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Breaking News - Fox News overrun by Drama Queens
Helvitorial.com ^ | November 4, 2007 | Alan Helvig

Posted on 11/04/2007 4:29:38 AM PST by BigAlPro

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To: BigAlPro

FNC needs to dump Greta “Clutch Cargo” Van Susteren and hire Glenn Beck.


41 posted on 11/04/2007 5:06:54 AM PST by TennTuxedo
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To: BigAlPro

They should use truth in advertising, and call these “Wind Breaking News”.


42 posted on 11/04/2007 5:07:52 AM PST by TommyDale (Never forget the Republicans who voted for illegal immigrant amnesty in 2007!)
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To: MNJohnnie
Fox news is the only news network I watch. If I can't come to them or to my freeping friends to express my displeasure with Fox, just where should I go?

We are not robots who are expected to just sit and take it, whatever the "IT" is. We have minds and voices and we should use them when those in positions of responsibility abuse their authority.

Just because I am a Republican, that doesn't mean I have to agree with Bush's position on illegal immigration. And just because I watch Fox, that doesn't mean I should let them get away with INTEGRITY VIOLATIONS.

43 posted on 11/04/2007 5:09:14 AM PST by BigAlPro (It's time to flush the toilet of political corruption in Washington)
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To: Calpernia

Shoot! I’d be happy to take that assignment myself.


44 posted on 11/04/2007 5:11:13 AM PST by BigAlPro (It's time to flush the toilet of political corruption in Washington)
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To: BigAlPro

“The producers at the FNC must think we are the dumbest viewers in the history of television news”, and if they do, they’re right. Thanks primarily to public schools, television, working mothers, and fast/snack food, America is dumber and fatter than it’s ever been, and no powerful nation has ever been as dumb or as fat as America.


45 posted on 11/04/2007 5:11:52 AM PST by flowerplough (La Tolteca in Rehoboth, Delaware: They probably cater Fiesta Night in Heaven)
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To: BigAlPro

It’s exactly what this article describes that pushed me long ago to quit watching almost eveything on Fox News except Brit Hume’s “Special Report”....and the very name of his show reinforces every point the author is making.

The other over-used local phrase I see and hear constantly on every local channel in the Portland OR metro area is “STORM TEAM” ____ (Insert your loval channel number here).

Forgive me, but Portland Oregon doesn’t know what a real storm is; compared to one of those frog-drowning, end-of-the-world thunderstorms that occur all the time in the South...


46 posted on 11/04/2007 5:19:41 AM PST by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts...)
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To: BigAlPro
You go “BigAlPro”!

I watch Fox all the time, but I too don’t like the histrionics. If people say it enough and the right people hear it they might take heed.

47 posted on 11/04/2007 5:19:54 AM PST by Recon Dad (Marine Spec Ops Dad)
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To: BigAlPro
I watch Fox @ night because I can't stand most other programs--except Geraldo. When he is on I switch to the weather station. I watch a lot of sports because it's more entertaining than the stupid reality shows and comedy shows. I watch "The Closer," "Law & Order" and "Cold Case."

IOW, the writer's strike will not effect me.

48 posted on 11/04/2007 5:20:29 AM PST by lonestar
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To: The Spirit Of Allegiance
Don't be confused by the headline.

This isn't a "Breaking News" story. It is a story about "Breaking News". Or in this case non-breaking news.

49 posted on 11/04/2007 5:22:15 AM PST by BigAlPro (It's time to flush the toilet of political corruption in Washington)
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To: BigAlPro; All
Don't like all the celeb updates - particularly 'Britney - 'shows up in court!' (worse: 'OJ arrives/leaves Court House! - 'OJ's plane is arriving!!!)breaking news alert.

OTOH; think the focus on much of the lighter side. . .charitably speaking that is - is done to appeal to the younger viewers.

If that is the hook that gets this group to Fox News. . .and at least, might expose them to some greater 'truths of the matter'. . .then I am willing to put up with it; or I can, of course, ignore it altogether; and check back later.

(. . .and have to say, think Shep wins on the Drama Queen. . .he is really good; but do like him; and appreciate John Gibson as well. . .and think he did just fine, withOUT Heather as co-'star'. . .)

50 posted on 11/04/2007 5:24:58 AM PST by cricket
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To: Bean Counter
...frog-drowning, end-of-the-world thunderstorms that occur all the time in the South...

Here in the south, it's "frog strangling". As in, "It's a real frog strangler out there, ma!" LOL

51 posted on 11/04/2007 5:25:54 AM PST by TexasRedeye (Eschew obfuscation)
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To: BigAlPro
I enjoy and value Fox News, but it’s the broadcast equivalent to The New York Post — blazing headlines and tabloid sensationalism. That’s how Murdock operates.
52 posted on 11/04/2007 5:26:24 AM PST by Jagman (I drank Frank Rabelais under the table!)
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To: BigAlPro

Go back to your ABCNNBCBS and cry about them!


53 posted on 11/04/2007 5:30:57 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto)
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To: cricket

In the world of INFOTAINMENT, Fox is tops followed by Glen Beck and the occasional Loon Dobbs on the Communist News Network!


54 posted on 11/04/2007 5:31:25 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Eye of Unk
Breaking News!

I pretty much stopped watching news on TV, now its almost alway the internet just because I deplore these people and their antics of glory, and I doubt it will get any better.

Breaking News!

I am with you 100 percent!


55 posted on 11/04/2007 5:32:03 AM PST by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: All

The quality of Fox is really slipping....I would like to see more relevant stories on issues instead of “Missing Woman of the Day” News Alerts.

Probably the only news show that doesnt pander to the latest Missing Woman or Hollywood CelebBimbo Gone Bad is Lou Dobbs.


56 posted on 11/04/2007 5:32:33 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (FantasyCollegeBlitz.com)
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To: cricket
I don't know what's up with Heather joining the Big Story. I thought it was fine without her. Heather's first week was a disaster. I didn't know if she could read or not. She must have just had the jitters, because she isn't stammering anymore.

I do like John and asked him to knock off the abuse just before the California fires broke out. They actually went one day without any "Breaking News". They switched over to "Developing Now" instead. Now they are abusing both phrases!

Maybe they take the name of the program too literally, and think they have to make up a bunch of Big Stories.

57 posted on 11/04/2007 5:32:44 AM PST by BigAlPro (It's time to flush the toilet of political corruption in Washington)
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To: MNJohnnie

“Fox does nothing different then any other News Network yet the whiners continually come to Conservative websites to complain rabidly about the only network that is anywhere near fair to Conservative viewpoints.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Many “conservatives” want nothing short of their own Pravda that serves no purpose but to spew party propaganda, 24/7.


58 posted on 11/04/2007 5:36:12 AM PST by L98Fiero (A fool who'll waste his life, God rest his guts.)
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To: SlowBoat407
"I think Fox should institute a similar scale for their news alerts."

Fox's focus groups would soon show that a similar scale would get people to stay tuned until after the commercial and it would then become as meaningless as their "breaking news".

59 posted on 11/04/2007 5:36:49 AM PST by DaGman (`)
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To: johnny7
"Too many women as well... all emotion-over-content reporting.

Catch Christie Paul on CNN.
She is more fun than a barrel of monkeys to watch.
I think she went to the "William Shatner School of Overacting".
I'm sure she sees her stint at CNN as a stepping-stone to stardom.
What a hambone.

If she gets horizontal she'll probably go far, though.

60 posted on 11/04/2007 5:37:03 AM PST by trickyricky
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