The new very latest...sedition? of "Fox News actively makes you stupid"

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  1. Cris 09

    Cris 09 Trololololo

    Nov 30, 2004
    Westfalenstadion
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    Borussia Dortmund
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    Germany
    Here is why I believe FOX has greater success. There is very little to watch on TV that doesn't offend conservatives. All the light night talk show are GOP bashing ALL THE TIME. That didn't happen before. A lot of the sitcoms probably don't agree with their life style, like Modern Family. So what do they have left? To watch TV's opinion masters at night and listen to the people telling them, "Pay attention...your country is being stolen from you by [insert current threat here]."
     
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  2. SamScouse

    SamScouse Member+

    Jun 1, 2015
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    thanks Wankler and Nutter - much appreciated.
     
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  3. Kazuma

    Kazuma Member+

    Chelsea
    Jul 30, 2007
    Detroit
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    I haven't had cable since 2010, mainly because I was a 23 year old getting started in his career, i.e. broke. Closest I have right now is a streaming service, but it's a streaming service catered to sports, with some mainstream cable news (MSNBC, Fox, and the like). One of the reasons I have a streaming service is that it's much easier to cancel, I don't get the runaround like I would with a cable provider. Plus, I was able to use my phone to stream said service at an AirBNB I stayed at last year. And the cost is more reasonable than what a cable provider is.

    But cable news, it's just, subpar. I don't care for MSNBC (Which is more center left than leftwing despite claims to the contrary*), I'm not watching Fox, my streaming service doesn't have CNN and I never watched it much anyway, And the prime time shows aren't news coverage based shows, they're opinion shows! Maddow, Carlson, and the like. And on top of that, every little development is breaking news. It's like that Onion NSFW video about bullshit happening somewhere.

    I prefer to read my news anyway. I've used my Twitter as a newshub, I have subscriptions to NY Times, WaPo, WSJ, and plan on adding the Economist and the New Yorker along with both the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News. Least with print media (Digital and paper) it's a tad sober and isn't constantly parading every single development like it's life changing.

    *: MSNBC does have left leaning views, but it has long time morning show hosted by a former Republican congressman and plenty of Reagan Republicans on.
     
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  4. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    The ads often offend conservatives, too. Any pitch aimed at a younger crowd is urban/diverse. The scene is multi-racial party on a city rooftop, not a gathering at the county fair. (In fact, now that I think of it, the car ad I saw yesterday called out and mocked county fairs.)
     
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  5. dapip

    dapip Member+

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  6. superdave

    superdave Member+

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  7. dapip

    dapip Member+

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  8. superdave

    superdave Member+

    Jul 14, 1999
    VB, VA
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    I don’t get it. I mean, hello, parliament?
     
  9. Auriaprottu

    Auriaprottu Member+

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    Apr 1, 2002
    The back of the bus
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    Wonder why they don't pitch a multi-racial group at the county fair? I mean, there was a time when that wasn't rare or anything, at least not where I grew up. Nothing wrong with country fairs. Nothing wrong with county fairs that are all White, if no Black folks live in the county.. lol

    There IS something wrong with a culture that thinks county fairs are for White people only. I get that racism created the environment where rural, outdoorsy stuff is now practiced mainly by the one race and largely mocked by the other.
     
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  10. Sounders78

    Sounders78 Member+

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    I don't remember where I heard it, probably somewhere in these threads years ago, but it was something along the lines of Fox News loved to rail against the type of shows that aired on Fox.
     
  11. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
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    Millonarios Bogota
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    Probably The Simpsons:

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  12. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
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  13. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
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    1. In the context of the death of Queen Elizabeth. The monarchy gave away some power to avoid revolution. Not exactly “paved”.

    2. Don’t they yearn for a MAGA king?

    And off course:

     
  14. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Totally The Simpsons. But from so long ago that I actually watched the episode.
     
  15. Dyvel

    Dyvel Member+

    Jul 24, 1999
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  16. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
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    Yeah, I think you might be slightly wrong on the issue...

     
  17. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Tuckums is a Kremlin mouthpiece. I mean, that is truly it.
     
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  18. canzano55

    canzano55 Member+

    Jun 23, 2003
    Toronto
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    AC Milan
    Tucker is the most entertaining personality on TV today - why all the hate?
     
  19. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    OK. Who's going to be the first person here to fall for the troll?
     
  20. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
    Club:
    Chicago Fire
    You????? ;)

    Or maybe me for clicking "Show ignored content"
     
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  21. rslfanboy

    rslfanboy Member+

    Jul 24, 2007
    Section 26
    Just trying to preempt a couple pages of stupidity.
     
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  22. JohnR

    JohnR Member+

    Jun 23, 2000
    Chicago, IL
    Yep, you are the winner. Congratulations, I guess.
     
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  23. Dr. Wankler

    Dr. Wankler Member+

    May 2, 2001
    The Electric City
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    Chicago Fire
    Hey, I just read his post, I didn't respond to him.

    Unless of course you're saying rslfanboy is a troll??????
     
  24. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    It is, at least, the appropriate thread for a demonstration of the effect...
     
  25. canzano55

    canzano55 Member+

    Jun 23, 2003
    Toronto
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    AC Milan
    C'mon - he's at least very funny and charming.

    He's like the cool funny guy at the yacht club who you love to hate but also secretly admire because he gets all the girls.
     

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