Comments on: Shep Smith: ‘Fox is Bush’s network after all.’ http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:57:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: ctalk http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4187376 ctalk Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:35:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4187376 Faux is responsible for hyping up the illegal and immoral <em>"regime change" </em>in Iraq, an unforgivable crime. This is definite proof that they are Bush's network of <strong>yellow journalism</strong>. In a truly just world they would have had their license yanked years ago. Faux is responsible for hyping up the illegal and immoral “regime change” in Iraq, an unforgivable crime. This is definite proof that they are Bush’s network of yellow journalism. In a truly just world they would have had their license yanked years ago.

]]> By: nikolai http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4187266 nikolai Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:02:01 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4187266 Two things; I LOVE the comment from the mother of the Icelandic boy... Priceless! It's really too bad Faux is such a propaganda machine, they really do have good coverage, graphics, photography, cute anchorettes, etc. I hate to admit it but they do a pretty damn good job overall EXCEPT for the propaganda, and for this reason I do not watch them, nor do I believe anything they may have to say, as they are not trustworthy for the most important news, so how can I trust them with ANY news? My wife watches Faux occasionally but only for the human interest and feel good stuff, as she doesn't believe any of their "news" either... Also, both of us go out of our way to avoid any advertized products or services offered on the Faux channel. Sorry Faux, you lose! Two things;

I LOVE the comment from the mother of the Icelandic boy… Priceless!

It’s really too bad Faux is such a propaganda machine, they really do have good coverage, graphics, photography, cute anchorettes, etc. I hate to admit it but they do a pretty damn good job overall EXCEPT for the propaganda, and for this reason I do not watch them, nor do I believe anything they may have to say, as they are not trustworthy for the most important news, so how can I trust them with ANY news? My wife watches Faux occasionally but only for the human interest and feel good stuff, as she doesn’t believe any of their “news” either… Also, both of us go out of our way to avoid any advertized products or services offered on the Faux channel. Sorry Faux, you lose!

]]> By: LividLib http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4185886 LividLib Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:32:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185886 My comparison was in regards to the other cable network news organizations. Foxnews blows them all out of the water. No comparison. Comment by JPisHere — December 10, 2007 @ 7:50 pm your typical american cable network news viewer is a misinformed simpleton. My comparison was in regards to the other cable network news organizations. Foxnews blows them all out of the water. No comparison.

Comment by JPisHere — December 10, 2007 @ 7:50 pm

your typical american cable network news viewer is a misinformed simpleton.

]]> By: thecowboydictator http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4185821 thecowboydictator Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:58:00 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185821 to J pishere I, like other normal people watch Faux news for entertainment purposes. It is so absurd that it is my biggest laugh of the day..(sadly, I have to laugh about something with the state of the country and our retarded president) .. It does have a nice audience of brainwashed people who can't think for themselves as well. Just your idiotic comment about how high Faux news ratings are shows you are not dealing with reality...brainwashed and cannot think for yourself without a dose of Faux. They need to tell you what to say, what to think, how to feel...sad. to J pishere I, like other normal people watch Faux news for entertainment purposes. It is so absurd that it is my biggest laugh of the day..(sadly, I have to laugh about something with the state of the country and our retarded president) .. It does have a nice audience of brainwashed people who can’t think for themselves as well. Just your idiotic comment about how high Faux news ratings are shows you are not dealing with reality…brainwashed and cannot think for yourself without a dose of Faux. They need to tell you what to say, what to think, how to feel…sad.

]]> By: Mugsy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4185739 Mugsy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:25:29 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185739 What a coincidence, Shep! Fox "has Bush's number" and now we've got yours! :) As for Perino, we're expected to believe the Secret Service flew to Iceland to question a 15 year old boy that simply called the public switchboard??? Gawd, these people can't even LIE intelligently! What a coincidence, Shep! Fox “has Bush’s number” and now we’ve got yours! :)

As for Perino, we’re expected to believe the Secret Service flew to Iceland to question a 15 year old boy that simply called the public switchboard???

Gawd, these people can’t even LIE intelligently!

]]> By: VerbalKint http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4185659 VerbalKint Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:29:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185659 “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,” Uh huh. So that's why the Secret Service was dispatched to Iceland to interview a 16 year old boy. Everyone who believes that raise your right hand. “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,”

Uh huh. So that’s why the Secret Service was dispatched to Iceland to interview a 16 year old boy. Everyone who believes that raise your right hand.

]]> By: lespool http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4185587 lespool Tue, 11 Dec 2007 05:17:56 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185587 "Dana Perino denied the boy dialed a secret Bush phone number. “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,” she said." So does that mean that "anybody" who calls the WH's public line will now be interrogated by the Secret Service and put on a "no-fly list?" What the hell... “Dana Perino denied the boy dialed a secret Bush phone number. “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,” she said.”

So does that mean that “anybody” who calls the WH’s public line will now be interrogated by the Secret Service and put on a “no-fly list?” What the hell…

]]> By: jb http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-2/#comment-4185539 jb Tue, 11 Dec 2007 04:46:46 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185539 Haul the punk off to GITMO and waterboard the "truth" out of him. Treat Iceland to a bit of "Shock & Awe" and steal their geothermal energy. Haul the punk off to GITMO and waterboard the “truth” out of him. Treat Iceland to a bit of “Shock & Awe” and steal their geothermal energy.

]]> By: shaun http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185498 shaun Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:45:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185498 the secret service interrogated him???? - WTF???? - as far as i can recall,the biggest threat that iceland ever posed or inflicted upon the rest of the world was bjork!!! the secret service interrogated him???? – WTF???? – as far as i can recall,the biggest threat that iceland ever posed or inflicted upon the rest of the world was bjork!!!

]]> By: RickS http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185452 RickS Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:11:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185452 Didn't the US government put Cat Stevens on the no fly list? Are you sure Fox News isn't state-run television?: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/2007-01-08_Hannity_Enemy.jpg Didn’t the US government put Cat Stevens on the no fly list?

Are you sure Fox News isn’t state-run television?:

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/images/2007-01-08_Hannity_Enemy.jpg

]]> By: MapleStreet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185448 MapleStreet Tue, 11 Dec 2007 03:09:40 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185448 “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,” So, in other words, we have become such a fascist country that a teenager calling the public phone number for the Whitehouse will be permanently blacklisted. "Glory, Glory, Hallelujah......Glory, Glory, Hallelujah....." “My understanding is that he called the public line that anybody can call, the 1414 number,”

So, in other words, we have become such a fascist country that a teenager calling the public phone number for the Whitehouse will be permanently blacklisted.

“Glory, Glory, Hallelujah……Glory, Glory, Hallelujah…..”

]]> By: Brain From Planet Arous http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185391 Brain From Planet Arous Tue, 11 Dec 2007 02:06:08 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185391 <em>it is amazing that the FREE regular network are doing better with ratings. By the way, you may want to see where their ratings have gone in the last 10 years. My comparison was in regards to the other cable network news organizations. Foxnews blows them all out of the water. No comparison. Comment by JPisHere — December 10, 2007 @ 7:50 pm</em> Two things come to mind: 1 - Bush's approval rating was at 90% after 911 2 - People watch News for parody and to see what the Enemy is up to it is amazing that the FREE regular network are doing better with ratings. By the way, you may want to see where their ratings have gone in the last 10 years. My comparison was in regards to the other cable network news organizations. Foxnews blows them all out of the water. No comparison.

Comment by JPisHere — December 10, 2007 @ 7:50 pm

Two things come to mind:

1 – Bush’s approval rating was at 90% after 911

2 – People watch News for parody and to see what the Enemy is up to

]]> By: JPisHere http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185352 JPisHere Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:39:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185352 tombaker...we're really developing a good friendship here! But stop avoiding the issues... tombaker…we’re really developing a good friendship here! But stop avoiding the issues…

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185345 tombaker Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:35:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185345 "being a sanctimonious pain in the ass" does not equal "having the ability to reason" “being a sanctimonious pain in the ass” does not equal “having the ability to reason”

]]> By: JPisHere http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185338 JPisHere Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:29:05 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185338 Fox is Bush’s network, until he leaves office. If this country is backwater insane enough to elect Huckabee, it’ll become his network as well. I’m so sick at the American MSM. Lately I’ve been getting my news from the BBC! I agree. Fox is State Sponsored TV. And the Walmart masses listen and nod to everything Fox says. It scary, it’s sick, it’s downright ignorant! Comment by GL2814 Last time I checked, I still had the ability to reason. Personally, I watch multiple news sources, including the BBC. Make sense?? Fox is "State Sponsored TV"??? Do you even know what State Sponsored TV is? It is obvious that those watching Fox aren't the ignorant ones. Fox is Bush’s network, until he leaves office. If this country is backwater insane enough to elect Huckabee, it’ll become his network as well.

I’m so sick at the American MSM. Lately I’ve been getting my news from the BBC!

I agree. Fox is State Sponsored TV. And the Walmart masses listen and nod to everything Fox says. It scary, it’s sick, it’s downright ignorant!

Comment by GL2814

Last time I checked, I still had the ability to reason. Personally, I watch multiple news sources, including the BBC. Make sense??

Fox is “State Sponsored TV”??? Do you even know what State Sponsored TV is? It is obvious that those watching Fox aren’t the ignorant ones.

]]> By: pbg http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185334 pbg Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:18:22 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185334 Fox News' primacy in cable news shows that they beat the pants off of... ...channels that slavishly imitate them. In case you haven't noticed, there isn't a Minas Tirith sitting opposite Fox's Minas Morgul. Only Orthanc. The people who are sick of Fox have nowhere to go in the broadcast universe. To the channel of Chris Matthews? of Tucker Carlson? of Glenn Beck? There's very little to crow about beating those folks out. Fox News’ primacy in cable news shows that they beat the pants off of…

…channels that slavishly imitate them.

In case you haven’t noticed, there isn’t a Minas Tirith sitting opposite Fox’s Minas Morgul. Only Orthanc.

The people who are sick of Fox have nowhere to go in the broadcast universe. To the channel of Chris Matthews? of Tucker Carlson? of Glenn Beck?

There’s very little to crow about beating those folks out.

]]> By: tombaker http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185333 tombaker Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:17:49 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185333 41 - LOL - PBS would be top-rated too, if they'd just put more bikini-clad coeds on their pledge drives. 41 – LOL – PBS would be top-rated too, if they’d just put more bikini-clad coeds on their pledge drives.

]]> By: ForTruth http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185330 ForTruth Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:06:12 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185330 Fox News has good ratings because of all the sex they peddle. It's why I visit their website. Fox News has good ratings because of all the sex they peddle. It’s why I visit their website.

]]> By: GL2814 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185320 GL2814 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:59:18 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185320 Fox is Bush's network, until he leaves office. If this country is backwater insane enough to elect Huckabee, it'll become his network as well. I'm so sick at the American MSM. Lately I've been getting my news from the BBC! I agree. <strong>Fox is State Sponsored TV.</strong> And the Walmart masses listen and nod to everything Fox says. It scary, it's sick, it's downright ignorant! Fox is Bush’s network, until he leaves office. If this country is backwater insane enough to elect Huckabee, it’ll become his network as well.

I’m so sick at the American MSM. Lately I’ve been getting my news from the BBC!

I agree. Fox is State Sponsored TV. And the Walmart masses listen and nod to everything Fox says. It scary, it’s sick, it’s downright ignorant!

]]> By: Spudge Boy http://thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/comment-page-1/#comment-4185319 Spudge Boy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:59:01 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2007/12/10/shep-smith-fox-is-bushs-network-after-all/#comment-4185319 Bill O'Rielly has 1.6 million viewers. 9 million play World of Warcraft. Both take place in fantasy lands. Bill O’Rielly has 1.6 million viewers.

9 million play World of Warcraft.

Both take place in fantasy lands.

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