Fox News

[CandiCame]

Ok, so I came over to cook for my grandparents tonight, and my grandpa is watching some Fox News show called "Hannity" (I'm prob spelling that wrong). I'm genuinely confused about how people watch this. The entire show is he has guests on, talks over them and yells at them. Then some lady comes on and talks over them and yells at them. It's a bi-gender screaming fit. It's exactly like being in a room full of kindergarteners. Exactly. I keep waiting for an adult to come in and teach them how to speak.

I think I'm missing something because I don't watch it readily, and I know that there are fans of the program on here; so I'm basically using this thread to ask what it is that I'm missing. I genuinely didn't get anything out of it- there was no way to absorb any kind of information because they're literally just screaming and talking over each other. It's like a normal talk show with a two drink minimum.

 

[Killswitch]

Two kool aid minimum.

 

[richard_daily]

Ok, so I came over to cook for my grandparents tonight, and my grandpa is watching some Fox News show called "Hannity" (I'm prob spelling that wrong). I'm genuinely confused about how people watch this. The entire show is he has guests on, talks over them and yells at them. Then some lady comes on and talks over them and yells at them. It's a bi-gender screaming fit. It's exactly like being in a room full of kindergarteners. Exactly. I keep waiting for an adult to come in and teach them how to speak.

I think I'm missing something because I don't watch it readily, and I know that there are fans of the program on here; so I'm basically using this thread to ask what it is that I'm missing. I genuinely didn't get anything out of it- there was no way to absorb any kind of information because they're literally just screaming and talking over each other. It's like a normal talk show with a two drink minimum.

It's lowest common denominator "news". Personally, I think there should be a class action suit brought against them for misrepresentation of a product.

 

[CandiCame]

They talk so quickly too.

The dude's name is Weiner, too. Right now they're talking about... literally nothing. Dude asked why the guy came on the show, Weiner's like, "You asked me 50 times and I got tired of that shit." And he says this while the other guy is talking over him.

This show is fucked up. It's either kindergarteners or like... meth heads. Which are strangely similar groups in their behavior.

 

[CandiCame]

It's lowest common denominator "news". Personally, I think there should be a class action suit brought against them for misrepresentation of a product.

Well this particular show isn't news, it's like a talk show. It's just people bitching at each other. They aren't talking about news.

 

[renard_ruse]

Liberal privilege = 95%-99% of entire mainstream media with openly liberal bias.

Conservative privilege = one cable network and a few talk shows on the radio with semi-veiled conservative bias.

And its the conservatives who have an unfair media advantage.

 

[Killswitch]

Weiners awesome.

 

[CandiCame]

You can literally only catch a word every now and then. I just caught one of them saying, "There's nobody's here. Studio's empty."

And I'm just like, "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT!?"

 

[Killswitch]

Liberal privilege = 95%-99% of entire mainstream media with openly liberal bias.

Conservative privilege = one cable network and a few talk shows on the radio with semi-veiled conservative bias.

And its the conservatives who have an unfair media advantage.

No one ever said that or disputes what you're saying.

Ever.

You're the ones who whine about it constantly.

We know we own the media.

 

[CandiCame]

Liberal privilege = 95%-99% of entire mainstream media with openly liberal bias.

Conservative privilege = one cable network and a few talk shows on the radio with semi-veiled conservative bias.

And its the conservatives who have an unfair media advantage.

I'm not talking about a bias. I haven't noticed any bias because I literally can't understand them. They're going 90 miles a minute. Both talking at the same time.

 

[CandiCame]

No one ever said that or disputes what you're saying.

Ever.

You're the ones who whine about it constantly.

We know we own the media.

Well, that's the whole "reality has a liberal bias" thing. But if you watch a normal talk show, you can understand what the people are saying.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

Jerry Springer for politicos? Is he still on? It was always fun when a fight would break out over some toothless guy banging his wife's pregnant sister.

 

[renard_ruse]

The real reason for the "Fox News" mantra all the time is to change the subject from the liberal bias in the media (the 95-99% of the media with an open liberal bias).

I've come to the conclusion that's a big part of the obsession. Of course, the intolerance of any view they don't approve of is also part of it, but a small part. Its mostly a tactic to deflect from the liberal bias in the vast majority of the media.

 

[Killswitch]

The real reason for the "Fox News" mantra all the time is to change the subject from the liberal bias in the media (the 95-99% of the media with an open liberal bias).

I've come to the conclusion that's a big part of the obsession. Of course, the intolerance of any view they don't approve of is also part of it, but a small part. Its mostly a tactic to deflect from the liberal bias in the vast majority of the media.

What don't you get about the fact that we get that most of the media is Liberal.

Get the fuck over it.

Those facts are not and have never been in dispute.

 

[CandiCame]

The real reason for the "Fox News" mantra all the time is to change the subject from the liberal bias in the media (the 95-99% of the media with an open liberal bias).

I've come to the conclusion that's a big part of the obsession. Of course, the intolerance of any view they don't approve of is also part of it, but a small part. Its mostly a tactic to deflect from the liberal bias in the vast majority of the media.

That's interesting, I guess. But it has nothing to do with what I'm saying about being un-understandable. This isn't a person coherently speaking with diction, explaining the logic of their position. It's two to three people talking over each other and yelling. It's nothing to do with their message because I've watched this show for 49 minutes and have no idea what the position is.

 

[RobDownSouth]

What don't you get about the fact that we get that most of the media is Liberal.

Get the fuck over it.

Those facts are not and have never been in dispute.

Retard gets upset when someone criticizes his beloved Fox News.
He feels obligated to try and steer the conversation elsewhere.

 

[CandiCame]

I get a word every so often. "Debt" "politics" "crying about and leave the rest of us alone".

 

[CandiCame]

"Streets of New York".

"Obama shutdown".

I cannot get a coherent story or position out of this. I have no idea who's side anyone is on.

 

[pete]

i'm not sure which is less interesting... hannity or this thread.

wait here for my answer

 

[CandiCame]

He just changed it right in the middle of the fucking show. Who does that shit? Goddamn. And when I told him he was like, "YOU'RE IN THE KITCHEN!"

No shit I'm in the kitchen. I know what space I occupy. That's so irrelevant.

 

[CandiCame]

Thread's over I guess. I'm just gonna let it peter out like the show. I had hoped I was somehow watching it wrong- like how you come into an animie in the middle and you have to have somebody explain it to you. But the only person who watches was Renny, and he wasn't helpful at all.

Apparently he changed it because it was over. So it doesn't fade out or do a close or anything. They just bitch at each other until they're out of time.

If I want to watch old people bitch at each other with no rhyme or reason I'd just hang out by the old man bench at Wal-Mart.

 

[richard_daily]

Well this particular show isn't news, it's like a talk show. It's just people bitching at each other. They aren't talking about news.

Wait until you see their "news" coverage.

 

[Sean Renaud]

No one ever said that or disputes what you're saying.

Ever.

You're the ones who whine about it constantly.

We know we own the media.

I dispute it. Especially since they constantly claim it's not just the news media but all media.

I have a very difficult time finding these Hollywood movies and television shows that push say the liberal gun control agenda. (granted that's largely a myth too but whatever) Where is the hate of the military? It must be in those GI Joe flicks. Or is it 24? I know on the Walking Dead they are constantly walking around saying "Wow I wish the government had taken away our guns.

You can TRY to make the argument that the rich are evil is something in the media. Though to the extent that it's true it's been true for hundreds of years and has to do with the rich have been shitting on everybody for millenia.

Maybe I watch all the wrong shows but I don't see a whole lot of gays, certainly no where near as many as I see regular married couples and they push marriage pretty fucking hard like if your single your broken.

Well, that's the whole "reality has a liberal bias" thing. But if you watch a normal talk show, you can understand what the people are saying.

Yep.

i'm not sure which is less interesting... hannity or this thread.

wait here for my answer

Hopefully.

 

[Que]

THAT guy annoys the living crap out of me. Way back in the day when his show was attempting to be balanced his co-host was Alan Colmes. No I'm no fan of Alan he's kind of a snarky little liberal, but I always felt a little bit sorry fo himr the way she Hannity talked over him..

The thing that he does that annoys me the most is he gets on these little litany runs where he goes on and on about whatever but he repeats it ad nauseum infintem. It has a sound of him reciting a catechism of some sort.

. He's unbearable on the radio. Back when I had satellite radio on the job and 12 hours to kill I would listen to just about anything. I'd rather listen to NPR than that guy.

I feel pretty much the same about Anne Coulter. Even when I agree with her who wants to listen to a shrill harpy?

I think his show and a couple of others do a great disservice to Fox. Because people who happened to tune in during the prime time and see that assume that that is representative of the channel.

I'd like to see them go to a 24 hour news only channel in a second channel for opinion and commentary.

I have no problem getting news from MSNBC or CNN if they ever put any news on but they don't... all liberal screeds. Which I suppose is how Fox looks to a liberal in Reverse

 

[Colonel Hogan]

Ok, so I came over to cook for my grandparents tonight, and my grandpa is watching some Fox News show called "Hannity" (I'm prob spelling that wrong). I'm genuinely confused about how people watch this. The entire show is he has guests on, talks over them and yells at them. Then some lady comes on and talks over them and yells at them. It's a bi-gender screaming fit. It's exactly like being in a room full of kindergarteners. Exactly. I keep waiting for an adult to come in and teach them how to speak.

I think I'm missing something because I don't watch it readily, and I know that there are fans of the program on here; so I'm basically using this thread to ask what it is that I'm missing. I genuinely didn't get anything out of it- there was no way to absorb any kind of information because they're literally just screaming and talking over each other. It's like a normal talk show with a two drink minimum.

You're from Kentucky and you don't know how people burst neck veins and spew spittle while "talking" politics?

I guess you've never heard of, much less been to, the Fancy Farm picnic.

Some Things You May Not Know About the Fancy Farm Picnic
Mayfield Messenger, August 4, 2011

- Until 1974, the political speaking was held on a makeshift platform under a huge oak tree on the front yard of the school grounds. The 130-year-old tree had served as the shade and backdrop for past political speaking. However, the tree was felled by lightning the week before the 1974 picnic. Many said lightning struck because of the years of hearing so many lies from politicians. They speculated the tree was tired of hearing the same old rhetoric.

- The 100th picnic in 1980 attracted what to this day is still considered the most prestigious lineup of speakers. It included US Senators Wendell Ford and Walter (Dee) Huddleston; former US Senator John Sherman Cooper; former lieutenant governor, governor, US senator and baseball commissioner Happy Chandler; former Governor Ned Breathitt; all of the state's elected officials and US House Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas. It was an historic event, because long-time political nemeses Chandler and Cooper sat side-by-side and chatted as though they were longtime political friends.

- In 1981, the speaking moved to a permanent speaker's platform at the rear of the school grounds.

- The 1984 picnic marked the first appearance of Mitch McConnell, the Jefferson County judge-executive who was running for US Senate. McConnell laid the groundwork for what became a successful campaign by criticizing his opponent, Democrat Walter Huddleston.

- The 1986 picnic was marked by some of the best and worst political speeches ever. The highlight was the verbal battles between six candidates running for governor, Lt. Governor Steve Beshear, former Governor Julian Carroll, Wallace Wilkinson, Grady Stumbo, Ann Moore and State Senator Joe Prather. Republican US Senate candidate Jackson Andrews, running against popular incumbent Senator Wendell Ford, gave what to this day is still considered one of the most boring speeches in Fancy Farm history. Although there were 20 politicians on the agenda, Andrews spoke for 37 minutes, reading every word in his 20-page speech, ignoring the boos and shouts to "sit down and shut up" from even members of his own party. The next year, candidates were given a time limit.

- National politics was at the forefront in 1988 with the appearance of US Senator Lloyd Bentsen of Texas, the Democratic nominee for Vice-President. One interesting note from the media coverage of Bentsen is that he avoided a direct question concerning barbecue. After saying Western Kentucky Barbecue was delicious, he was asked if it was better than Texas barbecue. Bentsen gave a political answer: "You don't think you're going to get me to answer that one, do you?"

- The largest crowd to ever attend a Fancy Farm Picnic showed up in 1992 to see and hear Al Gore, a then popular senator from Tennessee who was running for Vice-President. Gore enjoyed leading cheers of Democrats in an effort to quiet Republican hecklers.

- In 1993 and 1994, US Senator McConnell added a new dynamic to the picnic with the use of charts and graphs in the crowd to make his points. In 1995, spectators not only cheered, chanted and hollered at opposing candidates, but they also brought horns and noise makers. In 1996, picnic organizers imposed rules prohibiting props and noise makers.