London Attack

DanaC · 03-24-2017, 04:14 PM

Interesting, informative and thoughtful interview about the police and the attack - from Fox, which surprised me.

Flint · 03-24-2017, 05:39 PM

Fox News has taken a lot of un-Fox-like positions since Roger Ailes is gone.

Griff · 03-25-2017, 06:50 AM

The seem to be repositioning as an actual news network. That is important if the right is to be taken seriously.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-25-2017, 09:50 AM

FOX then and FOX now can be illustrated by arrest pictures and court appearance pictures of someone.

Undertoad · 03-25-2017, 10:45 AM

In the olden days, like the early 2000s, Fox News was pretty much hard news during the day, only a tad more righty than CNN. The conservative talking point aspect of the channel switched on hard at night with Papa O'Reilly. But during the day it was reasonable. And you could get information there you couldn't find elsewhere. I think with "Fox and Friends" getting shallower (as shallow as can be, as morning television generally is) and more righty, the daytime news also went downhill... not sure about the timeframe though

In those years I used to watch cable news all the time, and when I thought Fox was being righty I would switch to CNN. When CNN was being lefty I would switch back to Fox. Many times I would find them giving the same story with a similar slant, and then I realized, oh it's really my brain doing a lot of this; if I look for a slant I can always find it.

classicman · 03-25-2017, 12:54 PM

Its more what they don't cover than what they do. Yes, CNN has been nonstop "The sky is falling" since the election, but thats another issue.

03-24-2017, 05:39 PM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Fox News has taken a lot of un-Fox-like positions since Roger Ailes is gone. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

03-25-2017, 06:50 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The seem to be repositioning as an actual news network. That is important if the right is to be taken seriously. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-25-2017, 09:50 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	FOX then and FOX now can be illustrated by arrest pictures and court appearance pictures of someone. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-25-2017, 12:54 PM	#6
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Its more what they don't cover than what they do. Yes, CNN has been nonstop "The sky is falling" since the election, but thats another issue. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

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03-25-2017, 10:45 AM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	In the olden days, like the early 2000s, Fox News was pretty much hard news during the day, only a tad more righty than CNN. The conservative talking point aspect of the channel switched on hard at night with Papa O'Reilly. But during the day it was reasonable. And you could get information there you couldn't find elsewhere. I think with "Fox and Friends" getting shallower (as shallow as can be, as morning television generally is) and more righty, the daytime news also went downhill... not sure about the timeframe though In those years I used to watch cable news all the time, and when I thought Fox was being righty I would switch to CNN. When CNN was being lefty I would switch back to Fox. Many times I would find them giving the same story with a similar slant, and then I realized, oh it's really my brain doing a lot of this; if I look for a slant I can always find it.

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