Leadfinger Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) Which TV news Station do you prefer to watch to get informed about things going on in the world? CNN,NBC, FOX,CBS, . . . .? What went in to your decision? . . . . , was it because the anchorwomen/ anchorman was hot? Or is it because you have watched that station your whole life and think its the most unbiased and delivers the news in a way you can understand it? Whatever the reason . . .please tell us the station and explain why you prefer that station. Thanks and Happy holidayze Edited December 6, 2014 by Leadfinger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sammy Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 31 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 2.07 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 30, 2023 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Share Posted December 6, 2014 None. Of the 24/7 channels they all have a right or left bias to different degrees. CNN isnt all that bad... considering the competition... but still not worth watching. Its like saying piss is better than puke. Fox/msnbc are polar opposites and hard line. I have to laugh when avid viewers of each call them 'fair and balanced'. I wont watch the rhetoric, the yelling, the holier than thou attitudes, the beliefs that if you dont think the way they do then there is something wrong with you in the brain. Far left channel? Bordering on communism. Far right? Bordering on fasicm. They might as well stop calling themselves the news and register as political parties. The fox candidate controlled by the right. The msnbc candidate controlled by the left. And like any good politician they tell their viewers/supporters what they want to hear for ratings/votes. Nuff said. TBB, Blaze, L!ckALotAPus and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 07:41 AM Device: Windows Share Posted December 6, 2014 Pornhub Leadfinger, L!ckALotAPus, TBB and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastColdBeer Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 548 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4671 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5860 Achievement Points: 41078 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted December 6, 2014 Fox 32 in the morning for traffic & weather. Used to watch channel 2 Chicago, but after Randy Salerno was killed in a snowmobile accident, the news team was broken up and never the same. Lately, we click on TCM or HGTV, because the network news sux over a cup of coffee. Damage_inc- and Leadfinger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Oneill Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 20884 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 274 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 288 Achievement Points: 1812 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/12/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 6, 2017 Birthday: 06/10/1989 Share Posted December 6, 2014 (edited) No news station is unbiased, but Al jazeera and BBC are as close as you can get. Edited December 6, 2014 by Oneill Leadfinger and Damage_inc- 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I watch local news and get my national and world news from the web. ALL network and cable news hand feeds us what they want to in order to shape our opinions to their way of thinking. I prefer reading it all (good and bad) then forming my own opinions. Current events are an excellent example. The networks focus only on instances of white cops shooting black people, but completely ignore the hundreds of other shootings that took place at the same time that didn't involve opposing races. Creating drama is good for ratings and that's all they're interested in doing. One of the scariest things is that most people aged 18-49 watch Colbert and Jon Stewart and actually believe they are watching news instead of carefully scripted comedy. Ten years ago the major news outlets spent most of their on-air time picking apart every little thing our president did, and now ten years later those same news outlets spend all of their time not reporting what our current president does unless it's some fluffy feel-good news piece. All of the negative stuff gets overlooked or swept under a rug. So yeah, fuck the news. eidolonFIRE and Leadfinger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
codpiece Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 5470 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 371 Topics Per Day: 0.09 Content Count: 2482 Content Per Day: 0.60 Reputation: 3552 Achievement Points: 22894 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 02/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 30 Birthday: 09/17/1968 Device: Windows Share Posted December 6, 2014 I quit watching TV news around Nov. 2001. I get my news online from a variety of sources. Leadfinger, google, NITRO and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Xp3rT Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 379 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 58 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 346 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 187 Achievement Points: 2721 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/13/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 17, 2019 Birthday: 12/05/1990 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Only fox because they stick to the facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
comfort Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 199 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 51 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 268 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 70 Achievement Points: 1978 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 10, 2019 Birthday: 11/02/1986 Share Posted December 6, 2014 playboy.tv you know why Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 266 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18168 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20202 Achievement Points: 133147 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 266 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted December 6, 2014 Our forums - the >IDIOT< posts here are still better and more accurate then anything on TV,radio, news paper , etc. Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheCheeseyCrusader Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 88 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 248 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3484 Content Per Day: 0.65 Reputation: 1843 Achievement Points: 22909 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Online Last Seen: 8 minutes ago Birthday: 11/13/1991 Device: Windows Share Posted December 6, 2014 first thing i do when i wake up is visit BBC before XI Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
HarryWeezer Posted December 6, 2014 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 7652 Content Per Day: 1.98 Reputation: 7228 Achievement Points: 53663 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 16 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted December 6, 2014 Don't watch any network news. I do watch like O'Reilly for commentary because I think Charles Krauthammer is brilliant but that's about it. Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Belle Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 503 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 181 Topic Count: 71 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2461 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 1213 Achievement Points: 15555 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/24/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 22 Device: Windows Share Posted December 7, 2014 I usually get my news from America's Finest News Source PimpedOutPete, Leadfinger and DramaLlama 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14886 Content Per Day: 2.78 Reputation: 7827 Achievement Points: 91090 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Share Posted December 7, 2014 I usually watch several news sources, and Fox if i am looking for fiction. Leadfinger and NITRO 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
CobraBites Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Only fox because they stick to the facts. if u really believe that than ur dead wrong....all media only airs what government allows them to air....they edit too so u dont get the full story no matter what station u watch... L!ckALotAPus and Leadfinger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CobraBites Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 2313 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 330 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 4924 Content Per Day: 1.03 Reputation: 3034 Achievement Points: 33897 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 4 Joined: 03/19/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: August 2, 2017 Birthday: 05/26/1974 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I watch local news and get my national and world news from the web. ALL network and cable news hand feeds us what they want to in order to shape our opinions to their way of thinking. I prefer reading it all (good and bad) then forming my own opinions. Current events are an excellent example. The networks focus only on instances of white cops shooting black people, but completely ignore the hundreds of other shootings that took place at the same time that didn't involve opposing races. Creating drama is good for ratings and that's all they're interested in doing. One of the scariest things is that most people aged 18-49 watch Colbert and Jon Stewart and actually believe they are watching news instead of carefully scripted comedy. Ten years ago the major news outlets spent most of their on-air time picking apart every little thing our president did, and now ten years later those same news outlets spend all of their time not reporting what our current president does unless it's some fluffy feel-good news piece. All of the negative stuff gets overlooked or swept under a rug. So yeah, fuck the news. that because government forcing all media outlet to not make him look bad...so instead they make jokes bout him...like week or so ago ...he was departing whitehouse in his heli...he made pilot wait while he darted back in to retrieve his cell phone...i mean really ? the media saw this as news? come on man....media is junk why i pay it no mind... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little_old_man Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I usually watch several news sources, and Fox if i am looking for fiction. Sorry Ter, Comedy Central only counts as one news source and where the majority of Canadians get their information on what is happening in the US. Leadfinger and HarryWeezer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Leadfinger Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 4888 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 56 Topic Count: 69 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2020 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 3795 Achievement Points: 26312 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 01/12/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2023 Birthday: 08/29/1962 Device: Windows Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 The purpose of this thread is to get an idea of why people watch certain news channels. If FOX is "fiction" as Mr Pete says then why would anyone watch them? Could it be because some people want to hear the news the way FOX presents it? MSNBC has been accused being somewhat left in the way they present the news . . .so I assume that would be a choice of someone who embraced Liberal ideals Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report like @@little_old_man says is "scripted comedy" and shouldn't even be considered a news source but some people prefer to get their information in a way that makes it seem like major news events are just a joke and could really care less. The news should be the same for everyone and not divided into liberal, conservative, fantasy. The Truth is the truth is the truth! By dividing the country and how it views news events you have weakened the power of the people . . . . Divide and conquer. It appears to me that people (I have asked other people in my town this question) who are interested in knowing . . .. or at least in trying learn the truth about events (since the whole story it seems is never fully told) will watch several different channels and make up their own mind as to what really happened. Still their are others that despise TV news all together and will just use the internet. While informally polling friends and neighbors about their TV news preferences I heard comments about how so many people are uninformed or have formed an opinion based on biased TV news reports. If news sources TV, internet, newspapers delivered the news stories without bias and opinion the outcome of elections could be much different. The Founding Fathers (you know the guys that wore hip white curly wigs) wanted the role of the press to be one that policed the actions of government officials and reported the misdeeds without fear of retaliation. The President, Members of congress and other appointed government officials have shown disrespect to the Constitution and the people of this country. Recently a sound bite of a speech given by an adviser/ co author of The Affordable Care Act was revealed and in it he stated "most Americans are too stupid" to understand the healthcare plan and "we can get the healthcare plan approved and into law before most people and congress can figure it out". U.S Representative Nancy Pelosi also worked on the Affordable Care Act and when she was asked to comment on the speech she said "she didn't know him so couldn't comment" How could she not know him when they both worked on putting together the healthcare plan? Did Ms Pelosi Lie? If that isn't a story that should be exposed and investigated thoroughly then what is? It appears to me that the press has strayed from its role as government watchdog entirely. This is just the tip of the iceberg, scandalous behavior all over the country by government officials going unreported and instead we get a story about Justin Bieber throwing eggs at someones house! The people of this country have relied upon the press to keep them informed and without complete in depth and accurate information the people/voters can't make the choices needed to keep the country from going to hell. The press has an important responsibility to the American people and the future of our country, so how can the people pressure the Media to make them return to the job of government watchdog this country needs desperately? There is no source of news that can be relied on that is unbiased or can be counted on for complete in depth truth . . . . none. The effectiveness of the presses ability to expose wrongdoing in government been ruined by the need for the news organizations to make a profit . . .Big Profit There are so many problems that are changing the course of this country and when you start to get to the root of what is causing the problems you begin to see just a handful of culprits responsible for it all and It looks to me that the press and the way it's abandoned its role as government watchdog deserves a huge amount of blame. The policy's . . .AKA problems of this country are rooted in Washington and influence the whole country and how policy is written down to the local level and we all know shit runs downhill. As For: Porn hub and the Playboy are straight up news channels and always get to the point quickly and then . . . . . the viewer needs a sammich . . .lol Damit1 and little_old_man 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Sonovabich Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1534 Topics Per Day: 0.29 Content Count: 5020 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 5171 Achievement Points: 131490 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Friday at 07:41 AM Device: Windows Share Posted December 7, 2014 Sky News Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unchileno Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 101 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 109 Topic Count: 764 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 8133 Content Per Day: 1.52 Reputation: 6747 Achievement Points: 61498 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 13 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 27 Birthday: 01/23/1974 Device: iPhone Share Posted December 7, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7WE5wCm7yc Need to post WHY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14886 Content Per Day: 2.78 Reputation: 7827 Achievement Points: 91090 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Share Posted December 7, 2014 I usually watch several news sources, and Fox if i am looking for fiction. Ok, take it easy ladies... I Knew that would upset some sensitive feelings and I was only kidding. The reality is most watch a specific news source because they tell them they want to hear. TBB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
little_old_man Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.29 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Excellent post leadfinger. The comments on the ACA by one of it's architects was a great example. FOX broke the story and none of the 3 major networks said a word about it. Why is that unless they're protecting the president. Lying about something to convince the American public it's a good idea is what the democrats said that GW Bush did to get us into Iraq and many were yelliing for impeachment. Obamacare is an even bigger boondoggle than the Iraq war and it appears that we were lied to in order to make it a law. Where is the outrage? Damit1 and Leadfinger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14886 Content Per Day: 2.78 Reputation: 7827 Achievement Points: 91090 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Share Posted December 7, 2014 I guess this has turned political... Lol some should stay in the sandbox Unchileno 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BurnnBright Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 22339 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 167 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 1714 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 679 Achievement Points: 12960 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 01/13/15 Status: Online Last Seen: 3 minutes ago Birthday: 03/20/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted December 7, 2014 About 18 months ago, I realized that I had to stop watching so much news. The things going on this world, especially the US, were staying on my mind all the time and it was eating me up. I decided that I'd rather not know than to let it consume me. Realistically, I realized that I couldn't believe anyone and I absolutely do not trust the American government. I preferred Fox News when I watched though. loaderXI and Leadfinger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
JohnnyNashville Posted December 7, 2014 Member ID: 25938 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 343 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 1493 Content Per Day: 0.59 Reputation: 284 Achievement Points: 13299 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/17/17 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 25, 2022 Birthday: 08/08/1961 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Local Fox news, Fox News and BCC jn Leadfinger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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