Student Says Teacher Scolded Him for Viewing FOXNews.com

yes it is a dumb story. yet you posted a comment.you should have known it was a dumb story when you saw the title ricky.personal insults are not necessary.I am very grown up young man.but i still like to have fun when people will debate a story that is stupid to begin with.all news media is a joke my friend.It is ugly and predatory. we are the final bastion for good digging of a collective of interesting news that has well balanced viewer ship. i did not say sane i said balanced.Peace ricky.smile at life it is all good.

I don't think it's a stupid story. Fox News is trying to spin a black mark on any teacher who dares to speak out against Fox. They placed it on their site, to intimidate teachers from saying anything against them. It's spin and intimidation. Look how many people have posted "The teacher has no right to speak negatively about Fox".

They gotta find some way to unite Republicans. They are falling apart. It might as well be anger against teachers who choose to educate about distortion and Fox. She was picking on Fox. BooHoo!

Oh please. Fox News didn’t even elaborate as to what the discussion was about. So somehow, without an understanding as to the particulars, a teacher berates a student for offering an idea supposedly tied to reported on or generated by a news organization and this is somehow hilarious.
And now you’re offended since I turned down the offer to your divisive circle jerk.
Oh wow.
Look I hear what you’re saying life is about sun shine and all that jazz but that being said it’s kind of ironic that all these fine progressive current.com folks are celebrating at the very least a disturbing event without knowledge of the particulars just because it happened to include the hated Fox News.

@ Connie
Well I guess you got this whole situation figured out. Good job there skipper! Way to ignorantly and shamelessly spin an occurrence into a neatly packaged account of the man coming down on the lowly teacher.

If you continue to read the story the kid was being antagonistic and that is by foxes account.You know as well as i do that fox news is more comedy than anything else. peace

Ricky84, your comment is rude. I can be as rude as the next, but I just end up feeling ashamed after. So, sorry if I offended you. You have a great day!

that comment sounds like preaching...

You get the sickinjersey gold star for paying attention.;)

sounds true. and it seems to make sense.

exactly what i was thinking!

this is fox news reporting on a fox news related story that originated from a radio caller on the rush limbaugh show... where is even one ounce of credulity?

"Did the teacher say anything about me?" Yes, Rush. the whole world revolves around you and whether or not your name is brought up is the most important aspect of the story.

Because Wikipedia is only reliable as the sources, which are other web pages.It's not the same as say a peer reviewed published medical journal. One shouldn't use any encyclopedia, whether print or internet based, as source material. Its lazy and never of which are as accurate as they are portrayed.

Those aren't the only sources Wiki uses! There are a plethora of sources that people on Wikipedia use including medical journals, books, etc.

I agree that Wikipedia has its uses, however it is frowned upon as a source in academia. Ive run into phrases like "Indian givers" and "whiners" when researching Native Peoples.

But back to the main point, I dont trust anyone who doesnt like the Beatles and I especially dont trust anyone who believes anything FOX has to say.

Aman

lol good point

You mean if the kid got scolded for using unbiased, legitimate news sources? You're right.

I'll give you a million billion fake $$$ if you can show me an "unbiased, legitimate news source" on TV... or for that matter.... anywhere.

Bias is everywhere unless you think plato was right and there are ideal truths out there or something....

Why, because they don't aree with you. I'm not a fan of their commentators, but I see nothing wrong with their journalists. Does anyone blame Brian Williams or Tom Brokaw because Keith Olberman is an asshole?

No, because they're liars and propagandists and have a very clear ideological bent.

well said...

As a teacher I have no problem pointing out to a student that FOX news is more propaganda than news. This is the job of a teacher, it is called teaching,

It's called indoctrination.

Again, its a different thing to tell the student what the station does rather than punish them for watching it and force an opinion on them.

As a teacher you should know that "cant" and "shouldnt" are two tottally different things.

maybe he should switch teachers.

The real spin, everything is equal. Facts and distorted facts are equal. The truth doesn't matter. All news shows on cable are equal. Facts don't matter! Facts be damned, Fox has ratings.

Fox spins facts! Jon Stewart, Keith Olbermann and Rachael Maddow point it out nightly, using pictures. They say it, then they deny it, it's all equal. Move along!

Two reporters on Fox News refused to report pharmaceutical information, because it was a lie. Fox fired them. They sued Fox for firing them. They went to court, the judge ruled in favor of Fox. They lost the case. They could not refuse to report a lie. They had to pay all the court costs for filing the lawsuit. That's an "Assault on Reason" and us. Supposed news shows should not be allowed to lie. Let alone force reporters to report lies. People don't realize news shows have no accountability, legally when it comes to the truth.

Thereby explaining why Fox and Republicans are going crazy over the Fairness Doctrine. They don't care about equal anything, they want to be able to lie and distort with no rebuttal. Move along! They said it, it must be true.

Connie if you could, would you mind posting a link to the source of the reporters getting fired for refusing to lie and then losing the lawsuit? I'm just curious and want to read the full story. Ty much

ashcatash: you right on.

****** Fox argued that the FCC policy against distortion of news did not qualify as "law:' ????? They say it out loud in court, they can distort, they don't have to report. They are free to pick and choose. And they do!

You didn't see this on cable news, did ya? No, they moved us along! It may be standard practice by all. I'm sure journalist got the message. "You will use the 'talking points' to are given! And they do!

This is another attempt to silence discontent. If a teacher realizes Fox thinks they are free to distort by law, she should educate her students.

The students parents are probably Republicans and saw it as an opportunity to grand stand for Fox and silence the voice of someone who has the nerve to say Fox facts can't be trusted, they are free to spin as they choose. It's the law?

"YOU PEOPLE"?!? :)

I don't agree with hard drugs, with guns, with racism, with bullying, with hate crimes - so according to you, the above should not be banned in schools?

I do not see banned any where.

@Vierotchka

I don't like fox news much either... really any TV news... but comparing it (in evilness?) to hate crimes is (on your part) insensitive and foolish.

people can watch/ read whatever they want... bullying and hate crimes are very different than free speech....

Hey Hey with the you people! I posted the story because you like it!

PeterVan, isn't O'Reilly on Fox? There's hate crimes for you.

I stand by my original comment lol. Imagine if the Huffington post was the subject of this. The ACLU would be all over it quicker than a overweight man to a Chinese buffet.

wait wait wait,

so gay marriage is cool then right?

It's not just a matter of "disagreeing" with Fox News. It has been a proven fact that Faux News intentionally supplies misleading information and outright lies. This is why the teacher probably forbid the student to use fox as a source. There's a nig difference between opposing points of view and deliberate misinformation.

The teacher didn't ban anything, he scolded. Excercised his free speech. I'm sure he knows about freedom of the press. I bet the fox news fan made up the part where the teacher told him "he can't watch fox news" What an idiot.

We are talking about a video production class here. I got my degree in broadcast visual design and I have taken video production courses.

Fox has been caught out right lying so they are not credible sources for information. My professor would have balked at Fox, too. To him it would be like quoting the Enquirer; Fox is yellow journalism.

My professor was an old timer from television back when Walter Cronkite was all the rage. This guy had sported a military hair cut and dark plastic rim glasses that make him look like he was from the 50's or something. He had integrity and taught us how precious it was to be in broadcasting because we were given a sacred trust; to preserve the 1st amendment, but he also stressed that free speech was not intended for defamation.

Fox Defames like the National Enquirer, they both thrive on the sensationalism. So in the context of a video production class I can totally understand why this teacher took that position.

It renders me angry- I always end up telling profanities at the television!

Ah, waiting for it and there it was; the stupid word.

guidedtotarget, it's ok, sometimes "stupid" is the only word they can think of.

I was simply being tactful and polite.

Agreed, I was in a local Marc's in Cleveland and they were playing Fox News at the registers. I called them when I came home and told them what I thought of Fox News and that I would not stand in line again and watch Fox while giving them my hard earned money. If they want to put tvs over the registers fine, but Fox News distorts facts with propaganda. I have a choice at home. I have a choice when I go to the store also. Fox News broadcast at their checkout, is reason enough to take my business elsewhere!

I don't think you were being either V, but I must say, I agree with you.

Oh, I was indeed being both - I toned down considerably from what I really meant to say. :)

Okay, I'll admit, tactful and polite can be relative terms, and for you that was both(no offense meant).

@Conniepae:

I travel frequently for my business and end up staying at many hotels. The vast majority of them consistently play Faux News on their lobby televisions and in their breakfast rooms. It is very frustrating and almost seems improper to be forcefully subjecting customers to the same crap every day. I suppose the right-wing argument against me would say that the hotel owns the business and they are free to play whichever channel they choose on their tv's, and I am free to patronize other establishments. The trouble is, as I stated above, they nearly ALL do it. So I guess I'm free to sleep in the roadside gutter when travelling, if I don't want to be subjected to the pile of dog sh*t called Fox News.

Isnamthere, I hear bed bugs are a big problem in hotels now days too. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Sorry! The point about the owner and their businesses, they would be correct, they are free to choose which channel they put on their tv’s. It’s ‘at will’ consumerism. I choose not to shop at Marc’s if I have to watch Fox News while I’m waiting to check out. I just let them know my concern. The choice is definitely theirs.

LOL!