Posted on 10/22/2008 5:34:14 PM PDT by mapmaker77
I gave up on network news channels back in the '80s. I enjoyed CNN at the start and thought that they did a credible job for several years. They really pi$$ed me off during the '94 campaign when their political guru Bob Franken called the Republican agenda,(the contract for America), The contract on America. That was pure political propaganda. It has gotten much worse since then.
I can not believe you haven’t been polled! I was being called at least once a day...with push polls, real polls, robocalls....in the last 3 federal elections, while I was in two different states, and had an unlisted phone number!
How do you get out of it?
Murdoch
Fox business could go the same way if they aren't careful....
they had some really good field reporters at the beginning of the war.....their names escape me.( Leventhal?)..but now it seems they rely on some basic twits and blonde haired women that practically look identical....
Fox seems to ignore any poll that shows McCain doing well for some reason.
I've been polled 3 times this year. I wasn't within the sample group they were looking for (age) in another, but my 20 something son was, so he took the poll. I was polled 4 years ago & I was also polled during the Clinton impeachment. My phone number must be in someones speed dial.
FOX seems to get more liberal as the day goes on. They peak at about 9 AM. Brit and his panel have all buried McCain, although Shep Smith did at least mention the tight AP poll on his 7 PM broadcast.
I think it’s a result of some kind of corporate directive to be nice to what they view will be the next administration. After all, Rupert Murdoch has been a big supporter of Hillary in the past.
What comes up on caller ID when its a pollster?
Well they have that phony retard BOR on plus some CNN rejects and in an attempt to seem fair and balanced they show the intelligent and cogent point of view of the McCain campaign with the drivel and lies of the Obamotons. Like equating Jesus with Satan...hey dummies we have correct and incorrect, you don’t report crap to seem fair. Problem with journalist in general, like lawyers they see shades of grey when it’s pitch black.
Fox started out fine, then degenerated into a tabloid network, obsessed with dead, missing or abused persons. Now Murdoch is covering himself, worried Obama will take the licenses of his broadcast stations.
Yes, E.D. Hill is very good, but I dodn’t see much of her anymore.
O’Reilly has been kissing Obama’s butt ever since he agreed to an interview.
I never get telemarketing, political, robo or polling calls. Why not? Vonage. Plus, for $31.00 a month I can call pretty much anyone on the planet 24/7. Best deal ever.
I’ve never been polled either...except by merchants...and once by someone asking what radio stations I listen to...paid me $2.00... ;-)
40 years as an adult and....nothing ....
whoops! ‘dodn’t’ = ‘don’t’
He kissed Lurch’s ass all through 04 and dissed the honorable Swift Boat Vets. BOR is a jerk.
“What comes up on caller ID when its a pollster?”
My wife’s caller ID says ‘Restricted’. Mine says ‘Bulls**tter’.
Unknown caller
Amen to Vonage! I have it too. Comcast (Ed Rendell’s favorite charity) can touch it.
I agree with these general sentiments. Brit and the “all stars” (pardon me, while I barf!) completely buried McCain and Palin - yet again - in spite of several polls showing the race tightening. Not even a mention of the poll disparities.
I think Fox has jumped the shark. Perhaps they need to be taught a lesson - a reminder, if you will, of how they got so successful in the first place. Namely, the huge conservative base in this country just turning off CNN and the MSM and viewing Fox as an alternative. As they spiral down into the MSM cesspool, the sound old Rupert’s going to hear is that of clickers around the country switching them off. Let’s see how Rupert enjoys having his potential wealth “spread around”.
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