Fox News Challenge

[toasty]

Try this:

1. Turn on Fox & Friends in the morning.
2. See how long you can go before you are forced to turn it off.

I've been giving this a go over the last week or so. So far, my record is about 90 seconds. Sometimes, it's a slow-build sort of thing, and other times things will be going fine until someone says something so absurd, my hand reflexively changes the channel.

I know that the cat is out of the bag on Fox, but I'd forgotten just how preposterous it is until I started making this part of my morning ritual.

[Jenks]

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i've tried this too. i should probably quit at 90 seconds like you do, but i actually force myself to tolerate it much longer...like 5 minutes at least, but that usually ends in me yelling at the TV "oh shut the fuck up!" and then i stew about the experience for the next 10 minutes. It's really not very healthy.

[speciale]

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interesting, I play the same game but on the other media channels.

[88Mariner]

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Here's the thing; they're ALL really effin' bad. I don't say this to be a sightless-contrarian, I say this because it's quite true.

Here's something to try, say, after the election is over; Simply turn off the television for a week. I call this a 1-week challenge; I do this on tons of other things and study how I mentally, physically, or emotionally respond. Anyways, it's like a detox for your mind. After a week, you'll find it equally hard to watch CNN, MSNBC, and most certainly Fox News. I'm not sure why this is.

It's no wonder that, speciale, you don't watch anything but Fox. Alpharetta, Marrietta, and Roswell are the biggest Fox-News-Worshiping areas in the entire country. I used to live there. It's quite sickening.

[speciale]

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It's no wonder that, speciale, you don't watch anything but Fox. Alpharetta, Marrietta, and Roswell are the biggest Fox-News-Worshiping areas in the entire country. I used to live there. It's quite sickening.

Dont forget Cumming

They all suck. Local news is better. they dont focus all of their attention on the election. Either way, each of the main news stations are all biased. Fox to the right and all others to the left. I stick with the drudgereport

[88Mariner]

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^ DRUDGE? my god man, you must be new to the scene. He's the perez hilton of news now!

[Erik Mitchell]

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Local news is better. they dont focus all of their attention on the election.

That's even worse imo. I do not want to hear about how many killings / rapes / and scandals happen daily in my city. It's way too depressing... Murder death kill!

[speciale]

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That's even worse imo. I do not want to hear about how many killings / rapes / and scandals happen daily in my city. It's way too depressing... Murder death kill!

I didnt realize denver was that bad.

I guess No news is good news.

[88Mariner]

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^ i think the problem is is that each channel shares the same formula, and occassionally, one gets a lucky break on a story or interesting topic. the problem is, is that they don't appeal to our intellect, don't entertain, and convey information that we consume and digest, but don't really contemplate. we can bitch about all the murders on the local news, but honestly, how many can you remember? none. there's no point-counterpoint. there's no in-depth rhetorical questions being asked.

[speciale]

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^ i think the problem is is that each channel shares the same formula, and occassionally, one gets a lucky break on a story or interesting topic. the problem is, is that they don't appeal to our intellect, don't entertain, and convey information that we consume and digest, but don't really contemplate. we can bitch about all the murders on the local news, but honestly, how many can you remember? none. there's no point-counterpoint. there's no in-depth rhetorical questions being asked.

actually when I lived in Ft Lauderdale, I could remember a lot of murders. even in Atlanta a few come to mind, recent ones. I get where Erik is coming from. My wife hated the news in South Florida.

You always have the Weather Channel.

[superdave]

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I can watch Fox, CNN or MSNBC for long periods of time with no problem. I realize they are all biased, so not much bothers me. Fox on the right, CNN center left and MSNBC on the left. I flip between the stations to hear the different perspectives to form an opinion. Too much from one channel, would influence me and push me to one side.

[BSully828]

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Fox, MSNBC, CNN - they all ceased to be "news" channels long ago (circa 2001 would be my guess) and are nothing more than live-action op-ed pieces. The next time someone like Olbermann *ahem* reports something of actual, objective merit will be the first.

Their only real use is to watch them like you would the Weather Channel: just a quick glance every other day or so to see what the temperature is like out there on the fringe. But if you turn on one of these channels to get some useful information, best of luck to you.

[tiddles]

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That's even worse imo. I do not want to hear about how many killings / rapes / and scandals happen daily in my city. It's way too depressing... Murder death kill!

if it bleeds, it ledes!

[thesightless]

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of the american 3, i watch msnbc, cuz they usually have ppl live at the markets. news wise, they are the most indie, but still lean left.

if you want objective news do what i do.

BBC america
www.bbc.co.uk

huffinton is liberal bias, fox is just stupid while trying to be conservative, they lack intelligent anchors to be conservative in an intelligent manner, CNN is ruled by the unions (have you ever seen them question contracts?) and msnbc has its mouth around the liberal cock a lot.

this country is shot. we are witnessing our downfall. if you dont think so, go back to college and learn something that would require a degree to obtain a job please.

we are about to become a near marxist nation, count on rioting next week too. and that only the beginning.

we have only each other and our lack of education to blame.

[toasty]

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of the american 3, i watch msnbc, cuz they usually have ppl live at the markets.

am a BIG Erin Burnett fan...