At what point will Fox viewers accept that they are viewed as simpletons, even by Fox itself.



 

Last edited by g121 (February 17, 2023 10:54 am)

Bill Dulmage wrote:

Fox, CNN, MSNBC....they are all told (ordered) what line they are to follow. That's the way it is. Same with ABC, CBS, NBC. Doesn't matter what the personalities think in real life. You wanna get paid the big bucks, do as you're told.

Thanks Bill 

It really is just that simple & here's a perfect example

CNN's Don Lemon said on the morning show this week that 51 year old presidential candidate Nikki Haley is "past her prime" simply because she is 51

But I never heard Mr. Lemon say Hilary Clinton was past her prime when she ran for president in 2016 & Ms  Clinton was 68. Isn't that kind of weird?

​Like a previous poster just reminded us in this thread it's Lights - Camera - B.S.

BTW is Don Lemon still employed?

With any luck, litigation such as the Dominion suit will blow a nice-sized hole in their business model.

I think there is some truth to what Don Lemon said. Obviously, Bell considered Lisa LaFlamme to be "Past Her Prime" Grey hair on women in the media? Can't have that. Grey hair on men in the media? Very distinguished looking.

unclefester wrote:

Bill Dulmage wrote:

Fox, CNN, MSNBC....they are all told (ordered) what line they are to follow. That's the way it is. Same with ABC, CBS, NBC. Doesn't matter what the personalities think in real life. You wanna get paid the big bucks, do as you're told.

Thanks Bill 

It really is just that simple & here's a perfect example

CNN's Don Lemon said on the morning show this week that 51 year old presidential candidate Nikki Haley is "past her prime" simply because she is 51

But I never heard Mr. Lemon say Hilary Clinton was past her prime when she ran for president in 2016 & Ms  Clinton was 68. Isn't that kind of weird?

​Like a previous poster just reminded us in this thread it's Lights - Camera - B.S.

BTW is Don Lemon still employed?

Surely you're not equating a 1-off opinion comment by one person with a multi-year long network wide campaign of blatant lies?

unclefester wrote:

g121 wrote:

unclefester wrote:

 
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BTW is Don Lemon still employed?

Surely you're not equating a 1-off opinion comment by one person with a multi-year long network wide campaign of blatant lies?

Well I think your buddy Don Lemon has a bit of a history or are you unaware?

His female cohosts don't appear to be as to fond of him as you

Is Don Lemon running out of chances?

Valid question 
 

That's a pretty feeble, simplistic attempt to change the subject.

This thread is about the multi-year campaign by a network to abandon all integrity by continually spreading  known lies regardless of the harm it causes;  this thread is not about an opinion from a single commentator.

Please address the topic at hand or go create your own thread/topic

For what it's worth, and it's not much, to me, it comes down to this: truth has become malleable. Facts don't matter. The emergence of the 24 hour news cycle and its incessant need for content, combined with the concentration of media ownership, the dumbing down of news as infotainment and the seeming obsession with the cult of personality has reduced debate on anything to a tribal, binary loop: "You're wrong, and not only that, you're dangerous and not one of us". Anyone who dares deviate from the script is easily replaced. The film Network brilliantly illustrated this almost 50 years ago. But you know what they say about history. . .

g121 wrote:

Check out "The Brainwashing of My Dad" 
 
  
 

Not interested in the least

Are you serious? How feeble

Is this the best you can come up with?

So simplistic

Game Set and Match

Enough already with the personal attacks. I'm thinking you can express your strong opinions without those. Although Bill Dulmage will always be held in high regard by yours truly, whether I agree with his opinions or not!

At the risk of reigniting the debate the difference between the three from my viewing on them is that MSNBC gives you a mostly factual view of the news itself but then adds a lot of far left wing opinion to it, especially in prime time.

CNN gives you a mostly factual view of the news itself but then adds a lot of centre left and occasional far left opinion to it.

Fox News in daytime gives you a mostly factual view of the news while downplaying some of the antics of right wing politicians.  In prime time it's far right wing opinion presented as fact and then even further right wing opinion added to those "facts" for good measure.  Tucker Carlson says things that just aren't true most of the time.  He said in Canada we are ruled by an "authoritarian government" and need to be liberated.  Say what you will about the current government but we can vote it out in the next election.  That's not authoritarianism.  You would never see something like that presented as fact on MSNBC or CNN in a million years.

Last edited by Tomas Barlow (February 21, 2023 11:40 pm)