See, the media isn't all run by libs!

[Zona]

Fox isn't really "right wing". It's owned by foreigners. Australians and Saudi Arabians.
The Australians see unrest as really profitable. They are not necessarily "anti-American". The Saudis, on the other hand, are probably very anti-American. So these two are obviously working together but towards different ends. One to keep the unrest up so the money keeps flowing, the other to damage America as much as they can get away with.

The people working at Fox knows who signs their paychecks. Look at Hannity. Making money off of soldiers misery. He totally represents Fox employees.

How can they be "proud to be an american" knowing they are co owned by saudi's? How does that work?

 

[kwc57]

Libs? I thought it was run by the Joos...

According to Sunni Man and his ilk it is............

It's really run by the Illuminati........

NO IT'S NOT.......its the Bilderberg!

 

[SillyWabbit]

How is it a "liberal media" if fox has the best ratings of any network? How does that work exactly?

Also, how is Fox not mainstream for the very same reason?

 

[LibocalypseNow]

Most Media Outlets are Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican. That doesn't mean that all of these Media Outlets are Liberal though. It's really not that deep or complicated. It's more about supporting the Democratic Party for them. Fox News does lead in Ratings but the Democrat-Biased Media has a much larger audience overall. Keep in mind,the Media includes much more than just Cable News. For example,all of Hollywood is Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican. So it's not just about News. It's the Media overall. Fox News really is rare. They are outnumbered significantly. But they'll keep on keepin on though. They have their niche.

 

[edthecynic]

So, it took them 26 years to get their devious and cunning plan off the ground? Seriously?

Honestly, I don't care - I don't regularly watch Fox... but.... it does seem to me that every time I do watch, they have both liberals and conservatives on discussions. That seems balanced to me. However, there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that they employ more right wing commentators than left wing. I have no doubt that Fox spins for the right more often than not.

But it is no different in that regard than MSNBC, CNN, etc are all tanked for the left. One station leans right. Is that honestly such a huge deal to the left? Why can't the left ever just shut the fuck up and watch what they choose to watch and let others do likewise?

Man, the left are a whiny bunch of control freaks when it comes to media.

Just saying to those that say the media is all "left wing" biased that there is a choice for the 'right wing'

Where did I say anyone shouldn't watch what they want?

It's an interesting article.

Basically, they spotted a gap in the market and filled it. Smart. But, whichever way you slice it.... the vast majority of the MSM leans left.

Do you mean like CBS who fired the Smothers Brothers to score points with the Dick Nixon type of Left leaning?

The Smothers Brothers Show / Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]'[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour' wasn't expected to be a hit when it debuted in February, 1967 - scheduled on CBS as a mid-season replacement variety hour against the unbeatable Bonanza on NBC. It was a last-ditch effort on the part of the network - they had run out of ideas.[/FONT] [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]

The Smothers were just the latest in a long line of well-known performers since 1961 that went up against 'Bonanza', all quickly going down in flames. Jack Benny, Judy Garland, Joey Bishop, Bob Cummings, Perry Mason and Garry Moore (who was unceremoniously dumped midseason to make way for the Smothers) all failed to make a dent in the horse opera's ratings.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Why did CBS give the Smothers a variety show mere months after cancelling their sitcom? They figured a younger audience could counter 'Bonanza's older viewers and the Smothers Brothers had that youthful appeal (but conservative look) the network was looking for.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Because of the show's growing popularity, 'Bonanza' was no longer number one by 1968 - but still, CBS wasn't all that happy.[/FONT]

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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif] It wasn't long before Tommy Smothers discovered that he may have had artistic control contractually but the network had absolute control. Popular phrases, controversial songs and sometimes whole comedy segments were excised by the strict network censors. Sure, it was OK in 1967 to make fun of a President's golf game on TV - but not his war. [/FONT]
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At the end of the third season, because of numerous censorship battles and a constant beating in the conservative press - and the fact that Tommy Smothers was turning in the shows too late to be edited before broadcast - CBS demanded that the Comedy Hour episodes be completed and reviewed by censors by Wednesday of each week. [/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The network claimed the last show of the season was turned in late, cried breach of contract and dropped the series. (It was later proved that the network DID have the tape in their possession after all.) The network ultimately refused to run the episode anyway because they said it "would be considered irreverent and offensive by a large segment of our audience." [/FONT]
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E[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ven after they had renewed the show for another season[/FONT], [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CBS cancelled the Comedy Hour in 1969



[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Richard Nixon pressured CBS to cancel 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour', one of the network's top-rated and most profitable shows. It was said that the newly elected President didn't want a weekly comedy show ridiculing his administration (and its aggressive Vietnam war policy) the way the Smothers had done throughout the Johnson administration.[/FONT]

 

[NYcarbineer]

And not all are Liberal necessarily. Most are Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican though. There's no disputing that. Fox News is the exception to the rule for sure.

If conservatives want more conservative channels they should start more. Who's stopping them?

Of course then you wouldn't have this faux controversy to cry about...

 

[rdean]

Fox isn't really "right wing". It's owned by foreigners. Australians and Saudi Arabians.
The Australians see unrest as really profitable. They are not necessarily "anti-American". The Saudis, on the other hand, are probably very anti-American. So these two are obviously working together but towards different ends. One to keep the unrest up so the money keeps flowing, the other to damage America as much as they can get away with.

The people working at Fox knows who signs their paychecks. Look at Hannity. Making money off of soldiers misery. He totally represents Fox employees.

How can they be "proud to be an american" knowing they are co owned by saudi's? How does that work?

What makes you think they are "proud" to be Americans?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Blaming anything they can on 'liberal bias' is PART of the rightwing propaganda machine's playbook;

it is itself rightwing propaganda.

 

[LibocalypseNow]

And not all are Liberal necessarily. Most are Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican though. There's no disputing that. Fox News is the exception to the rule for sure.

If conservatives want more conservative channels they should start more. Who's stopping them?

Of course then you wouldn't have this faux controversy to cry about...

Not crying about anything. Just stating reality. The Media overall in this country leans very heavily Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican. That's just the way it is. It's why Fox News gets attacked so much. They are outnumbered significantly. It is what it is.

 

[rdean]

And not all are Liberal necessarily. Most are Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican though. There's no disputing that. Fox News is the exception to the rule for sure.

If conservatives want more conservative channels they should start more. Who's stopping them?

Of course then you wouldn't have this faux controversy to cry about...

The people who watch Fox, are they more likely to read Businessweek or the Enquirer?

No one believes that Fox viewers are interested in serious and thoughtful analysis by intellectual and deep thinking conservatives. Clearly, those are people not welcome in the Republican Party.

 

[edthecynic]

And not all are Liberal necessarily. Most are Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican though. There's no disputing that. Fox News is the exception to the rule for sure.

If conservatives want more conservative channels they should start more. Who's stopping them?

Of course then you wouldn't have this faux controversy to cry about...

Not crying about anything. Just stating reality. The Media overall in this country leans very heavily Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican. That's just the way it is. It's why Fox News gets attacked so much. They are outnumbered significantly. It is what it is.

CON$ know there is no Liberal media and never has been, so they redefine Liberal media as any media that is not as far to the extreme right as Faux.

 

[rdean]

If conservatives want more conservative channels they should start more. Who's stopping them?

Of course then you wouldn't have this faux controversy to cry about...

Not crying about anything. Just stating reality. The Media overall in this country leans very heavily Pro-Democrat/Anti-Republican. That's just the way it is. It's why Fox News gets attacked so much. They are outnumbered significantly. It is what it is.

CON$ know there is no Liberal media and never has been, so they redefine Liberal media as any media that is not as far to the extreme right as Faux.

Even the cons would never support their policies being put into place. Cut Medicare? Privatize Social Security? They would march on Washington.

 

[L.K.Eder]

How is it a "liberal media" if fox has the best ratings of any network? How does that work exactly?

it "works" like the persecution of white conservative christians is "working".

 

[edthecynic]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBFUJX0zIC0&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - ‪George Harrison - Smothers Brothers TV Appearance 1968‬‏[/ame]

 

[edthecynic]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4kWLUnorTU]YouTube - ‪Pat Paulsen Editorials (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hr,1967/68)‬‏[/ame]