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Why, dammit, why?! Seriously, there are many reasons I do not at all respect any aspect of Fox Entertainment, other than the fact that it's the only place I know of in my city that shows the Simpsons. Without the Simpsons, I am powerless.
Really, folks, let's be honest here. Here is why I think that these guys are biased. I for KNOW that Faux News is continuously denouncing the Democratic Party. For example, Roger Ailes was quoted as calling Barack Obama Barack Osama. I know it's easy to mistake, but COME ON.
Faux is obviously a Republican brand. Some of the only ways that they're not of the party is, for example, Greta van Sustreen. Anyways, in my view, the Fox News Corporation, owned by billionaire tyrant Rupert Murdoch (seriously, think of NBC's Donald Trump), is a biased news network for the Republican Party. And I say this as a liberal.
Now back to a less serious matter. The HORRIBLE TV shows. Let's be serious here. Other than 24 and the Simpsons, there is nothing on Fox
Fair and Balanced MY TOKUS.
Really, Simpsons and 24 are the only good shows on Fox Broadcasting. Come on, let's see anything good:
The OC, bad.
House, decent, haven't taken the time to watch it.
Bernie Mac Show: Nothing
Malcom in the Middle: You're kidding, right?
On the Lot, American Idol, so you think you can dance (Hell's Kitchen and King of the Hill are okay, but then again I can see KOTH on FX), Fifth Grader, COPS, OT, 'Til Death, New Amsterdam, Bones, Nashville, even all of Fox Kids and 4Kids **** worse than any of that.
And what bleeping network cancels Family Guy twice and Futurama? I don't give a crap about Arrested Development, but why cancel it none the less?
I recently saw the "Network", the 1976 Sidney Lumet movie starring Faye Dunaway, William Holden, and Peter Finch, who unforgettably played Howard "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Beale.
Lumet envisioned primetime news that was more entertainment and sensationalism than actual news. Ratings points, however despicably earned, trumped integrity and honesty.
Three questions:
(1) When did you last see Network?
(2) Do you think movie accurately foresaw shows on the cable news networks?
(3) If so, which one(s)?
I work for a Chicago-based trade magazine that is aimed at food and beverage retailers. Our company is looking to set up all of its publications with several different social networking sites. One of them is Twitter. While I understand how Twitter works, I have yet to see a good example of a publication that benefits from it. Could someone explain the benefits Twitter would provide to a trade magazine?
There are few Americans who would dispute that Journalism has evolved into the most dishonest profession, even more dishonest than stockbroking or financial advising. More sleazy than prostitution, pimping or drug-dealing.
All journalists want to do nowadays is scare people. They learned during and after 9/11 that "fear" is the path to ratings. And they know they can maintain high readership/viewership by trumping up and exaggerating this so-called "recession".
Let's face it. This recession is pretty minor. I was 9 years old (born in '20) when the stock market crashed. I've seen soup lines stretching for one city block. I've seen men standing on street corners pawning their cars for $100. I went to school with kids who had to fast every other day.
There really is no recession. Today's journalists are not about reporting news; they're about *creating* news. Sad as it is to say, the executives at networks like CNN, FoxNews would be perfectly happy were another national tragedy on the scale of September 11th to happen again. They thrive on public fear. The modus operandus of contemporary news networks is to exploit human beings' most vulnerable emotions (i.e. *** and fear) and they capitalize on this by reporting stories of fear through the red lips of some blonde 20-something anchor **** who got her degree from the back of a magazine.
Wake up people. I'm damn-near senile and I'm able to see the truth, you should be as well. God Bless…



