Comments on: Fox’s Shep Smith pledges not to do ‘more crap’ news. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:25:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Anon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-4000914 Anon Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:27:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-4000914 Fox isn't going to give us <b>_more_ crap</b>, just the _same level_ of crap. Thanks for the clarification, Fox. Fox isn’t going to give us _more_ crap, just the _same level_ of crap.

Thanks for the clarification, Fox.

]]> By: Matthew Mobilio http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3999167 Matthew Mobilio Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:21:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3999167 doesnt that mean that fox news will have to shut down??? doesnt that mean that fox news will have to shut down???

]]> By: Probus http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3997542 Probus Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:58:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3997542 Smith can start by telling his viewers the truth about the Iraq war. He can tell his viewers that the surge has failed. He can start by not repeating GOP talking points. He can try to report news as facts and not innuendo and opinions presented as facts. Smith can start by telling his viewers the truth about the Iraq war. He can tell his viewers that the surge has failed. He can start by not repeating GOP talking points. He can try to report news as facts and not innuendo and opinions presented as facts.

]]> By: mr.ed http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3997425 mr.ed Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:32:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3997425 He'll read what the producers give him, and they feed him and the rest a raft of crap. He’ll read what the producers give him, and they feed him and the rest a raft of crap.

]]> By: sandy geeeee http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3997228 sandy geeeee Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:36:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3997228 Then he should just tape his mouth shut! Then he should just tape his mouth shut!

]]> By: Namtillaku http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3997211 Namtillaku Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:33:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3997211 What? He's going to stop doing stories about the occupation of Iraq, and the systematic dismantling of freedom? This is new? What? He’s going to stop doing stories about the occupation of Iraq, and the systematic dismantling of freedom?

This is new?

]]> By: Perry http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996748 Perry Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:05:14 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996748 The "I've drunk the Kool-Aid and taken the money and can't turn back now" road, I guess. The “I’ve drunk the Kool-Aid and taken the money and can’t turn back now” road, I guess.

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996746 michael Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:03:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996746 "I imagine it’s hard to turn back after going so far down the road he’s on. Comment by Perry — August 9, 2007" What road is he on? “I imagine it’s hard to turn back after going so far down the road he’s on.

Comment by Perry — August 9, 2007″

What road is he on?

]]> By: Perry http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996738 Perry Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:01:38 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996738 Shepard was once a real journalist (before FoxNews and A Current Affair or whatever tabloid show he worked for.) He has real credentials and he used to practice actual journalism. Shepard knows better, as his Katrina reporting attests, and I'm hoping his conscience is finally going to overtake the cash that Rupert Murdoch's been lining his pockets with these many years. But I'm not going to bet the farm on it. I imagine it's hard to turn back after going so far down the road he's on. Shepard was once a real journalist (before FoxNews and A Current Affair or whatever tabloid show he worked for.) He has real credentials and he used to practice actual journalism. Shepard knows better, as his Katrina reporting attests, and I’m hoping his conscience is finally going to overtake the cash that Rupert Murdoch’s been lining his pockets with these many years. But I’m not going to bet the farm on it. I imagine it’s hard to turn back after going so far down the road he’s on.

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996737 michael Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:01:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996737 "If you were to put truth next to Faux snooze you would clearly see that it is an ‘on air’ journal of opinion that is starved for facts Comment by John the Elder — August 9, 2007" In order to be taken seriously, you might provide an example or two? “If you were to put truth next to Faux snooze you would clearly see that it is an ‘on air’ journal of opinion that is starved for facts

Comment by John the Elder — August 9, 2007″

In order to be taken seriously, you might provide an example or two?

]]> By: John the Elder http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996673 John the Elder Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:43:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996673 michael, you are the living enbodiment of the adage that 'there is none so blind, as he who refuses to see.' If you were to put truth next to Faux snooze you would clearly see that it is an 'on air' journal of opinion that is starved for facts which are the truth and which one cannot manufacture to suit your situation. Of course the other possibilty where you are concerned is that 'you wouldn't know the truth if it bit you in the butt. Either way you lose troll. michael, you are the living enbodiment of the adage that ‘there is none so blind, as he who refuses to see.’ If you were to put truth next to Faux snooze you would clearly see that it is an ‘on air’ journal of opinion that is starved for facts which are the truth and which one cannot manufacture to suit your situation. Of course the other possibilty where you are concerned is that ‘you wouldn’t know the truth if it bit you in the butt. Either way you lose troll.

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996616 michael Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:28:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996616 "Good for them, but then what will they report on? Comment by Spence — August 9, 2007" Liberal Rhetoric? “Good for them, but then what will they report on?

Comment by Spence — August 9, 2007″

Liberal Rhetoric?

]]> By: Spence http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996596 Spence Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:23:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996596 Good for them, but then what will they report on? Good for them, but then what will they report on?

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996546 michael Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:02:23 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996546 " risk getting fired five days later for not towing the Republican line? Comment by Rosencrantz — August 9, 2007" And just what is the Republican line? ” risk getting fired five days later for not towing the Republican line?

Comment by Rosencrantz — August 9, 2007″

And just what is the Republican line?

]]> By: Johnsnottoodistracted http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996539 Johnsnottoodistracted Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:00:04 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996539 What does that mean? He has new script writers? What does that mean?
He has new script writers?

]]> By: Rosencrantz http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996538 Rosencrantz Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:59:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996538 Does this mean Shep is going to try and make REpublican propaganda sound more like real news, or is he going to attempt being a legitimately respectable news show and risk getting fired five days later for not towing the Republican line? Does this mean Shep is going to try and make REpublican propaganda sound more like real news, or is he going to attempt being a legitimately respectable news show and risk getting fired five days later for not towing the Republican line?

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996525 michael Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:54:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996525 "they will spin profoundly more significant lies Comment by HeartlandLiberal — August 9, 2007" Examples please? “they will spin profoundly more significant lies

Comment by HeartlandLiberal — August 9, 2007″

Examples please?

]]> By: HeartlandLiberal http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996511 HeartlandLiberal Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:48:53 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996511 Now what this REALLY means is this. They realize they have lost control, and the truth train is on the tracks, and they are in the spotlight. So in a desparate effort to regain control of the message, they will spin profoundly more significant lies, cloth them as serious news instead of tabloid trash, and try to continue their total subversion of the American people and the truth. It is all they have last. Straw. Hand. Clutch. Now what this REALLY means is this. They realize they have lost control, and the truth train is on the tracks, and they are in the spotlight.

So in a desparate effort to regain control of the message, they will spin profoundly more significant lies, cloth them as serious news instead of tabloid trash, and try to continue their total subversion of the American people and the truth.

It is all they have last.

Straw. Hand. Clutch.

]]> By: michael http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996483 michael Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:38:38 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996483 "perhaps Shepherd is embarrassed to be working for FAUX NEWS because he knows it’s all complete bs. Comment by dharma — August 9, 2007" I keep asking you dopes on the left for examples of your rhetoric. How come nobody has been able to answer me? “perhaps Shepherd is embarrassed to be working for FAUX NEWS because he knows it’s all complete bs.

Comment by dharma — August 9, 2007″

I keep asking you dopes on the left for examples of your rhetoric. How come nobody has been able to answer me?

]]> By: dharma http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/comment-page-2/#comment-3996471 dharma Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:32:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/09/fox%e2%80%99s-shep-smith-pledges-not-do-%e2%80%98more-crap%e2%80%99-news/#comment-3996471 Propaganda! Nothing is said to the "other" press without Roger Ailes okaying it fist! Or, perhaps Shepherd is embarrassed to be working for FAUX NEWS because he knows it's all complete bs. Propaganda! Nothing is said to the “other” press without Roger Ailes okaying it fist! Or, perhaps Shepherd is embarrassed to be working for FAUX NEWS because he knows it’s all complete bs.

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