Fox News Makes You Stupid

“"After putting up the photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe, Fox & Friends also featured a photograph of Steinberg's face superimposed over that of a poodle, while Reddicliffe's face was superimposed over that of the man holding the poodle's leash."”

On the Media Matters page there is this awesome thing. The picture on the right side of the page? If you click on it it moves and speaks and show the actual Fox footage. It's amazing! I took one look at the footage and could tell it was a bad shop job.”

“Fox News goes green with a primer on sustainable sex products.”

“Fox is so smart -drill,drill drill.”

“Man, these are NOT the people we want procreating...”

“"......she’d rather stick with what’s worked for us so far..."

I could poke fun at that but it might not go down well.”

“hey wait a minute, I watch fox news.”

“Man, these are NOT the people we want procreating... - rosey

People who are into "green" products? Those are your fellow liberal douchebags, dude.
last edited: 4/20/09 8:50:24 AM”

“No, Smutt, your faux news watching brethren being informed of contraception. OMG. Doesn't that prevent....life???”

“Prevent little faux lookers and Tax duckers?”

“What's up, they got surplus St. Patrick's Day condoms?”

“such hate”

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Their demographic is already collapsing. �

That's why they want to outlaw birth control.

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One thing hasn't been demonstrated to my satisfaction.... �

Everyone knows about the correlation between the Fox 'News' product and a general dullness in their audience.... � but is this dullness primarily cause or effect? � Is it more a case of them gradually becoming more and more 'out of it' or was their diminished capacity a primary motivator for them to 'tune in and tune out' in the first place?

I'm sure it's a combination of some sort, but I'd like to see some data on what weight these contributing factors might exert and how each reinforces the other.

I mean.... � When all they can manage is to post the same image of a derogatory t-shirt in thread after thread, one has to wonder.

As Clara Peller famously said.... � "I don't think there's anybody back there."

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Poor little t*ltypoo's feelings are hurt”

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That's Latin. � Sorry.

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“Still trying to look 'intelligent', t*lt?”

“Reading threads from violin, tilt or roseymonster makes you stupid....”

“That crap would make more sense after you banged your head on a concrete block.”

“Well, stop doing that, t*lt.”

“Categorized | Cable, Cable News, News

Cable News Ratings for Monday, January 12

Posted on 13 January 2009 by Bill Gorman

Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for January 12, 2009

P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,217,000 viewers
CNN – 633,000 viewers
MSNBC –482,000 viewers
CNBC – 265,000 viewers
HLN – 372,000 viewers

P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 2,562,000 viewers
CNN—967,000 viewers
MSNBC –1,283,000 viewers
CNBC – 246,000 viewers
HLN – 900,000 viewers

25-54 Total Day
FNC –286,000 viewers
CNN –190,000 viewers
MSNBC –187,000 viewers
CNBC –81,000 viewers
HLN- 180,000 viewers

25-54 Prime Time
FNC – 598,000 viewers
CNN –300,000 viewers
MSNBC –459,000 viewers
CNBC – 114,000 viewers
HLN – 387,000 viewers

35-64 Total Day
FNC –542,000 viewers
CNN –288,000 viewers
MSNBC –255,000 viewers
CNBC –146,000 viewers
HLN- 228,000 viewers

35-64 Prime Time
FNC –1,060,000 viewers
CNN – 427,000 viewers
MSNBC –687,000 viewers
CNBC – 155,000 viewers
HLN –524,000 viewers

Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends –967,000 viewers (301,000) (566,000)
American Morning–492,000 viewers (206,000) (324,000)
Morning Joe-320,000 viewers (113,000) (171,000)
Squawk Box-199,000 viewers (69,000) (111,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 308,000 viewers (167,000) (219,000)

6PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report w/Bret Baier – 1,593,000 viewers (350,000) (650,000)
Situation Room—909,000 viewers (214,000) (316,000)
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue —613,000 viewers (236,000) (347,000)
Mad Money—242,000 viewers (69,000) (123,000)
Prime News–414,000 viewers (178,000) (246,000)

7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Fox Report w/Shepard Smith– 1,813,000 viewers (474,000) (874,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight –963,000 viewers (266,000) (358,000)
Hardball w/Chris Matthews —919,000 viewers (302,000) (440,000)
**CNBC Reports (7PM-9PM) —259,000 viewers (70,000) (147,000)
Issues– 627,000 viewers (286,000) (388,000)

8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —3,121,000 viewers (703,000) (1,293,000)
Campbell Brown—954,000 viewers (258,000) (354,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann —1,475,000 viewers (514,000) (743,000)
Nancy Grace –1,439,000 viewers (583,000) (808,000)

9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity–2,835,000 viewers (703,000) (1,155,000)
Larry King Live—934,000 viewers (319,000) (468,000)
Rachel Maddow Show –1,341,000 viewers (441,000) (723,000)
Saving GM: Inside Crisis– 293,000 viewers (167,000) (183,000)
Lou Dobbs- 597,000 viewers (247,000) (339,000)

10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On the Record w/Greta—1,688,000 viewers (388,000) (692,000)
Anderson Cooper 360—1,013,000 viewers (321,000) (458,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann —1,033,000 viewers (421,000) (594,000)
On the Money—211,000 viewers (116,000) (148,000)
Nancy Grace –712,000 viewers (351,000) (456,000)

11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor —1,513,000 viewers (501,000) (819,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 —662,000 viewers (242,000) (363,000)
Rachel Maddow Show –599,000 viewers (302,000) (381,000)
Mad Money—200,000 viewers (119,000) (150,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 503,000 viewers (292,000) (343,000)

P2+ = viewers over the age of 2

(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing

(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing

Prime Time = 8-11pm

LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast. For more information see Numbers 101.

Scratch = when a show’s audience fails to meet minimum Nielsen reporting levels. For more information go here.”

“Closed head trauma would save a lot of time, but I wouldn't recommend it.”

“Holey Jeezus, they surround us! It's almost like they're part of the *gasp* MSM now, huh?”

“I think the reason FOX has such high ratings is because all the libs are tuning in to hear the hate. Then when they go on their blogs the next day they can all piss and moan in unison about all the hate.

The ones that don't watch FOX watch Keith Olbermann. The number of viwers watching him is staggering---somewhere in the dozens, I think!”

“TV is a dumb media and Fox is the dumbest of the dumb. 86.1*F 13% hum.”

“i never did understand the new math”

“I wonder how many you could choose on that poll. Not that it matters. I doubt that any of them will end up being the GOP candidate.”

“We're now claiming Fox local affiliates are Fox News? That sounds stupid to me.”

“Moonbats do not understand advanced concepts like that, HPD.”

“using base 19.3 instead of base 10, i guess. after my factory accident, i have 9 2/3 fingers, so if i can find someone willing to duplicate the circumstances, together i think we can do this”

“Don`t Fox affiliates have to learn the Fox Trot?”

“Well, it just might be possible that some of those surveyed are backing more than 1 candidate.

One minute of research shows, these were favorability ratings. Not exclusive preference ratings. So the nature of the survey could have been better labelled,

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/11/23/fox-pie-chart/
last edited: 11/30/09 1:23:09 PM”

“Here is the source poll:

http://www.foxnews.com/projects/pdf/111909_PalinPoll.pdf

So, Fox, Chicago was sloppy - not with numbers but from taking the leap from "favorable" ratings to "backing."

My opinions of Huckabee and Oprah Winfrey (both listed on the poll) are both favorable. I do not want either to be president.”

“In any event it is a complete misuse of a pie chart.”

“LOL ---

The contention of this thread raises questions of cause vs. effect.... But after the cycle is initiated it simply becomes a matter of reinforcement.”

“Excellent point HPM!”

“NO WAY! FAUX IS SPEWING MORE BS?

Official: U.S. intelligence found Iran nuke document was forged

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (IPS) - U.S. intelligence has concluded that the document published recently by the Times of London, which purportedly describes an Iranian plan to do experiments on what the newspaper described as a "neutron initiator" for an atomic weapon, is a fabrication, according to a former Central Intelligence Agency official...The Times of London story published Dec. 14 did not identify the source of the document..."The Rupert Murdoch chain has been used extensively to publish false intelligence from the Israelis and occasionally from the British government," Giraldi said.

The Times is part of a Murdoch publishing empire that includes the Sunday Times, Fox News and the New York Post. All Murdoch-owned news media report on Iran with an aggressively pro-Israeli slant.

And the little doggies lap it up...

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/official-intelligence-iran-nuke-document-forged/”

“Fox does an important job of proving that Democrats aren't the only stupid people.”

“Relying on Katy Cowlick and Jon Stuart for you political views is reaaaallllll intelligent....”

“I don't know of anyone who said they do that.

You, however, admit to getting all your "research" from Glenn Beckkk and Kneel Bortz.

Who's the dope? Who's the dope?”

“I thought he got off of Beck and Limbaugh, cause he found Bortz and others that really know the proper tea bag stacking techniques.”

“Every time the moonbat's messiah fails big time, the moonbats go on full stupid mode.”

“keep those slaves a diggin', BBBUUYYY GGOOLLDDDD!!!diggin' diggin'.”

“Easy there Ted Kazinsky”

“Fox Cable News Makes You Stupid

...they all have to find SOMETHING to fill 24 hours of coverage...you can only talk about the boy scout that saved the little old lady from a dog attach for so long...these shows are only about one step higher than springer”

“Some people rely on unethical news agencies...you know, the networks that make you "smart".

NBC blasted for checkbook journalism on David Goldman story � echoes of Casey Anthony coverage
Caylee and Casey Anthony, NBC, Today, December, 28 2009 4:37 PM

NBC�s interview with David Goldman has drawn a scathing review from the Society of Professional Journalists� Ethics Committee.

The panel says it�s �appalled� because NBC News chartered a plane for Goldman and his son, Sean, to fly from Brazil to the United States. They were reunited after a five-year custody battle, and they arrived in Orlando on Christmas Eve. In paying for the plane, NBC News engaged in �checkbook journalism,� the Ethics Committee says.

The journalists� group has a code of ethics that urges reporters to refrain from bidding for news.

�The public could rightly assume that NBC News bought exclusive interviews and images, as well as the family�s loyalty, with an extravagant gift,� Ethics Committee Chairman Andy Schotz said.

In a statement, NBC News said: �The Goldmans were invited on a jet NBC News chartered to fly home to the U.S. on Thursday, December 24. NBC News has followed this story since the Goldmans� story first ran on Dateline nearly one year ago � David Goldman since has appeared on Today seventeen times. NBC News has not and will not pay for an interview.�

With its lavish gesture to the Goldmans, NBC News helped create the news and jeopardized its credibility, the SPJ Ethics Committee said.

�Mixing financial and promotional motives with an impartial search for truth stains honest, ethical reporting,� Schotz said. �Checkbook journalism has no place in the news business.�

The journalists� group is urging NBC News to show some transparency on the story. Meredith Vieira interviewed David Goldman on �Today� this morning. More of the interview will be seen in a two-hour �Dateline� at 8 p.m. Jan. 8.

From the beginning, NBC News has disclosed that it invited the Goldman family on the flight.

�NBC must now, belatedly, explain why it entangled its news reporting and corporate interests in this story, as well as the terms of any deal it made with the Goldman family,� Schotz said. �NBC also is ethically bound to adequately disclose its active role in the story in each of its future reports on the Goldmans.�

The Ethics Committee critique arrived after it was reported that CNN paid a licensing fee to Jasper Schuringa, the hero of Northwest Flight 253 who subdued a Nigerian man determined to blow up the plane. CNN paid for a cell phone image � and thus landed Schuringa for an exclusive interview.

The Web site Mediaite.com reported,�There�s a reason Schuringa has not appeared any further on CNN or any other network � we hear he has asked for additional payment for any future interviews.�

Many viewers have been appalled by fees that TV news organizations have paid for photographs and footage in the Casey Anthony case. The networks say they are not paying for interviews by paying the fees. But many observers have been infuriated that the Anthony family seems to be profiting from the death of a child, 2-year-old Caylee Anthony.

The Goldman story is an uplifting one, but paying for access is still paying for news. When money changes hands, that gives the appearance of compromising the reporting.

There should be one standard in journalism. No matter if the story is happy or tragic, checkbook journalism is wrong.”