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Is Fox News a cult?
Yes 53%  53%  [ 20 ]
No 39%  39%  [ 15 ]
Just Show the Results 8%  8%  [ 3 ]
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06 Nov 2012, 11:03 am

(Q.E.D.)^2

Even the Mormons aren't this pushy.



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06 Nov 2012, 11:15 am

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Even the Mormons aren't this pushy.


Wait until Mitt declares a national "Morona Day".



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06 Nov 2012, 1:18 pm

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The trick with Fox News if you have to know when their News Segments are and when their "editorials" are.

In the case of Special Report the editorials start at 6:30 eastern time. Sheppard Smith's program at 7 pm is a straight up news hour. Then from 8 pm on you normally get commentators like O'Reilly, Hannity, and Greta.

One trick that many people use to try to claim Fox News' "bias" is they try to compare other networks "news" segments to Sean Hannity, that's like comparing apples and bowling balls. Sean Hannity is a commentator, if he is comparable to other Networks' news broadcasts then that should set off some alarm bells.


Cults also seek to take up all of their members' time, and to keep members isolated from the outside world. Fox News does accomplish this, apparently.



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06 Nov 2012, 5:25 pm

I don't mind that the media is liberal. I mind that the media is liberal, and cannot admit it to itself first and foremost, and of course, to those who consume it. They know what they are doing when they bring conservatives on only to also bring on a liberal to rebut every comment, lest a normal thinking person would ever think of them as being biased. It is funny that to cite the NYTimes is not biased, but to cite the WSJ editorials is.

The fact that Fox rules all news sources with half the market proves that the market is biased, funneling all conservatives to only one outlet. The same is true of the WSJ as the number one paper of the nation (last I checked), you cannot get conservative thought anywhere to the extent you do with the WSJ. The LA Times has Jonah Goldberg, The NYTimes has David Brooks and Ross Douthat, but they are outnumbered 15 to 1 on the editorial board.


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06 Nov 2012, 6:37 pm

MarketAndChurch wrote:
I don't mind that the media is liberal. I mind that the media is liberal, and cannot admit it to itself first and foremost, and of course, to those who consume it. They know what they are doing when they bring conservatives on only to also bring on a liberal to rebut every comment, lest a normal thinking person would ever think of them as being biased. It is funny that to cite the NYTimes is not biased, but to cite the WSJ editorials is.


I don't believe that most of the "media" is "liberal." Most of the "media" seeks to be objective, and to report the news in somewhat balanced ways. Fox "News" just accuses the "media" of being "liberal" because the "media" is not constantly bashing President Obama and seeking desperately to promote Repugnican causes.

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The fact that Fox rules all news sources with half the market proves that the market is biased,

Q.N.E.D.

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funneling all right-wing nut-jobs to only one outlet.
Corrected.

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The same is true of the WSJ as the number one paper of the nation (last I checked), you cannot get conservative thought anywhere to the extent you do with the WSJ. .

The Wall Street Journal used to have credibility. Now, it is just another Rupert Murdoch tabloid.



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06 Nov 2012, 9:50 pm

The only thing I remember seeing broadcast on FOX News was a video on YouTube about a woman who was allegedly accidentally shot during intercourse ("1Guy,1Girl,1Gun" or "That weird part of the Internet"). I didn't believe it until I saw that it was validated by a number of other sites (and even the friend of the woman talking about it). If I want to see any news, it better be about bizarre/funny things or something relating to my interests (even then, I just go to YouTube or any other site with videos).



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07 Nov 2012, 11:05 am

Are Fox Cult Members presently sobbing, and blaming themselves for not beating Barack Hussein Obama? Possibly that they didn't give enough of their money to the Political Action Committees endorsed on Fox?

Are they also covering their guilt by lashing out at "Liberals Elites" and the "Liberal Media", for not bashing Obama enough?

Ah, this is a great day, for those of us who don't imbibe the Fox Kool-Aid.



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07 Nov 2012, 11:32 am

So let me get this straight, people think Fox News is a cult based on something written in the Huffington Post? A blog that expects to be taken seriously as a news site even though it's entirely staffed by leftist zealots who wouldn't know a hard news story if it jumped out of an air vent and started mercilessly humping their trachea?

You know I can understand not watching Fox News or not agreeing with what's said there. But calling them a cult? That's just plain ignorant.



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07 Nov 2012, 12:03 pm

DiscardedWhisper wrote:
So let me get this straight, people think Fox News is a cult based on something written in the Huffington Post? A blog that expects to be taken seriously as a news site even though it's entirely staffed by leftist zealots who wouldn't know a hard news story if it jumped out of an air vent and started mercilessly humping their trachea?
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The Huffington Post article was just the start of the discussion. Further analysis, including input from cult members in the present discussion, confirms the conclusion. Merely characterizing a site as "entirely staffed by leftist zealots who wouldn't know a hard news story if it jumped out of an air vent and started mercilessly humping their trachea" does not automatically mean that an article taken from the site is wrong.



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07 Nov 2012, 12:08 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:
DiscardedWhisper wrote:
So let me get this straight, people think Fox News is a cult based on something written in the Huffington Post? A blog that expects to be taken seriously as a news site even though it's entirely staffed by leftist zealots who wouldn't know a hard news story if it jumped out of an air vent and started mercilessly humping their trachea?
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The Huffington Post article was just the start of the discussion. Further analysis, including input from cult members in the present discussion, confirms the conclusion. Merely characterizing a site as "entirely staffed by leftist zealots who wouldn't know a hard news story if it jumped out of an air vent and started mercilessly humping their trachea" does not automatically mean that an article taken from the site is wrong.


It was an exaggeration in an attempt to be humorous. My point is that Fox News is no more a cult than any other media organization, and that such insinuations are inherently ignorant.



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07 Nov 2012, 12:22 pm

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It was an exaggeration in an attempt to be humorous. My point is that Fox News is no more a cult than any other media organization, and that such insinuations are inherently ignorant.


People who watch Fox "News" tend to be much more cultish than people who watch normal news programming. The observation that Fox "News" viewers tend to be cultish is based prima facie upon observation rather than ignorance.



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07 Nov 2012, 4:41 pm

De Nile is a river in Egypt.

One thing that all cults have in common is that cult members deny being a part of a cult.

You can tell that Fox "News" is a cult, because Fox "News" viewers are very much in denial.



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07 Nov 2012, 5:12 pm

ArrantPariah wrote:
DiscardedWhisper wrote:
It was an exaggeration in an attempt to be humorous. My point is that Fox News is no more a cult than any other media organization, and that such insinuations are inherently ignorant.


People who watch Fox "News" tend to be much more cultish than people who watch normal news programming. The observation that Fox "News" viewers tend to be cultish is based prima facie upon observation rather than ignorance.


Thanks for making my point. Anyone who makes such outlandish accusations prima facie should never be taken seriously.



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07 Nov 2012, 7:16 pm

DiscardedWhisper wrote:
ArrantPariah wrote:
DiscardedWhisper wrote:
It was an exaggeration in an attempt to be humorous. My point is that Fox News is no more a cult than any other media organization, and that such insinuations are inherently ignorant.


People who watch Fox "News" tend to be much more cultish than people who watch normal news programming. The observation that Fox "News" viewers tend to be cultish is based prima facie upon observation rather than ignorance.


Thanks for making my point. Anyone who makes such outlandish accusations prima facie should never be taken seriously.


And, thank you for making mine. Cult members remain perpetually in denial.