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Nye Bevan

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88. I am pro-choice on this issue. I don't like Fox, so I choose not to watch it.

Reply to Rosco T. (Original post)

Mon Dec 10, 2012, 10:56 AM

Dec 2012

But I am not in favor of the Government stepping in and preventing other people from making their own choice.

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Isn't it time we took down Fox "NEWS"? [View all] Rosco T. Dec 2012 OP

the problem is that fokkks is cable.... not broadcast oldhippydude Dec 2012 #1

Then isn't it time we GAVE the FCC jurisdiction? Occulus Dec 2012 #10

If we did that... actslikeacarrot Dec 2012 #14

The problem with that mentality is that Occulus Dec 2012 #16

The courts have held that cable has first amendment rights closer to those of newspapers than onenote Dec 2012 #43

As long as you're prepared for a Republican FCC to do the same thing to MSNBC or Current... brooklynite Dec 2012 #77

I don't care if it's cable, sat or rabbit ears.. a lie is a lie, slander is slander n/m Rosco T. Dec 2012 #23

Fox Radio, isn't that part of the FCC? LeftInTX Dec 2012 #39

I get them delivered through the air at my house. Dish TV. Vincardog Dec 2012 #51

Imagine what society would be like if we replaced all RW media with educational programming instead JaneyVee Dec 2012 #2

Imagine what society would be like if the Constitution allowed the government to make those onenote Dec 2012 #44

In contrast to FoX Propaganda Channel pbrower2a Dec 2012 #83

I haven't watched Fox News in about 10 years. I suggest you do the same. virgogal Dec 2012 #3

Consider this choir member preached. Occulus Dec 2012 #11

Normally I agree, but AlreadyDoneThat Dec 2012 #53

Welcome to DU! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #57

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwnnnn......... Iggy Dec 2012 #4

One election is not proof of any final and irrevocable undoing of Occulus Dec 2012 #13

Agreed, However Iggy Dec 2012 #33

Preaching to the choir is a good analogy, but AlreadyDoneThat Dec 2012 #54

Fox News has been propagandizing for 30 years? onenote Dec 2012 #45

You, too. Occulus Dec 2012 #60

Do You Actually Look At Their Ratings? ProfessorGAC Dec 2012 #55

I said "and its ilk" Occulus Dec 2012 #59

Oh yeah? rainin Dec 2012 #80

Good idea. We could reinstate the Sedition Act from 1798 so government can jody Dec 2012 #5

Are you defending Foxnews? hrmjustin Dec 2012 #9

They are not on the air ... oldhippie Dec 2012 #18

I mean like complaints and boycotts. Sorry for not being clearer. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #19

Actually jody is defending freedom AlexSatan Dec 2012 #36

Point taken! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #40

The Sedition Act has fuck-all to do with the OP Occulus Dec 2012 #15

Please read the Sedition Act. OP has every thing to do with it because the OP wants to punish jody Dec 2012 #42

results of jury service naaman fletcher Dec 2012 #47

Recently a post said of me "You are a disgusting, sick person." I alerted and jody Dec 2012 #49

If you are wishing for legislation like Canada and the UK former9thward Dec 2012 #6

untrue Rosco T. Dec 2012 #25

Nope. former9thward Dec 2012 #35

yes samsingh Dec 2012 #7

My repuke friends support "the rules" socialindependocrat Dec 2012 #8

Make them put up a truth ticker. sarcasmo Dec 2012 #12

Yes, news as a vehicle to keep the populace informed Cleita Dec 2012 #17

I have daydreamed trying to organize 20M people to each buy $50 stock & then proxy votes Turn CO Blue Dec 2012 #20

That is how to do it AlexSatan Dec 2012 #37

We must collectively work very hard mick063 Dec 2012 #21

I agree. Cable or no, it's a different animal when they are causing the whole country to have loudsue Dec 2012 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author Jonny Dec 2012 #24

Hair Splitting Jonny Dec 2012 #26

So you would have been okay with Nixon's prosecution of the New York Times onenote Dec 2012 #46

As I now ONLY watch Rev. Al Sharpton on MSNBC and none of the others... graham4anything Dec 2012 #27

Media Matters points the lies out at least ErikJ Dec 2012 #28

Opinions Are One Thing, Facts Another colsohlibgal Dec 2012 #29

splendid idea jeanlibny594283 Dec 2012 #30

Canada FAUX is an "Entertainment Network" IF ya' ACT like clowns, it's just truth in advertising. Tigress DEM Dec 2012 #31

Once a person learns what propaganda is they stop watching MSMedia... just1voice Dec 2012 #32

They're Already Starting To Take Themselves Down...and the Rushpublicans with them... KharmaTrain Dec 2012 #34

If you see them on in a doctor's or dentist's office, complain to the staff LeftInTX Dec 2012 #38

Something similar would fill the void. Apparently there is a market for their point of view. Throd Dec 2012 #41

If I say what I want to say, I probably be alerted Great Caesars Ghost Dec 2012 #48

Apparently few have read the Sedition Act so I post it below. jody Dec 2012 #50

So, they were against it and so are you against charges of (libel) sedition, I'm guessing. freshwest Dec 2012 #82

I support nullification as Jefferson and Madison defined it in their KY & VA resolutions. nt jody Dec 2012 #85

As far as states' rights go, that interpretation has been abused to deny human rights.. freshwest Dec 2012 #86

This is how we do it. We put a law in place like Canada has. Cleita Dec 2012 #52

Sun News has been available in Canada since April 2011 onenote Dec 2012 #62

Perhaps, but because the other stations must mind regulations according to their license, it keeps Cleita Dec 2012 #63

The Wikipedia entry you cite confirms everything I wrote onenote Dec 2012 #65

If you think you are right then you think you are right. Cleita Dec 2012 #67

Here's an example of how Sun News doesn't seem to be restrained by Canadian law onenote Dec 2012 #68

Yes, but the fact is they aren't taken seriously because they aren't dominating the whole Cleita Dec 2012 #69

Fox News isn't remotely the dominant news source for the entire country. onenote Dec 2012 #71

If you believe that you aren't paying attention. Cleita Dec 2012 #72

You need to get out more onenote Dec 2012 #73

Ann Coulter as despicable as she is much smarter than Jonah Goldberg, Cleita Dec 2012 #74

btw I looked up your link. Cleita Dec 2012 #75

Do you think you can get away with just making stuff up? onenote Dec 2012 #78

I'm not the person making stuff up here and although I do respect the Pew Center, Cleita Dec 2012 #79

You really are something else. onenote Dec 2012 #84

The best way to take down Faux, I believe AlreadyDoneThat Dec 2012 #56

a decade overdue upi402 Dec 2012 #58

Fox is only more blatant than the others KurtNYC Dec 2012 #61

I heard a commercial on the radio that Fox News is the only radio news station in SW Florida. Michigan Alum Dec 2012 #64

I would like to see this happen but the only way we can do it is through their advertisers like jwirr Dec 2012 #66

Yep. The best way is to underthematrix Dec 2012 #76

what is an example of something they have said or done in the past that you believe arely staircase Dec 2012 #70

I haven't even owned a TV in a decade. brokechris Dec 2012 #81

Makes Me Sad When I See The Shortsightedness Of This NeedleCast Dec 2012 #87

I am pro-choice on this issue. I don't like Fox, so I choose not to watch it. Nye Bevan Dec 2012 #88