Well, I cannot watch any of these other channels. The stuff they feed us is straight out of Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals

PEOPLE, we need to give it right back to them two fold!

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2009/11/22/snl_mocks_obama__jintao_press_conference.html

When 50% of the population is dependent on the government for everything, and the government is dependent on collecting taxes from the other 50% to pay for everything, there will come a day when the 50% who are working and not receiving will stop working… and that’s the beginning of the end.

Governments do not create wealth. People and businesses create wealth. And history shows that governments who “spread the wealth” encourage those who create it to stop creating it. That, my friends, is how the standard of living for an entire society is destroyed. That, is the path our administration is on. And that is why Fox, who questions that path, is growing in popularity while the others shrink.

1) They do, on occasion if not frequently, throw stones at the Republicans. How often do Less Nessman (aka Keith Olbermann) or Rachel Maddow do this with liberals/Dems?

2) The FOX shows actually invite people that DON’T agree with the hosts! Shocking, I know. And they even do it REGULARLY! It is standard operating procedure. Olbermann and Maddow seem to rotate between Adriana Huffington, folks from Salon.com, moveon.org, AirAmerica and other standard liberal fare. It’s comical – like having two Yankees fans debate which baseball team is their favorite.

I’m waiting for some genius at a major MSM network news organization to wake up and realize that moving to the center and then perhaps continuing on a bit to the right might actually benefit their ratings. I am not, however, holding my breath.

Chris Matthews: “I get a thrill up my leg….” and “It’s not a crime to call Al Qaeda is it?”

“”"Liberals won in 2009 and is really not press to watch TV that focuses on politics. “”"”

Exactly which “Liberals” won in 2009?? It seems like the “few” races this past cycle, were won by republicans.

Truth is, this is a center right country, and as long as it is, extreme liberals will use the “the right uses fear” to defend their position because they have no evidence to back up their claims while the right does the same thing, and does provide “evidence” that some of it is highly suspect.

Just looking at the numbers, strictly, a vast majority of who the Dems claims to be supporters, demographically speaking, do not appear to be buying what they are selling but is with Fox. But with the American public so wishy washy these days, who knows how long Fox can stay on top? I wouldn’t place any bets on any time frame.

….pick a topic on those shows and “prove” them wrong. I’d love to hear to arrogant, elitist, misguided, socialist, and ignorant view of a liberal on these topics. The reason you feel angry is that these two are shedding light on the socialist/communist hoax being pushed on America. I’ve said it before…..if you want america to turn into a welfare, socialist, redistributive country just say it! Own it. That IS what is being pushed….why, if its such a good idea, do you, libs, and the white house, hid from this premise?

Olberman, Mathews and Ralph Maddow are just bombing !

Oreilly & O’Beck have won the ratings war and now it’s just mopping up the Zuckerman snake pit.

I think you have a point too, that if there were a cable news network that truly was down the middle and gave the right respect, it would probably take some of the air out of Fox. Why no one gets that, I can’t really explain.

Ed

(1) It is a dissenting opinion, and it does provide an interesting contrast to the other networks.
(2) It’s relatively informal style, while abrasive and potentially discriminatory against the people they don’t like, feels like “community-building” to those who they do like.

As a moderate lefty, paradoxically, what I think would be great is if there was a moderate conservative news channel (and I do believe other news outlets are biased left). I think moderate conservatives often make good points, but I hate to see them all drift into Fox News for their news reporting because of lack of another alternative. Of course, that doesn’t seem to be the direction we are heading in, as even traditional news outlets who were slightly left of center seem to be moving further to the left.

Politics, entertainment and ratings make strange bedfellows. Moderates are more likely to get elected (historically), but extremists are more entertaining. The fact is, while news used to strive to be politically neutral and to focus on education and not entertainment, modern society doesn’t reward those types of programs with ratings. Instead, news has to become politically charged and entertaining, leading to a polarized news media that really reflects little of the United States in terms of opinion, but much of what the United States likes in terms of “entertainment consumption.”

A lot of people believe the above simple minded rant. The truth is that people aren’t that stupid, and people watch or listen to a show that is interesting, entertaining, and has some credibility. O’Reilly is kind of a hothead and a bit of a snakeoil saleman, but he is also a very good journalist and is entertaining so i watch him. I also watch Olbermann from time to time, but there isn’t much there in his monotonous mean spirited slapstick he delivers. His schtick makes you wonder if he really believes half of what he says.

People that do believe Olbermann’s every word, obviously long for the day when, after taxes have risen enough , a new version of the German Democratic Republic can be established here in America, I wonder if Keith shed a tear when the wall was torn down?

As for Doug – that is true only where Glenn Beck is concerned, there is an element of truth to what certain people on the left really want. If the US basically files bankruptcy and the US dollar is debased to the point of worthlessness, some of that could happen.

This is not the stuff FOX news sells. I watch FOX news and I don’t buy most of the examples you just gave.

What FNC sells is fear, and the fearful watch it. The communists are taking over, the abortionists want to kill your babies, Obama wants to kill Grandma, the gays want to corrupt your children, the UN wants to abolish the US government, the feminists want to kill the men, etc, etc, etc. This is what FNC sells. How do I know? Not for watching – every dittohead post I’ve read is a laundry list of these “fears,” so I can only assume that’s what’s going on on that network.

But we don’t have any, other than the Indian conquest, in which we’re not alone. We were among the first, if not the first to outlaw slavery. We saved the planet and gave it back to their owners, TWICE. We’re not the problem- we’re the solution.

Fox News gets this. Fox News has the same viewpoint I recall about America since 1963 or so. Everything else is weak tea, and headed in the wrong direction. People know it.

I hope Casey burns for what she did to that child!