda distribution mechanism. It should be treated as campaign spending and any money spent by corporations on advertizing should count as political contributions.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:14 amNo surprise there. Fox News hates the troops.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:17 amSupport our Ho’s!
March 5th, 2007 at 10:20 amWell, as Brit Hume said, the problem with the Walter Reed revelations were that they made the Bush administration look bad.
So Fox put those world-famous gazungas on the loop and hoped no-one would notice the real news.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:22 amGhouls.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:24 am#1 Wholeheartedly agree - Fox has very little to do with credible, truthful news and, instead, has become a GOP propaganda spin agency. People have patently rejected Faux News and their viewership is waning drastically because they’ve been outed for the fraudulent charlatans which they are. This is precisely why they’ve copied John Stewart and added a comedy show! I suspect that this is an attempt to blur the lines of reality and truth in broadcasting when subsequent charges are brought against them for fraudulent broadcasting of the news.
The real fact of the matter is that Fox News has now become the “poster child” for the total exclipse of the 24 hour news channels of the mainstream media.
Everyone has a computer and realizes that the television will no longer be the primary source of news and truth any longer; internet news brings news to people AT LEAST 24 hours sooner than television news so when people finally see something they already know the truth about on television, it’s either a “ho hum - turn the channel” or an outing of the news agency for obvious propaganda in the face of the facts which have already been acquired and researched by the reader on the internet. Egg on the Face - is a huge understatement for the complicit MSM these days.
The mainstream media, aka political puppetry, is becoming totally irrelevant and is being eclipsed by the internet as a source of valid, truthful information. The old ritual of turning on the morning news in one’s home has been totally removed from the repertoire of most educated individuals.
Why spend precious time listening to obvious “spin”, overt propaganda, or “stale news”?? It’s a no brainer that news anchors will be out looking for other employment within a few short years.
Time marches on and enlightenment of the masses continues - mainstream news (newspapers are almost extinct at this point and are folding all across the nation) will become a total albatross soon - and take the air-headed sycophants who are doing nothing more than prostituting themselves for a piece of the gravy train along with them.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:25 amThis should come as no surprise.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:27 amFox is merely a masquerade for the White House propaganda machine.
MSNBC has a few exceptions to the preference for sensationalistic coverage of news.
CNN is not guilt free — it simply looks better by comparison.
On my honeymoon, I noticed that this ANS debacle was showed on television more than news that should have been considered important. I truly know that morality no longer exist within our society. We treat an individual who blatantly committed fornication, adultery and was a drug addict as an ambassador. Don’t expect her to receive approval from God during the White Throne of Judgement.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:29 amDaryll,
I guess your heart didn’t grow any since your marriage. Too bad.
Anna Nicole Smith is dead, and she leaves an infant child behind. Please try not to dance on her corpse.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:33 amDaryll,
Did ya do your wife up the pooper? It’s really tight!!!
March 5th, 2007 at 10:38 amI took the opportunity to praise CNN for their coverage of the Walter Reed scandal, but I threw in a couple of things. Glen Beck should be fired and CNN should stop morphing into Fox . The Turner years were the pinacle years for this program. Even Wolf Blitzer is pandering to the right for ratings. The more this occurs by anchors on CNN, the less we moderates will tune in to their “truthiness”.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:38 amDaryll,
Your president lies, cheats, steals, did drugs, an alcoholic, why does he get a separate judgment from you? Aww because he claims to be a Christian.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:40 amWhat are you all talking about? What about my feelings in this? Now I can’t get married to her, what the heck will I do?
March 5th, 2007 at 10:43 am#13 - That’s disgusting and uncalled for.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:46 amAnna Nicole Smith is dead, and she leaves an infant child behind. Please try not to dance on her corpse.
Comment by Zooey — March 5, 2007 @ 10:33 am
You mean like so many did with Gerald Ford?
March 5th, 2007 at 10:47 amObFauxios news feels that dead faux stars are more important than investigating the mistreatment of our veterans.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:48 amWhat a shame ridden excuse for a television program.
You mean like so many did with Gerald Ford?
Comment by Edmund Burke
I saw no one here dancing on Gerald Ford’s corpse.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:48 amI only saw wingnuts saying people were dancing on his corpse.
Comment by Well then — March 5, 2007 @ 10:38 am
You know, that was really unnecessary.
Daryll, Congrats.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:50 am..contacted CNN and thanked them, & also told them I wanted to know more about the the root cause of the bad conditions,”Privatization”.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:51 amzooey, you’re just jealous no ones done you there recently.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:51 amNo suprise here, Fox “news” wants all the troops dead so the War Party doesnt have to bother with trivialities like post combat care.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:52 am#18 Edmund Burke
You mean like so many did with Gerald Ford?
What? In which alternate universe did you imagine seeing that?
March 5th, 2007 at 10:52 amEddie Burke ~ Here’s a little something on your namesake from wiki…
March 5th, 2007 at 10:54 amBurke took a leading role in the debate over the constitutional limits to the executive authority of the King. He argued strongly against unrestrained royal power and for the role of political parties in maintaining a principled opposition capable of preventing abuses by the monarch or by specific factions within the government.
Do you emulate his thinking with regard to the Bush presidency?
Daryll,
I guess your heart didn’t grow any since your marriage. Too bad.
Anna Nicole Smith is dead, and she leaves an infant child behind. Please try not to dance on her corpse.
Comment by Zooey — March 5, 2007 @ 10:33 am
My wife and I believe in following God’s word. Marriage will not change our sincerity toward Christ. If you’ve committed a sin, you are a sinner until you repent.
March 5th, 2007 at 10:55 amHere
Or should I just post the hi-lights?
Great news!! One less Repugnican voter befouling the air and wasting earth’s precious resources.
Comment by Curlew — December 27, 2006 @ 8:03 am
well bye Ford. Thanks for pardoning Nixon. I am sure that is what the country needed then. NOT!!!!
Comment by freebird9 — December 27, 2006 @ 8:29 am
March 5th, 2007 at 10:58 amzooey, you’re just jealous no ones done you there recently.
Comment by Well then
Sounds like a personal problem to me.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:00 amWhy the hell were we covering A.N.S. anyways?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:00 am“Well then” is certainly not well now.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:01 amYes, I believe that Pres. Bush has violated the Constitution and through mis-information and deceit, gained near Monarchal powers.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:02 amDaryll, Even Christ can not help you from the HELL because of your hateful.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:02 am#28 - Those comments are not representative of this group. I guess I should hold you responsible for the sick wingnut trolls who comment here.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:07 amMy wife and I believe in following God’s word. Marriage will not change our sincerity toward Christ. If you’ve committed a sin, you are a sinner until you repent.
Comment by Daryll
Oy. Thank goodness my grandmother divorced her Jehovah’s Witness husband. I feel like a dodged a bullet.
I wish you joy in your marriage.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:09 amPLC At least I don’t believe in gods, and jebus.. So judge someone else eh you hypocrite!
March 5th, 2007 at 11:10 amI’m saving space on my dance card for deadeye’s corpulent remains…
March 5th, 2007 at 11:11 amIf you’ve committed a sin, you are a sinner until you repent.
Comment by Daryll
Thats the super duper stuff about Christianity. You can rape, kill, destroy, murder, steal and lie all you want, but if in your deathbed you just repent, then you are allowed in the realm of Christ. I just remember Aligheri´s The Divine Comedy, where a couple in love had committed sins, but they were together for all eternity nonetheless and Dante felt jelous cuz he could never experience that.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:11 amEdmund Burke
With the term “swift boating” entering the American lexicon to refer to political smearing, it’s pretty clear which way the balance leans on this issue.
Thanks for playing “What’s My Whine?”
March 5th, 2007 at 11:14 amI just remember Aligheri´s The Divine Comedy, where a couple in love had committed sins, but they were together for all eternity nonetheless and Dante felt jelous cuz he could never experience that.
Comment by Juan C
You’re such a romantic, Juan. :)
March 5th, 2007 at 11:17 amFox News should be Bombed into none existence - Newspapers and channels like fox news are the whole problem with the world today
Their even more responsible for the devastation than BUSH _ because its Fox and the Murdoch group that gives Bush the power -
if their was no dishonest news _ Bush could NOT attack Innocent countries
March 5th, 2007 at 11:17 amFox news mudwrestles its way to ratings, the holy grail.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:18 amDaryll has no way of knowing if Anna repented her sins before she died. He just likes acting like his god and passing judgement on people which I believe is a sin in its own right in his religion. But what else can you expect from a holier-than-thou bible thumper. Hypocrisy at its finest.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:20 amPLC At least I don’t believe in gods, and jebus.. So judge someone else eh you hypocrite!
Comment by Well then
Apparently you don’t believe in basic civility or respect, either.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:21 amBTW, I am not “judging” you in a religious sense, but only criticizing in a secular manner. I don’t engage in religious judgment. You had plenty of opportunity to apologize for your uncalled for comment to Daryll but you only compounded your incivility in your response to Zooey and now to me.
You’re such a romantic, Juan. :)
Comment by Zooey
Oh, stop it. *smiling like an idiot*
March 5th, 2007 at 11:23 amThats the super duper stuff about Christianity. You can rape, kill, destroy, murder, steal and lie all you want, but if in your deathbed you just repent, then you are allowed in the realm of Christ. I just remember Aligheri´s The Divine Comedy, where a couple in love had committed sins, but they were together for all eternity nonetheless and Dante felt jelous cuz he could never experience that.
Comment by Juan C — March 5, 2007 @ 11:11 am
As long as you’ve followed Acts 2:38 prior to death, and have sincerely repented, then you are following biblical standards.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:23 amAs the world watches our troops die in Iraq/Afghan then injured troops come home to live with mice/roaches only to die from infections from the bites received the their open wounds Americans just change the channel. White House looks the other way as they use the money for Iraq/ war profiteers that was to go to our injured troops. Notice the Military General kiley said it wasn’t bad and reporters shouldn’t have reported it. Yet none of the people turning their backs would live in those dirty conditions themselves. Fox news puts Anna Nicole in headlines so the White House wont have a problem continueing their plan. Americans are more concerned about Hillary being to smart and Obama being black then to care about the idiot President killing our kids. Even Military marches are against those running for office while our troops are dying everyday. The mission is to destroy the Dems so Republicans can continue and STAY THE COURSE. Bush/Cheney/Rove were right to get Americans to follow everything they say even when it means killing our troops in the invasion and at home.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:26 amDaryll has no way of knowing if Anna repented her sins before she died. He just likes acting like his god and passing judgement on people which I believe is a sin in its own right in his religion. But what else can you expect from a holier-than-thou bible thumper. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Comment by dlet — March 5, 2007 @ 11:20 am
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She never followed acts 2:38. Second, how can you repent when you are unconscious from a drug overdose?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:26 amPLC: I don’t care how you think you’re judging me, religious, civil, mental or what ever. You friggen bible pounding idiots are the reason the whole world is a constant mess. So take your critique some place else.
Zooey shouldn’t have come to the rescue of Daryll he’s a fukkin moron. I wanna mess with him and keep out of my way. got it ??
March 5th, 2007 at 11:27 amI actually heard someone on the TV guide channel say, “Anna Nichole has been laid to rest but our coverage will continue this weekend.”
Unbelievable.
Daryll…did you miss Matthew 7:1-2? You didn’t know ANS or her heart and her life and how she lived it was between she and G-d.
And does your wife know you hang out online with people you both apparently consider to be godless?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:33 amShe never followed acts 2:38. Second, how can you repent when you are unconscious from a drug overdose?
Comment by Daryll
How do you know she didn’t get baptized earlier in life and she repented to god in her own way? You don’t so my comment stands. Do you believe that a person can repent to god and not have a priest of whatever around? Do you think they are able to do it in the privacy of their own home just between them and god or do they have to belong to a church, give their money away to them and have a human sinner say they can now enter the kingdom of god?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:34 amWell then
Referring to me as a “friggen bible pounding idiot” is one of the funniest posts I have seen on TP in a while. Obviously, you are a newbie.
Zooey came to the rescue of Daryll because she is a decent human being and both she and I have given Daryll his fair share of grief and criticism. Again, you are obviously new to TP.
Finally, if you choose to post here you are as fair game for critique as anyone else so I’m not just going to “get out of your way”. If you don’t like that, ignore my posts or find somewhere else to post. Got it?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:37 amAs long as you’ve followed Acts 2:38 prior to death, and have sincerely repented, then you are following biblical standards.
Comment by Daryll
That’s sick, Daryll.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:38 am#28 Edmund Burke
I thought you were talking about real people, not a few anonymous comments on a blog. I don’t recall seeing anything posted by “Shamika” or “Curlew” since then. It could have been you that posted under those names, for all anyone knows. The third one you quoted wasn’t even cheering his death. And how many of those 162 comments said they were happy he was dead? That doesn’t look like “so many did” to me.
I’m sure I can go post some hate-filled rants and “jokes” about killing Hillary Clinton on a right-wing blog and then come back and quote them to you. Would that prove anything about right-wing bloggers?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:38 amZooey shouldn’t have come to the rescue of Daryll he’s a fukkin moron. I wanna mess with him and keep out of my way. got it ??
Comment by Well then
What you said was disgusting and uncalled for — I don’t care who you said it to. I will not stay out of your way. Got it?
March 5th, 2007 at 11:39 amZooey shouldn’t have come to the rescue of Daryll he’s a fukkin moron. I wanna mess with him and keep out of my way. got it ??
Comment by Well then
Hey, pooper boy, excited about prom? I guess you are a real genius with those comments…
March 5th, 2007 at 11:44 am#52 - PLC
Thanks. You’re a sweetie.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:47 amSounds like our friend Well then fell down one.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:50 am#49 Well then
Zooey shouldn’t have come to the rescue of Daryll he’s a fukkin moron. I wanna mess with him and keep out of my way. got it ??
1) You may not like Daryll’s beliefs, but making raunchy sexual comments about his wife are out of line.
2) Telling someone here to “keep out of my way. got it??” is a pretty good way to guarantee that they won’t. And I won’t either.
For the record, I don’t share any of Daryll’s religious beliefs and I think he’s a hypocrite when he starts spouting off about morality. But, he doesn’t say anything that makes me angry. Certainly not angry enough for me to be verbally abusive towards him and his wife.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:55 amTake a clue from this. The reason Fox has ignored this story is not simply that they are a biased network, but that they realize that this makes clear a major feature of the Bush/Neocon/conservative philosophy — the fact that they do not really believe that government should provide social services, even to soldiers. It is Hurricane Katrina for the military. What this story and the Katrina story have in common is that they show that Bush and his ilk simply do not believe that government should govern on behalf of anyone but the plutocracy.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:58 amI think Daryll was raptured.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:59 am…more about the the root cause of the bad conditions,â€Privatizationâ€.
Comment by . — March 5, 2007 @ 10:51 am
why, haven’t you heard? … it’s all clinton’s fault… of course…
found this at the hume thread (i’m catching up on my reading)…
Walter Reed was scheduled for repairs and renovations years ago but your MR. Clinton cut military funding to the bone and the repairs were scuttled. Walter Reed has been scheduled for closure and will be combined with Bethesday Naval Hospital. Get over it or at least get the whole story.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:59 amComment by JC Cole — March 5, 2007 @ 11:46 am
…
Daryll
Perhaps the numerous comments of support you’ve gotten here ought to make you rethink your view of the morality of progressives, at least a tad.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:59 am“Fox News… we report, you decide.”
Well, I’ve decided that they are derelict in reporting the news.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:00 pmComment by katy #62
Maybe somebody should remind Mr. Hume that…
…the Congress was controlled by the Repulsivescum Partisans…
…during much of mr. clinton’s tenure…
…THEY had the power of the purse…
March 5th, 2007 at 12:05 pmHow do you know she didn’t get baptized earlier in life and she repented to god in her own way? You don’t so my comment stands. Do you believe that a person can repent to god and not have a priest of whatever around? Do you think they are able to do it in the privacy of their own home just between them and god or do they have to belong to a church, give their money away to them and have a human sinner say they can now enter the kingdom of god?
Comment by dlet — March 5, 2007 @ 11:34 am
That’s the big question. Was she baptized in the name of Jesus (Not John the Baptist/The Father Son and Holy Spirit)? Did she receive the Holy Ghost? Did she blatantly sin while asking for forgiveness. I pray that her daughter finds Jesus for herself. She should follow an opposite path of her mother.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:08 pmDaryll
Perhaps the numerous comments of support you’ve gotten here ought to make you rethink your view of the morality of progressives, at least a tad.
Comment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) — March 5, 2007 @ 11:59 am
I think not. You have organizations like the ACLU in existence. They’re truly damaging our society. Wasn’t the former Director charged with Child Ponography?
March 5th, 2007 at 12:13 pmbig papa - i nominate YOU to reply to this JCCole (over at the hume thread) with one of your direct, succinct and classic comments that you are famous for… :-)
or, to not waste your time and effort…
March 5th, 2007 at 12:14 pmCONGRATULATIONS, DARYLL!
March 5th, 2007 at 12:15 pmon your recent marriage, and the hijacking of this thread!
good job!
Did she receive the Holy Ghost? Did she blatantly sin while asking for forgiveness. I pray that her daughter finds Jesus for herself. She should follow an opposite path of her mother.
Comment by Daryll
Who are you to put conditions on anyone?
Be careful in that glass house, Daryll.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:17 pmWell…she did have a nicer ass than Walter.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:19 pmYeah, Daryll, welcome back!
March 5th, 2007 at 12:20 pmCongratulations, you’ve made a good move, get some rapture while you can, cause you never know what you’ll come back as the next time around…
I think not. You have organizations like the ACLU in existence. They’re truly damaging our society. Wasn’t the former Director charged with Child Ponography?
Comment by Daryll
What does that have to do with us?
Hey, the Baptist minister here in town was just arrested on charges of child molestation. I’m concerned about the morality of all Christians now.
(Except PLC, of course)
March 5th, 2007 at 12:21 pmDaryll,
Do you mean this ACLU:
midtopia.blogspot.com/2006/03/aclu-and-religious-liberty.html
Wasn’t the former Director charged with Child Ponography?
I don’t know, was he or she? Does that indict the whole organization? If so, Christianity has a problem - beginning with Peter’s denial of Christ.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:21 pmZooey
Now who’s the sweetie?
March 5th, 2007 at 12:23 pmThe comparison was between anonymous bloggers, so it is an accurate comparison.
Yes, I knew in December that ANS would die in February. So I planted those posts in order to come back in March and say “But the left did it too”.
You give me too much credit. Not all things in life are a conspiracy.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:25 pmYou give me too much credit. Not all things in life are a conspiracy.
Comment by Edmund Burke
Now you’re just being ridiculous.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:30 pm“…If so Christianity has a problem, beginning with Peter’s denial of Christ”
March 5th, 2007 at 12:32 pmThanks, #74, PLC, for mentioning the pivotal moment at which the teachings of Christ were hijacked. (As of the adoption by the Romans of Peter as the first pope/head of the Church) They chose the most combatative, controling and sexist of Jesus’ disciples as the figurehead for their combatitive, controling and sexist bastardization of the teachings of a truly enlightened and blessed teacher.
[…] This is an interesting stat…Â Three weeks after Anna Nichol Smith died Faux News is still covering the story more than the breaking news of deplorable conditions for US soldiers hospitalized at the Walter Reed Army Hospital. […]
March 5th, 2007 at 12:33 pmPLC:
No actually I’m not new to this site, and I don’t need to see anything more than your “handle” to know you are trying to spread the word in your own little way. March on Christian soldier!!!!
As much as you would like to “believe” - Progress and Christianity do not go together, just ask Daryll and 300 million other Christians who believe dinosaurs were on the Ark, or didn’t even exist. Sorry you can’t have it both ways. Perhaps you should start some new religion based on Jebus and call it something else, your “Christian” disease needs to be put to death.
At least Daryll pretends to be a good Christian, you can’t even do that.
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Juan,
Ohhh not the dreaded “pooper boy” oh my I’m gonna cry now! No not excited about prom, sorry that was 20 years ago. But messing with idiots on the left and right sure is fun! But alas my mom told me never get into a battle with a moron, they’ll beat you with experience every time! So you win eh?
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chimpeach,
Sorry you’re not worth my time even replying!
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Zooey good come to the defense of Daryll, when the rest of those idiot Christians take over this country, think they’ll come to your rescue? Think again, they are no better than Taliban, or any other wacko Theocracy, but keep defending them okay!
March 5th, 2007 at 12:34 pmFOX Snooze.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:35 pmZooey good come to the defense of Daryll, when the rest of those idiot Christians take over this country, think they’ll come to your rescue? Think again, they are no better than Taliban, or any other wacko Theocracy, but keep defending them okay!
Comment by Well then — March 5, 2007 @ 12:34 pm
Sure we will. This is what Jesus would do.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:51 pmof course, as a diversion from reality, the American media will run with the story about the guy who killed an dismembered his wife. That’s the lead story right now on cnn.com.
This is ‘effin unbelievable with the (latest) Military scandal : the conditions at Walter Reed.
It’s all bread and circus : the runaway bride, Michael Jackson, Anna Nicole Smith etc. Let’s feed Americans with the latest gossip, violence etc. while the real news hardly gets press.
Darth Cheney must love it when these things take up the headlines :
March 5th, 2007 at 1:03 pmmeanwhile the dastardly deeds are being done : Iran etc.
At least Daryll pretends to be a good Christian, you can’t even do that. comment by well then
I reject your definition of Christian as well as Daryll’s definition of Christian. My Christianity is between my God and myself (as is anyone else’s faith or lack thereof entirely personal) - that is the message I mean to spread on TP, in response most often to the right wing religious accommodators. Regardless, my criticism of you was based on common civility and not religion. You started the religious angle. It’s fair to hypothesize that most progressives would find your posts to be more inflammatory, judgmental, and regressive than mine are. So carry on, army of one!!
March 5th, 2007 at 1:05 pmCombination of Supporting the Troops & Christian Conservative Compassion. It’s a lovely combination.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:07 pmDaryll,
Only if they accept God and Jebus as the savior right??
Conditional savings….
Convert or be burnt..
March 5th, 2007 at 1:07 pm[…] wounded combat veterans. “We Report, You Decide” is thier motto. Well ThinkProgress has video which makes it pretty clear where the Fox News channel stands on the issue. It seems they would […]
March 5th, 2007 at 1:12 pmComment by Edmund Burke
Look,punk,if Ford would have spoke out sooner about his feelings about Bush’s war mongering,there might be quite a few people still alive today.
I probably used a poor choice in words,but it would have been a travesty for him to have died pre election,and thus generate sympathy for the Rethugs who catalyze the hate and division we have in this country today.
Gerald Ford…1913-2006 Rest in peace.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:15 pmThere Ed.,hope you feel better.
Now the lead story on cnn.com is walter reed but the fact that they put this poor woman’s face on (who was killed and dismembered) is atrocious journalism.
When is this country going to wake up and realize that the mainstream media is complicit by silence. And this administration is literally getting away with murder.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:16 pmComment by PatrioticLiberalChristian(PLC) — March 5, 2007 @ 1:05 pm
Would you mind if I offered you applause?
March 5th, 2007 at 1:30 pmPerhaps FockSnooze knows their clientele well enough to know they read mostly the national enquirer and the Star…Just sayin…
March 5th, 2007 at 1:36 pmhacker bob
Thank you.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:36 pmThey do this on purpose. Anyone who doesn’t see that is a fool.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:00 pm[…] 10 and counting in the “Why Don’t Idiotarian Chihuahuas support the troops at Walter Reed” watch. • • […]
March 5th, 2007 at 2:03 pmFox HAS ITS FINGER UP THE PULSE OF AMERICA and I SAY TO THEM, “TAKE THAT FINGER OUT AND LICK IT CLEAN, YOU MISERABLE MAGGOT-SCUM!!!!!”
March 5th, 2007 at 2:44 pmThanks, Raymond, you’re a credit to your political affiliation. Please do not adjust your medication.
March 5th, 2007 at 2:51 pmZooey good come to the defense of Daryll, when the rest of those idiot Christians take over this country, think they’ll come to your rescue? Think again, they are no better than Taliban, or any other wacko Theocracy, but keep defending them okay!
Comment by Well then
For the record, I would have said the same thing if someone said that disgusting shit to YOU.
Go ahead, jump to conclusions and make yourself look like more of an idiot.
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March 5th, 2007 at 3:21 pmOne of the most delicious moments in life is when a person can stumble upon a message forum to read the unhinged comments of liberal retards. It’s pure ecstasy to read the rants of individuals who despise one of the most balanced newscast in the history of television.
Fox news has done more to rile the rank and file liberal retard… and to my hearts content.
The disease of liberalism has been exposed with a bright shining light. Thank God for Fox… if it weren’t for Fox, this country would be goose stepping to the fourth Reich.
Keep up the great work Fox… and continue to expose these hypocritical liberal pukes for what they are.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:48 pm#76 Edmund Burke
Yes, I knew in December that ANS would die in February. So I planted those posts in order to come back in March and say “But the left did it tooâ€.
Gerald Ford. You were talking about Gerald Ford. Remember?
March 5th, 2007 at 3:51 pmAll you liberal weenies are just upset that Anna Nicole Smith stole your thunder. No one wants to hear you complain about the War In Iraq or how the war vets are alledgedly being treated at Walter Reed. Anna Nicole Smith’s death proved one thing: Liberals are not compassionate, like they say they are, or else they would’ve promoted more discussion of her death. Instead, they just want to attack President Bush all day, all night. I’m sorry but Fox News took a day off to air something with compassion, not baseless insults about our Great Commander In Chief.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:57 pmHa! Take that Liberals!
#80 Well then
chimpeach,
Sorry you’re not worth my time even replying!
Thank you.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:57 pm#97 Bob
One of the most delicious moments in life is when a person can stumble upon a message forum to read the unhinged comments of liberal retards. It’s pure ecstasy to read the rants of individuals who despise one of the most balanced newscast in the history of television.
Attaboy! Way to keep your chin up while your little right-wing world comes crashing down around you. It was fun though, wasn’t it?
March 5th, 2007 at 3:59 pm#99 Fred
All you liberal weenies are just upset that Anna Nicole Smith stole your thunder. No one wants to hear you complain about the War In Iraq or how the war vets are alledgedly being treated at Walter Reed.
I’m trying to follow you, Fred, but it’s not easy. You say Fox News is the compassionate one, because they stuck with the Anna Nicole Smith story, rather than air some trivial stuff about our soldiers being killed and maimed needlessly in Bush’s war or being neglected in a hospital that is understaffed and left in disrepair?
I guess “compassion” doesn’t mean what I thought it did.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:10 pmKeep up the great work Fox… and continue to expose these hypocritical liberal pukes for what they are.
Comment by Bob
You’re in pretty bad shape, Bob, if you think Fox is any sort of news.
Oh yeah, if you ever need in help — your house gets blown away, or a mudslide wipes out everything you ever had — call a neo-con.
Good luck.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:11 pmFOX knows what they are doing. The sad thing is that there is a market for this crap. Look at their TV shows.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:17 pmFox News simply caters to what their viewers WANT to see. It is this methodology that has made them the #1 cable news channel in nation.
Unfortunately, in this sick society, more people care about tabloid ANS garbage than about the poor medical reception soldiers are getting at Walter Reed. The ANS bubble is slowly fizzling out.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:28 pmJust goes to show where Fox’s priorities really lie, doesn’t it?
Now THIS, Lt. General Kiley, is a real example of what “yellow journalism” looks like — if one can even really call it “journalism”…
March 5th, 2007 at 4:35 pmThe only reason fox is number one in ratings is because its a broadcast station, were as CNN is cable/satilite only. Well it also doesn’t help Fox catering to all the white trash Wal-mart sheep out there.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:41 pmRupert and the FAKE NEWS NETWORK are all about ratings, and pushing a right wing agenda. The tragedy is that there are still so many people in this country who still believe that those morons actually deliver real news.
March 5th, 2007 at 4:58 pmRupert and the FAKE NEWS NETWORK are all about entertainment and pushing a republican message. The sad thing is that so many people in this country still believe that these morons actually deliver real news.
March 5th, 2007 at 5:02 pmInteresting. Thanks for the numbers.
March 5th, 2007 at 5:23 pmBTW: Don’t feed the Trolls. They don’t like this story so they are trying to bait you off the topic. Then anyone ‘reasonable’ visiting here will just see loads of trash and it ruins THIS coverage of the story, much like ANS shoved out the abuse of veterans story.
Don’t Argue With a Troll! They don’t really believe any of the crap the spout; it’s just to bait you to draw attention from the article.
I say, to anyone, GO back and re-read the story! Fox news sacked the vet abuse story.
fox news sucks. i talk about them on my blog all the time at lowerdown.com just click on fox news on the categories. they always do stupid crap like this. most everything they do is totally biased too.
March 5th, 2007 at 6:30 pmit’s funny that one article like this can spur so much outrage from the left, when the right has been pointing out news miscoverage for years from every other left-winged news source. check out the research, it’s there.
anna nicole peaked a lot of interest to the american public. news is delivered according to the news they want to hear. what do we get? more anna nicole on the most popular news network on cable tv. the real solution is to get people caring about the real issues here. good luck with that one…
March 5th, 2007 at 7:01 pmimri,
anna nicole *piqued* a lot of interest…..
Trash your TV and read.
March 5th, 2007 at 8:35 pm[…] News Cares for Anna Nicole Smith Over Our Troops Someone thought Anna Nicole Smith was important. The culprit: Fox News, according to ThinkProgress blog. While only making a pathetic 10 references […]
March 5th, 2007 at 9:18 pmI saw an interview on the Walter Reed scandal on Fox News. There wasn’t anything much on Anna this morning and early afternoon on Fox News. What was suprising is that CNN didn’t really do in dept reporting on the hearing, now I missed Blitzers show and he has been on top of the story, but every other show skimmed it today. MSNBC was more into the Hearing. The main stories today were the Bus Crash and other war news. Plus, the Ann Coulter and Bill Maher stuff. I guess I do understand the point of this article though. More news is focused on Anna Nicole. Well having said that I think Anna Nicole is dying down after the funeral. Fox News streams some hearing on Anna in the bahamas on the web and focuses on news now.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:21 pmI guess this the False News Channel’s way of supporting the troops.
March 5th, 2007 at 9:26 pmNow have you heard of slow news days? or ratings? entertainment rules over any other news these days… get over it.. this guy has too much hands on his hand… he rather talk about this then Walter Reed
March 5th, 2007 at 9:59 pm[…] “News” coverage of Anna Nicole vs. Walter Reed. […]
March 5th, 2007 at 10:49 pmNice work, Daryll. Your arrogant religious judgement and commentary on ANS has nearly entirely derailed the thread and its subject. Fox “News” would be proud. Need I remind you of another Biblical saying: “Judge not lest ye be judged”. You may hide behind your Bible but the fact of the matter is you made a judgement call on Smith’s soul and practically danced with joy over the notion of her in eternal torment. Way to go.
Has it only NOW become obvious to everyone that Fox is and always has been a right-wing apologist machine? Not at the service of the White House, but in service to Rupert Murdoch and his ilk. Thanks to Fox, the Neoconservatives hardly need to spend any of their own money on campaign smears and obfuscation. Congrats to Fox for actively supporting a political agenda openly determined to send the United States backwards through time and space to the Dark Ages. Rewritten history, deliberate smears of people who stand up and question, half-baked efforts to appear “fair and balanced”, anti-science, and worse are their legacy. Calvin would be proud.
March 5th, 2007 at 11:17 pm[…] Permalink | Comment (121) […]
March 6th, 2007 at 12:57 amI don’t understand Christians who use the bible to condemn everything. The 1st commandment states, “I am the Lord your God. You shall have no other gods before me.” Yet Christians worship Christ, who is in effect a false idol. Not only that, they have statues and images of Christ everywhere.
March 6th, 2007 at 1:12 amFred: Ha ha, that’s pretty funny. Irony at it’s finest. Tell me, just HOW is it more compassionate to keep dragging ANS through the mud even after she’s dead? Sounds alot more like cruelty and sensationalism to me, and compassion doesn’t enter into it at all. And your cutsie line about the “alleged” treatment of the troops wounded in W’s war, let me ask you this: Do generals leave their positions and get sacked over “alleged” situations? Hardly. Nice try, but laughable. Thanks for the laugh, though, I needed it.
March 6th, 2007 at 11:07 am99.One of the most delicious moments in life is when a person can stumble upon a message forum
March 6th, 2007 at 11:51 amBob-
That stumble must have caused some serious brain damage. Please get that checked out. Or were you just kidding? Because Fox News is where the Nazis hang out. And Nazis executed the brain damaged first.
So please get your head over to Walter Reed where they take brain injuries very seriously. Well they might. Eventually.
Funny, you see all these comments against Fox News, makes you wonder who exactly is watching this or if we’ve just got a thread of doublestandards.
March 6th, 2007 at 2:29 pm[…] Walter Reed scandal emerges Fox news devoted 12 times the coverage to Anna Nicole Smith (deceased for three weeks) than to the Walter Reed […]
March 6th, 2007 at 11:19 pm[…] Simpson and Anna Nicole finally united in a single […]
March 7th, 2007 at 11:23 am[…] Courtesy of ThinkProgress who has more details here… […]
March 7th, 2007 at 9:36 pm[…] Reed scandal more than twice as much as Fox News. The most lop-sided coverage by far was aired by Fox News, which featured only 10 references to Walter Reed compared to 121 of Anna Nicole — roughly 12 […]
March 7th, 2007 at 10:56 pm[…] of the Walter Reed scandal (or there lack of) was embarrassingly bad - by one count, Fox devoted 12 times more coverage to Anna Nicole Smith. But after four years of war in Iraq, most of the media seemed to realize it was time to cover the […]
March 8th, 2007 at 8:38 am#1 and #9 are entirely correct. FoxNews is entertainment. So is Randi Rhodes and Rush Limbaugh.
This is a simple case of truth in labeling, truth in advertising.
March 8th, 2007 at 8:39 am[…] of the Walter Reed scandal (or there lack of) was embarrassing - by one count, they devoted 12 times more coverage to Anna Nicole Smith. But after four years of war in Iraq, most of the media seemed to realize it was time to cover the […]
March 8th, 2007 at 10:27 am[…] Think Progress: FOX News Devoted 12 Times More Coverage to Anna Nicole Than Walter Reed […]
March 8th, 2007 at 11:45 am[…] Conservative Fox) has devoted more air time to Anna Nicole Smith’s death then they have to the scandalous conditions of Walter-Reed military hospital. If this morning is like the average morning I will hear more about the new shoe […]
March 29th, 2007 at 6:49 amNOW I KNOW THAT’S A LIE! I NORMALLY WATCH FOX NEWS, BUT SINCE ANNA NICOLE’S DEATH I’VE BEEN WATCHING MSNBC WHO TALKS ABOUT THE DRAMA EVERY OTHER SEGMENT! THUS, THEIR RATINGS (MSNBC) MUST BE UP !
April 4th, 2007 at 6:41 pm[…] Think Progress has a nice comparison of coverage of Anna Nicole Smith and the Walter Reed Medical scandal. It represents one day, last friday. According to them, MSNBC covered Anna Nicole 96 times and Walter Reed 84. CNN did better on balance — 40 Anna Nicole to 53 Walter Reed. FOX News (surprise, surprise) did a lousy job with 121 Anna Nicole stories to just 10 Walter Reed. While other networks could be said to be offering candy with their coverage, FOX’s coverage looks a lot like using Anna Nicole to fill the gaps left by a Walter Reed news blackout. […]
April 10th, 2007 at 5:18 pm[…] As ThinkProgress reported in March 2007, three weeks after Anna Nicole’s death, Fox News and MSNBC still devoted more time to the late celebrity than to the Walter Reed scandal. Fox gave Anna Nicole roughly 12 times more coverage. […]
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