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Old 03-05-2013, 12:36 PM
 
Location: Planet Eaarth
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"It goes without saying that Fox news is not news at all but pure propaganda, geared to an audience of ignorant fools"
Richard Dawkins
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Old 03-05-2013, 12:40 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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"It goes without saying that Fox news is not news at all but pure propaganda, geared to an audience of ignorant fools"
Richard Dawkins
An english Atheist . ZZZZZZ
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Old 03-05-2013, 12:43 PM
 
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Here is my opinion.

I think people who hate on Fox are self loathing abusers of mankind with themselves.

I have no bases of fact to make that statement. Mr. Dawkins and I are in the same silly boat.
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Old 03-05-2013, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Columbus, OH
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Disclosure: This is an opinion I agree with.........

"It goes without saying that Fox news is not news at all but pure propaganda, geared to an audience of ignorant fools"
Richard Dawkins
"It goes without saying that MSNBC news is not news at all but pure propaganda, geared to an audience of ignorant fools"

OhioRules
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Old 03-05-2013, 12:57 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Lightbulb Another opinion...

Playing dumb?

Or not playing?

I report.

You decide.

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Old 03-05-2013, 01:00 PM
 
Location: Honolulu, HI
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Practically every MSM outlet is spewing propaganda. FOX, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and so on. Saying only one is guilty of this is silly and kool aid(ish).
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Old 03-05-2013, 01:02 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth Texas
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Playing dumb?

Or not playing?

I report.

You decide.

Whats your point?
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Old 03-05-2013, 01:09 PM
 
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Practically every MSM outlet is spewing propaganda. FOX, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and so on. Saying only one is guilty of this is silly and kool aid(ish).
This.
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Old 03-05-2013, 01:28 PM
 
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Practically every MSM outlet is spewing propaganda. FOX, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and so on. Saying only one is guilty of this is silly and kool aid(ish).
There is a difference though.

Fox splits its propaganda and its hard news up. Brett Baier says fair and balanced. O'Reilly doesn't. Brett delivers news, Bill delivers commentary. But liberals point to the propaganda parts and say the entire channel is propaganda.

Mainstream media uses news as propaganda. They regularly leave stories negative to Democrats out as "not news worthy" and they report manipulated statistics given by Democrats as facts.

Fox: unemployment rate was released today as 8%. taking into account those who dropped out of the workforce, the rate would be 15%

MSM: unemployment rate was released today as 8%. obama administration says this is a sign that the economy is improving.

One is trying to make Obama look bad and one is trying to make Obama look good. The difference is, one is trying to make Obama look bad by telling you the whole story, while the other is trying to make Obama look good by ignoring the parts of the story that make him look bad. Fox doesn't ignore the official unemployment rate and just report the real rate. MSM does ignore the real rate and report the official rate as if it is real.

So are all the news channels putting a spin on things? Sure. But are they all just the same? Not at all.

Presenting facts in such a way that Obama comes out looking bad is way way different than when liberal MSM people said the Obama admin covering up who assassinated an American ambassador was a "non-story" even though they had the CIA memos which directly contradicted what the White House announced
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Old 03-05-2013, 03:08 PM
 
Location: Fredericktown,Ohio
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Practically every MSM outlet is spewing propaganda. FOX, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and so on. Saying only one is guilty of this is silly and kool aid(ish).
Your slipping I had to agree and give you rep for the first time
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