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2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:51 PM
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Ok, seriously - SERIOUSLY - wtf is wrong with FOX News?
I couldn't sleep last night, so I was channel surfing and stopped at FOX News when I saw the footage of the 15 cops in Philadelphia beating the shooting suspects with clubs.

This was FOX's early morning live show, and as they discussed the story over a loop of the beating footage, the caption read:

POLICE BRUTALITY?

Seriously, politics aside, what could the producers of that show possibly have against due process? If they were dragged from their car and beaten by the police, would they be thinking, Oh, well, this is a small price to pay for living in a society where the police, rather than the liberal court system, dispense justice. Hopefully, these men, though beating me with no regard for whether I might live through this, appreciate the fact that I, as a Republican, support Philadelphia's finest.

POLICE BRUTALITY?

What the hell is this, Sesame Street for freepers?

Cut to a shot of a puppy running through a grassy field with the voice over: "PUPPY RUNNING?"

Three seconds of silence, then a bell and the answer:
DING! "Yes! The puppy ... is running!"

POLICE BRUTALITY?

DING! "Yes! The police ... are beating the hell out of ... three unarmed suspects!"

I'm venting, but I'm also genuinely curious as to why FOX News would add the question mark to the caption, as if there's a chance that the footage might be portraying anything less than police brutality.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:54 PM
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1. They are not really a news network
FAUX is propaganda gone astray
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2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:56 PM
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4. I know, but what's their angle on this story?
They may be sub-human, but they still have families. Is due process really a problem for freepers?
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:57 PM
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6. Yes. Yes it is. n/t
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:21 PM
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7. Their angle is support the decider and be his propagator
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Mind_your_head Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:55 PM
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2. They are "THE" propaganda 'go-to' channel?
:shrug:

(that is what is 'wrong' with fox, imo)
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:56 PM
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3. They suck. And so do those cops. n/t
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Robbien Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 01:57 PM
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5. MSNBC and CNN went with the same question mark
Faux News is not much different than any other cable news site when talking about these type of events.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:25 PM
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8. Sesame Street for Freepers
:rofl: The best description ever.
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smokey nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-09-08 02:27 PM
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9. Fox = the "Ow, My Balls" of cable news.
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