Sorry, you want me to fact check a satirical skit? Interestingly, I caught a segment where he had Lou Dobbs on, and he asked Lou Dobbs a question, then interupted him in 10 secs and talked the rest of the segment, giving his own opinion and answer to his own question. Then he cut to commericial and said Dobbs comments would be online. Its a comedy show people, not news.

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"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."

-Thomas Jefferson

Yep...I was pretty sure you didn't..and equally sure you didn't take him that seriously either...you don't seem the type who would, unlike...

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The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity; where everything is made simple, and in that simplification the truth is lost.

Its my mistake in thinking that rightwingers might actually care why most Americans find Fox distasteful.

Obviously rightwingers aren't going to listen to a long boring seminar on how biased and disingenuous Fox is. I figured a comedic, but fairly accurate, explanation might break through the bubble of self-imposed ignorance.

My bad.

I'm sorry that you are throwing a tantrum because we didn't agree with your example using a comedian for a more serious subject. I hope the rest of your day goes much better.

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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw

Okay. The results are wrong because you say so. Got it.

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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” - Carl Sagan

Most americans dont find FOX distasteful. It WAS your mistake thinking "rightwingers" care about John Stewart and would agree with your name calling.

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"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."

-Thomas Jefferson

Now you're catching on. Now if only my wife was so easily trained....

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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw

If she's constantly saying you're wrong, she sounds perfect as she is.

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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” - Carl Sagan

Not agreeing would be acceptable. Not agreeing and actually pointing out at least one or two major flaws would be welcomed.

Not watching it and commenting anyway is just stupid.

You just broke manlaw. -1 Dude point.

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A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
- George Bernard Shaw

Ewww, dude point.

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“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” - Carl Sagan

Fox viewership is around 1% of the US population.

I refrained from name calling until the idiocy of the right became once again unbearable. I'll refrain from biting my tongue in the future since its apparently wasted effort.

If you choose to start a discussion with a hostile intent towards people you know will disagree with you, then you will continue to get the response that you claim to be surprised about. I dont beleive you are or were sincere in attempting to have an actual constructive conversation. So be it.

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"To take from one, because it is thought his own industry and that of his father has acquired too much, in order to spare to others who (or whose fathers) have not exercised equal industry and skill, is to violate arbitrarily the first principle of association, "to guarantee to everyone a free exercise of his industry and the fruits acquired by it."

-Thomas Jefferson

I don't think my original post showed hostility. I acknowledged that some people are "Fox viewers" and attempted to illustrate some of the reasons why "non-Fox viewers" don't like Fox. That should have opened up the door for people to point out the flaws of the piece, or to make new points not considered in the piece.

Hostility in the original post would have been something like:

"You stupid idiots that watch Fox News got your network completely slammed in this piece. Watch it and weep."

A message like that would have been hostile, and certainly wouldn't have started any reasonable discussion. Whether you think so or not, I would have welcomed and enjoyed some reasonable discussion on the whole concept of opiniotainment. A couple of people have pointed out that "other" networks do it too. But thats about as far as the discussion has gone so far.

I watched the video several times, very interesting. Fox News is actually an oxymoron. It is opiniontainment. In reality there's nothing wrong with that as long as the viewer knows it. I know Olberman and Madow are liberals, though I will say that Madow is much more analytical, while Olberman, though at times is serious, his main goal is ridicule and some humor. No problem I know it.

The problem is that there is a certain segment of the population, rather large close to 17 million, that believe that all news other than Fox News(sic) is biased by intent. It would be silly to think that reporters or anchors wouldn't be biased, but I believe most, outside of Fox News(sic), at least attempt to be unbiased. And today we can get news from many sources, many of which are obviously biased some strive not to be. But we have a large segment of the population that believe that Fox's news report are really "Fair and Balanced". In reality I would say Fox News(sic) in total is about as unbiased as John Stewart, just not as funny.