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Fox News Caught Flat-Footed Again When Terrorists Hit Jakarta Hotels
July 16th 2009

Posted on 07/16/2009 9:20:37 PM PDT by Steelfish

Why is that only CNN is able to immediately bring video footage of internationally occurring events? As usual Fox News is caught flat-footed and keep running their regular programs.


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KEYWORDS: foxnews; jakarta; vanity
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To: nmh

Yep, I am watching to see up to the minute news, Hannity is busy re-bovilating while CNN is actually showing news live..go figure...


21 posted on 07/16/2009 9:30:14 PM PDT by gman992
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To: Steelfish

This is not newsworthy to stop programming.

Why should programs be stopped to highlight THIS?


22 posted on 07/16/2009 9:30:35 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh

So watching CNN is an insult from you? Good grief!


23 posted on 07/16/2009 9:30:55 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: nmh

Yep, I am watching to see up to the minute news, Hannity is busy re-bovilating while CNN is actually showing news live..go figure...They did the same thing with the SEAL rescue in the Middle East and every other major news happening...


24 posted on 07/16/2009 9:30:58 PM PDT by gman992
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To: Steelfish

I don’t even consider that newsworthy!


25 posted on 07/16/2009 9:31:09 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: nmh

A terrorist attack in the Capitol of Indonesia is not newsworthy? Why?


26 posted on 07/16/2009 9:31:50 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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To: icwhatudo

I don’t bother with CNN.

Their slant is too obvious.

I can wait a few minutes till a more objective station picks it up. I HATE, CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, CBS, so there! ;)


27 posted on 07/16/2009 9:32:38 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: nmh

I got home about an hour ago, and I always look forward to Hannity. He is very informative. Don’t need to watch 24 hours of rubble.


28 posted on 07/16/2009 9:33:01 PM PDT by DLfromthedesert
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To: Steelfish

Turn on your TV after you’ve seen the story break on FR.

I don’t watch TV for news. I can’t wait that long.


29 posted on 07/16/2009 9:33:08 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR...Monthly Donors Wanted...I Upped My Monthly. Now, Up Yours.)
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To: gman992; nmh; Steelfish
I agree...Fox is good when it comes to news analysis, but when it comes to up to the minute news, they are last.

I also agree, and we are big Fox News fans here.

Maybe FNC should have a separate channel (ie like CNN International) that is equipped to compete with CNN on worldwide breaking news like this. It does kind of reduce Fox News Channel's credibility as a hard "news channel" when events like this break and they just keep running reruns of their regular programming...

30 posted on 07/16/2009 9:33:50 PM PDT by nutmeg (How's all that "Hope" and "Change" working out for you, Comrade?)
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To: Snickering Hound

I wish Glenn Beck would be rerun instead of O’Reilly.


31 posted on 07/16/2009 9:33:53 PM PDT by getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL (****************************Stop Continental Drift**)
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To: icwhatudo

Exactly. Even during the Iranian demonstrations while CNN was running instant feed, Fox News was going on interminably with O’Reilly and Geraldo. This is no way to increase one’s viewing audience, reach, and influence. One has to go beyond attracting the converted. When there are major Islamic terror strikes, I say immediately ditch the O’Reilly tape and other regular programming.


32 posted on 07/16/2009 9:34:12 PM PDT by Steelfish
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To: gman992

I can’t stand Hannity or O’Reilly.

I don’t understand why Rush is grooming Hannity ... .


33 posted on 07/16/2009 9:34:18 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Steelfish

Shove your terror strikes where the sun doesn’t shine.


34 posted on 07/16/2009 9:35:33 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: Steelfish

Fox News since its inception has been the worst breaking news source on cable...they win hands down for extended and in-depth. They literally turn the lights out at 11...they also do not have the reach or the built in network yet as CNN does...they are expected to have nearly 90% match to CNN in available contractors and field reporters as well as available affiliates in 2013.


35 posted on 07/16/2009 9:35:40 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache (An oath to a liar is no oath at all)
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To: nmh

Terrorist attacks aren’t newsworthy?


36 posted on 07/16/2009 9:36:00 PM PDT by DevNet (What's past is prologue)
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To: nutmeg

Okay, maybe I’m wrong about FOX not being the FIRST to break news.

I’ll say it again, I HATE CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, and MSNBC. Eventually FOX will come through. I can’t stand LIBERAL talking heads that embellish and start to spin it away from the truth, as they ALWAYS do. I’m not in a rush to hear the liberal spin.


37 posted on 07/16/2009 9:36:31 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: Steelfish

Fox has cut in several times with video...


38 posted on 07/16/2009 9:36:54 PM PDT by Jewels1091
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To: Steelfish

I don’t think India allows blonde female journalists.

parsy, who loves ‘em anyway


39 posted on 07/16/2009 9:37:03 PM PDT by parsifal ("Knock and ye shall receive!" (The Bible, somewhere.))
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To: dalereed

Apparently Islamic terror is of no consequence to you- Maybe what you need is non-stop Geraldo.


40 posted on 07/16/2009 9:37:39 PM PDT by Steelfish
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