Thx4 Fish commented on Bret Baier Sources Right Wing Website To Bash CBS For "Soft" Questions To Pres. Obama & Hillary Clinton
2013-01-31 22:28:08 -0500
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Media bias is an obsession with Fox. The-most-biased- of-them-all froths at the mouth whenever they can point biased fingers elsewhere. If a liar calls someone else a liar, does it have any meaning at all?
Thx4 Fish commented on Hannity Loses It When Confronted About His Promise To Be Waterboarded For Charity
2013-01-31 22:20:09 -0500
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It’s fun when media personalities, who make themselves the star of every show, every interview, get a little of their own back at them. They never handle it with the grace that even the roughest politician usually does.
Thx4 Fish commented on Hannity's Hilarious Comparison Of Menendez Prostitute Scandal To Larry Craig 'Toe Tapping'
2013-01-31 11:05:45 -0500
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How much coverage did the Larry Craig story get on Fox? I don’t recall, but if history is an indicator, the Craig story was not mentioned (unless Craig was misidentified as a Dem in the chyron). This may be why Hannity doesn’t know that Craig admitted his guilt. Only a “conservative” could admit guilt, then deny it when it became public, and then fail to resign when it became a huge embarrasment to him and his family.
Thx4 Fish commented on Colin Powell Explains Why White Republicans Like O'Reilly Just Don't Get It
2013-01-30 12:46:04 -0500
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If racists, like O’Reilly, could see themselves for the real racists that they are, we would have a lot less of a racism problem. Alas, most racists have no clue about this issue and many more which are related to their inability to see themselves objectively.
If the Republican party wants to win in the future it will start listening to reasonable people like Powell and stop tuning in to people like O’Reilly who has nothing to gain by changing his message of division, and that’s why he didn’t air the most important parts of Powell’s interview.
If the Republican party wants to win in the future it will start listening to reasonable people like Powell and stop tuning in to people like O’Reilly who has nothing to gain by changing his message of division, and that’s why he didn’t air the most important parts of Powell’s interview.
Thx4 Fish commented on The President is Going After the First Amendment and Free Speech, Screams Fox
2013-01-30 12:56:17 -0500
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I agree about the Fairness Doctrine, of course. But TV News today is an entertainment industry at best and a propaganda industry at worst. And neither one is good for the consumer. I do think when the backlash to this mess comes home to roost the people (of the younger generation) will demand something akin to the fairness doctrine. Let’s hope.
Thx4 Fish commented on Hannity's Hilariously Hypocritical Hissy Fit Over Obama's New Republic Interview
2013-01-30 10:52:44 -0500
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For people who love the Constitution, you would think that trying to shield yourself from valid criticism by falsely screaming “First Amendment Attack!” would be kind of sinful. Do you love the Constitution Hannity, or do you just misuse it for self-promotion?
The Pres made excellent points in his speech. It is hard to avoid the fact that continuing to promote the meme that Obama is not a legitimate president is about the most divisive thing you can do to a country. But if you avoid that issue and just scream a lot a few people may not notice that you are dead wrong, Hannity.
The Pres made excellent points in his speech. It is hard to avoid the fact that continuing to promote the meme that Obama is not a legitimate president is about the most divisive thing you can do to a country. But if you avoid that issue and just scream a lot a few people may not notice that you are dead wrong, Hannity.
Thx4 Fish commented on Fox and Friends Guests Hysterically Claim Obama is Out to Silence Them
2013-01-28 23:09:12 -0500
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If Obama wanted to destroy Fox he wouldn’t have to silence them. He could simply reinstitute the fairness doctrine forcing fox to allow equal air time for opposing opinions, and no butting in or talking over the lone opposition voice. Fox, having to play fair, would cease to exist as the complete propaganda machine it is today.
Thx4 Fish commented on Fr. Jonathan Morris "Siding With The Atheists?" Oh, Noooo........
2013-01-28 15:32:56 -0500
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When the guy who represents religion is the only sane voice of religious tolerance, you know you are too far gone.
Thx4 Fish commented on President Obama Criticizes Fox News Directly: Prepare for the Onslaught
2013-01-28 01:00:58 -0500
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If this is so – “Fox challenges his policies – which happens to be the media’s job.” Why didn’t they do their job when W was pres?
Thx4 Fish commented on Chris Wallace Gives Sexist Clinton Cover A Thumbs Up
2013-01-26 22:54:38 -0500
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Hillary did a great, professional job at the hearing. No headline can change the facts of her testimony. No matter how much the right wishes it otherwise, Hillary won this one. And I regret she’ll be leaving a job she did so well.
Thx4 Fish commented on Are Fox News’ Tactics Turning Conservatives Off?
2013-01-25 11:09:52 -0500
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People who would never pick up a copy of the National Enquirer happily turn to Fox “News” each day to get the political equivalent of celebrity gossip armageddon stories. That these viewers don’t even realize that they are consuming, at best, mental junk food is disturbing. If left unanswered this mental junk food infiltrates our society.
Newshounds prepares me for the suprising ‘information’ that friends and relatives talk about. Because they speak in a sort of short-hand that assumes everyone in the US agrees on some point of far-right opinion, it really helps me to get some reference points for the things they say, which otherwise might be incomprehensible.
Newshounds prepares me for the suprising ‘information’ that friends and relatives talk about. Because they speak in a sort of short-hand that assumes everyone in the US agrees on some point of far-right opinion, it really helps me to get some reference points for the things they say, which otherwise might be incomprehensible.
Thx4 Fish commented on Hannity's Hillary Derangement Syndrome
2013-01-24 11:49:59 -0500
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Poor Hannity had to dig deep to come up with a conspiracy-like idea to try and cover for the pathetic showing the Republicans made interviewing Clinton. After all those hours of testimony, the Republicans didn’t give Hannity much to work with. Clinton was impressive, while they were petty. She was cool and appropriately annoyed, while they were often emotional and focused on politicizing the attack.
Thx4 Fish commented on Bill O’Reilly: Privatizing Medicare Is Not A ‘Radical Transformation’
2013-01-23 11:59:18 -0500
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I don’t remember ‘voluntarily’ being part of the plan. Who would choose to pay more and get less from a private company for their Medicare?
Privatization of a popular plan such as Social Security is incredibly radical in that the vast majority of citizens like their SS just fine. However there are lots of investors who would love to get their hands on all that Social Security money. They could make a lot of money for themselves, and as they’ve proved in the recent past, the consumer could pay for the losses. Then the right wing would tell those who lost their money that they should have been more careful about their investments.
Privatization of a popular plan such as Social Security is incredibly radical in that the vast majority of citizens like their SS just fine. However there are lots of investors who would love to get their hands on all that Social Security money. They could make a lot of money for themselves, and as they’ve proved in the recent past, the consumer could pay for the losses. Then the right wing would tell those who lost their money that they should have been more careful about their investments.
Thx4 Fish commented on On Inauguration Day, Mark Levin Exhorts Fox Nation Readers to FIGHT Obama's Agenda
2013-01-23 10:39:27 -0500
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Gary Rusay. I have listened to Levin. Unfortunately he devolves into a shouting rant every 5 to 7 minutes, at which point I must change the station as his rants are repellent to the ear. Someone with a good message wouldn’t need to shout. His routine is old, and repetititive and is a hackneyed right wing philosophy based on theories which have been proved wrong by reality, over and over again. If he is your “great one” you need to get out more.
Thx4 Fish commented on Fr. Jonathan Morris' "Entrepreneur" Is A Street In Queens?!?
2013-01-22 15:18:30 -0500
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Priscilla, for some, having their errors pointed out to them is like an attack. In fact anything other than complete agreement feels like an attack. John Christensen seems to be yet ANOTHER thin-skinned visitor trying hard to convince himself that the truth is less important than absolute belief. Hey John, The truth shall set you free!
Thx4 Fish commented on Todd Starnes Really Believes That "Jackbooted Thugs" Are Coming To Town!
2013-01-18 15:21:20 -0500
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How many times can the right declare “This is the end of America, the Constitution, American Values, our economy?” Their stores of Apocalypse rations must be getting stale by now.
Thx4 Fish commented on On Fox & Friends: Michelle Malkin Defends NRA Ad With Obama Children After Accusing President Of Using Children As Props
2013-01-17 14:35:56 -0500
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Being lousy at empathy, right wingers may have missed the fact that a lot of kids are scared by recent events. Schools across the country have lockdowns all the time, luckily most of the time it is only a precaution. But the kids are still scared by it. They really don’t seem to care a bit for the fears of the children and that is sad and disturbing. For the right wing their ‘gun freedom’ trumps the ideal of children feeling safe—every time.
Thx4 Fish commented on Megyn Kelly Scoffs At Separation Of Church & State
2013-01-15 01:18:45 -0500
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There are schools in which teachers can put bible verses all over their walls—private religious schools. This teacher should go get a job in a school where parents want her teaching their kids religion along with science. It’ll just require a cut in pay. but thats what dedicated people do – make sacrifices for the things they think are important. This teacher wants her cake and to eat it too.
Thx4 Fish commented on Stephen Colbert Mocks O'Reilly's Comments About Liberal Asians In Hawaii
2013-01-10 11:38:24 -0500
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Not content to bash only other races, other sexes, other religions, and other nationalities, Bill-O now proceeds to alienate entire states! I hope Bill is planning a new series on The Lazy People of the Blue States, it should be a winner! Hint to Bill you might want to cross Hawaii off your vacation destination list.
Thx4 Fish commented on Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro Pretends To Be Bullied By The Left
2013-01-10 11:25:18 -0500
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We should not dismiss the whackos entirely. Perhaps he feels he has been silenced by the laws of the country that don’t permit him to make direct threats to individuals or the goverment, or the laws that prevent him from taking over any of the major news networks that don’t promote his agenda. The list of the ways he is ‘silenced’ could be endless. I actually think this is what he means by being silenced—that the right has not perpetrated a coup against our current government.