FOX "news"

**Jet Gorgon** · 20-08-2010, 07:34 PM

^ Beck is on a Constitution and American history drive at the mo. That's good as more people are finding out more about the Founding Fathers and the laws. Beck also has a rally in Washington next week, the same time as Al Sharpton who accused Beck of sullying Martin Luther King's b-day (I think). Like Sharpton owns King. Hopefully, there will be no problems.

**PaulBunyon** · 31-08-2010, 06:26 PM

I'm not sure which Fox news guy is the most hateful and wacked. This morning that guy Brian on the mornign show said something like 'they should kill them in the field' after a chat about the way they are dealing with one of the people they're trying to get on trial in the states somewhere I guess. He surprised me. I guess it's pretty normal to suggest killing people on the news at least for rightwingers.

I found a couple clips of beck which are interesting if you like to hear him spouting his nutterness.

Personally, I think Beck was chosen by God to change the world. By spreading love the way he does I'm sure God has given him the gift of performing miracles. He says 'This may be the last large gathering EVER to assemble at the Lincoln Memorial. Historic. Historic." Wow. I missed it.

**Jet Gorgon** · 01-09-2010, 01:19 AM

Meh, Beck pulled off something no libbie could do. He's infuriated the left with his peaceful Lincoln Memorial event and caused everyone's tongue to wag. obama just dismissed the whole thing, which shows how condescending and out of touch he is with the People..

**sabang** · 01-09-2010, 08:02 AM

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

He's infuriated the left

Really? I thought the reaction was a collective shrug of the shoulders. It is the Right that is hypersensitive these days.

Originally Posted by Jet Gorgon

obama just dismissed the whole thing,

As he should. What would you have him do- get on the bully pulpit and rage about how dweeb Beck is insulting the hallowed memory of Luther King?

Yes of course, you and others on the Right would have just loved him to do that, wouldn't you? The old race card again.

**PaulBunyon** · 01-09-2010, 12:41 PM

What exactly did he pull off? Haven't there been quite a few million man marches there by all sorts of groups from black men to anti-war protestors? What's the difference with Beck's event. Is it because this time it's rightwingers doing something?

**sabang** · 01-09-2010, 12:44 PM

What exactly did he mean- "reclaim America's self respect"?

Why does Glenn Beck hate America so much? Is this a Mormon thing?

If a Democrat said that, they'd be up in arms.

**ItsRobsLife** · 02-09-2010, 02:03 AM

In an awkward moment on Fox News this week, a pundit suggested that a member of the Saudi royal family who has supported the bridge-building work of the imam behind a planned Muslim community center and mosque in Lower Manhattan “funds radical madrasas all over the world.” The awkwardness came from the fact — unmentioned by anyone on the Fox set — that the same Saudi, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, also happens to be the second-largest shareholder in News Corp., the parent company of the Fox News Channel.

During his appearance on Fox News on Monday, Dan Senor, a former Bush administration official, hinted darkly that Feisal Abdul Rauf — an imam who was first recruited to promote religious tolerance in the Middle East on behalf of the United States government by the Bush administration — had, in the past, received financial support from a Saudi foundation established by a man with supposed radical ties. Mr. Senor did not mention the prince’s name but said:

The Kingdom Foundation, so you know, is this Saudi organization, headed up by the guy who tried to give Rudy Giuliani $10 million after 9/11 that was sent back, funds radical madrasas all over the world.

Last week, Sam Gustin pointed out on AOL’s Daily Finance blog that the prince owns a good portion of the channel on which he was vilified:

The stridency with which Fox News personalities attack the downtown Islamic center — red meat for the millions who tune in each night — is an example of the often uneasy relationship and occasionally diverging interests between many of News Corp.’s properties, in this case Fox News and its parent corporation. For example, News Corp.’s second-largest shareholder, after the Murdoch family, is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the nephew of Saudi Arabian King Abdullah, and one of the world’s richest men.

Through his Kingdom Holding Co., Alwaleed owns about 7 percent of News Corp., or about $3 billion of the media giant.

In an interview with Deborah Solomon of The New York Times Magazine in 2006, the prince said his attempt to give $10 million to victims’ families after the Sept. 11 attacks — which was returned because he also suggested that the United States should “adopt a more balanced stance toward the Palestinian cause” — was part of his attempt “to bridge the gap between Christianity and Islam and Judaism.”

As John Cook explained on Yahoo’s Update blog, several Fox News anchors and guests have gone to great lengths in recent weeks to suggest that the Muslim center is a front for radicalism by insisting that we must “follow the money” of the people who might donate money to it:

The opponents of the proposed Cordoba Initiative Islamic center planned for Lower Manhattan are fond of suggesting, by way of lengthy and often confusing chains of causation and association, that its principal planner, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, is connected to terrorism.

“The imam has been tied to some shady characters,” Fox Business Channel’s Eric Bolling recently said, “so should we worry that terror dollars could be funding the project?”
Mr. Cook noted that the implication that Prince Alwaleed’s foundation spreads radicalism seems to stem from its donations to projects like one undertaken last year by the Islamic Development Bank, which is building three community centers in Malawi, each of which will reportedly include a mosque, a health center and a primary school.

The same day that Mr. Senor appeared on Fox, another News Corp. property, The Wall Street Journal, reported that “Controversy over the community center, which will contain a mosque and other facilities, has helped fan anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. far from Lower Manhattan in recent weeks.” Evan Kohlmann, a terrorism expert who monitors jihadist Web sites told the newspaper, “We are handing al Qaeda a propaganda coup, an absolute propaganda coup,” with the uproar over the center.

As my colleague Frank Rich pointed out several years ago, someone should really tell all journalists who think that they are emulating Woodward and Bernstein by repeating the mantra “follow the money” that the phrase was invented by the screenwriter William Goldman for the Hollywood version of “All the President’s Men.”

But taking the Fox pundits at their word, Jon Stewart suggested on The Daily Show this week that the best way to keep the Saudi prince from making money and then possibly using it to back the mosque project, is to boycott Fox News:

This is the proposed ‘terror mosque.’ We know that it’s a ‘terror mosque’ because the money may be coming from a bad guy, who definitely owns part of Fox News. Now, we know that he’s a bad guy because we just heard it on Fox News.

And by hearing it on Fox News, watching Fox News, I’m increasing their viewership. And their advertising rates go up. Now, part of that money goes to the bad guy we learned about on Fox because he’s their part owner — Prince Alwaleed bin Talal — allowing him then to make it rain, so to speak, on the ‘terror mosque.’

My point is this: If we want to cut off funding to the ‘terror mosque,’ we must, together as a nation, stop watching Fox.

LMFAO [at] Fox right now...

blackfolk: Faux News Faux Pas

**S Landreth** · 02-09-2010, 03:46 AM

My copy and pastes don’t last too long here, but there’s a cute segment (from the Daily Show) that is linked to the post.

Bottom line (for those of you who want to read the meaty bits):

Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal ("the world's 22nd richest person") is the second-largest owner of Fox News.
Billionaire Prince al-Waleed also funds the Kingdom Foundation.
Fox says that the Kingdom Foundation "funds terror groups."
The Prince also funds Imam Rauf, the man behind the Park 51 Muslim community center.
Bonus: Fox & Friends announces points 2–4 without ever naming al-Waleed.

For Fox, this means Imam Rauf is financed by terror-funders. For Stewart, this means that Fox is either Stupid or Evil.

But for us, this is valuable information, including the part about connections to Bush II. Forget the "mosque"; the Saudi royal family's relationship to right-wing and GOP politics has needed a spotlight for years. Thank you, Daily Show, for shining it.

Just wait till the Saudis start flexing their Citizens United muscles. Mr. Roberts, you are truly a "revolutionary force".

GP

(By the way, I'm with Evil all the way, even though Evil can also be "inspiringly Stupid." Why?

Because about 1:55 into the segment (repeated at 5:08), Dan Senor says, "The Kingdom Foundation, so you know, is this Saudi organization headed up by the guy who tried to give Rudy Guilani $10 million after 9/11 that was sent back, he funds radical madrassas all over the world" — with a picture of Imam Rauf, not our billionaire Prince, behind the voice-over.

It's the Prince he's talking about. From Dan Senor especially, that's not Stupid, that's inspiringly Evil.)

Link: http://www.americablog.com/2010/08/daily-show-on-terror-funder-fox-co.html

**Jet Gorgon** · 02-09-2010, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by S Landreth

Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal ("the world's 22nd richest person") is the second-largest owner of Fox News.
Billionaire Prince al-Waleed also funds the Kingdom Foundation

Amusing distortion of the facts, yet again from the left.

First, News Corp (NYSE: NWS) owns FOX, which is not publicly traded.
Second, from what I've read, Princey-poo owns about 7% of NWS stock (it's not like they can ban anyone from owning the stock) and is not on the board of directors.
Third, the Kingdom Foundation is not listed as one of the top ten shareholders of NSW. FYI, many in the biz use Yahoo Finance pages for basic listed co. and stock info.

Check out this page for the top ten individual, institutional and mut fund holders of the stock.

NWS Major Holders | News Corporation Stock - Yahoo! Finance

**Bettyboo** · 02-09-2010, 08:49 AM

You right wing Fox luvers are really fuked up, imho... Hard to read the shite you talk without feeling sadness for your state of mind; the way people have used fear to manipulate you to their money making causes; very sad...

**Boon Mee** · 02-09-2010, 09:22 AM

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

You right wing Fox luvers are really fuked up, imho... Hard to read the shite you talk without feeling sadness for your state of mind; the way people have used fear to manipulate you to their money making causes; very sad...

Heh...sure are a lot of them out there!

CABLE NEWS RACE
MON. AUG 30, 2010
VIEWERS

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,977,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,645,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,600,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,097,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,858,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,856,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,078,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,027,000
MSNBC SHULTZ 699,000
CNN SANCHEZ 676,000
CNN KING 620,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 620,000
CNNHN GRACE 586,000
CNN COOPER 581,000

http://www.drudgereport.com/

**Boon Mee** · 28-09-2010, 11:41 PM

The answer is:

FOX NEWS is destroying America

“ Rolling Stone: What do you think of Fox News? Do you think it's a good institution for America and for democracy?

Teh WAS: [Laughs] Look, as president, I swore to uphold the Constitution, and part of that Constitution is a free press. We've got a tradition in this country of a press that oftentimes is opinionated. The golden age of an objective press was a pretty narrow span of time in our history. Before that, you had folks like Hearst who used their newspapers very intentionally to promote their viewpoints. I think Fox is part of that tradition — it is part of the tradition that has a very clear, undeniable point of view. It's a point of view that I disagree with. It's a point of view that I think is ultimately destructive for the long-term growth of a country ...

.

. Obama in Command: The Rolling Stone Interview

**Tunaka** · 29-09-2010, 02:39 AM

Originally Posted by Boon Mee

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

You right wing Fox luvers are really fuked up, imho... Hard to read the shite you talk without feeling sadness for your state of mind; the way people have used fear to manipulate you to their money making causes; very sad...

Heh...sure are a lot of them out there!

CABLE NEWS RACE
MON. AUG 30, 2010
VIEWERS

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,977,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,645,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,600,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,097,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,858,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,856,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,078,000
MSNBC MADDOW 1,027,000
MSNBC SHULTZ 699,000
CNN SANCHEZ 676,000
CNN KING 620,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 620,000
CNNHN GRACE 586,000
CNN COOPER 581,000

DRUDGE REPORT 2010®

These "ratings" mean nothing. These people that watch these TV shows are already stalwarts.

There number alone are not enough to sway an election or change public opinion.

"ratings" are.....the problem.

What has to be done to get "ratings?"

You know what.....

**Eggroll** · 30-10-2010, 11:41 AM

An interesting story about a shooter in the US who has been targeting Marine Corps facilities. So far the guy has shot at quite a few windows at quite a few locations. Despite all his shooting Fox is going light on this guy and has yet to call him a terrorist. Why? Well, I would guess because they think he is a disgruntled ex-Marine who is going through tough times. If someone came by my workplace or home and shot at my windows I would think that that person would be trying to send a message by terrorizing me. Fox doesn't see it that way obviously. If he turns out to be Muslim Marine I wonder if they'll pull out the label then.

Here's the link to the most recent story connected to the current series of events.

DoD Alert: Marine Marathon Could Be Target

**SEA Traveler** · 30-10-2010, 12:53 PM

or possibly they are looking to get the facts identified and cleared up so that they can present a news worthy story that is accurate.

**Norton** · 30-10-2010, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by SEA Traveler

possibly they are looking to get the facts identified and cleared up so that they can present a news worthy story that is accurate.

Not often Fox or any other media outlet does much of this these days but possible. Really nothing much is known about who or why someone is taking the pot shots.

**attaboy** · 01-11-2010, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by Eggroll

An interesting story about a shooter in the US who has been targeting Marine Corps facilities. So far the guy has shot at quite a few windows at quite a few locations. Despite all his shooting Fox is going light on this guy and has yet to call him a terrorist. Why? Well, I would guess because they think he is a disgruntled ex-Marine who is going through tough times. If someone came by my workplace or home and shot at my windows I would think that that person would be trying to send a message by terrorizing me. Fox doesn't see it that way obviously. If he turns out to be Muslim Marine I wonder if they'll pull out the label then.

Here's the link to the most recent story connected to the current series of events.

DoD Alert: Marine Marathon Could Be Target

Maybe because he has a beef with the institution and he's expressing that beef by shooting at objects related to the institution. He's not targeting people (as of yet). It's not obvious what this guy is up to. Hasan who shot people while shouting "allah akbar" was more obvious. Yet the reluctance to call him a terrorist was another incident which caused citizens to wonder who they had voted for in the 2008 elections because the citizens could not recognize their elected officials from their reluctance.

**Eggroll** · 05-11-2010, 09:38 PM

It's been strangely calm at Fox starting the day of the elections. Their great push is over so I guess a lot of them are taking vacations. I noticed Gretchen the slutty morning pitbull on Fox and Friends has been gone for a couple days. I think I saw her snatch at least twice while watching that show. She makes Paris Hilton jealous. But she's even more well know for her firey attacks on anyone who seems to go against her master and hail Christianity.

**Boon Mee** · 06-11-2010, 05:54 PM

As opposed to that Mad Cow Rachael over at MSNBC boo-hooing about gas-bag Olbermann being run-off?

**sabang** · 11-11-2010, 12:08 AM

Oh dear.

Charles Leaf, Fox 5 reporter accused of molesting 4-year-old girl, faces additional kiddie porn rap
Charles Leaf, Fox 5 reporter accused of molesting 4-year-old girl, faces additional kiddie porn rap

**Boon Mee** · 03-12-2010, 08:26 AM

Obama’s Former Green Czar Van Jones: Fox News is “Satan”…

And Van Jones would know about Satan, he used to work for him...

**PaulBunyon** · 07-12-2010, 07:37 PM

Fox News is full of traitors. They are the real threat to America.

**who** · 07-12-2010, 11:13 PM

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The point is Chi, Fox is demonstrably agenda-driven and biased. And you don't have to be "ultra left wing" to see that.[/quote]

You are quite right, however, except possibly CNN, the other "main stream" (ha ha) media are even more "agenda-driven and biased" than Fox, by several magnitudes.

Being far and away the most popular News Source just goes to show how stupid the people are.
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**sabang** · 07-12-2010, 11:27 PM

This crowd have become the professional fox watchers-

Media Matters for America

Media Matters, the watchdog group that loves to hate Fox News

Fighting Fox is what Media Matters does, relentlessly and obsessively. In the six years since its founding, the watchdog group has evolved from an all-purpose scourge of the conservative media into Fox News Channel's veritable shadow and constant irritant. From well before sunrise to long after it each day, teams of young researchers sift through video clips and transcripts of programs hosted by Fox stars such as Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly to find dubious facts, logical contradictions and poisonous - at least to Media Matters' liberal sensibilities - rhetoric.

Media Matters watches other conservative media figures - your Rush Limbaughs and Michael Savages - but Fox has become the focus.

full article- Media Matters, the watchdog group that loves to hate Fox News

**PaulBunyon** · 14-12-2010, 07:14 AM

Is Rupert Murdock a religious person? There seems to be more and more preaching on Fox news. I know the holidays are here so that might be it. It really seems like the station is becoming more of a blend of news, firey surmons and straight out Jesus cheering.

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