Five Reasons Why Fox News Dominated Ratings In 2009

Thank you Wayseeker

Those are some powerful words . Just how I like 'em .

They'd never pick a liberal...well, because that would be chewing their own leg off. They can't bite the hand that jerks them.

You know , I bet Beck is really jealous of Obama ..... or he secretly is attracted to him , hence the obsession ... Quite common , really .

Beck closeted? That could explain the wild mood swings and paranoia! I think you are on to something. He needs to exorcise those demons and let his freak flag fly and he won't be so wound up all the time. :D

Media matters? lol theyre the most biased non-news organization i have ever seen.

What is really funny about Beck is the basic ignorance of the Democratic agenda that provides fodder for his cannon. Do not blame him, you are feeding him the ammunition!

i turned off the cable in my house. I rely on the internet for entertainment and news. I will watch Glenn Beck for entertainment purposes.

How can you watch him if you dont have cable? Also, No replies AJIL? does my pic offend you too? Gotta come up with something to bow out as graceful as possible huh?

More architects, teachers, engineers, scientists and yes doctors are democrats jack funk. You must be in a time warp to think that people that practice science and logic are conservatives, after all the root of conservatism is the denial of science.

Go bang your bible!

You're wrong. But as long as you know that, you can say what you want.

He had a good point to make and decided to go a tad overboard. By his logic, non-blacks should never comment on anything that has to do with black people, because it violates their 'self-sufficiency'.

I'm sure there's a middle-aged white non-college educated blue collar person out there that supports Obama and watches MSNBC and CNN (I don't care for MSNBC, Fox or CNN. I don't get why this comparison matters.) but that doesn't change the characteristics of majority.

That wasn't the point of the video.

"you somehow fandangled an idiot into the oval office"? Obama is an idiot? Were you out of town during the administration of Dubya?

He may not be what you want but Barrack Obama is not an idiot.

Gotta agree with you ED. He is not. He is a lot of things but he knows exactly what he is doing. He is going to fundamentally change this country if he can. even if it means the death of it.

Actually, I don't think that he will fundamentally change this country and I do not think that is a good thing. Change is what is needed and what I am seeing is business as usual. I would like to see some reform. I would like to see some decisive action about outdated and unfair policies. It has only been a year and Obama inherited probably the worst mess that any other President had to deal with, so I will cut the President some slack. The wars that we are caught up in are bankrupting us, our freedoms are being curtailed in the name of security and our representatives are simply mascots for their lord and master lobbyists. As far as I am concerned, we not only let the terrorist win, our government aided and abetted them.

with the exception of your very first sentance. I agree with everything you said. I do not know my history extremely well throughout the 200 or so years but he did inheirit the worst situation certainly in recent memory.

Thats because you have nothing to say. You lost the battle and your silence proves it. Dont talk to me. I dont care one bit. Hell you started this with me I didnt start it with you. Nice try at getting out with some respect though.

I think I am me. Its the only person I can be. I love my PIC. I am glad you did too. BAWAWAWHAHAHA

Oooh, we changed our original comment, didn't we?

It is very funny to anyone that has a good sense of humor and is paying attention to the world around them. They do not have to be fair because it is a comedy show which allows for truths or lies that can not be uttered by news organizations that actually value their journalistic integrity.

Its purpose is to entertain and inform in that order. It serves its purpose quite admirably when you consider how many time sensitive shows they have to put out. Sometimes it is hit or miss, but it is mostly hit. I think it is a very important program because I do believe more people get their news from it than probably should. :)

Isn't it strange that the Daily Show is such a popular program because so many people think it's funny if it's not funny. How about sticking with the facts and say YOU don't think it's funny.

it's funny that you're comparing Fox with a comedy show, as if they SHOULD be equal. The Daily Show is self-titled FAKE NEWS. Do you really want to willingly make that comparison?

Also, the funniness of the Daily Show is an opinion, and doesn't relate to its political leaning. It's not like it hasn't made jabs at Obama, or pointed out his hypocrisy as well. Does Fox do the same with their heroes?

WHEN? I would like to watch it. What time is it on? what day? who hosts it? what lies have they disproved? Please dont hold back with importanat info.

And what is the link to.

When caught in an irrefutable lie the Fox retractions are usually snide and condescending as well. MSNBC seems genuinely apologetic when making corrections.

Looks like someone's going to have to post the lies of MSNBC since some people think they are perfect.

no one thinks msnbc is perfect. no one ever, EVER said they were. but no one has listed a single lie of msnbc, either, or of more left-wing media in general. but i'm really curious about it, since more conservative commentators are quick to say fox and msnbc are par, but have not shown any evidence for it. and until they do, it would be nice for them to stop talking in inflammatory and useless generalizations. though everyone should stop.

Wayseeker:

(...) From what I can tell MSNBC does a good job of researching their news. I don't believe they tell blatant lies and they make corrections when the are mistaken. Fox has been caught in a number of blatant lies. I challenge anyone to show me where MSNBC is telling lies. Talk is cheap. Back it up.

Jammer:

Looks like someone's going to have to post the lies of MSNBC since some people think they are perfect.

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LOL. I'm sure someone is working on it...

BTW, you exhibit a propensity to projecting yourself on others by putting words in in their mouths as you displayed again here today ("...since some people think they are perfect.")

Your arguments personify the 'straw man'.

For your edification:
The straw man argument

A: "Those of our people who are forced by circumstances beyond their control to rely on Social Security and government support such as Aid to Dependent Children, Food Stamps, etc. - these victims of an anarchistic economy are now faced with a second threat to their very existence: their already minimal benefits are now being reduced by inflation.

If we are morally committed to supporting these people in the first place, then we must support them consistently: either we approve the proposed increase in Social Security and government support - or we simply turn our backs on those who are unable to help themselves."

B: "A represents naive liberals who only steal the taxpayer's hard-earned money - and throw it away on the idle. This is robbery - and I oppose it.

A: It's not fair that when doing the same work and with the same qualifications, women are paid only $ .70 for every $1.00 that men are paid.

Isn't it reasonable to expect that in equivalent jobs, with equivalent work experience and education, that your sex should have no impact on your salary?

B: Of course not! Everyone knows that bosses go easier on women and what they do. Besides girls are physically smaller and weaker than men, so they need to be protected from the real world.

A: ...I don't believe they (MSNBC) tell blatant lies and they make corrections when the are mistaken.

B: Looks like someone's going to have to post the lies of MSNBC since some people think they are perfect.

Are you paying attention, i hate all the malls?

I have not said that the term czar was bad in my last post DID I???? I only said that the WH corrected GB on that one point and only that one point.

Im not even talking bad about the use of the term czar right now and after this I wont even address it again. You are using diversion tactics learned by the DNC to divert attn away from the other issues.

EPIC FAIL because I caught you. try again

>"If Fox news told half as many lies as you all claim the shitheads at msnbc would have an hour long show detailing the previous days shows on FOX NEWS and show each and every lie FOX NEWS said, then back it up with facts from legit sources proving they were telling lies"<

I believe that is because they leave that to comedy shows like the daily show, Which more or less spends a third or so if it's time doing exactly what you describe.

"Maybe Current should do a show detailing every lie FOX NEWS tells. If you all are right they should be able to do a hour long show at least every day showing the lies and proving with facts that they are lies."

On this very article, there is a tag that reads "Fox News". Click it. You will find various articles that have been posted debunking the very lies Fox News sells to its audience. It does not have to be the current community that puts together these ways of hashing out the lies, this is our format of bringing it in from all the various other sources that have taken the time to do just that. From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, crooks and liars site, media matters, politico, huffington post, msnbc; all these sources may scream liberal to you, but they also discuss the falsehoods of Fox News. They are not undermining the conservatives and manipulating the facts, because it is quite clear these sources are discussing what has been said, checking the facts, asking questions; which has integrity in doing so. Yes these people have a liberal bias, but at the end of the day, its the people that are reporting the facts that can be valued over those who tell stories to fit the context of their agenda and have their viewers mistake it for truth.

@AJIL-------Never said I could prove there were death panels. only said you cant prove there werent.......and you cant

IF you consider REV wrights church a christian church......I dont know what to tell you. I do know that in my 40 plus years of going to church I have never heard my pastor say."GOD DAMN AMERICA"

@BOMB--Are you serious???? I mean really are you serious????? You think msnbc would say.ah fuck it, we dont need to make any more money by disproving FOX NEWS and their lies. we will leave that to the comedy channel to do with 15 second clips. PULEASE get real dude. They are in business to make money. Thats a good thing and I dont have anything against that but if there was money to be made in exposing FOX NEWS and their lies someone would be doing it with facts instead of 15 second clips from some second rated shit head like john stewart.

@AJIL-------From The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, crooks and liars site, media matters, politico, huffington post, msnbc------NOOOOOOOOOOOO they dont have an agenda? PULEASE give me a friggin break. Thats like me using rush lintball as a source to prove you wrong. When you get a respected news outlet to show the lies come talk to me until then keep your liberal rags where they belong. under the birds cage. or in the freezer wrapped around the catch of the day.BWAHAHAHA

ok you should understand that ratings have very little to do with respect. That said, Fox may have the highest ratings, but close to the least amount of respect for the manner in which they behave. Jon Stewart has much more respect in the WORLD, compared to assholes like O'Reilly and Beck. You can't find me evidence that these 'liberal' sources have any where near as much falsehoods in their material as Fax News does. But you bet your ass that I can find an endless stream of material that catches Fax's dirty work.

Your comment about death panels not being able to disproven, even though they cant be proven to exist in the bill... um really? isn't that just going to be childish now?

IM from Chicago. I know all about that shit head and his church. Where are you from?When was the first time you heard about obama? I heard about him long before he ever decided to run for president. Had you? And I dont really give a rats ass what the world thinks. I am not concerned with the world that is why the words.FUCK THE WORLD are tattooed across my neck. you can make all the excuses you want for wright. He is a nut case. Your leader may bow to rulers of the world but in my world those things dont happen. we dont bow to no one. WE RULE THE WORLD and fuck anyone who doesnt like it.

Wow, Ihatethemall, you are a real people person, aren't you? :D

"WE RULE THE WORLD and fuck anyone who doesnt like it."

That view is what hurts this country. The U.S. does not rule the world. At least not in the sense you would like to think it does. The U.S. rules the world through corporations that exploit other countries for their labor and resources, then protects these assets with help by the military. The view that the U.S. has been a force for good for the last few decades is false by most measures. The U.S. consumes 30% of the planets resources, yet it only has some where around 4% of the population. If every country consumed as much as the U.S. does, we would need 3 more planets. That info is from The Story of Stuff's videos. The U.S. will not be able to sustain its behaviors in the long run, so its best to start changing our ways. In 2010, 67% of U.S. taxes will be used for the Military and Defense budget, leaving 37% for everything else. Does that seem adequate to the needs of this country? Most would agree that it is not.

You can flaunt your "FUCK THE WORLD" tattoo as if it means much, but when the world decides to say "FUCK THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", then its going to matter, and your going to have to wish the leader of the country got on his hands and knees to beg for time and resources to help this little nation. Like it or not, you need the rest of the world more then they need you. Showing some respect is the least you could do.

Here you are, being arrogant, trying to defend the corporate news channel that has the largest case of misleading information, swaying it viewers, and getting in the way of progress. I even said that the liberal sources were openly bias, but being bias is not the equivalent of being manipulative. Fox News is bias, but it has been caught on numerous occasions of distorting stories and misleading its audience. You ask for evidence that Fox News is distorting stories, yet we all know there is tons of evidence right here on Current to find. All the while, you have never been able to point to a single case in which any of these liberal sources had done anything like Fox does. If Jon Stewart ever got caught distorting a story for the sake of his liberal bias, it would be head line news. Fox does it everyday and you want someone to take the time of compiling the evidence and present as some special? PuhLease...

Make sure you watch each and every pic. It changes.

Quick question, ihatethemall, how can you start by saying Obama is a muslim and then end with pictures of Obama and his unpopular CHRISTIAN pastor?

That was more sarcasm than anything.....the muslim part.

Giess I should have made that clear.

Clarification accepted. Just curious.

Anyone who knows me know I have never said anythiong bad about the muslims so I just figured most would know it was sarcasm. Glad we got that strait.

@Ajil, 67% and 37% adds up to 104%. Back to school. My next point; Military and defense spemding provides jobs to tax paying citizens and corporations that pay taxes. When the net effect of military spending is adjusted for taxes remitted the 67% is likely rduced by at least 25%, around $50 million. Now the money spent on food stamps, section8 housing, aid to dependent children, and all of the other wasted money propping up a government dependent , democratic voting population is not taxed. So jump up my ass about military spending. At least it provides some respect for the workers.

She may kick you in the nads, however, I have no idea where your "nards" are located. Possibly next to the retard section in the brain.

I agree with you there, you can really get some good info on the muslim side.

Well, Al Jazeera English clearly does have a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel slant.

Al Jazeera tries to maintain higher standards of fact based reporting than Fox does. Just because a story seems pro-Palestinian does not mean that the stories are fabricated.

That is actually a bad comparison, my apologies, Al Jazeera. I am actually having a hard time thinking of a comparison because I think Fox may very well be the worst in history in regard to journalistic integrity.

I watch Al Jazeera almost every day. It is actually a quality news program. It has not changed my mind about Muslim terrorists, but I enjoy news from a different view point.

Just like the Daily show does

Once again, what Daily Show lies are you referring too? The show is primarily political satire about current events which sometimes include the Democrats and Obama. Yes he leans toward liberal and no ones saying he doesn't.

How does the Daily Show lie? 1st of all it is a comedy show, but the fact checking actually seems superior to Faux. Please cite examples.

EdJoy. I've began asking for examples of liberal lies they talk about and I'm not getting takers. Wonder why that is?

@J_jammer

please give some examples of those lies you speak of on the Daily Show...we have over and over again listed the lies of Faux News...Ignorance of facts is not evidence of fiction

Hmmm. Maybe it has something to do with the difficulty of the assignment. :D

I don't think he's coming back, but if he does, he's going to change the subject and call us names. I await....

You mean like the examples you gave of Fox.

Looks like I'm done doing what y'all have done.

Here is the "Big Lie"! Obama is insisting that Universal Health Care is a mandate from the people, yet he has had to bribe Democrats to vote for his program. Mary Landrieu, D-Louisiana, even admitted that she received $300 million in "pork" for the state in return for her vote. This is just the tip of the iceberg! Who's $300 million is this retard spending? It is mine, yours, and ours; assuming that 50% of Democrats actually pay taxes.

Is that an example of a big lie? Yes.

Is it in any way germane to the discussion about Fox News. Not in the least.

I thought it was a good time to get it in. Just in case Fox reports it and the liberals deny it.

As if Universal Healthcare is a bad spending idea but going to war with a country and completely destabilizing the region for money amounts that I can not even comprehend was an awesome idea. Oh yeah, and it was the wrong country to boot! If we didn't do that, we might actually be able to do something decent for our own population for a change.

@Sleep Dirt, your short term memory is failing you. You posted on Health Care, with a cartoon of Homer Simpson, the 7 th post out of 148 to date. I was just replying to your ill concieved initial foray. Typical liberal, living in a fantasy world.

Whaa?
Are you certain your neurons are connecting?
I'm sure your response is relevant to yourself somewhere in the dankest recesses of your own imagination, assuming there is such a place.

For the rest of us, it was reminiscent of the sound of an autistic child making his first attempt at blowing bubbles in the bathtub.

That is the most absurd statement to date here on current. How could the weather be a lie. How could the report on market activity be a lie. Do they lie when the give the closing market numbers?

When someone makes a statement like you just did how could anyone take anything you say as serious.

Come on. We assume that you understand that we are not talking about the strictly news portion on daily events on Fox. Of course the weather is simply the weather. We know that. You know who we're talking about so why not be honest. Limbaugh, O'Rilley, Beck and the other commentators are who we speak of. Of course you know that and are just trying to cloud the issue.

I assume nothing NOTHING when it comes to you folks.

and you are trying to cloud the issue by adding lintballs name in. He isnt employed by FOX NEWS.

The statement was false. 100% false. everything on Fox NEWS is not a lie. I take someone at their word. His words were false. PERIOD.

Thinking that Limbaugh's show is on Fox is not a lie. I thought it was because he's so full of shit. Anyway I now know.

Again with the diversion tactics HUH? they dont work man. I never said you lied with trying to add the name of lintball to the cast of fox news, I said you were clouding the issue.

You dont even know who is on FOX NEWS yet you hate them and ridicule them. WOW thats a winner bud. Good one.

You are so misinformed by the lame stream media you dont even know what goes on at FOX NEWS other then what you from from the LSM. What a classic. you almost proved my point..thanks