thats what they're saying anyway...apparently bc of the public outcry there was due to Ted Koppel's reading of the names of the US soldiers KIA in Iraq, Fox News Sunday is going to try to do it better by actually naming what the soldiers have accomplished over in Iraq instead of just naming names. Sounds like a good idea....anyone else hear about this?
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This is not a topic that deserves to be in the OTF.
Just because the OTF has more traffic doesn't mean you need to put more serious topics in there to get attention. If this were to be moved over there it would get flooded with obnoxious crap, and the original point of the topic will be lost in oblivion.
Haven't heard anything like that. Then again I don't watch that crappy network.
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damn....thats a bit harsh...I don't like to choose favorites when it comes to news channels, but recently ive been watching fox. I just get tired of people telling me CNN is too liberal and fox is too conservative, etc etc...so I make decisions on my own. Thats why I thought what they were doing was admirable enough to post. dats all.
Not trying to be harsh. Just giving my honest opinion on a network that should get kick out of television forever.
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I can appreciate that....but can't you give a reason? I can always say I think something is terrible and should be expelled from society....but I would hope someone would challenge me to at least provide an explanation.
So cmon now......why should it "get kicked out of television forever" and what network is better?
Trying to avoid politics here. Remenber the election of 2000? All the networks were quick to jump the gun on who won. Fox along with NBC and CBS were being absurd with the results. Ever since then I have drop my interest for the news shows. As for that uninformed comment......well, I rather be uninformed than being misinform. Now, as far as all that coverage of the war is obviously edited. There are so many things that we will be mislead on. The networks did that during Desert Storm and they will do it again.
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I only am sure that Fox News its the most pro Bush Admnistration of all USA tv's. And the Iraqi war facts have been completely censored and manipulated by Fox.
It is usual for me and some journalists friends of mine to laugh a lot about it. So no mather what you are talking about, the intention is obvious.
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Corlindel speaks the truth. However, I don't think it's fair to say that CNN has a liberal slant, either--it doesn't. Most news organizations these days are either conservative or neutral. (with the exception of a few like NPR, Newsweek, BBC...) The only place I really trust to have the facts is NPR... The others all seem to let their own political opinions stand in the way of the facts.
FOX news is outrageously biased toward the Bush Administration.
It's a Network run by evangelical bible pushing christians!
And dont even get me started on that horrible bigot Bill O'Reiley!
CNN isn't any better, too much entertainment news.
Actually ABC is more biased towards Bush. A good example is George Will on the This week show. Now, don't get me wrong I like George and have a lot of respect for the man (even though he is a Cubs fan) because he is very educated, and his criticizim on Newsweek are well written.
Whether is the BBC or CNN, or whatever other network they manipulate the stories! Good Journalist are hard to find these days. It don't matter who carries the story, in the end the networks will change it. We never get to hear the true stories!
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What’s wrong with reading aloud the names of US-soldiers killed in Iraq? They’re dead, whether some hardcore republicans like it or not, and it’s worth letting the public know that war costs more than dollars – it costs the lives of young men and women.
But well, I’m European. I get my news from Danish channels or BBC, so could someone enlighten this Dane as to what is REALLY up?
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The BBC does have a strong professional ethic, but it is very much a left-wing organisation and has recently got into the most terrible trouble for blatantly biased reporting. It is currently being re-organised.
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