Fox News viewers most likely to be misinformed - GoFuckYourself.com

Mr.Fiction · 10-03-2003, 01:42 PM

80 percent of those who said they relied on Fox News and 71 percent of those who said they relied on CBS believed at least one of the three misperceptions.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/new...aq/6918170.htm

Bex · 10-03-2003, 01:44 PM

Fox News = Jerry Springer (more or less).

xenigo · 10-03-2003, 02:06 PM

The real reason they're mis-guided is because they've been trained to blindly follow anyone with the title of "President". I've heard a ton of people say "well, he knows what he's doing... Bush has access to more information than we have, so he definitely has the evidence that would justify blowing up 3rd world countries." HA, and now we find out none such evidence exists. Funny shit.

uranidiot · 10-03-2003, 02:07 PM

theking watches Fox doesn't he?

genomega · 10-03-2003, 03:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr.Fiction

80 percent of those who said they relied on Fox News and 71 percent of those who said they relied on CBS believed at least one of the three misperceptions.

http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/new...aq/6918170.htm

Sorry Fiction but the misperceptions come from watching the network evening news or pbs.

France and Germany are not the rest of the world.

aimar78 · 10-03-2003, 03:38 PM

If you watch Fox News and take that shit seriously you are a moron and deserve to be shot.

I only watch Fox News for amusement, I'm amazed at how people can look in the camera and talk total fucking bullshit and than claim to be "Fair and Balanced".

Watching the Fox News for News is like watching the Comedy Channel or MTV for News.

FUCK FOX News!

Great source of news: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/

Bladewire · 10-03-2003, 04:21 PM

It's never good to mislead people.. they find out sooner or later

EZRhino · 10-03-2003, 04:25 PM

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Originally posted by Squirtit
It's never good to mislead people.. they find out sooner or later

Shit happenes

Stud Money · 10-03-2003, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Squirtit
It's never good to mislead people.. they find out sooner or later

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AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE · 10-03-2003, 05:44 PM

Yeah the people find out eventually and get pissed.

Well all accept American's. American people just sit and let the government keep taking what it wants. Including our voices.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:03 PM

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Originally posted by Mr.Fiction

Fox News?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What a big fucking surprise!

It's simply the worst kind of news I've ever seen.

Lowest denominator of television. Pathetic.
And so are those who watch it (unless you're just having a laugh!

).

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels

Fox News?

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What a big fucking surprise!

It's simply the worst kind of news I've ever seen.

Lowest denominator of television. Pathetic.
And so are those who watch it (unless you're just having a laugh! ).

i watch foxnews all the time asshole

i see DEBATES where people from BOTH SIDES debate those very subjects. almost daily on each show its mentions how the weapons havent been found YET and there are no ties found to binladen. thats the only bullshit the liberals trying to defend their stance can push.

again

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:12 PM

Are the debates before or after Jerry Springer re-runs?

AlienQ - BANNED FOR LIFE · 10-03-2003, 06:12 PM

Amazing.

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels
Are the debates before or after Jerry Springer re-runs?

typical FUCKTARD response

12clicks · 10-03-2003, 06:16 PM

its so funny to sit here and watch the rabble explain how everyone else has it wrong but they, in their one room apartment, have the world figured out.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:17 PM

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Originally posted by bringer

i watch foxnews all the time asshole
i see DEBATES where people from BOTH SIDES debate those very subjects. almost daily on each show its mentions how the weapons havent been found YET and there are no ties found to binladen. thats the only bullshit the liberals trying to defend their stance can push. again

First time I zapped to FoxNews was first day of Iraq war.
It was so laughable and infotainment at its worst. It is pathetic.

"Showdown in Iraq!!"

I still remember the Jerry Springer headline scrolling through all the time.
It is moron TV.

Just found something even more scary....
According to this poll:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/...in576340.shtml

"83 percent of those whites who consider themselves a member of the religious right approve of the overall job the president is doing, compared to half - 52 percent - of white Americans who do not consider themselves part of the religious right."

48% of white Americans are religious?!?!?!!?!?!
I think that's a clear sign of US education level.
No other western country will have same percentage of religious lemmings.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:19 PM

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Originally posted by 12clicks
its so funny to sit here and watch the rabble explain how everyone else has it wrong but they, in their one room apartment, have the world figured out.

And so you decide to post.

12clicks · 10-03-2003, 06:24 PM

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Originally posted by Troels

And so you decide to post.

does your apartment have air conditioning?

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

typical FUCKTARD response

I'm sure FoxNews is the preferred news channel for Mensa members.

Fox News is crap.

At least BBC news had the objectivity to report both sides of the story. And not portrait it as Good vs. Evil. Right vs Wrong.

"Showdown in Iraq!" - not biased?

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 12clicks

does your apartment have air conditioning?

You want a job?

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels

First time I zapped to FoxNews was first day of Iraq war.
It was so laughable and infotainment at its worst. It is pathetic.

"Showdown in Iraq!!"

I still remember the Jerry Springer headline scrolling through all the time.
It is moron TV.

what does the headline "Showdown in Iraq" have to do with anything? mad because CNN or BBC didnt think of it first? all the new media has some sort of label like this. that proves nothing? idiot

12clicks · 10-03-2003, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels

I'm sure FoxNews is the preferred news channel for Mensa members.

Fox News is crap.

At least BBC news had the objectivity to report both sides of the story. And not portrait it as Good vs. Evil. Right vs Wrong.

"Showdown in Iraq!" - not biased?

well, if you're a foriegn flunky I guess you can't tell right from wrong.

12clicks · 10-03-2003, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels

You want a job?

awww, you don't have air. typical.

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels
At least BBC news had the objectivity to report both sides of the story. And not portrait it as Good vs. Evil. Right vs Wrong.

if you believe that, then you are a bigger idiot than i thought. here's

, go buy a clue.

freeadultcontent · 10-03-2003, 06:31 PM

I get my news from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

what does the headline "Showdown in Iraq" have to do with anything? mad because CNN or BBC didnt think of it first? all the new media has some sort of label like this. that proves nothing? idiot

No matter what I say will make you change your 'mind'.
Fox News is your news shrine.

I think that poll just about tells you everything about Fox News.
And it's an American poll. Imagine what the rest of the world thinks (I know, I know - you don't give a fuck about the rest of the world).

"Showdown in Iraq" implies revenge and is biased. I'm sure I'd feel the exact same way if my country was attacked. Hell, I dislike Muslim Arabs VERY much. Bomb the whole region and finish off the cancer cell of the world.

But I'm not a News Agency - I don't have to keep objectivity.

Fox News is pathetic.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 12clicks

well, if you're a foriegn flunky I guess you can't tell right from wrong.

No. Noone can.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 12clicks

awww, you don't have air. typical.

No we live in Helium bubbles over here in Europe.
You look at an atlas and turn your head to the right.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

if you believe that, then you are a bigger idiot than i thought. here's , go buy a clue.

So if I watch Fox News I can hope in time to elude the idiot stigma???

HAHAHAHA

Fox News is pathetic.

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels

No matter what I say will make you change your 'mind'.
Fox News is your news shrine.

I think that poll just about tells you everything about Fox News.
And it's an American poll. Imagine what the rest of the world thinks (I know, I know - you don't give a fuck about the rest of the world).

"Showdown in Iraq" implies revenge and is biased. I'm sure I'd feel the exact same way if my country was attacked. Hell, I dislike Muslim Arabs VERY much. Bomb the whole region and finish off the cancer cell of the world.

But I'm not a News Agency - I don't have to keep objectivity.

Fox News is pathetic.

why is it biased? it wasnt "Iraq is going to get ass raped by our tanks". all your complaint is based on is party politics. tool.

show·down ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shdoun)
n.
An event, especially a confrontation, that forces an issue to a conclusion.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Showdown

which part talks about revenge?

Adorno · 10-03-2003, 06:43 PM

It will be fun to watch Fox change when Bush is out of office. Fox was not always the mouth piece of the neocon movement. Faaar from it. You expect the people who bring you COPS and Worlds Wildest Police Chases to give you accurate news and information?

Fox stepped in to fill a niche. What were Fox's rating before 9-11? Jack shit. Fox was just the first to tap into kneejerk reactionary wasp mentality. If the country all of a sudden swung to the left, Fox would be all over it. Fox has always appealed to the lowest common denominator, and can you get any lower than your typical high school educated flag waver? Where else can you get your daily dose of Springer and then get your news dished out to you in a manner that even your 10th grade ass can understand it? Fox makes it easy for the average American to understand politics, it does not use big words and long dialectics that would bore and insult your average American. Fox is to news what GFY is to this industry. A niche filler. Where newbs and idiots are not welcome anywhere else, they are welcome here. Why? Impressions = $$$ regardless of the quality of the impressions. Advertisers see big numbers on Fox so Fox will keep giving the simple minded what they want. It is a brilliant niche really. Make the news simple and flashy enough to hold the attention of the average American. Dont make it complicated, but rather make it so it is easy to follow. There is nothing an idiot likes more than feeling like he is informed. Like their slogan states, "we report, you decide". Make the idiot feel important, he likes that. Great idea, you give Billy Joe and Scooter the neocon simple minded approach and let him decide? Great idea. Could you image news that was filled with experts in their respective fields having hours long roundtable discussions involving the historical and economic implications and backgrounds of foreign policy? Yeah right, I bet most of you were asleep before you even got to the end of that sentence.

Fox is programming for idiots, always has been always will be. Like a fad, they will come and go. Just sit back and laugh at them while you have the chance. While they sit around feeling smart and blubbering out the new buzzwords for the week they picked up from Fox. These people have been dupes to the culture industry their whole lives, they are without hope.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

why is it biased? it wasnt "Iraq is going to get ass raped by our tanks". all your complaint is based on is party politics. tool.

show·down ( P ) Pronunciation Key (shdoun)
n.
An event, especially a confrontation, that forces an issue to a conclusion.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Showdown

which part talks about revenge?

Party politics?

I'm sorry, unlike US I don't believe political beliefs of a country can be expressed in only 2 political parties.

Hell, I'm as rightwing as they come in my country.
Just keep out religion, and keep out the candy floss news manipulation and we probably have the same beliefs.

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Adorno
It will be fun to watch Fox change when Bush is out of office. Fox was not always the mouth piece of the neocon movement. Faaar from it. You expect the people who bring you COPS and Worlds Wildest Police Chases to give you accurate news and information?

Fox stepped in to fill a niche. What were Fox's rating before 9-11? Jack shit. Fox was just the first to tap into kneejerk reactionary wasp mentality. If the country all of a sudden swung to the left, Fox would be all over it. Fox has always appealed to the lowest common denominator, and can you get any lower than your typical high school educated flag waver? Where else can you get your daily dose of Springer and then get your news dished out to you in a manner that even your 10th grade ass can understand it? Fox makes it easy for the average American to understand politics, it does not use big words and long dialectics that would bore and insult your average American. Fox is to news what GFY is to this industry. A niche filler. Where newbs and idiots are not welcome anywhere else, they are welcome here. Why? Impressions = $$$ regardless of the quality of the impressions. Advertisers see big numbers on Fox so Fox will keep giving the simple minded what they want. It is a brilliant niche really. Make the news simple and flashy enough to hold the attention of the average American. Dont make it complicated, but rather make it so it is easy to follow. There is nothing an idiot likes more than feeling like he is informed. Like their slogan states, "we report, you decide". Make the idiot feel important, he likes that. Great idea, you give Billy Joe and Scooter the neocon simple minded approach and let him decide? Great idea. Could you image news that was filled with experts in their respective fields having hours long roundtable discussions involving the historical and economic implications and backgrounds of foreign policy? Yeah right, I bet most of you were asleep before you even got to the end of that sentence.

Fox is programming for idiots, always has been always will be. Like a fad, they will come and go. Just sit back and laugh at them while you have the chance. While they sit around feeling smart and blubbering out the new buzzwords for the week they picked up from Fox. These people have been dupes to the culture industry their whole lives, they are without hope.

go watch your BBC and CNN where they show what they want you to see. michael moore should have a show on those channels. he brings in the people that ONLY push his view points without expressing them himself, then asks them BS questions, and acts like he learns something from it and agrees.

idiot

Centurion · 10-03-2003, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

i watch foxnews all the time asshole
i see DEBATES where people from BOTH SIDES debate those very subjects. almost daily on each show its mentions how the weapons havent been found YET and there are no ties found to binladen. thats the only bullshit the liberals trying to defend their stance can push. again

Very true. Just last nite I saw this debate about George Bush.
Got the transcript right here:

Speaker #1: "George Bush is God!"
Speaker #2: "No, George Bush is the Supreme Being!"

See! Fair & Balanced!

Adorno · 10-03-2003, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

go watch your BBC and CNN where they show what they want you to see. michael moore should have a show on those channels. he brings in the people that ONLY push his view points without expressing them himself, then asks them BS questions, and acts like he learns something from it and agrees. idiot

I rest my case.

Completely off topic argument and barely coherent.

You wonder why he watches Fox?

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Centurion

Very true. Just last nite I saw this debate about George Bush.
Got the transcript right here:

Speaker #1: "George Bush is God!"
Speaker #2: "No, George Bush is the Supreme Being!"

See! Fair & Balanced!

Congrats. I see you just got hired at the NY Post. I think you'll fit in perfect.

bringer · 10-03-2003, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Adorno

I rest my case.

Completely off topic argument and barely coherent.

You wonder why he watches Fox?

not off topic at all. read it again

Centurion · 10-03-2003, 06:57 PM

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Originally posted by freeadultcontent
I get my news from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

More accurate than most!

Troels · 10-03-2003, 06:58 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

go watch your BBC and CNN where they show what they want you to see.

Oh yeah that's right...
And why do you never see US casualties? Yet Iraq casualties get shown again and again?

Nono, objectivity is key here! Watch Fox News to get it.

Actually I remember CNN having same position. I guess they're not an international news agency anyway?

If you're a true news agency you report EVERYTHING. No filters.
As soon as you start filtering away certain reports for morale issues you lose your credibility. You are no longer un-biased = not worth watching.

bringer · 10-03-2003, 07:00 PM

i need to stop spending so much time here debating 35 yearold idiots who still live in the parents house and depend on CNN to give them all the facts. I know fox is biased to a point, but they put a good effert in to create debates with people from boths sides of issues, rather than CNN with its two fucktard liberals agreeing with each other while giving eachother handjobs just off camera.

im done

Centurion · 10-03-2003, 07:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

Congrats. I see you just got hired at the NY Post. I think you'll fit in perfect.

Rather work at the NY Post than The Drudge Report!
How's the sludge at drudge?

bringer · 10-03-2003, 07:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Troels

If you're a true news agency you report EVERYTHING. No filters.
As soon as you start filtering away certain reports for morale issues you lose your credibility. You are no longer un-biased = not worth watching.

i completely agree. not one news agency in the world does that though, so i guess you dont watch the news.

Troels · 10-03-2003, 07:05 PM

Good night Bringer.

Matt_WildCash · 10-03-2003, 07:10 PM

Wow shows how brainwashed and misinformed a huge number of the US people are.

Adorno · 10-03-2003, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer
i need to stop spending so much time here debating 35 yearold idiots who still live in the parents house and depend on CNN to give them all the facts. I know fox is biased to a point, but they put a good effert in to create debates with people from boths sides of issues, rather than CNN with its two fucktard liberals agreeing with each other while giving eachother handjobs just off camera.
im done

hehe. He considers what he does to be "debating". And we know you are not going to sleep, you are just running away like a little girl. What would Oreilly think of you turning tail when you have the liberal throats so firmly in your grasp? Finish us off. Do it for Bush and 12Clicks.

We can tell you watch a lot of Fox, you manage to work in CNN, liberals, and Michael Moore into your brain farts. As if there are only two ways of thinking, left and right. All of it as a result of Fox. I would know, I watch hours of it a day as well. I would be surprised if you could name off any other lefties or so called leftist news institutions other than the ones you keep rambling about. Man the Fox toilet goes right from the toilet straight to your brain doesn't it?

Might I suggest you try something rather radical? Hear me out, it will probably be rather difficult for you.

When presented with an issue, instead of just eating Sean Hannity's semen soaked words, go fire up your AOL browser and search for alternative viewpoints. Go get the left view from the source, go find out what a Marxist thinks about the particular subject, go find out what the extreme right thinks about it, find out the Wiccan position, anyone and everyone with a position. Here comes the hard part, when you have a general idea of what everyone else thinks, find some books. Preferably apolitical historical sources and read about it yourself. Then, and only then, can you say you have a "fair and balanced" opinion on a subject.

But that would require turning off the tv and a little effort. Perhaps you will find the world is not so black and white, right and left.

I bet you are 17.

uranidiot · 10-03-2003, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

what does the headline "Showdown in Iraq" have to do with anything? mad because CNN or BBC didnt think of it first? all the new media has some sort of label like this. that proves nothing? idiot

Objective media labelled it as "The Iraq War" or "War In Iraq" which is what it is.

News is there to inform, not entertain.

"Showdown In Iraq" is the WWF of news reporting.

If you can't see that, there's no hope for you dopey.

uranidiot · 10-03-2003, 07:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 12clicks

well, if you're a foriegn flunky I guess you can't tell right from wrong.

That's genuinly funny.

I'm actually starting to pity you.

rooster · 10-03-2003, 07:15 PM

the modern liberal mind is a very scary thing. Have you ever even watched fox news or do you just base your opinion on a fat slob in a baseball hat and a frakenstein looking out of work comedy writer tell you.

Lets interpret these statistics, and for arguments sake assume they are valid.

Look who is last NPR. aka far left radio network. Its 24 hours of Mr. Fiction types who sit around telling their conpiracy theories and bashing the current admin.

So of course anyone that listens to that would be least likely to believe anything that would help the current admin.

CBS, NBC, ABC are so far left that anything towards the right seems way right in comparison.

You guys have total control of the media. Cant there be a conservative viewpoint also. Are you afraid of giving the right a voice.

If you have a stick up your ass about bill oreily and sean hannity, tough shit. The same network also has diehard liberals like geraldo and allan combs. And Gloria Van Sustren stays middle of the road.

uranidiot · 10-03-2003, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bringer

if you believe that, then you are a bigger idiot than i thought. here's , go buy a clue.

How little you know.

Bah, what do I care.

They'll always be idiots in the world. It's only on this board that I humor them.

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Mr.Fiction Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Free Speech Land Posts: 9,484	Fox News viewers most likely to be misinformed 80 percent of those who said they relied on Fox News and 71 percent of those who said they relied on CBS believed at least one of the three misperceptions. http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/new...aq/6918170.htm

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xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	The real reason they're mis-guided is because they've been trained to blindly follow anyone with the title of "President". I've heard a ton of people say "well, he knows what he's doing... Bush has access to more information than we have, so he definitely has the evidence that would justify blowing up 3rd world countries." HA, and now we find out none such evidence exists. Funny shit.

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aimar78 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: .au Posts: 69	If you watch Fox News and take that shit seriously you are a moron and deserve to be shot. I only watch Fox News for amusement, I'm amazed at how people can look in the camera and talk total fucking bullshit and than claim to be "Fair and Balanced". Watching the Fox News for News is like watching the Comedy Channel or MTV for News. FUCK FOX News! Great source of news: http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/

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Troels Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Between the clouds Posts: 1,035	Are the debates before or after Jerry Springer re-runs?

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Adorno So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 303	It will be fun to watch Fox change when Bush is out of office. Fox was not always the mouth piece of the neocon movement. Faaar from it. You expect the people who bring you COPS and Worlds Wildest Police Chases to give you accurate news and information? Fox stepped in to fill a niche. What were Fox's rating before 9-11? Jack shit. Fox was just the first to tap into kneejerk reactionary wasp mentality. If the country all of a sudden swung to the left, Fox would be all over it. Fox has always appealed to the lowest common denominator, and can you get any lower than your typical high school educated flag waver? Where else can you get your daily dose of Springer and then get your news dished out to you in a manner that even your 10th grade ass can understand it? Fox makes it easy for the average American to understand politics, it does not use big words and long dialectics that would bore and insult your average American. Fox is to news what GFY is to this industry. A niche filler. Where newbs and idiots are not welcome anywhere else, they are welcome here. Why? Impressions = $$$ regardless of the quality of the impressions. Advertisers see big numbers on Fox so Fox will keep giving the simple minded what they want. It is a brilliant niche really. Make the news simple and flashy enough to hold the attention of the average American. Dont make it complicated, but rather make it so it is easy to follow. There is nothing an idiot likes more than feeling like he is informed. Like their slogan states, "we report, you decide". Make the idiot feel important, he likes that. Great idea, you give Billy Joe and Scooter the neocon simple minded approach and let him decide? Great idea. Could you image news that was filled with experts in their respective fields having hours long roundtable discussions involving the historical and economic implications and backgrounds of foreign policy? Yeah right, I bet most of you were asleep before you even got to the end of that sentence. Fox is programming for idiots, always has been always will be. Like a fad, they will come and go. Just sit back and laugh at them while you have the chance. While they sit around feeling smart and blubbering out the new buzzwords for the week they picked up from Fox. These people have been dupes to the culture industry their whole lives, they are without hope.

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Troels Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: Between the clouds Posts: 1,035	Good night Bringer.

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Matt_WildCash Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,699	Wow shows how brainwashed and misinformed a huge number of the US people are.

10-03-2003, 07:15 PM	#49
rooster Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,384	the modern liberal mind is a very scary thing. Have you ever even watched fox news or do you just base your opinion on a fat slob in a baseball hat and a frakenstein looking out of work comedy writer tell you. Lets interpret these statistics, and for arguments sake assume they are valid. Look who is last NPR. aka far left radio network. Its 24 hours of Mr. Fiction types who sit around telling their conpiracy theories and bashing the current admin. So of course anyone that listens to that would be least likely to believe anything that would help the current admin. CBS, NBC, ABC are so far left that anything towards the right seems way right in comparison. You guys have total control of the media. Cant there be a conservative viewpoint also. Are you afraid of giving the right a voice. If you have a stick up your ass about bill oreily and sean hannity, tough shit. The same network also has diehard liberals like geraldo and allan combs. And Gloria Van Sustren stays middle of the road.