An Injustice: The War on FOX News

Mainstream media outlets as well as our Democratic leaders in Washington have had a lot to say about Fox News lately, and it's getting ugly. These people refuse to recognize Fox as a viable news source and constantly attack and denounce Fox. What they fail to realize is that in between those opinion shows is great reporting and very unbiased news. Once you sift through Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck, (I much prefer the latter), you find great news! Only a small fraction of the daily schedule is spent on conservative talk TV. You have Hannity (1hr.), Beck (1hr.), Cavuto (1hr.), O'Reilly (kind of (1hr.)), and Huckabee (1hr). What's left? Straight forward broadcasting, that's what. I respect the other outlets, MSNBC and CNN, but first, why aren't they coming to defend Fox? They're in the same business, right? Also, MSNBC has got their opinion shows, yet no one rises a fuss about those. Why? Do Dems ignore MSNBC's opinions because it's LIBERAL??? I sure hope not...please excuse the sarcasm. On Glenn Beck's program, he showed a clip where Secretary of State Hillary Clinton actually PRAISES Fox News and their broadcasting during the campaign. A caller to the Rush Limbaugh talk show the other day stated that the LA FBI office said she should listen to Fox and talk radio to inform herself on ACORN. I'll post the link to the Dittocam. It's pretty impressive. Let Fox be, please.

Rush Limbaugh Dittocam

Nobel Peace Prize Reaction

This isn't going to focus on my views of Obama's receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, but rather the left's reaction to conservative criticism. I was reading through news feeds today on several MSNBC anchor's pages. As I was scrolling through, I found time and time again, people calling conservatives racist and jealous for not agreeing with the committee's choice for the NPP. They said that conservatives want Obama to fail, not forgetting to leave his skin color out of their statements. I can see that people haven't come too far on anything. Still using the term "racist" freely and without regard to its actual meaning and its past. Racism is a real problem, and shouldn't be taken lightly. I am sure that there are some people running around campfires in the country side hoping for Obama to fail because he's black, but it's not the general conservative response. This whole thing on Obama failing got started by El Rushbo. Limbaugh wanted Obama to fail because of his celebrity status in the news, not because of his skin color. Anyways, back to the point. One lunatic leftist said that the white hood conservatives were jealous. JEALOUS??? WHITE HOODS??? Conservatives must all be in the Klan then, right?... They went on to claim that conservatives wanted Cheney to win. I'm pretty sure I can speak for lots of conservatives that no one wanted Cheney to win. Conservatives oppose this decision because Obama has been in office for a mere nine months and was nominated within his first eleven days as president. Even that would seem a little odd. The committee in the past has awarded the recipients based on what they had done to forward a peaceful agenda, not what the recipient was hoping to achieve. I think Obama's speech this morning was great and he did a good job addressing all his points. I just want the crazy liberal fools to shut up about racism and jealousy. They're making Democrats everywhere look bad.
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Joe

Is This What We Call News?

I have decided today to write about the "news" in America. It seems that the mainstream media these days aren't really talking about news and actual important issues in society. Instead, they would rather talk about David Letterman's sex scandal, or other such topics. Just the other day on MSNBC's Countdown, a substitute for Keith Olbermann, who I find very funny, went a little over the line and the majority of the stories related to Letterman, his extortionist, and his future at CBS. This is upsetting and disgraceful. Meanwhile, The O'Reilly Factor was actually covering important issues, such as Afghanistan. I believe that what Letterman did was perverse and shameful, but it does not require a media firestorm. First off, he's not a politician or an influential leader, such as Spitzer, Blago, or Sanford. Secondly, to my knowledge, these affairs occurred prior to his marriage. Lastly, does the personal life of a late night talk show host really affect all of us on a day-to-day basis? I'll answer this one with a solid "NO!!!" A similar firestorm surrounded another funny man, Don Imus, who recently started a simulcast of his radio program on Fox Business Network. As most know, he referred to the Rutgers Woman's Basketball team as a bunch of "nappy headed hoes." Again, those words were hurtful and inexcusable, but it doesn't really require the attention of the entire country and the mainstream media. In my utopia, the media would cover the health care debate, the two wars, Iran, the threats to America, and other issues actually affecting us. Just something to think about.
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Joe

ACORN on the Loose

This evening, I watched a special on FOX News regarding the community organizing group ACORN. The host interviewed the founder of the organization and carried on a decent conversation with him. I knew beforehand that ACORN was a corrupt and ineffective organization tool and was violent in demonstrations, but this affirmed it. Thanks to the in depth reporting, details were uncovered about ACORN that I had not known before. Of course what sparked this is the recent leak of a secret video where ACORN employees try to figure out how to sneak prostitution/prostitution income by the IRS. ACORN's hypocrisy was also a main point in the one hour segment. While they supported a legal minimum pay above the minimum wage for low skill jobs, they asked states for exemptions from that law. They failed to realize that when I pay, per say, $15 per hour for a burger flipper at Joe's Burger Hut, I cannot pay as many people to do the work than I could if I paid twice the amount of people $7.50 per hour. I believe that some people do not have the standard of living that they should, but I also understand fundamentals of economics. Another heinous crime that ACORN takes fondly to is voter fraud. Just this last year, the organization registered tens of thousands of phony voters in Nevada alone. Thankfully, the Nevada Attorney General (a Democrat) pursued charges. This assault on our country's principle's cannot be tolerated. People say that ACORN wouldn't be an issue if McCain was president, but rather it is such a key issue because Obama had ties to them. I don't care who's president or what party they're from; if an organization is guilty of voter fraud, they must pay the consequences. ACORN isn't so great at auditing their funds either. For example, it turns out that certain monies designated for nonpartisan voter registration ended up paying for very partisan agendas. My last complaint: ACORN is secretive and deceiving in going about their activities. It turns out the founder's brother embezzled close to $1 million from various employee funds. The founder decided not to report it to the IRS, or the Board of Directors. They "solved" the problem personally (and lying while doing so). The chairs of the Board of Directors wished to pursue further auditing, but were fired immediately for "[...] trying to distract the organization from its core mission." Or something like that. This behavior is inexcusable and must be condemned by legislators, the president, and anyone else in power. I hope in my lifetime, to see ACORN return to calm demonstrations like the Tea Party goers display, or vanish completely.
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Joe