Do you think that Fox news and other far right media(Rush Limbaugh)are driving this country crazy w/their lies?

Question

Glenn Beck and the far out right media is making this country crazy.Far right corporate news is scaring the sh#t out of this country that is loaded with firearms.This stuff has got to stop before another civil war begins.People that watch Fox news all the time,like some people do,are killing people and committing suicide more and more.America is in trouble and as a disable veteran we need to bring our troops home from both wars and start investing in OUR COUNTRY instead of others.This country needs to pull together and this kind of psycho talk is making people nuts.What's your opinion?

Answer 1

WHAT LIES DO YOU SPEAK OF?

YOUR QUESTION IS BASED ON OPINION AND HAS NOOOOOO FACT BASED EVIDENCE BRAINIAC

Answer 2

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Just in case you happened to miss Hardball last night on MSNBC, Chris Matthews' special report, The Rise of the New Right , was one of those rare (these days) moments of essential viewing that we would be wise not to ignore. It will probably be repeated several times in the next few weeks and I urge you to keep your eye out for it. Seriously, if Matthews doesn't get an Emmy for this program there is no justice in this world.



The program is the most comprehensive look yet (at least on non-public television) at the crack-up the Conservative movement in this country is now going through. Let's face some serious facts here, boys and girls: The right wing in this country has always been (since the days of the Confederacy and before) a tad crazy - not to mention dumber than doggy doo doo. What is happening to them now is beyond anything in their long and entertainingly weird history. In effect they've totally lost it. Here's a quaint little soundbite from last night's program that illustrates perfectly what I'm talking about. The words were uttered by some pathetic, bat ****-crazy woman at last year's "March on Washington":



"We are losing our country. We think the Muslims are moving in and taking over. We do not believe our president is a Christian - and he let us believe that. The president is a liar. God bless Joe Wilson."



Isn't that sweet? I assume she is not referring to the same "Joe Wilson" who is married to Valerie Plame. Once upon a time people this - "ill informed" shall we say? - were to be found mostly on the fringes of the American political scene. Not even in the days of old Joe McCarthy did it get this strange - not on such a national level anyway. Back in the good ol' days, the type of behavior we are witnessing today was pretty much restricted to KKK rallies in the deep south and the editorial offices of the Wall Street Journal. A half a century ago political extremism hadn't yet gone mainstream. It has now. In fact it's ready for prime time! For this we can all thank the nice people at FOX Noise.



It was Rupert Murdoch's "News Group" that promoted this movement from their inception. Murdoch himself has denied this accusation over and over again, but the videotapes are there - and video doesn't lie - unless, of course, it's a taped replay of a typical Sean Hannity program. The Plutocracy, with FOX as its propaganda arm, has brilliantly managed to convince a huge segment of the American public - a lot of whom could barely be qualified as middle class - that the problem with this country is all those damned, bleeding heart Liberals. The question needs to be put to them: "Where were you assholes when George W. Bush was driving this nation into the economic ditch?"







-Rush Limbaugh



Ah, yes! The language of inferred violence! It's out there, folks. They're not reporting it on FOX but it's out there....

Answer 3

read your stuff and thank you for your service, it's foolish to blame the guy at the light switch for the roaches. I do think there is a painful double standard in media coverage between Bush and Obama. People screaming for impeachment with Bush and strangely silent when Obama does the exact thing if not worse. Your sources are really good at name calling but fall a little shy on the facts. I do not see the mounting body counts you speak of and neither side is calling for the withdrawal of our troops. We all want the country to pull together but until we agree on a direction that will not happen. I can lay blame as well as the next guy and then back it up with who and when and in which act. How about we start realizing that we can't keep doing what we are doing, putting all things in the hands of govt who does something because somebody has to do something with no prior knowledge or understanding of the matter at hand and expect our situation to improve. A passionate portion of the country wants us to hand over our country to a govt that thinks that laying blame is the same as solving the problem. Like I told my doctor, "I do not consider an autopsy to be part of the diagnostic process.

Answer 4

So you are saying we should have only one voice in America that being Obama.



Nobody should disagree or exercise their Free Speech rights?



I think talk like yours does more damage than Fox and Rush will ever have done.



All they have done is express another point of view.



Obama promise transparency and has close door meetings.



Obama no more politics as usual and he makes sweet heart deals left and right.



Obama said no one on the right has offer suggestion well guess what Huckabee had a whole show of people with ideas to control the oil spill and what did CNN offer? Going back to the Atlanta murders that happen in the early 80s.



I suggest before you go after the right look in the mirror and see what you are doing to add to the hate first.

Answer 5

hi baby green. you are getting the types of answers i would expect. sorry. i didnt really expect that those on the right would have an instant moment of clarity though. no one will admit it but when mccain told the woman in the town hall that obama was actually a citizen an not muslim i think you had a brief attack of conscious. what is unsaid is that a short time before his answer there was a guy that commited suicide an kiiled his family. no one will connect the dots . but is it hard to believe some deranged racist might consider a black president as the end of the world an go nuts? i dont think so but i grew up in some racist areas. i think the far right talking heads like rush are profiting for misinformation , slander or hate speech . depends on your interpretation. i think its hilarious that people want proof of bias. the openminded already see it. the close minded dont want to. there are plenty of examples an even movies of bias . if you need proof at this stage you have some serious cognitive dissonance. just stick fingers in your ears an make the lalala sound.

Answer 6

it somewhat is not lots as mendacity as finding out on irrelevant angles, spinning what human beings say in a detrimental way, or including pictures to thoughts that's irrelevant. I studied this in my undergard. One tale my prof confirmed me from Fox became of a protest. The protest became in summer time in a particular section. as a manner to make it appear like extra human beings have been there they spliced in pictures from a prior protest from the autumn in the past... How ought to you tell? there have been no leaves on the timber in the extremely some photos. the different element is that Fox information would not cover their Republican favortism. they are extremely biased against the Democrats, I undertaking you to find a clip that shows Obama in a favorable gentle, then learn that to Romney clips... you will see.

Answer 7

I don't think you'd know a lie if you saw it. Democrats now in office,

including Obama, are the ones telling the lies. You need to turn in

Fox and Rush and hear the truth as they are pro-America and don't

want this country sliding down the slope to where other countries are.

Yes, we need to pull togther but only if those we pull for are for the

betterment of America. How can good Americans vote for Mr.

Greene when he is a felon? This is crazy. I wouldn't have voted for

him if he'd run as a Republican, but Democrats don't seem to care.

Some suggested it was because his name was listed first on the

ballot...........what sane person votes because one name is listed

first alphabetically? We need to start listening to Rush before our

country as we've always known it, doesn't exist anymore. We sure

don't want to become like Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Cuba with thugs

running our government.

Answer 8

It's not difficult to find stuff on the interweb about Fox lies. Here are a few of the better ones.



http://mediamatters.org/columns/200910270002



http://www.newshounds.us/



http://mediamatters.org/topic/onlyonfox/

Answer 9

Yes, it already has. Fox fills the heads of it's gullible naive narrow minded people with lying propaganda, and they take it to their family and friends and fill their heads with it, and it just goes on and on and on and on and on. They riled up the "birthers", and even condone the "birther" BS. Have you ever seen this type of thing happen to any other White President in your life? So what does that tell you? The picture is as clear as a sunny day. And it's blatantly obvious. Fox is extremely deceptive, and they're proud of it too.

Answer 10

Wow. no bias in that question.



Personally, I wish the far left media such as CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and FOX would all get the story straight and actually represent the American people!

Answer 11

My opinion is you are nuts basically.



Did you miss the vituperation of the left wing media, by which I mean every TV network other than Fox and every major U.S. newspaper except the Wall Street Journal, during the 8 years of Bush? The hate was palpable.



I would love to see your links about Fox news watchers killing more and committing suicide more. I would bet that you would find Fox news watchers more settled and better adjusted than most people and happier to boot. I also bet that if you looked at the killers in this country you would find a disproportionate number of Democrats.

Answer 12

I hear more lies from Obama and the government daily than I have the past year from "Faux News" as you fiberals like to call it. Wake up and smell the coffee dumbell. It is you who is being misled. Not the center right, who represents the majority let me remind you. Why don't you ***** about the other 12 networks that spout leftist ******** on the other side? CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, NY Times, LA Times, Politico, Reuters vs. Fox News. Who should really be bitching?

Answer 13

The USA is lead by a bunch of high stake rollers, who own networks, oil companies, law firms, politicians, churches, wall street and others. They can manipulate stocks, bonds, the masses at will. FOX, owned by Murdoch, one of the most influential right wing nuts, is one of them. Washington is nothing but window dressing for a corrupt society, don't expect anything from there.

Answer 14

Wow. You make accusations with no citation ("killing people and committing suicide"... quite the bold claim with no substantiating evidence) with the intention of scaring the "sh#t" out of anyone who would bother to heed your warning. With my liberal friends, the problem with FOX (or any voice that challenges the "right" people... i.e., them and anyone who believes generally as they might) is that not all media is yet another tiresome leftist echo chamber. Yep. Some of it is gonna be right leaning, but the key is find balance. Rush Limbaugh is a partisan turd... should be ignored but certainly not "silenced." Do you not see the hypocrisy in your stance? No one can have a stance counter to yours? Anyone who disagrees with you is dangerous? How mature.

This question reveals a drive to control information and, thus, thought. It's not your job or the govt.'s to decide what is the truth. You gotta filter BS from both sides. You just want one side: Your side. I will never understand the "progressive" claim to supporting free speech and rights that matter (the only "rights" that seem to matter are those that are self-indulgent... say, like the "right" to wear baggy pants).

What are your thoughts on burning books?

Answer 15

Yes..amd beyond that, it was his BS, among that of Fox News that rolled the drum-beat for the million or so killed in a phony war in Iraq! Made a lot of people Billions, left a lot of people dead...all without provocation or any legality on our part!

Answer 16

What is driving true Americans crazy is watching the left destroy their country with top down government policies designed to bankrupt a once great nation. Obama is an incompetent boob who is a sock puppet to a much bigger agenda, run by communists and those who hate America, her freedom, her free markets and her strength...they intend to undo all of it and make Americans slaves to high taxes, drones to their government, who will have to beg to the elite at the top for every crumb they get...thanks libs...for all your bleeding hearts...you too will be servants to a MONSTER MASTER.

Answer 17

First, Have you actually ever watched Fox news or do you just generally bash them because the liberals say so. Fox almost always give both sides of the story by having guests who support both the left and the right. The only times they don't give both sides of the story is when the liberal guest will not appear.



Second, Glenn beck is a libertarian... look it up.



Third, Rush is a far righty and I occasionally listen. Rush needs to tone down the rhetoric and be more open to different opinions.



Fourth, Hannity is a conservative but even on his show he has liberal guests.



Finally, I challenge you to open up and try to explore different views and opinions.

Answer 18

Fox is not "news", and their slander and lies are NOT first amendment protected free speech.

You can't yell "fire" in a theater, that's illegal, and what they are doing is far worse, since its express purpose is to enrage and lie to Americans and cause unrest.

Answer 19

Where are you getting these claims of murder and suicide? Sounds to me like you are the one spreading lies and fear. Look around a little. There is some serious stuff going on in the world. Closing your eyes and wishing isn't going to make it better. And neither is attacking those who are trying to prepare for it.

Answer 20

I honestly think that people believe what they want to believe. People like what they hear because they already posit it and the only thing the vitriol does is strengthen the beliefs and make people more self righteous and indignant.

I believe, most people understand it's untrue but it explains and reinforces a phony basis for their own weaknesses and failures and their inability to compete and win.

thanks

Answer 21

The problem I think is that we've gotten into a postmodern world where everyone has an equal access to the facts. So the whole idea of fact and lies has become very wishy-washy. The Conservatives wholy believe that the truth is whatever they can convince people about. I fully suspect most people could not actually tell the truth from lies today, as a result of Conservative pundits.



What we need is some independent media to actually step up and not fall for the nonsense. Arizona passes regressive immigration laws, Glenn Beck says it is because Phoenix is the #2 city in kidnappings in the world. This then gets repeated by a thousand people. But none of them actually investigate to find that the statistic isn't even collected. No one compares kidnappings by city. So there is no magical list. But no one even thinks to fact-check this, they just accept it as truth because someone said it on TV. (Oh and for all of you asking for someone to catch them in an actual lie: there you go. Glenn Beck lied about Phoenix being #2 in kidnappings. The comparison doesn't even exist to make that claim).



Are they driving us crazy? Nope, they are driivng us stupid.

Answer 22

Yes.

Answer 23

If you think FOX is far Right, you have been listening to MSNBC for too long, you really should at least hear the other side and research it for yourself!

Answer 24

Ain't it something, they should remain SILENT ,like the far left media did during the 8 years of Bush , I miss those good old days, when you never heard about the war or how much it cost , then non stop praising of Bush during Katrina, wonder why the right does not act like that, why must they use those silly facts and truths, in an attempt to trick us, into thinking Obama is wrong, they are not good comrades and probably praise that Jesus fellow, instead of Allah************************************************************************************

Answer 25

The fact is that, in spite of what they say, FOX does not have the majority of viewers.



They have more viewers than any ONE of the competitors but, if you combine all the competitors together, FOX loses.

The rest of the media constitutes the Barry 0'bama official ministry of information.



The reality is that; it is the Liberal Media brainwashing the Media Consumer.

OUR COUNTRY is more likely to become a gaggle of blithering commies than a bunch of crazy right wingers.

Answer 26

Your GARBAGE links are not FACTS..you would not know a FACT if it bit you on the butt...they are OPINION..but hey why bother with FACTS when they NEVER support your side and all you have is lame unsupported WARPED opinion...

Answer 27

Do you really really believe that people are commiting suicide because Bill O'Rielly does not like Obama. Really?



I think your off your meds.

Answer 28

People should have their own view and not be so easily manipulated.

Answer 29

No, but Obama does with his reconfiguring the truth. Can't call him a liar, because that is disrespectful to the office & not PC. I just acknowledge he is a serial reconfigurer of the truth.



BTW he has no respect for the selflessness of the Military.



Edit:

Obama's offer to be bipartisan in reality means you will ALL agree with Obama. He & the left say or at lease imply conservatives' values are immoral. Most of the time conservatives don't say the same about liberals - they say the ideas are stupid, half thought out, & don't look at unintended consequences.

Answer 30

this is all by plan



the corporations that are raping this country and raiding our coffers WANT limbo and Beck riling people up about nonsense, because they cant afford to have the people become AWARE of what is REALLY going on



the point isnt to win any debate, like global warming or taxes, JUST TO HAVE THE DEBATE- keep the masses occupied an DISTRACTED

Answer 31

No, what drives me crazy are all of the sheep-like Americans being misled by the lies and suggestions coming out of Washington DC right now, giving false hope of some socialist utopia while our own people allow themselves to have their freedoms slowly taken away.

Answer 32

i have been a dem all my life and voted for obama sorry to say this man is not a dem as i know it if you don't wake soon there will be no usa.

Answer 33

Yes. Say what they want about "liberal media," but at least liberal media relies on fact. Dan Rather reports false information that someone else made up, and he gets fired and becomes a media pariah. Glenn Beck builds a career on inventing false information, and he gets a daily 1-hour show to promote his conspiracy theories. That's why Fox News' claim of "fair and balanced" is so laughable. Liberal media personalities are tarred and feathered if they don't stick to the facts. Conservative media personalities are rewarded for making up the most imaginative condemnations of liberals that they can think of.

Answer 34

The problem isn't with people reporting the truth, it's the people who are giving them something to talk about that you should focus on. Obama promised to bring our troops home, they are still there and even more than before. Obama has gotten us into such debt that there is nothing to invest in, we're investing in China and helping them build up their communist army. Obama seems to think spending gets one out of debt. The man has no knowledge of how the economy works and neither does 93% of his administration.

Answer 35

No, it's the far-left, radical communists that hate this country for what it stands for and are out to transform it. I don't remember anytime in the past 30 years that I have paid attention to politics of this country, so many leftist radicals in power at one time. That's why this administration is so scary!!!

Answer 36

Perhaps you should investigate their "facts" yourself and see if they truly are lying. Have you ever listened to one of their shows? Reading articles from the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Politico, Washington Post, and playing video and audio clips of congressmen, Obama, and his appointees... how is that a lie?

Answer 37

Both the Right and the Left are dangerous. The Cons are closer to a workable national model but pollute it with politics and sell it with fear, while the Libs sell intangible things (such as hope and social justice) that are great on a personal/local level but unsustainable on a national scale.

Answer 38

My opinion is that you're wetting your pants over nothing. There are no lies, Fox News viewers are not more prone to violence and I think you need to check in with your VA for your emotional problems.

Answer 39

What do you expect from a bunch of hypocrites who ignore a president's dereliction of duty for political reasons?



BTW---Why didn't the 911 commission address the obstructed federal terrorism investigation in Minneapolis?It is only a footnote in the report!

I guess that's one of those "intelligence blunders" we aren't supposed to think(or know) about!

Answer 40

1. Global warming is going to destroy human-kind along with all plant life and animal life. Right-wingers? Um... no. Left-wingers.



2. Conservatives are continuing to cause financial collapse. Right-wingers? No again.



3. Conservatives with their drill baby drill crap have caused an oil spill. Right-wingers? No, left-wingers who refuse to admit the Bush Administration was far harder on BP than the Obama Administration has been.



4. America has been so mean to the Taliban and Al Qaeda that we deserved 9-11. Which right-wingers are saying that?



From where I sit, the left are the ones fear-mongering.

Answer 41

Okay...... Show us some of the lies!! Let's debate this.

Answer 42

nope. If they are telling lies, then prove it with facts.

Answer 43

That sounds just like the reasoning used by Chavez to shut down the independent media in Venezuela. Just as much a lie, too.

Answer 44

Fox is about a close to the truth as anybody can get.Are we to believe the liberal infomercials from msnbc or cnn I think not.

Answer 45

LOL. Got any examples of these "lies," sport?

Answer 46

seems that you are the only ones being driven crazy by them...... rant much?



cockroaches resent it when you turn the light on..... so the anger of parasites ( liberals ) about FOX is no surprise.

Answer 47

Why don't you tell us what some of their lies are?? You libs quack about what liars they are but never have any valid examples.



By the way, if you let a couple of commentators stir you up that much, you need medication.

Answer 48

No. The far left media lies like MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC,CBS, NY Times, Huffington Post,

Answer 49

Listen as fox news goes, there just listening to their grand puba, and the leader of the KKK Rupert Murdock. Any one that watches fox news is a racist, republican, or your like me and view their Network as Comedy central Pt. 2

Answer 50

First you have to convince me they are lying about something. I do not watch them and all I have is your word. Historically liberals talking trash about Fox et al is nothing but made up BS with no facts involved. I await your proof

Answer 51

No,not so much.

Answer 52

i take it that you have never watched fnc. you should just watch it before falling for the 0bama propaganda machine

Answer 53

Nah. Most Americans are smarter than you think.

Answer 54

I think people crying about Fox news and right media are the ones who are crazy. Sorry not everyone bows to the government.

Answer 55

from what i've seen yes they are

Answer 56

It's a voter's Stockholm Syndrome.



That's what's scary.

Answer 57

I am far more concerned about all the lies that Obama and Congressional leaders tell. Those actually impact me..

Answer 58

The lies are starting in the WH by the man-child empty-suited incompetent ACORN community organizer poser in chief.



Or did you miss 0baama's promises of "TRANSPARENCY" and "BIPARTISAN" and "TIME TO READ THE BILLS" and "YOU CAN KEEP YOUR HEALTHCARE", and "0BAMACARE WON'T COST MORE THAN A TRILLION".... Hmm... those would be.... LIES!



Selective memory is a disease of the 0bot mind.

Answer 59

they didn't start the fire but they didn't try to fight it