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Offline formerlurker

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fox is toast!!
« on: August 25, 2012, 06:50:41 PM »
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Fox's U.S. TV station licenses challenged
A public policy watchdog group has asked the Federal Communications Commission to strip News Corp.'s Fox Broadcasting of licenses it has to operate television stations.

Citing the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed News Corp.-owned newspapers in Britain, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a petition to deny Fox's applications to renew licenses for three of its TV stations - WTTG-TV and WDCA-TV in Washington, D.C., and WUTB-TV in Baltimore.

"It is well-established that News Corp. has been involved in one of the biggest media scandals of all time," said CREW executive director Melanie Sloan. "Its reporters hacked voice mails and bribed public officials while top executives - including (News Corp. CEO) Rupert Murdoch - either approved the conduct or turned a blind eye."

News Corp. and Murdoch have apologized about the ethics scandal, which led to the closing of its tabloid News of the World and the departure of several senior executives. The company has been investigated by lawmakers there and blasted for the lack of ethics at some of its newspapers. Murdoch's son, James Murdoch, has been singled out for criticism because he had oversight of the British newspapers for several years.

Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/08/22/163105/foxs-us-tv-station-licenses-challenged.html#storylink=omni_popular#storylink=cpy

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021201498


What is CREW? 

Many Americans have given up on our political system, writing off our elected leaders as crooks. At CREW, we believe politicians must be held accountable for their actions. Day in and day out, we work to ensure government officials — regardless of party affiliation — act with honesty and integrity and merit the public trust.

Who is Melanie Sloan?

Before becoming a prosecutor, Ms. Sloan served as Minority Counsel for the House Judiciary Committee, working on criminal justice issues for Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI). Ms. Sloan also served as Counsel to the Crime Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee, chaired by then-Representative Charles Schumer (D-NY). There, she drafted portions of the 1994 Crime Bill, including the Violence Against Women Act. In 1993, Ms. Sloan served as Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, under then-Chairman Joseph Biden (D-DE). Prior to working for the Congress, she was an associate at Howrey and Simon in Washington D.C.

http://www.citizensforethics.org/pages/melanie-sloan

Damn skippy, that is about as non-partisan as they come.   Gosh this CREW group is swell. 

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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2012, 07:00:27 PM »
Not going to happen.  :rotf:
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #2 on: August 25, 2012, 07:13:59 PM »
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But if was to get the ear of Roger Ailes I would recommend losing Shepard Smith and Bill Hemmer.

I don't dislike Hemmer, he just has terrible speaking cadence while interviewing. It's like...

Hemmer: blah blah blah *pause*

Interviewee: Well Bill

Hemmer: blah blah blah

Interviewee: *silence*

Hemmer: *silence*
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #3 on: August 25, 2012, 07:35:56 PM »
Quote from: EagleKeeper on August 25, 2012, 07:13:59 PM
:yawn:

But if was to get the ear of Roger Ailes I would recommend losing Shepard Smith and Bill Hemmer.

I don't dislike Hemmer, he just has terrible speaking cadence while interviewing. It's like...

Hemmer: blah blah blah *pause*

Interviewee: Well Bill

Hemmer: blah blah blah

Interviewee: *silence*

Hemmer: *silence*

I like Bill Hemmer. I can't stand Shepard Smith.

Something that shocked me, Jesse Jackson's daughter is kind of growing on me. While I don't agree with her views she is very respectful and not a raging moonbat. Unlike Sally Kohn, she can't even sit there and wait her turn with out making stupid ass facial movements.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #4 on: August 25, 2012, 08:10:00 PM »
Quote from: BEG on August 25, 2012, 07:35:56 PM
I like Bill Hemmer. I can't stand Sherpard Smith.

Something that shocked me, Jesse Jackson's daughter is kind of growing on me. While I don't agree with her views she is very respectful and not a raging moonbat. Unlike Sally Kohn, she can't even sit there and wait her turn with out making stupid ass facial movements.


Yeah...Sally Kohn makes my bowels ache. I'd like to smack the stupid off her face.

Oh, while I'm thinking about it I would take control of the mikes of the debaters.

The stupid "debates" they have while trying to be fair and balanced, two folkes talking at the same time gives me a tooth ache.
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« Reply #5 on: August 25, 2012, 08:26:59 PM »
Good luck with this, DUmmies. It will get you no where. In fact, you will see them shut down MSNBC before Fox News; as Fox News actually 'fact checks' their information before they broadcast it.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #6 on: August 25, 2012, 10:18:22 PM »
Quote from: BEG on August 25, 2012, 07:35:56 PM
I like Bill Hemmer. I can't stand Shepard Smith.

Something that shocked me, Jesse Jackson's daughter is kind of growing on me. While I don't agree with her views she is very respectful and not a raging moonbat. Unlike Sally Kohn, she can't even sit there and wait her turn with out making stupid ass facial movements.

Agree completely.  Kohn is the archetype annoying smarmy Lib who does everything possible facially and in body language to convey that she thinks she is much smarter than anyone who disagrees with her and that any such disagreeable person is beneath her contempt.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #7 on: August 25, 2012, 10:24:41 PM »
The great journalistic mystery of our time...how does Candy Crowley get to have a on screen career that lasted more than a round of boxing ?
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #8 on: August 25, 2012, 10:27:38 PM »
Quote from: obumazombie on August 25, 2012, 10:24:41 PM
The great journalistic mystery of our time...how does Candy Crowley get to have a on screen career that lasted more than a round of boxing ?

You should also ask how she possibly got the spot to moderate a debate. They should make the main requirement that you can't be biased, and she is so biased that her head is still up Barry's rump.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2012, 12:29:13 AM »
I love telling idots that say they hate FOX or FOX News...."don't you watch American Idol every week?"   :-)

Let's not forget all the Hollywood movies produced by News Corp's Fox.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #10 on: August 26, 2012, 02:36:38 AM »
Quote from: BEG on August 25, 2012, 07:35:56 PM
I like Bill Hemmer. I can't stand Shepard Smith.

Something that shocked me, Jesse Jackson's daughter is kind of growing on me. While I don't agree with her views she is very respectful and not a raging moonbat. Unlike Sally Kohn, she can't even sit there and wait her turn with out making stupid ass facial movements.
I agree. I loathe her so much that I would introduce her to my ex-husband, were she straight.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #11 on: August 26, 2012, 06:27:02 AM »
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A public policy watchdog group
Translation -- partisan liberal censorship committee
Don't need to read any further than that, to know the probable political leanings.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #12 on: August 26, 2012, 06:53:19 AM »
Quote from: sybilll on August 26, 2012, 02:36:38 AM
I agree. I loathe her so much that I would introduce her to my ex-husband, were she straight.

Hey, do it anyway. By the time he figures out that he doesn't have the proper equipment, her being a lesbian moonbat and all, maybe he'll be in prison for sexual asault. You know how liberal women are, if you even look at them wrong, it's rape.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #13 on: August 26, 2012, 06:55:57 AM »
Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 26, 2012, 06:53:19 AM
Hey, do it anyway. By the time he figures out that he doesn't have the proper equipment, her being a lesbian moonbat and all, maybe he'll be in prison for sexual asault. You know how liberal women are, if you even look at them wrong, it's rape.

And if a liberal womyn looks at you . . .

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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #14 on: August 26, 2012, 07:00:08 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on August 26, 2012, 06:55:57 AM
And if a liberal womyn looks at you . . .

:runaway: :bolt: :panic:

Grab your manhood with both hands and run for the hills.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #15 on: August 26, 2012, 07:01:50 AM »
FOX is toast...toast is crunchy...ergo...FOX has the crunchy news. :-)
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #16 on: August 26, 2012, 07:04:48 AM »
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9. It should be noted Fox News doesn't have a license.

Last edited Sat Aug 25, 2012, 08:22 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

They're not broadcast, so they don't need a license.

This is talking about Fox, as in the network that shows "The Simpsons". Not the lie factory with Hanity and O'Riley
 
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10. Damn.
Didn't even slow them down.  Kept at it.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #17 on: August 26, 2012, 05:14:10 PM »
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8. Sabre rattling

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FOX owns the GOP.
There isn't enough political clout to punish FOX in any significant way.

Even if the Democrats owned Congress there isn't enough clout.

Think of the failed attempt to impeach Clinton as an example. It was more about fanfare than realistic expected results.

So is this. The bright side is that it is meaningful fanfare.

A favorable "dog and pony show".


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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #18 on: August 26, 2012, 05:18:25 PM »
Quote from: RobJohnson on August 26, 2012, 05:14:10 PM


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8. Sabre rattling

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FOX owns the GOP.
There isn't enough political clout to punish FOX in any significant way.

Even if the Democrats owned Congress there isn't enough clout.

Think of the failed attempt to impeach Clinton as an example. It was more about fanfare than realistic expected results.

So is this. The bright side is that it is meaningful fanfare.

A favorable "dog and pony show".

Rewriting history yet again DUmmie?  Impeached former President Clinton was in fact impeached and the Senate failed to convict basically because the democrats put party before the law.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #19 on: August 26, 2012, 06:38:22 PM »
How many times has Fox News been "toast" before? I swear, watching the DUmmies when they get like this is like watching the old Roadrunner cartoons.  Except less funny and more sad.
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« Reply #20 on: August 26, 2012, 06:55:54 PM »
Not astoundingly, the commies at DU fail to mention Fox Business.  If they think Fox News hates the mulatto messiah, Fox Business really, really hates him.
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Re: fox is toast!!
« Reply #21 on: August 26, 2012, 07:12:54 PM »
Quote from: BadCat on August 26, 2012, 06:55:54 PM
Not astoundingly, the commies at DU fail to mention Fox Business.  If they think Fox News hates the mulatto messiah, Fox Business really, really hates him.

Almost all the business networks hate President Obama.
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