BlueRose_76 0 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 Well, thats one way to look at it: See how my homeland is very effectively being burned down to the ground in approximately 1minute. Column One I can assure you, its quite a nice place to live in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JTF-2 0 Posted January 25, 2005 Share Posted January 25, 2005 (edited) there are so many things wrong with everything in that CNN guy said. He grouped all Dutch people together, assuming they all think/feel the same way. He plays up the stereotypes and downplays everything else. It's all measured by an equally arbitrary standard. Edited January 25, 2005 by JTF-2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Maximum 0 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 yeah...fox news. We all kow they're telling the truth.* *fox news is the most conservative broadcasting company in america, owned by Richard Murdock, one of the most conservative "philanthropists" in America. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swartsz 7 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 (edited) What a piece of B########!!!! This really makes me angry, everything he says is not true and he even contradicts himself about the babies being killed. in the story he says our goverment allowed it for babies who are terminally ill, lots of pain and with no prospect of life and that is exactly what is going on, we are not killing babies because they have a big nose or something. talk about your close minded news agency!! And the comment about we are going to do the same as the Nazi's did to Anne Frank is a direct blow in the face of all who have fought and died to free our nation of the german occupation in WWII. Writing an email to Foxnews right now, a really angry one! edit: email sent and while writing it, it reminded me of a documentary shown here in Holland around the time of the US elections about Foxnews and its newscoverage of president Bush and their biased stories. They had a family member of one of victims of 9/11 on who was against the Iraq war, within 2 minutes the newsguy started shouting and calling him a non-american and communist and killed the interview. News must always be objective, not this crap. Edited January 26, 2005 by swartsz Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt Rock 0 Posted January 26, 2005 Share Posted January 26, 2005 Wow. I'm stunned by that "report" and what passes for journalism at Fox. Just totally stunned. It was like something from Steven Colbert (Daily Show) only, it wasn't funny. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snared_gambit 0 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 I'd rather watch Fox News the CNN, but that's just stupid. As if they couldn't come up with a better story then that, they just downplay Dutch people as being baby killers, playing to an unfair stereotype\predjudice. Congratulations Fox, and to think they're talking about how wrong the nazis were . . . Who's the racist now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
firefly2442 0 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 That's why I get my news from a collection of news stories tabulated and organized by google. http://news.google.com Fox news.... ugh.... *shudders Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 I'll watch Fox for national/world news before the Communist News Network, but bad journalism is bad journalism. In the end, just remember that you're dealing with the media, and that media on both sides is evil. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deleyt 0 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 Fox News is very prejudice about a lot of things. If you don't believe in Jesus you're damned. I've seen earlier statements from them that are just as short-sighted. I relate this kind of stigmatizing to muslim extremists: you're either on their side (the right side according to them) or you're not. Both simply can't accept other people having different opinions. It's this kind of "communities" that are a menace to the world. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snared_gambit 0 Posted January 27, 2005 Share Posted January 27, 2005 If you want stupid predjudice, come to Utah. I just got told by a cop that I can't wear red shoe laces in my 14 eye leather boots because it's associated with nazis. And then he put me on his sh!t list as being a potential nazi. What an ass. First he accuses me of being a nazi, tells me I can't wear my favorite laces, and is now going to report me as being a white supremicist down at the station. Fabulous. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson 0 Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 Next time you see him, tell him you have a colored TV. Sorry, bad joke. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deleyt 0 Posted January 28, 2005 Share Posted January 28, 2005 If you want stupid predjudice, come to Utah. I just got told by a cop that I can't wear red shoe laces in my 14 eye leather boots because it's associated with nazis.← Seems to me that this "policeman" is carrying his power to maintain peace, a tad too far.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted January 29, 2005 Share Posted January 29, 2005 Fox News is as biased for Conservatives as CNN/MSNBC/CBS is for Liberals. I've seen way more crap come out of the latter then Fox News, it's just your perspective. Our recent AWB sunsetting is a good demonstration of bias in the three liberal stations, everyone but Fox News actually lied about what the law regulated and showed pictures of full-auto fire as demonstrations of these firearms (which is in no way related to the law). CBS' morning show had them interupting the NRA spokes person off everytime they try to correct them on what the law covered and they kept cutting to footage of full-auto AKs in the N. Hollywood Shootout. It won't be long before the lies about the FN 5.7 pistol start spreading, the papers have already caught wind of it. Bias is everywhere. It's your job as an intelligent being to actually decipher the information you are given and find out what is or isn't true. One news agency is no better than the other, they're there to make a profit and get sponsors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deleyt 0 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Bias is everywhere. It's your job as an intelligent being to actually decipher the information you are given and find out what is or isn't true. One news agency is no better than the other, they're there to make a profit and get sponsors. ← That's where you're wrong. News-stations are supposed to bring the news UNBIASED. All they need to do is to just pass on the facts, not their opinions (or taking advantage of the facts to express their opinions). It's not our jobs to filter the information, it's theirs to present it correctly.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chiel_mic 0 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 ^fully agree Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 That's where you're wrong. News-stations are supposed to bring the news UNBIASED. All they need to do is to just pass on the facts, not their opinions (or taking advantage of the facts to express their opinions). It's not our jobs to filter the information, it's theirs to present it correctly.... ← That's an unrealistic expectation. The media will never be perfect or unbiased so long as humans run it, we're imperfect creatures. The fact that US Media are businesses existing for profits and rating furthers the point to attract viewers from certain backgrounds. Even in places where the media is government run, it is biased toward the government's political lean. You can either whine about what they are supposed to do or you can accept what they are doing and find the flaws. Doing the the latter is infinately more useful until a utopian society emerges (don't hold your breath). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deleyt 0 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 That's where you're wrong. News-stations are supposed to bring the news UNBIASED. All they need to do is to just pass on the facts, not their opinions (or taking advantage of the facts to express their opinions). It's not our jobs to filter the information, it's theirs to present it correctly.... ← That's an unrealistic expectation. The media will never be perfect or unbiased so long as humans run it, we're imperfect creatures. The fact that US Media are businesses existing for profits and rating furthers the point to attract viewers from certain backgrounds. Even in places where the media is government run, it is biased toward the government's political lean. You can either whine about what they are supposed to do or you can accept what they are doing and find the flaws. Doing the the latter is infinately more useful until a utopian society emerges (don't hold your breath). ← Maybe US-news is run by profit or political lean but not ours...and I'm pretty sure and proud about that. Our news is not sponsered and political messages (in favor or unfavor) or ralying "for a cause" is out of the question. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Maybe US-news is run by profit or political lean but not ours...and I'm pretty sure and proud about that. Our news is not sponsered and political messages (in favor or unfavor) or ralying "for a cause" is out of the question. ← I ssume it's government owned? Can't say I've watched news in the Netherlands, but I have seen the BBC from England. Even it has left leanings. That said, I'm sure yours has political lean whether you realize it or not. It's a fact of life. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deleyt 0 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Maybe US-news is run by profit or political lean but not ours...and I'm pretty sure and proud about that. Our news is not sponsered and political messages (in favor or unfavor) or ralying "for a cause" is out of the question. ← Can't say I've watched news in the Netherlands...... I'm sure yours has political lean whether you realize it or not. It's a fact of life. ← Maybe you should....it would make your guessing a lot more like fact. It's a shame to see that Fox isn't the only one making assumptions.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RooK 0 Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 You're trying to degrade this into some sort of bickering match, but bias can be hid and not easily seen unless you come from the other side of the fence. My previous post mentioning firearms is a good example. They mislead the uninformed, either intentionally or through improper research, and you wouldn't know it was political lean unless you had prior knowledge of the subject. You can easily hide bias in a topic by covering it and just failing to report the other side of the story... you can't tell it's bias because they don't tell you the other side. Heck you might not even know another side exists. It's like a magician and slight of hand, what you can't see leads you to believe what you do see is real. I'll just leave it at that before this turns into some form of name calling. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chiel_mic 0 Posted February 1, 2005 Share Posted February 1, 2005 Our news is not government owned, the government only pays for it. They're obliged to give '2'(ormore) views on the matter, so you'll always get a view of all sides of the coin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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