Fox News promotes incoherent ‘Obama Change Index’ to argue the President is tanking.
Fox News promotes incoherent ‘Obama Change Index’ to argue the President is tanking.
FoxNews.com, the official website of the Fox News anti-Obama propaganda network, is promoting what it calls the “Obama Change Index.” The index purports to chart “the impact of policies promised by President Obama,” and conveniently graphs Obama’s progress on a scale of 0-700. It appears that Fox’s “change index” is tabulated by asking one Democratic, Republican, and Independent pundit what they think of Obama on 7 different issues: budget, stimulus, homeland security, foreign/military affairs, social issues, dealing with Congress, law and justice. While Obama’s favorable ratings have been going up recently, Fox News’ index unsurprisingly shows Obama tanking. Reddit user KingBeetle writes of the index, “I can’t even figure out what it means, but for some reason this week, Obama is down 271 points.” It’s now 282 points:
A couple of interesting observations from the “Obama Change Index”: On the week of 9/16/09, Obama scored a zero on Homeland Security for no apparent reason. Similarly, Obama scored a zero on “social issues” the week of 6/30/09 because he “tried to placate the gay community.”
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Is this part of the “news” segment that Fox touts as proof of their independence? In other words, not being displayed during the “opinion” hours?
October 26th, 2009 at 8:34 pmThis sounds reasonable and fair and balanced. Remind me again, where was Faux’s adolf dubyah’s (R-Nazi) index tracking his policy promises?
October 26th, 2009 at 8:35 pmThe Fox $hit stain index shows they are making little progress at stinking up the world despite their grunting and greasy efforts.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:38 pmThat is too funny!!! I’d love to see the statistical basis and logic for this but I doubt it exsists.
Bunch of Maroons.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:41 pmThe gay community will not be placated. They have an agenda god damn it! Nobody nows what the hell it is but somehow it is going to threaten heterosexual marriages somehow…
October 26th, 2009 at 8:44 pmI’m sure b-kkkup will be hear any moment to explain the “reason and logic” behind the “Change Index”.
Waiting…..
October 26th, 2009 at 8:46 pmDamn typos: hear = here
October 26th, 2009 at 8:47 pmnot that obama had anything to do with this, but it should make the values folks happy… i know i am…
October 26th, 2009 at 8:48 pmFBI arrests hundreds in child prostitution crackdown
Baltimore Sun – Joe Markman – ?1 hour ago?
WASHINGTON – Federal officials announced Monday that 52 children had been saved and nearly 700 people had been arrested and charged over the past three days in a nationwide crackdown on child prostitution.
Video: 52 Kids Rescued in Nationwide Prostitution Sweep The Associated Press
52 children recovered, 60 alleged child pimps arrested in crackdown CNN
OregonLive.com – Toledo On The Move – BBC News – MyNorthwest.com
all 360 news articles »
The Foxsuckers will buy this and buy t-shirts and posters to boot.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:48 pmThe Fuchs Noose Network keeps making fuching charts that neither they nor anyone else can decipher. Why the fuch don’t they just give up?
October 26th, 2009 at 8:53 pmCroxNews is incoherent repiggie nonsense, smoke and mirrors for the stupid.
October 26th, 2009 at 8:54 pmOh, Matt, you give b-cup too little credit. He will show up decrying the bias of the “Change Index” but will urge us to recognize how some people will see it as legitimate criticism of the administration.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:07 pmStunts as nakedly desperate as this simply illustrate the grasping-at-straws state of the “loyal opposition”.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:09 pmralph the wonder llama says,
Thats IF he shows up. I think its going to take b-cup several days to unwind hisself from the twist he got himself into yesterday. That was some spinning by b-cup yesterday.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:11 pmI have figgured out why all the wingnutty stuff makes so little sense. They have spun so hard they are dizzy.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:15 pmWhat part of unbiased news is this suppposed to be that the wingnuts are doing? Oh, I didn’t think it was unbiased.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:19 pmapparently, faux “news” must be on a budget. that “obama chart” looks suspiciously like the path taken nightly by the boo-hoo becky crazy train.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:20 pmThe simple thing for grownups to do when accused of being unprofessional is to begin acting like professionals.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:22 pmHow can Obama’s “Changingness” rating be going down? I thought he was turning America into a Socialist wasteland!
October 26th, 2009 at 9:24 pmi can just imagine who their “panel” consists of:
cut n’ run palin representing the (R’s)
Boo-hoo glenda becky representing the (I’s) since he’s a libertarian and all
pedo-perv mark foley representing the (D’s) since faux maintains he’s a democrat.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:25 pmAnd if he hadn’t tried to placate the gays, well then, he’d a earned a zero for ignoring an important constituency.
This is why he’s wasting his time kissing snowe’s wrinkled, mothball smelling, chowder crapping, crab clawed butt. The right does not care what he does, he’ll always be that uppity boy who stole the election from caribou barbie and her grandfather.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:26 pmLies, Damn Lies and Statistics -Mark Twain
October 26th, 2009 at 9:28 pmIts like team b intelligence – it doesnt exist.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:31 pmAnti-America Propaganda Network.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:31 pmPEOPLE! Follow the link to the Obama Change Index. You can vote on each of the index categories. This is too hilarious to believe. the index points,for the most part, have nothing to do with President, and Nobel Prize winner, Obama. It has to be seen to be believed.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:33 pmFox pundit Karl Rove thought he had The Math in 2006. How did that work for him?
October 26th, 2009 at 9:33 pmFox doesn’t believe in math or science. How ironic that they would try to use statistics that also uses observation, experimentation and research to come to a conclusion.
Too bad that their observations are quite faulty and unreproducible.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:35 pmThis index is the most complicated shell game ever devised by a group of monkeys! You can also see a breakdown by democratic independent, republican and Public voters. Yes, there is a separate category for the public. it makes no sense, but it’s very official looking.
October 26th, 2009 at 9:38 pmFriends Of Xenophobes network should have a “how close is Dick Cheney to jail” meter. Now there is one I can find interest in.
I think MSNBC, either Rachel or Keith should co-opt the Faux Snooxe brand by copyrighting the moniker:
“Balanced, Fair and TRUTHFUL”
There, you can use it MSNBC, or any other left leaning news institution.
Oh and BTW Bush was a Nazi, so was Pappy and Grandpappy Bush. All Traitors, and NAZIS
October 26th, 2009 at 9:44 pmfaux’s exsample of fair and balance.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:07 pmJesus. Can these guys get anymore pathetic? Remember when Bush was Pres. and Faux News and the Repugs thought it was treason to bash the President? My, how times have changed.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:10 pmLMAO… The ridiculousness of this “change index” made my day!
Oh, Fox… Keep the laughs coming!
October 26th, 2009 at 10:11 pmWhat would FAUX Snooze ratings really be if you factored out all of the waiting room tv’s that broadcast the republican network 24/7? According to my statistics, which are just as good as FAUX, their viewership would be very similar to the US Chamber and go from 3mil to 300K. You may take that to the bank.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:16 pmFox just keeps on justifying the WH’s comments about Fox being a Repub news machine. “Obama Change Index”??? Any other networks promoting this sort of partisan propaganda crap? No?? I thought not. Fox IS the Repub station. Not fair, not balanced.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:19 pmOr they going to put this Index next to the color coded terrorist warnings? Maybe yellow or orange everytime Obama’s number ‘drop’?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:21 pmWorkerbee- another right-wing idiot troll who is, for some reason, obsessed with NH. As I said before, some graduate student needs to study these losers to see what their obsession is for sites they vow that they hate. Hours & hours spent on hate. Very demented individuals.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:23 pmworkerbee
October 26th, 2009 at 10:27 pmWhen do you have time for so much tv?
workerbee says,
October 26th, 2009 at 10:30 pmI hate to say it, but you’re an idiot.
@39, And where do you get those numbers? Directly out of your A*S?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:30 pmworkerbee says:
I hate to say it, but, Fox is right on this one.
Hi, workerbee. How are you? Say, could you help me understand why you said that? I’m one of the stupider ones here, so you’ll have to explain it to me very slowly, using small words. Thanks.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:32 pmWhen do you have time to piss? You seem to pop up right behind me every time I make a post. Kinda creepy….
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October 26th, 2009 at 10:33 pmSort of weird isn’t it….Why did you resign?….
FOX SMOX, Anyone who can read or listen to fox and be able to comprehend the BS they are pushing knows that they are just a megaphone for the rightwing agenda. What kind of a real news organization has to display a “fair and balanced” banner above their so called journalists heads on the teevee. Fox is a freakin joke. Their main man (beck) is making fox look more and more like a jerry springer show every day. Fck FOX.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:34 pmSo, is ‘workerbee’ the one downvoting comments tonight, or do we still have our mystery lurker troll?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:37 pmworkerbee says: I hate to say it, but, Fox is right on this one.
Well, opinions are not facts so to say they are right means you agree with their opinion, yes?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:37 pmworkerbee. Try to stabilize.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:37 pm@43, Correct you on WHAT? Obama has better approval ratings on then both the Repugs and Dems. As a matter of fact, the Repugs are the lowest in decades. But I guess you are the type of Faux News viewer who doesn’t like ‘Facts’. And I bet you think the world is only 6,000 years old.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:40 pmAnything for me, workerbee? I hate looking so stupid to my friends here, so I was hoping you could tell me why Fox News Channel is right.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:41 pmReid made some startling comments today and I hear nothing, here.
I read about it elsewhere.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:41 pm“Fair & Balanced”?
Where was this “chart” when Bush was President?
Shall we go down the list and compare what Bush promised on the campaign to what he ended up doing as President?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:42 pmworkerbee says:
…I hear nothing, (sic) here.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
We don’t hear anything here either — we have to read it.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:43 pmworkerbee says:
Is the health care debate suddenly unimportant to progressives? Reid made some startling comments today and I hear nothing, here.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Fun fact: Unlike worker bees, who devote all of their energy and lives to one single task, progressives can actually walk and chew gum at the same time. Amazing, huh?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:45 pmThe data seems to point to dog crap. Well at least to dogs. Cats are far less into copraphagy.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:45 pm“dog crap tastes better than cat crap”
I wouldnt say that is ‘right’ I would say thats your opinion.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:46 pm@56, Oh, that’s classy. Then what did I expect? The sad thing is, you are doing what all the trolls do. Make a specious argument, and just Bullsh*t. Same old, same old….
October 26th, 2009 at 10:47 pmworkerbee:
October 26th, 2009 at 10:49 pmWatch how I shake my ass. It will lead you in the right direction….
“I give it a 4.”
4 out of how many? (Oooh, please say 5, please say 5.)
October 26th, 2009 at 10:50 pmI call them as I see them.
–
Cool. Do you wanna call these?
G.W. Bush
Margaret Thatcher
Lenny Bruce
SamJoe the Wannabe
Lance Armstrong
Liberace
Thanks…
October 26th, 2009 at 10:54 pmIn the absence of any actual failures to hang around President Obama’s neck the poor Reichwhiners just make crap up to feed their fear, confusion, outrage, frustration, and desperation.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pmIf they are all in the shithole, as you eloquently type, it kind of makes ‘tanking’ implausible from my POV workerbee.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pmHave you always been desperate for any kind of attention?
– No. I am a student of behavior however but I think you already know that….
October 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pm@64, You don’t get it do you? The ‘Town halls’ and ‘Birthers’ and ‘912ers’ are destroying the Repug Party. As a woman who knows a lot of young people, I can tell you they are totally repulsed by the Repug Party. When you have gay bashing, immigrant bashing, and WOMEN bashing, your Party will suffer. The Repugs have NOTHING to offer young people. The Party of ‘No’ will go the way of the Whigs.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:55 pmHmmmm.
Even Rasmussen has President Obama’s overall approval at 47%. I don’t think that 47% would qualify as “one small step out of the $hithole”.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:58 pmWorkerbee, If you have a PC and are capable of reading and writing, then im willing to bet that you are educated enough to know that healthcare reform is a must for our country.
October 26th, 2009 at 10:59 pmThe problem for you is that you think you have to keep backing your repug party. Im sure you have noticed that support for the repug party is shrinking, and for a good reason. Stop watching fox and listening to limpo. That way you will hear what most americans want and believe in.
Let’s see, this “Change Index” (whatever the hell that means) is complied by unnamed “pundits” and allows fox website viewers to offer their own assessments? Who but brain-dead fox viewers and maybe the curious even visits their site.
Nobody can possibly this seriously. That is…nobody with capable of cognitive thought
October 26th, 2009 at 10:59 pm“Cats are far less into copraphagy.”
Too bad, it would make litterbox cleanup a lot easier for me.
Workerbee, back to your comment at #34: Are you planning to explain your opinion in detail for my mentally-deficient husband? Preferably without using vague generalizations involving shitholes?
October 26th, 2009 at 10:59 pm(nix the with)
October 26th, 2009 at 11:01 pmpete@71, And Rasmussen has always favored Repugs. There’s even a brauhaha about their last poll. LOL! Let the Repugs rely on Rasmussen. I remember when MSM told us the Dems could never get the House and Senate in 2006. And don’t forget, the election last year was supposed to be a nail-biter. Hmm…. I guess even the Pundits can be wrong.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:03 pmI thought wingnuts didn’t pay attention to polls?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:04 pmForty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:05 pm—
Wanna run a quick Chi Square or some simple shit like that on these data?
P.D.
I only cited Rasmussen for the benefit of the stupid troll. I know that better polls just make them fling more poo.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:05 pmworkerbee says:
No post?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
No link?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:06 pmAre they brain dead, too?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:06 pm—
No. They are killing time before the Simpsons.
Fox News is acting like Bucky Katt again. Create some kind of a “poll”, use spurious data to populate it (in this case, hand-picked “pundits” who can be counted on to slant the way FNC wants), and then attempt to polish it with some sheen of legitimacy.
When Bucky Katt comes into the room and announces to Rob that he has “dropped” in whatever “official” poll Bucky is touting, Rob just rolls his eyes — he knows the only one polled in Bucky’s “poll” is Bucky.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:06 pmworkerbee says:
dbadass says:
Have you always been desperate for any kind of attention?
It’s not really irony when it’s so utterly stupid and obvious, troll. Being desperate for attention and then claiming someone else is desperate is attention-seeking at its most pathetic.
But I suppose you’ve been playing that particular game a long time.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:07 pmIt’s the entertainment value
October 26th, 2009 at 11:07 pmConservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative
You seem to be assuming that all republicans are conservative and no democrats are. I saw another poll that says only 20% of americans self identify as republican.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:08 pmFYI workerbee, Texas, a supposedly red state, has a long history of conservative democrats holding the majority here for nearly a hundred years.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:09 pmpete@81, LOL! I just had a mental image! That’s what the Repugs are doing. Throwing crap and seeing if it sticks! ‘Socailist’, ‘Communist’, Marxist’… I’m afraid they are running out of poo!
October 26th, 2009 at 11:09 pm“I’m afraid they are running out of poo!”
P.D., don’t worry, they’ll make more.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:10 pmThe question, to me, is this workerbee, why do you follow the myth that all democrats are liberal? Coulter books? Pundits? What?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:10 pmworkerbee,
I’m still waiting (and getting distracted by all kinds of shiny things.) Please explain why you said Fox News Channel is right. Thanks.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:11 pmJane E. Schneider says:
No link?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:06 pm
It’s a Gallup poll that came out today.
I haven’t looked closely at the methodology.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:11 pm40 36 20. Well that shit surely seems significant and withing the margin of error for such a study….
October 26th, 2009 at 11:12 pmOnly 6% of scientists polled, including the 36% who call themselves “conservative”, identify themselves as Republicans. I think it’s fair to say that smart people have fled the party leaving the stupidest 20% of the electorate to shout inane slogans at each other.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:15 pmworkerbee says:
Is the health care debate suddenly unimportant to progressives? Reid made some startling comments today and I hear nothing, here.
I’ll respond to you if you respond to me. Tell you what, I’ll go first.
TP covered Sen Reid’s announcement earlier today.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/10/26/webb-cloture/
Your turn.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:20 pmpete@97, Shh… Don’t let the troll in on that! The last thing he wants to hear is the truth. I, myself, would love a Repug Party full of Sarah Palins and Michelle Bachmans. Let the brain drain continue.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:20 pmSo, this poll actually is saying that 56% of the people polled identified themselves as either moderate or liberal, while only 40% said that they were conservative. Wouldn’t that mean that conservatives are in the minority?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:22 pmHi workerbee.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:26 pmWould you like to look more closely at that data or have you moved on to some new bullshit?
“44 comments? How many on the Beck thread?”
Well, we have to have our fun, too. Another Fun Fact: Progressives have a sense of humor.
Have you gotten enough attention yet? I’m trying to watch The Daily Show!
October 26th, 2009 at 11:26 pmAnd your point is, workerbee? I bet it’s related to why Fox News Channel is right, isn’t it?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:27 pmWorkerbee, Im a dem and I watch fox, for the simple fact that I just want to see first hand the stupid,ridiculous crap that they can manufacture. If you watch fox and believe the sht that they spew then I am happy that its only 18% of the people who consider themselves repugs. Repugs and fox walk hand in hand. Everyday fox and repugs are digging themselves a hole deeper and deeper. Its a freakin joy to watch.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:29 pmWhen you say Fox news please differentiate from local news and opinion programming as Murdoch/Aisles calls the Aisles department Fox News. I have a feeling this naming is causing confusion when people ask if you watch ‘Fox News.’
Yes, I sometimes, rarely, watch the local FOX news but never watch the opinion programming portion [O'Reilly Factor, Beck, Hannity, Cavuto [which calls his political charade business]
October 26th, 2009 at 11:31 pmObamas number 1 issue is Health care. Progressives number 1 issue is Fox News. Am I right? Going by post numbers I am dead on.
Assuming facts not in evidence.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:32 pmAre you a single issue voter workerbee?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:33 pmAm I right?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:33 pm—
No.
Keep going workerbee. I’m enjoying seeing you get slammed almost as much as I’m enjoying the homemade concord wine from my humble 6-vine vineyard.
(Amen sscncturn64 @ 106)
October 26th, 2009 at 11:34 pmI am dead
October 26th, 2009 at 11:34 pm—
There has been some talk of Zombies….
workerbee,
I hope you don’t want me to get the idea that you are incapable of defending the things you say here.
You made a claim and I asked you (very politely, I should add) to explain yourself and, thus far, you have refused. Would you care to explain why? Thank you.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:35 pm44 on the Reid thread.
Well, that just proves that GOPers are scared of Reid
/snark
October 26th, 2009 at 11:36 pmworkerbee says:
Are they brain dead, too?
No, but they will be if they watch much of that cr*p Fox tries to pass off as news.
#112 Mmmmm, that ought to ease your pain.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:38 pmworkerbee:
October 26th, 2009 at 11:39 pmI have a link policy. Wanna summarize it for me?
No wonder Obama and his henchmen/henchwomen are losing sleep over Fox!
O’Reilly, for whatever reason, has had high ratings for ten years. That certainly wasnt a factor in the 2006 or 2008 elections and I dont know why people try to correlate the two.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:40 pmWhere is eugenedebs tonight? Im sure he would have a good time with this little troll workerbee.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:43 pmOh, workerbee. I had such high hopes for you. But then you went and tried to make a point by pointing out cable news ratings, something which means nothing and proves less.
I had hopes that you would be The One – the conservative who could defend his viewpoint.
I had hopes that you would not just be another drive-by troll tossing out nonsense just to get a rise out of us.
I had hopes that you might turn out to be intelligent.
Alas, I was wrong. You disappoint me.
So, good night, and have yourself a toe-tapping good time in the airport men’s room of your choice.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:43 pmworkerbee says:
Are they brain dead, too?
You have yet to differentiate between ‘News’ and ‘opinion programming’
Why does Frank Luntz find it necessary to use language [Framing] to try to sway peoples political opinions if he could just as easily tell the truth?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:44 pmThe FOX NEWS Party should be required to conform to laws and rules for political parties. right?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:45 pmXisithrus,
Bill0’s popularity stems from the trailer trash who got used to watching him on Hard Copy. Of course, they only watched Hard Copy because it was on right after Cops and they think it, like FAUX, is actually news.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:45 pmI mean there must be a test for a ‘political party’ or you could just deny the fact.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:46 pmNobody made that claim. I sure haven’t. Obama and a few other deomocrats won soley on “Bush is bad.” Oh…..and “Change!”
You seriously think people make decisions based on mere words?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:47 pmBill0’s popularity stems from the trailer trash who got used to watching him on Hard Copy.
I never knew Bellow was on Hard Copy. Thx Pete.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:48 pmNo, stupid troll. President Obama won, despite not being entirely Caucasian, because his opponents promised more of the same including even more hate, stupidity, and religious extremism.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:48 pmObama and a few other deomocrats won soley on “Bush is bad.” Oh…..and “Change!”
– This thesis begs a supporting evidences. Will you be sharing these? Don’t be a pussy. Show us your stuff. Big Boy Pants are worn by Big Boys….
October 26th, 2009 at 11:49 pmworkerbee,
You are cordially invited to engage in an act of autofornication.
Goodbye. Next time, I may not be so polite.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:49 pmI read somewhere a little while ago that Fox News had it’s best year, ever!
If your talking ratings, overall Newscorp has lost alot of money. BTW the newscorp owned New York Post circulation is down nearly 19%
October 26th, 2009 at 11:49 pm“What are words for? When no one listens what are words for”
October 26th, 2009 at 11:50 pm(#112 Mmmmm, that ought to ease your pain.)
October 26th, 2009 at 11:50 pm(It takes the edge off a bit- still waiting on the insurance co. though- going in Thursday for the shots even if it comes out of pocket)
That could be the reason pete, though my guess would have been that pastey faced flaccid old white guys are impressed that one of their ilk has his own TV show.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:52 pmSorry, Xisithrus. I had a senior moment. Bill0 was on Inside Edition. Though I guess there isn’t much to choose between them. They tend to blend together like our stupid trolls.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:52 pmNo. “Just words.”
Nevermind the bailouts and that few jobs were created by taxcuts or the two ongoing military operations…
October 26th, 2009 at 11:52 pmI read somewhere a little while ago that Fox News had it’s best year, ever!
October 26th, 2009 at 11:52 pm– I remember years that ENRON did swell. What did that mean?
Well you could be a pussy and just vote shit down but I figure that would eat you up inside a little bit…
October 26th, 2009 at 11:54 pmI just clicked on the “Obama Change Index” to see what it was. It is just a non-scientific poll because it lets you vote on each category to get its results.
October 26th, 2009 at 11:54 pmI remember years that ENRON did swell. What did that mean?
Cheaper energy and a stable electrical grid and GWB didnt know Kenny Boy!
October 26th, 2009 at 11:54 pmWow, with accreditation like that, workerbee, you could be a Faux “journalist” too! Your comment is like Beck’s “Some guy at a university, I don’t know which one, said there were over a million people at the Teabagger Protest.” Pathetic …
October 26th, 2009 at 11:56 pmOprah Winfrey has more viewers than Oreilly workerbee, what does that tell you?
October 26th, 2009 at 11:57 pmTurn of your tv dude…
October 26th, 2009 at 11:57 pmGive me back that fillet of fish, give me that fish….
Television is for morons. Some smart people watch tv but they have limited mobility. So they are kind of screwed which is a super bummer….
October 27th, 2009 at 12:00 amBailouts? Asking for more money!
Jobs? Worse!
Wars? Worse!
But but but purple fingers!! Tax cuts create jobs!!
October 27th, 2009 at 12:00 amAre you being paid to do this workerbee?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:01 amFree markets!!
October 27th, 2009 at 12:01 amI read somewhere a little while ago that Fox News had it’s best year, ever!
Best is such a vague term. It is dependent of the value system used. Best financially? Best in terms of popularity? Best year for journalistic integrity and raising the level of discourse? Or maybe the greatest number of shamwows! sold. Define your values.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:01 amAre you saying that morons watch msnbc?
– No I am saying tv is for morons and people that sit around and try and defend fake ass shit like FOx “News” are total morons. Have i made myself clear now?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:04 amIf you listen to Cramer I would tend to question your rationality.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:05 amHave you guys ever noticed how many dysfunctional [family] shows are on TV today?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:06 amHi, fake progressive!
Neato, that’s bad news for the GOP.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:07 amIf a hole was increasing in depth evidence of such should be easily quantifiable. Why do I get the feeling this won’t be happening?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:11 amMmmmmm….pie!
Pie…in the sky.
The sky is blue!
Therefore the sky is progressive!
But…my pie is cherry. Wait!
Cherries are red.
Red stands for communists.
Red State is a rightwing site!
That means Red State is harboring COMMIES!
Who hate moms! And pie! And America!!!
.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:12 am.
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Wow. Thinking like a Republican is like, painful. :o|
Funny you should mention Rasmussen, pete. As I studied this great leap in statistical analysis from our friends at faux News, i was reminded of Rusmussen’s gimmicky “Approval Index” which only looks at strong approval and strong disapproval, as if the rest of us who approve or disapprove only moderately don’t matter.
It’s surely a coincidence that this President will always have a large number of “strong” detractors — basically what’s l;eft of the Republican Party, and most of those who call themselves “conservative with libertarian leanings” these days. I doubt if that was factored into the composition of the Index at all.
I mean, it’s not like Ras would deliberately try to engineer a new measurement specifically to achieve a desired result, would they?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:14 amXisithrus, the only shows I ever let my child watch are on Discovery. Darn near everything on TV is dysfunctional.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:15 amDid this “workerbee” sockpuppet really try the old “I’m a progressive just like you” disguise?
I thought they stopped teaching that one at Troll Central because it was so easy to spot.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:17 amLeftside Annie says:
A classic lefty! Thanks for reminding me of Joe Hill.
You will eat, bye and bye,
October 27th, 2009 at 12:19 amIn that glorious land above the sky;
Work and pray, live on hay,
You’ll get pie in the sky when you die
Who has “written a lot about Fox News’ ratings”?
You and other trolls?
‘Cause trolls are the only ones I ever see writing about Faux News ratings.
But as long as you bring up the subject, can you explain what the ratings of cable news networks mean in this context?
Do you see it as evidence of a triumph of the conservative message in the marketplace of ideas?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:20 amDarn near everything on TV is dysfunctional.
Yepp, from the Simpsons to American Idle. Sad. I watch so little TV nowadays and when I do its either educational, scientific or historical.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:21 amIts beyond Orwellian to watch these crowing craniums talking about core and family values then on comes Southpark. Im like WTF?
October 27th, 2009 at 12:24 amLeftside Annie says @ 162
That was a gem!
Great grin to end the evening on…thanks!
Goodnight All
October 27th, 2009 at 12:26 amXisithrus,
The local broadcast of Jack VanImpe’s show, he’s a very odious televangelist, is always followed immediately by an ad for a gay chat line! I have to believe that some wag at the T.V. station is immensely pleased with him/her self.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:28 amSome little hypocrite needs his memory refreshed. Here are dozens of verifiable polls:
http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm
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Gallup: OCT.10-12, 2008
“In general, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the way things are going in the United States at this time?”
Satisfied = 7%
Dissatisfied =91%
Unsure = 1%
NOW THAT’S TANKING!!
October 27th, 2009 at 12:28 amThe local broadcast of Jack VanImpe’s show, he’s a very odious televangelist, is always followed immediately by an ad for a gay chat line!
Heh.
I was reading earlier about a church in Illinois that was paying people to come to church, kinda like a lottery, they could win, reading further it upped the Churches weekly donations from 21k to 40k. The pastor said it was good because he could show people how to be financially responsible.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:33 amI can see I’m not needed here — dbadass has the troll running scared and the rest of the crew is in position to block any of the exit holes in the baseboard if said troll tries to escape. So I’ll call it a night.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:34 amralph the wonder llama says:
But as long as you bring up the subject, can you explain what the ratings of cable news networks mean in this context?
Do you see it as evidence of a triumph of the conservative message in the marketplace of ideas?
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Geez, ralphie… will one of these ch*cken sh*te clowns ever take you up on that?
I’ve seen you ask that question AT LEAST 6 or 8 times now, and the troll so queried allus seems to disappear in a cloud of greasy, sooty smoke…
What is it w/ righties and “cable news ratings” anyways?
Is like some sort of Special Olympics for conservatives?
***best Bart Simpson impression…***
“No… you don’t UNDERSTAND, Milhouse…
it’s C… A…A… B… L… E… news…
… C… A…A… B… L… E…
It comes thru a C…A… A… B… L… E…
It’s better!!!!”
October 27th, 2009 at 12:34 amGN RTWL
October 27th, 2009 at 12:34 amFox news ratings dont mean dick. First off all they dont report news. They work for the repug party. Second, people like me watch fox for entertainment value. I voted for Obama, im a progressive, and im a liberal. Libs are educated enough to get their news from a few different sources. Wingnuts sit in front of their teevee watching beck,orielly,and hannity and believe the blatant lies and fabrications that come out of thier fox box. You wingnuts believe their crap because you want too. The talking heads on fox and their viewers are racists and cant handle the fact that a black man is running our country. What I enjoy the most is watching the repugs squirm in their hatred and they keep saying and doing things that are hurting them. The repugs are so fcking stupid that they dont even realize that they are burrying themselves.
October 27th, 2009 at 1:30 amIf your a repug, Think about this. Steele is the head of the RNC. He is a gift for dems. This idiot just has to open his mouth and the repugs lose supporters. Then theres beck and limpass. If I believed in god then I would say those two idiots were a gift from god for the democratic party.
You cant stop progress. Repugs and their wingnut followers want to live in the past. It aint gonna happen. So STFU and move out of the way. Progress and Obama are coming thru, and it is for the better.
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This “poll” is as phony, if not more, than the Rasmussen “polls” that FOX phonies always quote.
October 27th, 2009 at 5:01 amThere, you see? Everyone’s a winger. The science proves it.
October 27th, 2009 at 5:28 amworkerbee says:
“I read somewhere a little while ago that Fox News had it’s best year, ever!”
hey tard, is that like boo-hoo glenda becky’s “some university” statement?
October 27th, 2009 at 5:50 amThe right wing of this country knows it’s base is retarded so they’ve always used numbers and percentages to confuse them, because keeping them confused is the only way to control them all (they can herd cats!).
Can’t remember the company name, but there’s one on Beck’s radio show that basically says, “And this is why we chose you, a Beck listener, for our product”. Yep! They know their base well!
I’d like to know how many of Beck’s listeners are INSURING THEIR FOOD AT THE MOMENT? One advertiser on Beck’s radio show: http://www.foodinsurance.com/
Idiots.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:50 amSee FOx news is in the business of MAKING the news. Not reportin g on news happening other places. No, They will make the story with their rhetoric and un-maerican slander of the President because it serves their purposes of uncutting the president, because he is not who they wanted. They are not just a vocal adjunct ot the GOP they ARE THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE GOP. If Fox died the GOP would be dead in 6 months.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:11 amXisithrus says:
Darn near everything on TV is dysfunctional.
Yepp, from the Simpsons to American Idle. Sad. I watch so little TV nowadays and when I do its either educational, scientific or historical.
Scuse me X, but have you ever noticed that it seems to always be Fox who pushes the envelope usualy over the edge to get higher ratings, and in the interim make society a little more hostile with their programming.
Fox needs to die.
October 27th, 2009 at 7:18 amI…I took some statistics in college and this chart…it is so buggered up it isn’t even funny. Just for starters (and only for starters), how can you poll only three people and expect to get an accurate number? That, and how can you do a poll with over 100 percentage points? :/
October 27th, 2009 at 8:35 amMy my. Olby Sucks must have gotten into a lover’s dispute with Keith Olbermann. I guess he works out to alleviate his sadness about such a break-up.
Hence the name change to “workerbee”?
Don’t worry, man. Keith still loves you.
October 27th, 2009 at 8:47 amThe Fox gNOpig Propaganda Lovers always bring up their supposed all important “demo” to somehow justify the lies at Fox.
The 3 million, or whatever figure that is, morons that watch the sht flinging Baboon are the same morons that watch Billdo and KKKlownnity.
It is the same toilet bowl, it is the same sht, rehashed over and over.
Billdo has his little segment with the sht flinging Baboon to discuss… the same sht the Baboon did on HIS own show.
For WaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahlaS$ to use the SAME talking point as the Baboon did, it ONCE more displays Faux as a gNOpig propaganda arm, NOT NEWS.
October 27th, 2009 at 9:09 amAnother Faux News, baffle them with Bullsh!t tool. Amusing, but stupid!
October 27th, 2009 at 9:23 amI did some research on who these “pundits” actually are. The “democrats” are a DINO and a theater writer. The “republicans” are teabagger ACORN conspiracists. The “independent” is a Libertarian.
My research is here.
October 27th, 2009 at 10:39 amWe should start a Fox News Change Index on this site.
We can have Slappy or some other troll give the positive opinion, ralph, toasterhead, missmolly, or Zooey take care of the reasonable middle of the road stuff, and either RHF (if we can find him), EugeneDebs, or myself come in with the verbal smackdown of all things Beck-ish.
I bet it will keep falling, too. And, similarly to their Change Index, will mean precisely dick.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:08 amIs anyone really surprised that FOX GOP NEWS would create something like this? Can they be more predictable? Can’t blame them, they’re feeding their flock with what they want.
FOX GOP NEWS is a circus freak show. Out of decency one doesn’t want to look, but can’t help peeking once in a while to witness the tragedies and absurdities of humanity.
October 27th, 2009 at 12:09 pmworkerbee says:
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There was a poll a while back that concluded the fact that almost half of all democrats actually watch Fox News on a regular basis….
October 26th, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Think about that statement for half a minute. Population of US is over 300 million. Subtract one-third as being too young. Leaves 200 million. Assume one-third are Dems. That’s 66.6 million. Half of them watch Fox Snooze? That’s 33.3 million from Dems alone! Independents and Repubs would be higher! Over 100 million watch Fox Snooze on a regular basis?? Their viewership is only 3 million!! That poll only occured in your head!!
October 27th, 2009 at 12:46 pm