Dumb Women on Fox News

[Camp]

Thing is, CNN used to be actual news, had bureaus and correspondents all over the planet to get it, and was the only place to go for instant news any time. Murdoch came along and invented the format of News Theater (which draws more eyeballs via emotional hooks and as a bonus is also a lot cheaper to produce). Because all of those channels are based on profit, this of course was more "successful" (read: made more money) and CNN's support base eroded. To their discredit CNN and later MSNBC followed the Fox model down the hole, and that's why we have precious little actual news while News Theater, we have that out the yinyang.

Is this a joke?

It is not a joke. It is accurate. Only thing left out is the explanation about dividing up the various demographic niches.

 

[bodecea]

No, some of their accomplishments are included in the OP as well. It seems as if you have a problem with the fact that a lot of the women on Fox News are not only beautiful, but very intelligent women as well.

Doesn't matter -- it's still the OP's strawman. He set it up, I didn't. Whether they're "beautiful" or not, besides being a totally subjective assessment, is entirely irrelevant to what they allegedly do. There is no standard of Journalism whatsoever that involves "what the reporter looks like".

I disagree. Appearances are important on television. That's just a fact that it is more pleasant to look at someone who is good-looking and listen to them speak than someone who is hideous.

Are they? Why? If that's true, are we not valuing superficialities over substance?

How does a "good looking" face make a story any more valid? Is it about the content, or about the face presenting it? Aye, there's the rub.

Duh, that's what television is all about, superficiality. The content is pretty much the same, regardless of who is presenting it, considering all of the major news organizations get their info from the same source more often than not, the Associated Press.

Funny thing is most republican women are hot like the ladies on fox. My wife makes those women look average. It's the people watching the shows and assuming those women were picked because they are hot that are mistaken. All conservative women are hot. I think it's what's inside that make them hot. This as opposed to the evil shit that makes democrats look ugly.

That IS funny!

 

[Pogo]

Thing is, CNN used to be actual news, had bureaus and correspondents all over the planet to get it, and was the only place to go for instant news any time. Murdoch came along and invented the format of News Theater (which draws more eyeballs via emotional hooks and as a bonus is also a lot cheaper to produce). Because all of those channels are based on profit, this of course was more "successful" (read: made more money) and CNN's support base eroded. To their discredit CNN and later MSNBC followed the Fox model down the hole, and that's why we have precious little actual news while News Theater, we have that out the yinyang.

Is this a joke?

It is not a joke. It is accurate. Only thing left out is the explanation about dividing up the various demographic niches.

We'll have to get S.J. in here to essplain how Fox Noise is "racist" because their audience demographics shows mostly white people.

 

[Camp]

Would anyone watch FOX if the journeyist stopped dressing like bar hookers?

 

[idb]

Meanwhile the low information left relies on the ....freaking ....comedy channel... for it's news analysis with editorials by stand up comics like Jon Stewart.

The funny thing is that it has been scientifically proven that The Daily Show viewers are better informed than Fox viewers.
In fact people that never watch any news are better informed than Fox viewers - that means that watching Fox actually makes you dumber.
You can't argue with it...it's just science.

 

[Pogo]

Meanwhile the low information left relies on the ....freaking ....comedy channel... for it's news analysis with editorials by stand up comics like Jon Stewart.

The funny thing is that it has been scientifically proven that The Daily Show viewers are better informed than Fox viewers.
In fact people that never watch any news are better informed than Fox viewers - that means that watching Fox actually makes you dumber.
You can't argue with it...it's just science.

The other funny thing is that the poster just admitted by the comparison that he thinks News Theater is News.

Which explains a lot.

 

[idb]

Meanwhile the low information left relies on the ....freaking ....comedy channel... for it's news analysis with editorials by stand up comics like Jon Stewart.

The funny thing is that it has been scientifically proven that The Daily Show viewers are better informed than Fox viewers.
In fact people that never watch any news are better informed than Fox viewers - that means that watching Fox actually makes you dumber.
You can't argue with it...it's just science.

The other funny thing is that the poster just admitted by the comparison that he thinks News Theater is News.

Which explains a lot.

Science tells us that he would be better informed by the simple act of not watching any news at all.

 

[Pogo]

Meanwhile the low information left relies on the ....freaking ....comedy channel... for it's news analysis with editorials by stand up comics like Jon Stewart.

The funny thing is that it has been scientifically proven that The Daily Show viewers are better informed than Fox viewers.
In fact people that never watch any news are better informed than Fox viewers - that means that watching Fox actually makes you dumber.
You can't argue with it...it's just science.

The other funny thing is that the poster just admitted by the comparison that he thinks News Theater is News.

Which explains a lot.

Science tells us that he would be better informed by the simple act of not watching any news at all.

... Or by watching real comedians.

 

[Shrimpbox]

State of the News Media 2014 Key Indicators Pew Research Center s Journalism Project

Let me get this straight in this Area 51 of logic. " science tells us" that not being informed at all is the best way to be informed. And it's right wingers that don't believe in science. Ah it's all clear to me now.

 

[Oldstyle]

For the past 10 years FOX News has had higher ratings and the largest audience numbers (for news and business/political "talk" programs) than all the other TV and Cable news channels combined, which includes: CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS!

Some folks claim that FOX's higher ratings are only because FOX purposely hires a lot of female "reporters" who do nothing but sit around in short skirts and merely "read everything off of a teleprompter".

Bottom line: The next time you hear someone criticizing FOX News for supposedly having a "bunch of dumb gals" as eye candy . . . Check out their qualifications...let them speak for themselves!


Brenda Buttner

She graduated from Harvard University with honors with a bachelor's degree in social studies. Buttner went on to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University , where she graduated with high honors and a bachelor's degree in politics and economics.


Shannon Bream

She is a graduate of Liberty University and earned a Juris Doctorate with honors from Florida State University College of Law.


Gretchen Carlson

Carlson graduated with honors from Stanford University and also studied at Oxford University in England .


Jamie Colby

Aside from her journalism career, Colby is an attorney and served in private practice for 10 years. She is an attorney admitted to practice in New York , California , the District of Columbia and Florida . Colby is also a former law professor, a member of Law Review and has been a National Board member of American Women in Radio and Television for the last several years. Attending the University of Miami International School of Business at age 14, she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting as well as her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law at age 22.


Harris Faulkner

A graduate from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in mass communication.


Jennifer Griffin

A graduate of Harvard University in 1992, Griffin received a Bachelor’s degree in comparative politics.


Kimberly Guilfoyle

Guilfoyle is a magna cum laude graduate of University of California , Davis and attended the University of San Francisco School of Law and Trinity College in Dublin , Ireland , where she studied and was published for her research in international children's rights and European Economic Community law.


Molly Henneberg

Henneberg earned her bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University , graduating summa cum laude.


Catherine Herridge

Herridge earned a Bachelor's degree from Harvard College and a Master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Amy Kellogg

Kellogg began to study Russian at Phillips Academy in Andover , Massachusetts and then received her BA in Soviet Studies from Brown University . She spent a semester at Leningrad State University . She received her Masters from Stanford University in Russian and East European Studies and also speaks Spanish and French.


Megyn Kelly

Kelly earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Syracuse University and a J.D. >From Albany Law School, where she also served as editor of the Albany Law Review.


Jenna Lee

A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara , Lee obtained her master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Molly Line

Line is a graduate of Virginia Tech where she received her Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and political science.


Dagen McDowell

A native of Virginia , McDowell graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in art history.


Heather Nauert

She graduated from Mt. Vernon College in Washington , D.C. , with a bachelor of arts in communications and she received her master’s in journalism from Columbia University . Nauert is also a term member at the Council of Foreign Relations.


Dana Perino

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Colorado State University-Pueblo and went on to receive a Masters in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield ..


Anita Vogel

Vogel graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism and political science.


Lis Wiehl

Wiehl received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 1983 and received her Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland in 1985. In addition, she earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1987


Greta Van Susteren

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Van Susteren received a bachelor's degree with distinction in economics. She earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law in 1979 and a Master of Law from the school in 1982. Van Susteren was the first Stuart Stiller Fellow at Georgetown Law Center and was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Stetson Law School.

you can have all the brains in the world but if you are working for an evil propaganda network helping to destroy our democracy and freedoms then you aren't as smart as you think. also, i'm convinced anybody can buy a piece of paper saying your smart. just look at the tin men we keep putting in high offices all over the u.s. and world wide. these ladies sold their souls for a chance to be on tv and are working for a corrupt empire we all live under.

Sold their souls? Really? Hold on while I turn off my hyperbole alarm...it's blaring right now!

 

[idb]

State of the News Media 2014 Key Indicators Pew Research Center s Journalism Project

Let me get this straight in this Area 51 of logic. " science tells us" that not being informed at all is the best way to be informed. And it's right wingers that don't believe in science. Ah it's all clear to me now.

No, science tells us that watching Fox makes you less informed than watching no news at all.
Don't blame me, it's a natural law - like gravity.

 

[RKMBrown]

State of the News Media 2014 Key Indicators Pew Research Center s Journalism Project

Let me get this straight in this Area 51 of logic. " science tells us" that not being informed at all is the best way to be informed. And it's right wingers that don't believe in science. Ah it's all clear to me now.

No, science tells us that watching Fox makes you less informed than watching no news at all.
Don't blame me, it's a natural law - like gravity.

Yeah cause watching communist news network or one of the socialist broadcast networks is so much more informing.

 

[Shrimpbox]

I believe I have disproved that claim in a previous op and I ain't going through all the research again. And let's see, how many stories have not even been covered by the mainstream media, yeah a whole bunch of important ones. Just look at the Gruber reporting. The same science that has been claiming we are running out of oil for the last thirty years is the science claiming how uninformed fox viewers are. The truth is we would be nothing but sheep if it wasn't for Fox News and the last election proves the point, just as the informed among us predicted six years ago.

And just to get my man card punched let me say for the record; there is nothing more sexy or attractive than a good looking woman with a head on her shoulders.

 

[Camp]

State of the News Media 2014 Key Indicators Pew Research Center s Journalism Project

Let me get this straight in this Area 51 of logic. " science tells us" that not being informed at all is the best way to be informed. And it's right wingers that don't believe in science. Ah it's all clear to me now.

Just because you do not watch TV news does not mean you are not informed.

 

[Oldstyle]

State of the News Media 2014 Key Indicators Pew Research Center s Journalism Project

Let me get this straight in this Area 51 of logic. " science tells us" that not being informed at all is the best way to be informed. And it's right wingers that don't believe in science. Ah it's all clear to me now.

No, science tells us that watching Fox makes you less informed than watching no news at all.
Don't blame me, it's a natural law - like gravity.

Hmmm...wonder what Deanie, Franco and NotFooled watch...if brains were high explosive the three of them combined couldn't blow out a candle! Just saying...

 

[Mojo2]

For the past 10 years FOX News has had higher ratings and the largest audience numbers (for news and business/political "talk" programs) than all the other TV and Cable news channels combined, which includes: CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS!

Some folks claim that FOX's higher ratings are only because FOX purposely hires a lot of female "reporters" who do nothing but sit around in short skirts and merely "read everything off of a teleprompter".

Bottom line: The next time you hear someone criticizing FOX News for supposedly having a "bunch of dumb gals" as eye candy . . . Check out their qualifications...let them speak for themselves!


Brenda Buttner

She graduated from Harvard University with honors with a bachelor's degree in social studies. Buttner went on to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University , where she graduated with high honors and a bachelor's degree in politics and economics.


Shannon Bream

She is a graduate of Liberty University and earned a Juris Doctorate with honors from Florida State University College of Law.


Gretchen Carlson

Carlson graduated with honors from Stanford University and also studied at Oxford University in England .


Jamie Colby

Aside from her journalism career, Colby is an attorney and served in private practice for 10 years. She is an attorney admitted to practice in New York , California , the District of Columbia and Florida . Colby is also a former law professor, a member of Law Review and has been a National Board member of American Women in Radio and Television for the last several years. Attending the University of Miami International School of Business at age 14, she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting as well as her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law at age 22.


Harris Faulkner

A graduate from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in mass communication.


Jennifer Griffin

A graduate of Harvard University in 1992, Griffin received a Bachelor’s degree in comparative politics.


Kimberly Guilfoyle

Guilfoyle is a magna cum laude graduate of University of California , Davis and attended the University of San Francisco School of Law and Trinity College in Dublin , Ireland , where she studied and was published for her research in international children's rights and European Economic Community law.


Molly Henneberg

Henneberg earned her bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University , graduating summa cum laude.


Catherine Herridge

Herridge earned a Bachelor's degree from Harvard College and a Master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Amy Kellogg

Kellogg began to study Russian at Phillips Academy in Andover , Massachusetts and then received her BA in Soviet Studies from Brown University . She spent a semester at Leningrad State University . She received her Masters from Stanford University in Russian and East European Studies and also speaks Spanish and French.


Megyn Kelly

Kelly earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Syracuse University and a J.D. >From Albany Law School, where she also served as editor of the Albany Law Review.


Jenna Lee

A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara , Lee obtained her master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Molly Line

Line is a graduate of Virginia Tech where she received her Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and political science.


Dagen McDowell

A native of Virginia , McDowell graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in art history.


Heather Nauert

She graduated from Mt. Vernon College in Washington , D.C. , with a bachelor of arts in communications and she received her master’s in journalism from Columbia University . Nauert is also a term member at the Council of Foreign Relations.


Dana Perino

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Colorado State University-Pueblo and went on to receive a Masters in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield ..


Anita Vogel

Vogel graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism and political science.


Lis Wiehl

Wiehl received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 1983 and received her Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland in 1985. In addition, she earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1987


Greta Van Susteren

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Van Susteren received a bachelor's degree with distinction in economics. She earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law in 1979 and a Master of Law from the school in 1982. Van Susteren was the first Stuart Stiller Fellow at Georgetown Law Center and was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Stetson Law School.

you can have all the brains in the world but if you are working for an evil propaganda network helping to destroy our democracy and freedoms then you aren't as smart as you think. also, i'm convinced anybody can buy a piece of paper saying your smart. just look at the tin men we keep putting in high offices all over the u.s. and world wide. these ladies sold their souls for a chance to be on tv and are working for a corrupt empire we all live under.

 

[Shourn]

According to FOX News, young women should excuse themselves from voting and just go back on Tinder because they don't have "the right mindset".

 

[Oldstyle]

According to FOX News, young women should excuse themselves from voting and just go back on Tinder because they don't have "the right mindset".

Ah yes...another brainwashed liberal tool to play with! Buckle up, sweetie...it's gonna be a rough ride!

 

[FJO]

For the past 10 years FOX News has had higher ratings and the largest audience numbers (for news and business/political "talk" programs) than all the other TV and Cable news channels combined, which includes: CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC and CBS!

Some folks claim that FOX's higher ratings are only because FOX purposely hires a lot of female "reporters" who do nothing but sit around in short skirts and merely "read everything off of a teleprompter".

Bottom line: The next time you hear someone criticizing FOX News for supposedly having a "bunch of dumb gals" as eye candy . . . Check out their qualifications...let them speak for themselves!


Brenda Buttner

She graduated from Harvard University with honors with a bachelor's degree in social studies. Buttner went on to be a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University , where she graduated with high honors and a bachelor's degree in politics and economics.


Shannon Bream

She is a graduate of Liberty University and earned a Juris Doctorate with honors from Florida State University College of Law.


Gretchen Carlson

Carlson graduated with honors from Stanford University and also studied at Oxford University in England .


Jamie Colby

Aside from her journalism career, Colby is an attorney and served in private practice for 10 years. She is an attorney admitted to practice in New York , California , the District of Columbia and Florida . Colby is also a former law professor, a member of Law Review and has been a National Board member of American Women in Radio and Television for the last several years. Attending the University of Miami International School of Business at age 14, she received a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting as well as her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Miami School of Law at age 22.


Harris Faulkner

A graduate from the University of California at Santa Barbara with a degree in mass communication.


Jennifer Griffin

A graduate of Harvard University in 1992, Griffin received a Bachelor’s degree in comparative politics.


Kimberly Guilfoyle

Guilfoyle is a magna cum laude graduate of University of California , Davis and attended the University of San Francisco School of Law and Trinity College in Dublin , Ireland , where she studied and was published for her research in international children's rights and European Economic Community law.


Molly Henneberg

Henneberg earned her bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University , graduating summa cum laude.


Catherine Herridge

Herridge earned a Bachelor's degree from Harvard College and a Master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Amy Kellogg

Kellogg began to study Russian at Phillips Academy in Andover , Massachusetts and then received her BA in Soviet Studies from Brown University . She spent a semester at Leningrad State University . She received her Masters from Stanford University in Russian and East European Studies and also speaks Spanish and French.


Megyn Kelly

Kelly earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Syracuse University and a J.D. >From Albany Law School, where she also served as editor of the Albany Law Review.


Jenna Lee

A graduate of the University of California at Santa Barbara , Lee obtained her master's degree from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.


Molly Line

Line is a graduate of Virginia Tech where she received her Bachelor of Arts in mass communication and political science.


Dagen McDowell

A native of Virginia , McDowell graduated from Wake Forest University with a degree in art history.


Heather Nauert

She graduated from Mt. Vernon College in Washington , D.C. , with a bachelor of arts in communications and she received her master’s in journalism from Columbia University . Nauert is also a term member at the Council of Foreign Relations.


Dana Perino

She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication from Colorado State University-Pueblo and went on to receive a Masters in Public Affairs Reporting from the University of Illinois-Springfield ..


Anita Vogel

Vogel graduated from the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism and political science.


Lis Wiehl

Wiehl received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College in 1983 and received her Master of Arts in Literature from the University of Queensland in 1985. In addition, she earned her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1987


Greta Van Susteren

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Van Susteren received a bachelor's degree with distinction in economics. She earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown Law in 1979 and a Master of Law from the school in 1982. Van Susteren was the first Stuart Stiller Fellow at Georgetown Law Center and was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree from Stetson Law School.

Oh! Another one of my VERY huge favorites was left out of that list. Must be because her show aired after the article was published. But she IS TOPS! Justice with Judge Jeanine is her program. ( weekends ) I predict she will have a daily slot and soon. Her opening points are that captivating and so are her guests.

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1. Jeanine Ferris Pirro is a former prosecutor, judge, and elected official from the state of New York, who is currently a legal analyst and television entertainer.

Absolutely! I suggested earlier that if America must have a female president judge Pirro would be perfect.

 

[Shrimpbox]

If you want to have a debate about the necessity of having an informed electorate in order to have a democracy it is going to start with comments like the one Kimberly G. Made on The Five, an opinion not a news show. Everyone one of us knows plenty of people who have the right to vote but have no clue. This is a huge problem in the age of social media when a mob can be created and managed so skillfully as these race protests have shown. The usual liberal character assassination on a comment taken out of context is unwarranted.