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2005-07-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

Fox slides left as illegals are retitled migrants?

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Posted by Glailet Unoluck5313 2005-07-04 09:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Fox has a couple of good shows..but here is a fun game to play when tuning to Fox news.

Turn to Fox, check the time on the little time box and time how long it take them to bring up Natalie Halloway. Unless you are watching one of their big shows, it will always take less than 5 minutes - and usually only 2 -3. If you include the other sensational murder/abduction their all esteemed content board has decided to shove down our throats - (previously Michael Jackson, currently Idaho abduction) then you can get that time down even further.

We used to play this game with one of those used-salesmen-turned-preacher on his TV show. It would always take him less than one minute to ask for money.

I think that bookies could have fun with this one.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 11:05|| 2005-07-04 11:05|| Front Page Top

#2 It's amusing how outfits like the AP can dig deep on things like this, find some alarming stuff, then publish it, yet if the government were to get serious about illegal immigrants and begin roundups and deportations, these guys would almost surely be running a ton of articles condemning the crackdown.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-07-04 11:41|| 2005-07-04 11:41|| Front Page Top

#3 2b, to make the game fair you must start at the top of the hour, then count the pictures and divide by looks of concern.

And it's not just Fox, it's freaking amazing, I have a theory that the telemetres have been hacked.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-04 11:50|| 2005-07-04 11:50|| Front Page Top

#4 ship - somehow you'd have to factor "NEWS ALERT!" into the equation - though I have yet to figure out how news, already covered for the last 24 hours, qualifies as "alert".

And they wonder why their ratings are slipping. Honest to goodness - I think if we could use that Optical scanning software, get a photo of a bubble headed blonde with good cleavage whose mouth moves up and down, we could get much better ratings than either CNN or FOX.

Today is the 4th of July - so much news, so little time. I've been forced to watch Fox today, and it amuses me to no end to count the time spent on Natalie's case.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 14:40|| 2005-07-04 14:40|| Front Page Top

#5 and dont get me wrong - I hope for her family she gets all the tv time they can muster - it's just that she's not the only one missing and there is other more earth shaking news. I wish her family the best - it's just that giving me 30 second updates isn't going to help anyone.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 14:44|| 2005-07-04 14:44|| Front Page Top

#6 2b - Re #5 - thanks for that.

If folks want to rip Fox, et al, for their lurid coverage, fine. But the kid, who apparently made a fatal mistake - and maybe the first and only remotely dangerous stupid decision of her short life - certainly paid the ultimate price. Leave her out of any criticisms.

And her parents are obviously blameless. If it was my kid and some newsjerk put a mike in my face, I'd use it to shake the tree - especially given how fucked up the Danish legal system appears to be. Leave them out of any criticisms.

Having a daughter, myself, this story (overplayed or not) certainly hits home. Words fail me regards the actions of the Aruban police and the Dutch notion of law.

Posted by .com 2005-07-04 14:52|| 2005-07-04 14:52|| Front Page Top

#7 true .com. But it's always bad news when the media circus moves into town. Look at the cases they cover like this...Polly Klass, Yosemite Murders, Chandra Levy, Laci Peterson, etc. Jon Benet Ramsey was an exception. If they turn the TV focus on, you can almost bet the body won't be found anytime soon. Don't know why that is - but it is. I made bet when this got the intense coverage from the get go that her body would not be found anytime soon.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 15:05|| 2005-07-04 15:05|| Front Page Top

#8 true...but?

Sheesh.

Posted by .com 2005-07-04 15:17|| 2005-07-04 15:17|| Front Page Top

#9 I think you misuderstood my point. I used to follow crime chat until I burned out on the underbelly of society and just couldn't take it anymore. Every day women and children go missing - usually at the hands of people they know. But until the Amber Alert was initiated, families could do little to get air time. The Yosemite Murders are common knowledge only because the family was wealthy enough to put up, I believe, a hundred of thousand in reward money.

I hope and pray they find her, but she's not the only one missing. It's great for her family that they get the press, but it strikes me as a bit unfair that the other thousands that go missing are so unworthy of even a mention when covering this story.

5 minute updates? Is it really that cold for me to point out that perhaps there are other stories that might deserve air time?

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 15:39|| 2005-07-04 15:39|| Front Page Top

#10 If this story was set in Fairbanks how long would it last?

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-04 15:41|| 2005-07-04 15:41|| Front Page Top

#11 slow days in summer for news, thta's why the shark bites, missing blondes, found kidnapped kids get so much coverage...just wait and soon it'll be Charles Schumer, Ted Kennedy, and Joe Biden (w/ hair plugs intact), along with ReidPelosi (the dim dual-headed monster) spouting bald-faced lies and smears about a good American nominated to SCOTUS...this is the lull

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-04 15:43|| 2005-07-04 15:43|| Front Page Top

#12 no less precious or interesting

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 16:14|| 2005-07-04 16:14|| Front Page Top

#13 And nobody said they were.

Jesus you're a shrill ass.

Focus. Or fuck off, whichever.

Posted by .com 2005-07-04 16:23|| 2005-07-04 16:23|| Front Page Top

#14 and happy fourth of July to you too.

Posted by 2b 2005-07-04 16:26|| 2005-07-04 16:26|| Front Page Top

#15 Irrelevant twaddle that's supposed to make me feel bad?

See #13. Add pompous to shrill ass.

Posted by .com 2005-07-04 16:28|| 2005-07-04 16:28|| Front Page Top

#16 I'm glad we got boys. Easier to predict.

Posted by Shipman 2005-07-04 17:37|| 2005-07-04 17:37|| Front Page Top

#17 Listening to CCR's Heard It Through The Grapevine, followed by Susie Q, Run through the Jungle, and I Put A Spell On You. Who can't be getting friendly today? Later...Ray Charles on the stereo with Johnny Cash and Grateful Dead ...

that sh*ts AMERICAN lol! Enjoy the fourth, all!

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-07-04 18:00|| 2005-07-04 18:00|| Front Page Top

#18 here here Frank, and to all the Rantburgers Thanks!!!!

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