Comments on: Fox’s Right-Wing Alternative To Daily Show Fails http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:28:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JustMe http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4036170 JustMe Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:32:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4036170 I'm Independent and I liked the show. Yea, it could have been funnier however I thought it was witty and going in the right direction. I can view humor at both sides of the fence however some people are just too lock stock and barrel to be open minded enough to as well. I’m Independent and I liked the show. Yea, it could have been funnier however I thought it was witty and going in the right direction. I can view humor at both sides of the fence however some people are just too lock stock and barrel to be open minded enough to as well.

]]> By: Pavel http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4027269 Pavel Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:21:54 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4027269 Foxnews gives real conservatives a bad name. Foxnews gives real conservatives a bad name.

]]> By: Jason http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4023185 Jason Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:59:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4023185 Looks like they were trying to make a parody of the Daily Show and satire of satire is only good for a skit on SNL. Oh and it was stupid as crap. Looks like they were trying to make a parody of the Daily Show and satire of satire is only good for a skit on SNL. Oh and it was stupid as crap.

]]> By: james.m.k http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4017863 james.m.k Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:50:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4017863 Joe said: > People who watch the Daily Show, can stay up late, because > at best they are some San Francisco programmer who can > stroll into work at 11am. Jealous much? Joe said:

> People who watch the Daily Show, can stay up late, because
> at best they are some San Francisco programmer who can
> stroll into work at 11am.

Jealous much?

]]> By: Joe http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4015937 Joe Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:31:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4015937 Nobody watched it because people who watch Fox News work for a living rather than posting 271 messages to stupid blogs like this. People who watch the Daily Show, can stay up late, because at best they are some San Francisco programmer who can stroll into work at 11am. Nobody watched it because people who watch Fox News work for a living rather than posting 271 messages to stupid blogs like this.

People who watch the Daily Show, can stay up late, because at best they are some San Francisco programmer who can stroll into work at 11am.

]]> By: Superdonut http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4015932 Superdonut Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:30:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4015932 Cancelled because Fox viewers aren't smart enough to comprehend irony, satire and sarcasm--even when it's employed against their enemies. Even the top programmers at Fox overestimated their viewers' mental capabilities. Cancelled because Fox viewers aren’t smart enough to comprehend irony, satire and sarcasm–even when it’s employed against their enemies. Even the top programmers at Fox overestimated their viewers’ mental capabilities.

]]> By: what the eff http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4015893 what the eff Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:21:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4015893 nobody watches it because people who watch fox news don't understand satire. nobody watches it because people who watch fox news don’t understand satire.

]]> By: Simon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4015290 Simon Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:42:36 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4015290 To earlier comments having a bash at liberals/repubs/etc. The problem isn't with Republicans, it isn't with Liberals. The problem is with the Bush administration. I have never seen a country so polorised and that blame can clearly go on who is in power at the moment helped along with Fox. I would consider myself Liberal by the definition. I don't like others being tortured, I believe we should all help each other to progress but at the same time I believe everyone should have the chance to become rich. But I have numerous relations who are hard core republicans. They think Bush is a dick, but they vote republican because they won't vote democrat. Actually most republicans I know are against Torture as well. Does that make them liberal? The point is, people need to step away from name calling or trying say one label is better then the other. The truth is that Democrats + Republican parties don't differ all that much. You should be voting in the best person for the job. Not a label. And just because you didn't vote for the guy doesn't mean that guy gets to ignore you. The point of a president is to look after the health of country and EVERY American regardless. With Bush that isn't happening. To earlier comments having a bash at liberals/repubs/etc.

The problem isn’t with Republicans, it isn’t with Liberals. The problem is with the Bush administration. I have never seen a country so polorised and that blame can clearly go on who is in power at the moment helped along with Fox.

I would consider myself Liberal by the definition. I don’t like others being tortured, I believe we should all help each other to progress but at the same time I believe everyone should have the chance to become rich.

But I have numerous relations who are hard core republicans. They think Bush is a dick, but they vote republican because they won’t vote democrat. Actually most republicans I know are against Torture as well. Does that make them liberal?

The point is, people need to step away from name calling or trying say one label is better then the other. The truth is that Democrats + Republican parties don’t differ all that much.

You should be voting in the best person for the job. Not a label. And just because you didn’t vote for the guy doesn’t mean that guy gets to ignore you. The point of a president is to look after the health of country and EVERY American regardless.

With Bush that isn’t happening.

]]> By: Simon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4015285 Simon Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:31:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4015285 They were competing against Fox News, what did they expect? The better Satire show won. They were competing against Fox News, what did they expect? The better Satire show won.

]]> By: icecycle http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4015282 icecycle Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:14:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4015282 Well, duh. We Republicans do not have a sense of humor that I know of. Well, duh.
We Republicans do not have a sense of humor that I know of.

]]> By: circusfifthfloor http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4015110 circusfifthfloor Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:40:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4015110 IDIOTS are not funny...nuff said...CFF IDIOTS are not funny…nuff said…CFF

]]> By: tasteless http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4014439 tasteless Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:17:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4014439 Retool the show? I guess that makes sense since they aren't getting anywhere with the tools they already have... Retool the show? I guess that makes sense since they aren’t getting anywhere with the tools they already have…

]]> By: tom baker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4014420 tom baker Wed, 15 Aug 2007 23:03:45 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4014420 262 - the difference is that we don't run our lives, businesses, or government that way, and righties do actions speak louder than words - ever hear that one???????????????? 262 – the difference is that we don’t run our lives, businesses, or government that way, and righties do

actions speak louder than words – ever hear that one????????????????

]]> By: Danilo http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4014145 Danilo Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:48:07 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4014145 The better show Fox to should come up with would be a porno showing Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh going at it in the nude, focusing on which one has the bigger adams' apple. I definitely watch that! The better show Fox to should come up with would be a porno showing Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh going at it in the nude, focusing on which one has the bigger adams’ apple. I definitely watch that!

]]> By: Jonah G http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4014104 Jonah G Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:39:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4014104 To comment 275: Saying that the Daily Show is funnier than Rush Limbaugh is hardly "elitism..." I'm sorry if you perceive it that way. To comment 275: Saying that the Daily Show is funnier than Rush Limbaugh is hardly “elitism…” I’m sorry if you perceive it that way.

]]> By: Liberals can be just is intolerant http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4014066 Liberals can be just is intolerant Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:29:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4014066 Im sitting here reading through these comments and all I see is nothing but tacking all conservatives as bigots and ignorant... but with no proof... and you claim to be so superior to everyone... how is this elitism any different from what the conservatives do (on a basic level)? Im sitting here reading through these comments and all I see is nothing but tacking all conservatives as bigots and ignorant… but with no proof… and you claim to be so superior to everyone… how is this elitism any different from what the conservatives do (on a basic level)?

]]> By: Swayze http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4013976 Swayze Wed, 15 Aug 2007 21:04:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4013976 HAHA I bet Bush was behind this because he was tired of being ridiculed. But, like all else that Bush has done, it has already failed miserably. HAHA I bet Bush was behind this because he was tired of being ridiculed. But, like all else that Bush has done, it has already failed miserably.

]]> By: annex http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4013737 annex Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:12:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4013737 It failed because the left wouldn't let it be funny! If only the liberal press had let the show do what it wanted it would have succeeded. It's all Howard Dean's fault! Seriously, folks...those righwingers have no sense of humor. That's the problem right there. They're mean-spirited and humorless. It's a degradation of the term "comedy" that this show was sold as such. Humor takes empathy and smarts, both totally lacking in the right. It failed because the left wouldn’t let it be funny! If only the liberal press had let the show do what it wanted it would have succeeded. It’s all Howard Dean’s fault!

Seriously, folks…those righwingers have no sense of humor. That’s the problem right there. They’re mean-spirited and humorless. It’s a degradation of the term “comedy” that this show was sold as such. Humor takes empathy and smarts, both totally lacking in the right.

]]> By: Sean http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4013538 Sean Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:13:28 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4013538 The show was awful. Snoozefest. Cancellation was the only possible option. It stood no chance... HHNH: "Barack Obama's magazine: BO!" Daily Show: "Obamanation 08'!!" ... Clearly, they were just outclassed. Watching clips from the HHNH invoked the same nausea that Nickelodeon's saturday night comedy shows would cause when I was a kid. The show was awful. Snoozefest.

Cancellation was the only possible option. It stood no chance…

HHNH: “Barack Obama’s magazine: BO!”

Daily Show: “Obamanation 08′!!” …

Clearly, they were just outclassed.

Watching clips from the HHNH invoked the same nausea that Nickelodeon’s saturday night comedy shows would cause when I was a kid.

]]> By: Robert http://thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/comment-page-6/#comment-4013514 Robert Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:07:24 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/08/14/half-hour-newshour-fails/#comment-4013514 RIP. Losers RIP. Losers

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