Community | December 26, 2009 | 11 comments

Do Americans want to be misinformed?

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US media watchdog Media Matters has declared Fox's Glenn Beck the Misinformer of the Year. However, Fox's ratings have gone up as CNN's have declined. What does this say about the state of TV news in the US. Is information being sacrificed for entertainment?
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  • ayipis
  • ayipis
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      ayipis  
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    • http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2010/09/fox-news-mediamaters-ad.html

      Even liberal Media Matters pays Fox News ($35k) to reach its prized audience

      In case you were one of the three people taking turns watching Keith Olbermann this week, that allegedly anti-News Corp. ad by Media Matters for America finally aired on the genuine Fox News Channel the other night.

      The result: the liberal outfit is out $35G's, lunch money under today's Washington regime. (To see how much money that really is, scroll to the illustration below).

      But Fox News, of course, is still Fox News. And someone over at MM should be taking lessons from CNN's Paul Begala on composing alleged attack ads. The 30-second spot spends more time reciting a pride-laden News Corp. quote about supporting free enterprise in a difficult economic time than it does explaining any alleged wrongdoing.

      Hundreds of millions of Americans don't follow MM's template-cranked whining about....

      ...any perceived criticism of you-know-who in the you-know-what-color-house. The easily-offended group is a self-proclaimed guardian of the country against some in the media. MM has even been offended by bad reviews of the Real Good Talker's news conferences by one-time political operatives (No, not Chris Matthews, David Gergen or George Stephanopoulos).
      Recently, the outfit claimed to be offended that the Fox parent company, which is in the business of making money, donated $1 million of that money to the Republican Governors Assn., which is in the business of electing GOP governors who support businesses growing and hiring workers to make money.

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      the liberal masses are too INTELLIGENT to admit that they are stupid and misinformed ,,HAHHAHAHAHAHA

    • 1 year ago
  • toyotabedzrock
  • ayipis
  • JohnA
  • nanac
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      nanac  
    • Yes...The people that watch Fox belongs in the " tell me what I want to hear " category..Fox is in the Tabloid Business and is not in the News Business....Jerry Springer once had one of the highest rated so-called Talk Shows on TV, but it lacked substance...Fox lacks substance, style, credibility, and Professional Commentators..

    • 2 years ago
  • Ihatethemall
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      Ihatethemall  
    • Actually I am surprised anyone watches the news anymore. Is anything good happening anywhere in the world????

      Im just going home, smokin a joint, then hide under the blankets, someone wake me when reality is better.

    • 2 years ago
  • Ihatethemall
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      Ihatethemall  
    • The fact that more folks are watching FOX NEWS only tells me that they want to be informed about news in a fair and balanced way. They report, you decide.

    • 2 years ago
  • GavinTheMother
  • MOK
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