#1Feb 1st, 2012
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Fox News, 10 Years on Top
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#3Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012
Google News is a much better alternative to any news you'll find on TV.
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#4 Top Rated PostRe: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012
"Top rated" and best are not synonymous. lol.
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#5Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012
The whole point of Fox is to 'sell soap', and ratings = advertising, so, Fox is doing what it's supposed to do. Like the Toronto Maple Leafs, doing exactly what they are supposed to do.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Walter
i've looked at wutv and have never seen any news.Best US news on the tube for ten years.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by spaminator
Fox News is a different station, similar to CTV and CTV NEWS Channeli've looked at wutv and have never seen any news.
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Feb 1st, 2012
When it comes to American stuff I usually just listen to NPR.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Walter
i see.Fox News is a different station, similar to CTV and CTV NEWS Channel
rogers analog doesn't carry the fox news network. does wutv have its own news station? #11
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Walter
An alter ego to CNN and MSN....Fox News is a different station, similar to CTV and CTV NEWS Channel
Quote: Originally Posted by WLDB
That explains it....When it comes to American stuff I usually just listen to NPR.
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#12Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by WLDB
I tend to not listen to much of any of it. Too much of it seems designed to pit one American against the next, like the powers that be are afraid of what will happen if the whole country were to wake up and work together as brothers.When it comes to American stuff I usually just listen to NPR.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by WLDB
I listen to NPR as well... but basically you're getting the complete opposite of FOX. NPR is more left than MSNBC and it is government funded.When it comes to American stuff I usually just listen to NPR.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by DurkaDurka
I also use Google news for international stories. I read my local newspaper for events near me.Google News is a much better alternative to any news you'll find on TV.
If you watch FoxNews and take it seriously, you probably have a severely distorted perception of reality.
May 29, 2011
According to recent polls, Fox News viewers are the most misinformed of all news consumers. They are 12 percentage points more likely to believe the stimulus package caused job losses, 17 points more likely to believe Muslims want to establish Shariah law in America, 30 points more likely to say that scientists dispute global warming, and 31 points more likely to doubt President Obama’s citizenship. In fact, a study by the University of Maryland reveals, ignorance of Fox viewers actually increases the longer they watch the network.
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The FoxNews effect is measurable. Several studies now have confirmed and reconfirmed that the more you watch FoxNews the less informed you are.
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Just like accurate is the opposite of inaccurate.I listen to NPR as well... but basically you're getting the complete opposite of FOX. NPR is more left than MSNBC and it is government funded.
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#15Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by earth_as_one
No wonder you like his writings, he has a narrow vision bias just like you....he even posts a disclaimer...just like youI also use Google news for international stories. I read my local newspaper for events near me.
If you watch FoxNews and take it seriously, you probably have a severely distorted perception of reality.
May 29, 2011
According to recent polls, Fox News viewers are the most misinformed of all news consumers. They are 12 percentage points more likely to believe the stimulus package caused job losses, 17 points more likely to believe Muslims want to establish Shariah law in America, 30 points more likely to say that scientists dispute global warming, and 31 points more likely to doubt President Obama’s citizenship. In fact, a study by the University of Maryland reveals, ignorance of Fox viewers actually increases the longer they watch the network.
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The FoxNews effect is measurable. Several studies now have confirmed and reconfirmed that the more you watch FoxNews the less informed you are.
Just like accurate is the opposite of inaccurate.
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I found the comments at the bottom of that "blog" more interesting than the postIt’s important to note that these studies do not prove causation. In other words, they do not prove that watching Fox makes people believe incorrect things. After all, it could be that those who are more likely to believe the incorrect things listed above are also more likely to watch Fox, to seek out Fox, etc. The causation could go in the opposite direction.
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#16Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by earth_as_one
Not hardly... just that as FOX is right, NPR is left. NPR is so liberal that only government funding would keep it going.
Just like accurate is the opposite of inaccurate.
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Feb 1st, 2012
10 years on top. They only know the missionary position? How freaking boring can they be?
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Feb 1st, 2012
Yes it could be that FoxNews is not the cause. It could be that dumb people tend to watch FoxNews instead.
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#19Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by earth_as_one
Spoken like a true condescending arseholeYes it could be that FoxNews is not the cause. It could be that dumb people tend to watch FoxNews instead.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by EagleSmack
People who watch NPR tend to be informed and have accurate perceptions. People who watch FoxNews tend to be misinformed and have inaccurate perceptions. Many studies have proved this relationship. I posted references to them above.Not hardly... just that as FOX is right, NPR is left. NPR is so liberal that only government funding would keep it going.
So yes NPR and FoxNews are opposites.
BTW, people who get their news from the Daily Show and the Colbert Report tend to be well informed compared to people who get their news from Fox:
The poll—which asked New Jerseyans where they find news and information about current events—found that Sunday morning news shows are the most informative, while Fox News actually leads people to be less informed than those who consume no news at all.
The poll focused partly on popular uprisings in Egypt and Syria. Asked whether the people of Egypt successfully topped Hosni Mubarak's regime, 49 percent of Fox News viewers answered "yes"—the lowest on the scale—while 68 percent of NPR listeners answered in the affirmative, the highest on the scale.
Those who watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart performed well on the questions. Sixty percent of Daily Show viewers correctly answered that opposition forces in Syria have not yet toppled the government, second only to NPR. Forty-five percent of Fox News viewers answered "no."
"The (poll's) results show us that there is something about watching Fox News that leads people to do worse on these questions than those who don't watch any news at all," said Dan Cassino, a political science professor at Fairleigh Dickinson and an analyst for the poll.
The results probably won't come as much of a shock. In December, TPM -- that a University of Maryland study showed that daily Fox News viewers were the most misinformed, regardless of political party.
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I watch FoxNews, but I treat it as comedy, rather than take it seriously.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by earth_as_one
Be careful. Remember the old axiom: garbage in, garbage out. Even if you think something is funny, the filing system in your brain is non-discriminatory. Ten years down the line your mind will only remember the data and not the source.--
I watch FoxNews, but I treat it as comedy, rather than take it seriously.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by earth_as_one
And people who watch/listen to both?People who watch NPR tend to be informed and have accurate perceptions. People who watch FoxNews tend to be misinformed and have inaccurate perceptions. Many studies have proved this relationship. I posted references to them above.
At any rate...hogwash. NPR is a liberal far left news outlet that is government funded because they could not survive without it being on welfare. It allows no real dissent among its writers/broadcaster as shown by their firing of Juan Williams.
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Funny how you watch it. Thanks for making it #1!I watch FoxNews, but I treat it as comedy, rather than take it seriously.
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#23Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by EagleSmack
And the same could be said about FOX. They all speak the same ideology like a bunch of automatons. As far as I'm concerned all network TV is the same, biased garbage. All of it is the intellectual equivalent of diaper rash.And people who watch/listen to both?
At any rate...hogwash. NPR is a liberal far left news outlet that is government funded because they could not survive without it being on welfare. It allows no real dissent among its writers/broadcaster as shown by their firing of Juan Williams.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy
And the same could be said about FOX.
It COULD be said about FOX? lol...really?
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#25Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by karrie
The right wingers say all other media are "liberal". If that's the case, when you combine the ratings for all other 9 or 10 media sources, their numbers FAR exceed Fox. Therefore, it is not the best or even close to being so."Top rated" and best are not synonymous. lol.
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#26Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 1st, 2012
What exactly does ratings leader mean? So Faux is the most popular news station. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are the most popular artists. Popularity doesn't necessarily equal quality.
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Feb 1st, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Cannuck
Some people have difficulty grasping that concept.What exactly does ratings leader mean? So Faux is the most popular news station. Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber are the most popular artists. Popularity doesn't necessarily equal quality.
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#28Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 2nd, 2012
NPR and Fox are like CBC and The Sun.
One has credibility, the other has hot chicks.
One has credibility, the other has hot chicks.
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Feb 2nd, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by Cliffy
You must be a seditious-evil-lying-communist-scumbag-bastard who hates America.And the same could be said about FOX. They all speak the same ideology like a bunch of automatons. As far as I'm concerned all network TV is the same, biased garbage. All of it is the intellectual equivalent of diaper rash.
Either that or you probably agree with this opinion.
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Welcome to Info-tainment Tonight!
by Ron Kaufman
"We paid $3 billion for these television stations. We will decide what the news is. The news is what we tell you it is!"I have no doubt that if someone intimately tied into the Fox News Channel were to read this article they would immediately label me a seditious-evil-lying-communist-scumbag-bastard who hates America....
-- alleged comment by David Boylan, station manager for Fox Tampa Bay (WTVT Ch 13) to two reporters who are currently suing the network for firing them and censoring a story about the use of bovine growth hormone in Florida cows.
The rest of the article:
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#30Re: Fox News, 10 Years on Top
Feb 2nd, 2012Quote: Originally Posted by gopher
Wow... did you really come up with this?The right wingers say all other media are "liberal". If that's the case, when you combine the ratings for all other 9 or 10 media sources, their numbers FAR exceed Fox. Therefore, it is not the best or even close to being so.
You need to "combine" ALL of the other's ratings and compare it to FOX... so therefore FOX is not #1?
This must really hurt you guys... year after year.......after year.
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