Could we agree that a socialist wouldn't like Fox News because it tends to voice capitalism?
Sure, but they probably wouldn't like it due to the old conservative qualities rather than the capitalist qualities moreover since those are usually first to stick out.
Okay, no argument here.
Every bit of statistics I see from reliable sources rate Fox News as a very reliable news source.
Again this is very unlike you to post a claim without supplying a source.
I haven't seen studies showing that Fox is reliable mainly due to the massive amount of flak it gets for the inconsistencies. I had supplied info earlier but it was just directed at Sigi. And I've been trying to cut down on posting links in general just because another member said I post too many :-/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=media-bias-presidential-election
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1067
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel_controversies
I wasn't aware of complaints about your links and that explains why it seemed unusual to me.
No complaint with the scientificamerican claim, although I would like to see more of the base values it was drawn from because frequency becomes relevant in cases like this when establishing a pattern. Omitting frequency does raise concerns for suspect presentation. Also the time frame is somewhat limited in this section and there were still many disappointed and angry Hillary supporters about so I feel where it could well be accurate it is an incomplete snapshot but likely relevant to that period.
Fair is a liberal organization and biased so heavily as to be completely worthless.
No real complaints with the wiki information and I don't see how that necessarily discredits Fox in any way. There is enough information to source everything to find out what claims or statements are biased for or against Fox. I don't really think someone would just believe every word posted there and under that assumption I am fine with the page.
There is a reason for this, and it is a type of bias. I suppose an "evil environmentalist" would be a better choice than an abortion doctor for my point, but that was the first thing that came to mind. Personally I think it was a bit of high brow humor on Eric's part and if you have never watched much of him you wouldn't tend to appreciate his animated style. Generally when I watch him I know he is going to make a point but he is going to exaggerate and actually make the example humorous and enjoyable. That doesn't discredit the basic truth of what he says though. The point he was making was that it is a type of indoctrination set at the young. It might seem rather timid to you, but the prevalence of such things in kids programming and education does indoctrinate them into a mindset of a tendency to think in one way. They are being taught that being rich and successful, and being skilled and performing well at a task is a bad thing. They are being taught that being ineffective and impotent in capability are perfectly acceptable. These things are subtle and incapable of penetrating the established thoughts of most adults, but children are impressionable and shouldn't be forced to choose a side on a matter that is out of their element of understanding or appreciating.
This is simply not true. If there ever was an underlying message in kid's media, it's generally just about being cautious to avoid large problems (thinking ahead) or caring about the environment. Kids are not taught to fear success. If they were, the main characters would never succeed in their task. Almost all story-oriented media follows an old pattern of getting struck with a problem, finding a way to solve that problem, refining the skill to defeat the problem, tackling it, and then learning the moral at the end. Even Spongebob does this (...usually...).
Kids are impressionable, but any 'secretive theme' in media will usually pass right over their head. One could argue that Super Mario is promoting communism because he looks like Stalin and at the end of each level he lowers a peace flag, walks into the castle, and raises a red star. But no kid is going to grow up and become a communist or sport comrade ideals because of that. To them a cigar is just a cigar.
I thought more about this and I realized the bias stereotyping isn't just limited to rich and successful. There is the traditional bias of nearly every educated junior officer in a war movie being some sort of idiotic 'bad' character. Perhaps it is just a villain tendency of what types are easier to hate and used strictly for that purpose. I don't like this type of manipulation though and I don't find it helpful to society. I don't think that kids should be nudged towards any cause or crusade and should simply be left alone to be kids. Educate them, do not indoctrinate them as the later is counter to the former.
I think if you removed the silly sound effects it would have been perfectly fine, and fairly accurate, but with the sound yeah I did laugh.
Glad you did. I have sort of a love-hate relationship with Anonymous and have a friend who loosely associates with them (though she's far from unstable). They can be major idiotic trolls, but at the same time they do target things that I deem acceptable like Scientology, Ebaumsworld, Westboro, etc. It really just depends on the target. I have $10,000 worth of scientology information because of them hacking and spreading it across the net. Did you know Jesus got his powers from touching a crashed UFO? It's true!
I am similar about liking some things they do and disliking others. I know hackers that just like the art of the game, but there are others who are fueled by hate and inferiority that are prevalent in that area for some reason or other.
Union members protested in Madison, WI. Fox news reported "riots". The footage shown had Palm trees in the background... You know, the kind of trees that grow commonly in Wisconsin.
I've been to Madison and I must say I've always admired those trees in the coldest of winters.
See my reply to sigmapi1501 above about how that was misrepresented.
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