Mother of man accused of threatening Pelosi blames Fox News
April 07, 2010 10:09 pm ET
From an April 7 broadcast by ABC 7 News San Francisco:
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ELEANOR GIUSTI: Greg has -- frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family and -- which gets him into problems. And apparently I would say this must be another one that somehow he's gotten onto either by -- I'd say Fox News or all of those that are really radical, and he -- that's where he comes from.
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Thank you David Letterman.
Mr. News
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We need to go after Comcast Cable and The Dish Network.
If the KKK had their own Cable Network we would be all over the Cable Companies.
What is the difference?
Mr. News
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ABC, CBS, NBC, Public Television, Radio Stations & The Internet.
But if i'm wrong i'm more than willing to admit it.
Leftofwhat, mouse over the category which refers to "Unauthorized, unfair, biased, illegal broadcasts (does NOT include Obscene, Profane or Indecent material)" You'll see a description of the different subcategories listed. One is "biased or distorted news stories by the media." That pretty much fits the bill.
I have filed complaints before.
Now, talk show hosts who constantly use terms like, "danger," "Armageddon," and "revolution," they've got no problem with.
But Stewie Griffin, oh yeah, he's a problem.
right with its new hires in a desperate bid for ratings.
They create all this rage with no regard for its affects to our
society, just their profit margin
Furthermore, I hope there are too many police and FBI agents, preferably undercover, to count in VA on April 19.
How about trade practices laws against FNC describing itself as a "News" channel - surely misleading?
I think Uncle Rupert has lost the plot. This appalling nonsense is a far cry from the man who forced a Royal Commission into the Max Stuart case as Proprietor of the Adelaide News back in 1958. A landmark event in that it publicly questioned the police attitude to Aborigines.
Whilst it did not lead to the overturning of the conviction it did save Stuart from the gallows and he was eventually paroled in 1974 and as recently as 2002 Murdoch was enquiring as to how Stuart was faring in Alice Springs.
How this humanity and courage can co-exist with the incendiary and paranoid rantings of his media empire (the U.S. arm is by far the worst) is one of the great mysteries of our time. I daresay it has more than a little to do with money.
Like his father, Sir Keith, Rupert has long been a compulsive meddler in public affairs. Until his involvement in the U.S. he picked and chose issues - totally unbound by formulaic ideology. In recent time his empire has been enthralled by the Knownothing element of the U.S. politics.
Such a sad end for a man of great potential.
It just plays into their hands when calls go up to "silence them"...and it should. A free society should not be contemplating how to silence the voice of the opposition, no matter how blatantly false or disgusting the spew from that voice is.
On the other hand, if everyone complained to the advertisers who make the programming on Fox so profitable for Newscorp, perhaps that would make a difference. They've shown conclusively that they are a company only in business to make a (mega)buck, obviously delivering honest and truthful news stories to consumers is not anything that is important to their agenda. They already have to be wondering how much sense it makes to continue to run Beck's rantings when all his major advertisers have pulled out.
Aside from that, the best defense is to do exactly what MMFA does every day. Expose their lies and fear-mongering for exactly what they are.