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tonkovich · #16 11-19-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

.........isn't that the guy who's in jail for rape and murder.......??

well, he hasn't denied it. yet.

(i hope my feeble attempts at satire haven't offended you.)

Brian Carlton · #17 11-19-2009, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tonkovich

well, he hasn't denied it. yet.

(i hope my feeble attempts at satire haven't offended you.)

.........true.......that means he's got to be guilty..........

..........not at all.........I enjoy it..........

johnjzjz · #18 11-19-2009, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

It doesn't take a PHD to realize that the sole purpose of Fox is to agitate the ultra-conservative base and gain eyeballs.

Sorry that you're unable to comprehend it, but I make no apologizes for widely known truths about the network.

Like most on the far right fringe, you'd done nothing but state Fox News positions.........you're clearly incapable of substantiating any conservative position.

In the future, you'll probably earn some additional trolling violations because of the lack of any substance in your posts. If you want to rant about the administration, there are plenty of forums for that. This is not one of them.

(((( In the future, you'll probably earn some additional trolling violations

if its at the risk of free speach than it will be worn as a badge of honor

you procive my lack of substance reinforces my resolve

it is awfull to think one can be subjected to banishment because of differs of opinion WOW

The truth Police is on what channel SIR for i must be mistaken in my view and need redirection What was it again

(((( Sorry that you're unable to comprehend it, but I make no apologizes for widely known truths about the network.

(((( you'd done nothing but state Fox News positions

i must have missed something FOX has some big boys on it and i think they may state their own case i watch them sure and tonight Sarah is on at 8 pm selling a book WOW go figuer someone on th right can read AND write

GET a grip dude your not on earth alone -- jz

strelnik · #19 11-19-2009, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by daveuz

"By contrast, Fox presents an alternative reality where Republican hypocrisy, scandals and abuses of power are either spun into something they are not or, more frequently, simply not mentioned at all. As such, the depths of the historically unprecedented failure that was George Bush's presidency remain virtually unknown to Fox viewers. In the bargain, as the young Obama administration moves forward, attempting to deal with countless disasters they've inherited, issue after issue now comes as a complete surprise to the majority of Fox's audience."

It's kind of like the speech Ian McKellen, as the nefarious Number Two, made in the last episode of the Prisoner:

"The man is impersonating Number Two. He is not Number Two. You will know he is not Number Two because he is not."

Well, shoot, ma, that explains everything.

Brian Carlton · #20 11-19-2009, 08:00 PM

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Originally Posted by johnjzjz

GET a grip dude your not on earth alone -- jz

Yes, I'll surely "get a grip"...........and I'll be observing your posts more carefully in the future..........your rants belong elsewhere.

MTI · #21 11-19-2009, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Sorry, I honestly believed that there was some integrity in the news business and that the truth was to prevail above all else.

What a fool I've been.

some might be right, it is certainly less now. Brian Williams of NBC news opined that Cronkite and his ilk could never exist in the newsrooms of today.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/11/19/20091119cronkite1119.html

In Cronkite's era, facts mattered more, he said. Opinion was kept out of the news. Now, it's difficult to separate news from opinion, but good journalism is out there for those who know where to look, he added.

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It's no different than the practice of law. My own attorney will never go to the mat on a principle. If there is any possibility of settling the case........at any value.......it's better than spending the money and time on a trial. Another sad commentary of our times.

An attorney does his client a disservice by not discussing the impracticallities of "going to the mat" for "the principle of the thing." Personally, I have seen fortunes squandered "for the priniciple of the thing" despite my own warnings. As a profession, attorneys are often depicted as "hired guns" but that tends to reflect that part of the practice that is all about the billing and not so much about the client.

Jim B. · #22 11-19-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by daveuz

" Fox presents an alternative reality where Republican hypocrisy, scandals and abuses of power are ... spun into something they are not

"Sarah Palin should be elected President of the United States in 2012 because she is the perfect representation of everything this country stands for".

Did I actually SAY that? Or just think it?

daveuz · #23 11-19-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

some might be right, it is certainly less now. Brian Williams of NBC news opined that Cronkite and his ilk could never exist in the newsrooms of today.

http://www.azcentral.com/community/tempe/articles/2009/11/19/20091119cronkite1119.html

In Cronkite's era, facts mattered more, he said. Opinion was kept out of the news. Now, it's difficult to separate news from opinion, but good journalism is out there for those who know where to look, he added.

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Fox deals alot in manufactured news which is much different than opinion news.

Brian Carlton · #24 11-19-2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

An attorney does his client a disservice by not discussing the impracticallities of "going to the mat" for "the principle of the thing." Personally, I have seen fortunes squandered "for the priniciple of the thing" despite my own warnings. As a profession, attorneys are often depicted as "hired guns" but that tends to reflect that part of the practice that is all about the billing and not so much about the client.

No objection to an attorney explaining the case to the client and the likelihood of prevailing if he can possibly put a realistic number on it.

But, as you know, most torts are taken on contingency and the cost of the litigation is borne by the attorney. As a profession, it takes an attorney with some integrity who views the law above the last dollar, to take a case to trial rather than settling for a reduced monetary value in order to get the "sure thing".

Nothing in the above paragraph suggests that an attorney should attempt to take a case to trial that has no chance of standing on it's own merits.

daveuz · #25 11-19-2009, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MTI

Once Again, FNC Producers Roll the Wrong Footage

Fox executives, embarrassed by the flap, are considering "serious disciplinary action" against someone in the control room, according to our friends at the Swamp.

In the control room? So, a producer in the control room can instantaneously punch in archive footage from 2008 for a November 2009 report?

Early today while reporting on Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" Fox put up a photo of the satirical book "Going Rouge" . They quickly apologized

Matt L · #26 11-19-2009, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by daveuz

Early today while reporting on Sarah Palin's new book "Going Rogue" Fox put up a photo of the satirical book "Going Rouge" . They quickly apologized

They just did that to show that the other mistakes were really mistakes. They're just incompetent.

daveuz · #27 11-19-2009, 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Matt L

They just did that to show that the other mistakes were really mistakes. They're just incompetent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ALxKE8buk They are setting up a "we are just morons" defense.

cmac2012 · #28 11-19-2009, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by johnjzjz

reading that reminded me of someone being lost in space

nothing bush did or did not do was reported on fox - being told by pundits it was not means --?????????/

believeing what i have read you have said makes me think

There are two theories to arguing with liberals. Neither one works

Thank God. At last I can read your words. Please use that font for your entire posts in future.

Brian Carlton · #29 11-19-2009, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by cmac2012

Please use that font for your entire posts in future.

That........is not happening.

cmac2012 · #30 11-19-2009, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Carlton

Exactly. It's a sad commentary that this organization exists solely for the purpose of discrediting the administration and not for any accurate news presentation whatsoever.

You can see the results of such programming on certain individuals on this thread.

Conservatism as it exists in the bosom of the American right is essentially a cult, a clique. Mutually reinforced belief. Those outside the cult "just don't get it."

FOX plays to that.