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Oh Fox News...

Lol, wtf, is that real?

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Fox noise.

Fixed news.

Faux news, doesn't surprise me, they have an agenda and are probably feeling threatened by MSNBC's better ratings.

RIP GOP.

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Originally posted by starboy they have an agenda and are probably feeling threatened by MSNBC's better ratings.

Fox news channel is #2 in all of basic cable, only behind TBS.

Fox News crushes MSNBC's viewership. This is just for this past October but the numbers are basically the same every month.

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As for all of prime time, FNC averaged 3.36M Total Viewers, compared with CNN's 2.14M and MSNBC's 1.58M. In total day, FNC led with 1.49M total viewers compared to CNN's 1.01M MSNBC's 675,000. FOX News Channel marked its 12th anniversary in October with remarkable ratings gains, leading all cable news competitors during political peak and tumultuous economic times. FNC remained the top-rated cable news network in both total viewers and in the key 25-54 demographic. Every FNC program experienced double or triple-digit percentage gains during October 2008 when compared to October 2007 in both total viewers and in the 25-54 demographic.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser...cable_98871.asp

Also:

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For the 7th year in a row, Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable news network. This year it was also the fourth highest-rated network in all of basic cable, and had its best year in total day and prime time. The O'Reilly Factor, now #1 for 97 consecutive months at 8pmET, was the top program on cable news in 2008, with a 2,918,000 Total Viewer average � its best year ever. Also in Total Viewers, Fox & Friends, Special Report with Brit Hume, Hannity & Colmes and On the Record with Greta Van Susteren had their highest rated years ever. FNC had 12 out of the top 15 programs in cable news in Total Viewers as well.

isnt faux news like on every cable/satellite package?
like even the standard...
and msnbc isnt?


maybe thats why their on top

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Originally posted by DjWhooCares isnt faux news like on every cable/satellite package? like even the standard... and msnbc isnt? maybe thats why their on top

not that I know of... with Satellite packages you can of pick and choose the package you want to include what you want. I have DISH network and FOX news wasn't on the basic package but MSNBC and CNN were.

I dislike Fox as much as the next educated person, but to be fair, I believe that text-feed was one of those "Text us your thoughts!" ones...

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Originally posted by The17sss not that I know of... with Satellite packages you can of pick and choose the package you want to include what you want. I have DISH network and FOX news wasn't on the basic package but MSNBC and CNN were.

well i had dish aswell..and i got both msnbc n fox..
but i had a friend that had dish latino..and he didnt get msnbc..

i guess it all depends on the package one gets..

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Originally posted by The17sss Fox news channel is #2 in all of basic cable, only behind TBS. Fox News crushes MSNBC's viewership. This is just for this past October but the numbers are basically the same every month. http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser...cable_98871.asp Also:

all that shows is how idiotic cable news watchers in america are.

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN all that shows is how idiotic and brainwashed fox news watchers in america are.

fixed

fuck the media!

they're witches! burn them!

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Originally posted by The17sss not that I know of... with Satellite packages you can of pick and choose the package you want to include what you want. I have DISH network and FOX news wasn't on the basic package but MSNBC and CNN were.

I just have Comcast digital cable or whatever, and don't get MSNBC. I think Fox is more commonly carried (probably due to better ratings).

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Originally posted by Leif I dislike Fox as much as the next educated person, but to be fair, I believe that text-feed was one of those "Text us your thoughts!" ones...

No, it's a legit story involving someone running for chair of the Republican National Committee.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov No, it's a legit story involving someone running for chair of the Republican National Committee. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1208/16919.html

Let's be fair here... this is such a gay manufactured nothing of a controversey. The phrase was coined by L.A. times writer David Ehrenstein (a Democrat) as a joke to the music of Puff The Magic Dragon.... then a song parody was put together by Paul Shanklin singing as Al Sharpton. The person from the RNC gave out a CD with 22 parody songs, with that being one of them. And people are trying to make it bigger than it is.

From Paul Shanklin who wrote the song: Lighten Up

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"They are trying to paint Chip as some kind of racist -- which he's not," Shanklin said. "Whether he should have sent it out, I'll let history decide. Is it provocative? Well, most political satire is. What I do for a living is major-league provocative," he said.

http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll...2309958/-1/NEWS

Cable news in America is a fucking disgrace, but Fox is leagues ahead of the rest in ridiculousness.

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Originally posted by Clovis Cable news in America is a fucking disgrace, but Fox is leagues ahead of the rest in ridiculousness.

I agree with the disgrace part.... they couldn't go 5 minutes over a 48 hour span on Christams and the day after without the morbid over-reporting on the story of the guy dressed as Santa who shot those people. The excess coverage showing the constant suffering was way over the top. My opinion of course differes on who is leagues ahead in rediculousness (MSNBC).

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Originally posted by The17sss Let's be fair here... this is such a gay manufactured nothing of a controversey. The phrase was coined by L.A. times writer David Ehrenstein (a Democrat) as a joke to the music of Puff The Magic Dragon.... then a song parody was put together by Paul Shanklin singing as Al Sharpton. The person from the RNC gave out a CD with 22 parody songs, with that being one of them. And people are trying to make it bigger than it is.

Um, I'm not giving a free pass on this one. It's a blatantly provocative song that is indeed racist - why defend it? Is the firestorm justified? Maybe not. But for someone who wants to represent your party to introduce himself to the American people with a racial joke is just plain stupidity at its finest.

As for the origin of the phrase, you're way off. Ehrenstein's op-ed in the LATimes was entitled "Obama the 'Magic Negro'" and was a critical expose about how Obama could potentially overcome the Bradley Effect by virtue of his "white" characteristics. As Ehrenstein wrote:

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He's there to assuage white "guilt" (i.e., the minimal discomfort they feel) over the role of slavery and racial segregation in American history, while replacing stereotypes of a dangerous, highly sexualized black man with a benign figure for whom interracial sexual congress holds no interest.

In other words, Barack Obama redefines in White America what a black man really looks like. Magical Negro is indeed an established term in Sociology that is used to describe the post-segregation image of African-Americans who are no longer inferior to whites. The phrase "Magic Negro" didn't come from the Puff the Magic Dragon song (that was an invention of Rush Limbaugh's so there isn't much surprise that you bought it hook, line, and sinker).

I suggest you read the op-ed - it was really quite interesting when it appeared in March 2007.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion...-opinion-center

This is entirely on Saltsman, who if he isn't racist is just an idiot. If this is how you want to begin rebuilding your Republican Party - with CD's that include blatant racism, be my guest. Eight years of Obama sounds like a great present for the Holidays.

I mean, for God's sake, I can't believe I'm citing Jake Tapper (he should just get it over with and make out with McCain), but here you go:

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The outgoing chair of the RNC, Mike Duncan, said he's �shocked and appalled� by the lyrics, adding: "The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party." The song, Duncan said, "clearly does not move us in the right direction." Moreover, former House Speaker New Gingrich told the New York Times, �This is so inappropriate that it should disqualify any Republican National Committee candidate who would use it."

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalp...-the-magic.html

So you're not even with your party establishment in defending this shit. Be careful or you really will join Rush in la-la land.

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From Paul Shanklin who wrote the song: Lighten Up

Um, he wrote the PARODY. From the author of the original Puff the Magic Dragon song:

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"I and my co-writer of 'Puff,' Lenny Lipton, have been eagerly awaiting an end to the mean-spiritedness, outright disrespect and bigotry that was commonplace prior to this last presidential election. What might have been wearily accepted as 'the way it was' in the campaign, is now unacceptable. Obama is not a candidate. He is the President-Elect, and this song insults the office of the Presidency, the people who voted for him, as well as those who did not -- and taking a children's song and twisting it in such vulgar, mean-spirited way, is a slur to our entire country and our common agreement to move beyond racism. "It is almost unimaginable to me that Chip Saltzman (sic) who sent the CD, would seriously be considered for the top post of the Republican National Committee," Yarrow concludes. "Puff, himself, if asked, would certainly agree."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter...s_b_153808.html

Manufactured by the media? It would seem not.

Fox News, We Distort, You Comply

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Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov As for the origin of the phrase, you're way off. Ehrenstein's op-ed in the LATimes was entitled "Obama the 'Magic Negro'" and was a critical expose about how Obama could potentially overcome the Bradley Effect by virtue of his "white" characteristics. As Ehrenstein wrote: This is entirely on Saltsman, who if he isn't racist is just an idiot. If this is how you want to begin rebuilding your Republican Party - with CD's that include blatant racism, be my guest. Eight years of Obama sounds like a great present for the Holidays. Um, he wrote the PARODY. From the author of the original Puff the Magic Dragon song:

Yeah I know Shanklin wrote a PARODY... when I said "song" I was referring to the song that is the parody.

I'm not defending the action... it was definitely stupid and in poor taste, and I would not have done it, but it was certainly not racist because Saltsman is not racist and did not have racist intentions. You can call it "blatant racism" if you like, but until you can prove that motive, don't throw around the word so casually with such faux outrage.

You're right on the op-ed though... I thought it already had the "Puff the Magic Dragon" theme attatched to it before Shanklin wrote the song. Either way, that phrase was still coined by the LA Times writer.

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