2007-12-09 01:09:58 · 27 answers · asked by realitycheck 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Baby Boomers are the largest segment of our population. When the Boys finally came home after WW II (1945) our population exploded. Their youth was full of Conservative values and strict moral codes. As they aged into their late teens and early 20's they many rebelled, many were hippies, many spat on or saw our soldiers come back from Vietnam in FALSE disgrace when in fact they were hero's. According to "Maslow Hierarchy of Needs" they are at the age now when self actualization takes place. What has there life amounted to,what will they leave behind, and are at a place where they can actually think for themselves without reservation. In effect they KNOW who they are and what they believe in. The former hippies of yesteryear find comfort in their Conservative upbringing that they once rebelled against in adolescence.
When they were young kids, they watched there elders willingly go to Korea. They watched the dozens of actors whom postponed flourishing careers that went to fight in WW II
in movies again. NEVER SEE THAT THESE DAYS!!
The majority of baby boomers are now Conservative and are not as short sighted as they were in they're youth. Heck even the woman from Roe VS Wade thinks abortion is wrong now.
God help America when the offspring of the greatest generation are no longer here to vote. Abraham Lincoln said it best, "No country will ever defeat America, the only way America will fall is by suicide.". and,"Those whom forget the past are condemned to repeat it.". FOX news is surging because the vast majority of our population wants positive news not JUST THE NEGATIVE.
2007-12-09 01:43:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Although I have some 'issues' about Fox's news casts over the past year or so, the reason so many Americans watch Fox News, is to hear THE POSITIVE, PRO TROOPS, and THE LEAST "MANGLED" NEWS REPORTS.
We Americans are sick and tired of being 'put down' as the worlds trouble causing 'scum', and the constant barrage of negative, twisted reports, by the liberal left " News Manglement Nitwit Networks".
Those other networks, who pull and twist their own polls, simply do not check on their own status, as they have convinced themselves, that they are as pure as the fresh snow. Ever hear of 'snow jobs'?
2007-12-10 02:04:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
fox news "surges" because conservatives are mindless lemmings that prefer to be told to think rather than decide for themselves, which explains why so many of you are on YA regurgitating fox news talking points all the time.
2007-12-10 00:48:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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Fox news is bought and paid for by the oil companies. They will pay whatever it takes (phony Polls and surveys) to make people think that Fox and the Bush administration are right. I watch it to see what the Bush line is then get the real news off of the web.
2007-12-09 02:18:13 · answer #4 · answered by James E Lewis AKA choteau 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
MSNBC. while all of us was leaping on the 'Boston bomber arrested' bandwagon, they have been the single information enterprise that waited for confirmation. i might additionally want to show out that for the time of saying that all and sundry diverse advice networks are left wing propaganda machines, you're somewhat asserting that it somewhat is a worldwide extensive conspiracy to fill the White place of abode with Democrats. Why? with the aid of certainty that NO diverse advice enterprise the worldwide over portrays the information like Fox. in case you wish specifics approximately what Fox has lied approximately, by making use of making use of all way, enable me (safeguard in recommendations i'm able to maximum effectual positioned up plenty real right here)..bill Hemmer reported that a branch of training sturdy Kevin Jennings knew of a statutory rape case regarding a fifteen 12 months historic lady yet "by no skill pronounced it". the lady in question grow to be above the age of consent. Martha MacCallum offered a clip of vice chairman Joe Biden saying the "fundamentals of the financial climate are robust" and provided it as a clip from March, 2010. It grow to be from a 2008 marketing campaign speech the situation Joe Biden grow to be as quickly as QUOTING John McCain! Wendell Goller pronounced on an Obama question-and-answer consultation that grow to be as quickly as shrink rapid to make it look as though he needed a healthcare technique like "ecu international locations." properly, he was restating a query and in the event that they hadn't shrink the feed off you ought to probable have heard him say that he did no longer want a attitude like that. John Scott reported the community had desperate to look lower back and study how the stimulus "grew, grew and grew". The checklist grow to be thoroughly taken from a Senate Republican Communications midsection press launch, complete with identitical typo. E.D. Hill reported as Obama's fist bump a "terrorist fist jab". They claimed that Obama's funds plan from 2010 grow to be 4 events greater than Bush's maximum expensive funds. properly, Fox is banned from Canada FOR mendacity! They took it all the technique to the Canadian version of the suitable courtroom docket. Their explanation? Their an entertainment community, no longer a advice team. that's what THEY argued. They admitted they're in it for the scores and no longer suited journalism.
2016-10-10 21:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be ebcause Fox tends to air both sides of each story and the other channels do not. The libs pine for the days when Eric Severeid would report a story from the leftist viewpoint and Walter Cronkite would say "That's right, Eric" and on to the next story.
2007-12-09 01:16:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 4⤋
As a life-long Liberal, I commiserate with the plight of the network news stations. I long for the good old days when their voice was unchallenged. Unfortunately, now we have "maverick" cable news that forces me and others to reconsider long-held beliefs that the networks instilled in me over the decades.
I object to this. Watching the news shouldn't be so cerebral. I just want to hear the networks' interpretation of the news so I can feel informed. Now these Conservatives have totally upset my world by challenging my cherished beliefs.
You may say, "Well, no one is Forcing you to watch FOX News". That may be true in the strict sense of the word, but guys like Bill O'Reilly are just very entertaining and lively. It's hard not to watch. Why should I be penalized by having to watch a guy whose news analysis forces me to re-evaluate everything? Why can't the Liberal news outlets have someone who is so interesting we want to watch him? This is obviously another example of the great right-wing conspiracy.
Actually, the Liberal news outlets have gotten better. They used to be all boring and stodgy, but ever since their ownership changed, they offer more high quality entertainment. It used to be they were all deadly serious, and fed me information I didn't even care about. Now that networks are owned by, let's say a huge manufacturer of soap and cleaning products, they finally got smart and made the "news" more about quirky, fun things. They want good ratings, and it shows. All the announcers are cheerful and they say wacky things. I like that.
Bill O'Reilly is not cheerful, but still he's got this exasperating allure. What he says is undeniably interesting; I just wish he wasn't so good at changing my mind. It's unsettling. I want to watch a news program with a perky blonde woman telling me about international events, and that nice black guy to tell me the weather. It's like "happy news", even when they talk about something dire, like global warming.
So, to answer your question, FOX News is surging because they have an unfair advantage. Conservative announcers and news analysts just seem to be born with a silver tongue. They're just more compelling as purveyors and analysts of the news. That is blatently unfair. It's not the fault of us Liberals that our guys like Al Franken can't measure up.
So don't get too full of yourself, Mr. Big Shot Conservative. Part of the poor network ratings can be attributed to the networks appealing to a more selective, ecclectic audience. They'd rather have quality than quantity. You should be impressed by the selflessness of the networks. They aren't pandering to the lowest common denominator, and I applaud their advertisers for accepting these low ratings.
As a consequence, we should all buy their products to reward their loyalty. It's like resisting the vain temptation to drive a new Cadillac when your old Chevy just won't start in winter anymore.
2007-12-09 01:46:23 · answer #7 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
because the rest of the leftwing media are too busy carrying water for loosers. But BE WARNED FOX STOP the daily BRITNEY Spears Coverage and the Natalie obsession is getting sickening you are suppose to report NEWS . there's no news THERE!!!
2007-12-09 01:16:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
People know honesty when they see/hear it. NBC does anyone even watch them anymore? You know besides the loony mislead kool aid drinkers of the left. FOX NEWS #1 for the last 7 straight years. Bill O'Reilly king of cable, basts all other news outlets combined, yes COMBINED.
2007-12-09 01:29:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋
They are truthful and unbiased and it is evident. Anyone who knows a conservative would know that we follow other sources as well as Fox, and there hasn't been the scandals connected to Fox as with those of other broadcasting networks.
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2007-12-09 01:33:07 · answer #10 · answered by Moody Red 6 · 5⤊ 3⤋