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On my visits to the United States, I was boggled at how Fox News was actually able to maintain it's accidental labelling as 'a news channel'. Worst of all it's gibbering goons was a creature called Glen Beck, a blackboard wielding demagogue of the school of dipsh*ttery.

I caught this on Channel 4 a couple of nights back, here in the UK and it's excellent.

Lewis Black is one of my Heroes....right up there with Mark Twain, William Shatner, and Robocop.

I'm a big fan of Lewis Black,he's a huge influence on me, and this just proves that he's amazing with satire.

Lewis Black is awesome, but then again, Glenn Beck IS an enormous target for such satire. On the other hand, he does go on TV and spout the most ridiculous nonsense. He almost makes Alex Jones look like a moderate. (I said ALMOST, remember that!!! )

MGS, don't even do this.

Glen Beck angers me so much, I just can't stand it. I am jewish, and I want to kick his ass so much.

He is a fething IDIOT, he is so dumb. He makes the retards in the tea-party thing over in the U.S have orgasms about being slowed.

I just...can't explain how much of a dumbass he is.

Absolutely hysterical.
I've always enjoyed Lewis Blacks humor,and loved how he blasted Beck in this clip.

Lewis Black is friggin hilarious. Hes been one of my fav comedians for years now. I still think one of my favs from him is his skit about preparing for a nuclear explosion in school. Thanks for the good laugh.

I just love watching Black, it's like finding a huge firework and letting it off in a bell jar.

I've not encountered him before, but I am now a fan.

That was the best blasting of beck i have ever seen

If you guys haven't seen the South Park Episode, "Dances with smurfs" you should watch it. It's one episode just blasting Glen Beck.

Whoa, Glen Beck sure likes talking about Nazi's. I wouldn't know, I've never watched his show, I was told to avoid it.

That was pretty funny, although truth be told, I prefer Jon Stewart's pisstake of Glen Beck:

I don't watch the daily show, as the humour doesn't relly appeal to me... but that Jon Stewart clip was a spot on characterization of the bufoonery that is Glen Beck.

The thing is he really is an easy target because he says such rediculous stuff. The bad thig is that there are people out there that actually take him seriously....I know them....I work with them....they pass around these tea party cards and talk about how Obama is a secret muslim/communist.

And they really think that they are having an effect on the governement.(maybe they are maybe not)

GG

Jon Stewart is my hero.

Also, MGS, you would really be surprised how many idiots there are over here that believe the gak that Fox puts out.

As opposed to the gak MSNBC puts out?

ALL MSM news networks are full of liars and outright gak heads.

Glad only Fox is the culprit though?

I believe that all our news is filtered at some level. It's not hard to manipulate the media. Celebrity scandals, for example, are easy to create, and are a great distraction from other events.

I miss Uncle Walter.

Fateweaver wrote:As opposed to the gak MSNBC puts out?

MSNBC has made a business decision in response to the success of FOX to follow the same business model as a left wing station. It won't work because while FOX's journalistic standards are woeful their production and formulation of message is excellent and the source of their on-going success. It won't work because there just isn't a market for disgruntled left wingers wanting to hear partisan drivel, as talkback radio has demonstrated for decades. It won't work because they're MSNBC and they suck.

No-one watches it, all it really does it allow FOX news viewers to pretend there is nothing wrong because MSNBC is trying to be as bad. Which is a shame, because both sides and everyone in the middle really need to agree that any partisan coverage is bad.

ALL MSM news networks are full of liars and outright gak heads.

That isn't true, there are plenty of source of balanced and reasonable reporting. If you're incapable of accessing any decent reporting you’d probably be best to drop out of political discussions.

Glad only Fox is the culprit though?

No-one said FOX was the only culprit, you just made that claim to deflect blame from FOX. That’s a strategy commonly taken by partisan media outlets, which is a little ironic, don’t you think. A little too ironic.

Agreed Cronkite was one of the truly honest reporter who believed that facts come before entertainment

Fox is just more blatant about it then most. They all do it.

PBS is about the only semi-fact based news anymore.

Hell, the pentagon had tapes of US pilots murdering Reuters reporters leaked and that never made most of the 'news' stations because Tiger Woods was getting back into golf!

I laugh every time someone says CNN is too liberal. Usually the rationale is related to a lack of "America Smash" message.


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BaronIveagh wrote:
Hell, the pentagon had tapes of US pilots murdering Reuters reporters leaked and that never made most of the 'news' stations because Tiger Woods was getting back into golf!

There was a thread about that here, it wasn't murder.

The point was it was barely even mentioned. While I'm MORE then aware of the eventuality of friendly fire, the military should have come out and admitted it, because there were too many ways that lies can be found out in this day and age.

And killing reporters is like killing cops. Their pals are all going to come gunning for you.

"Al Gore is no Adolf Hitler. Hitler had charisma."

LoL

BaronIveagh wrote:The point was it was barely even mentioned. While I'm MORE then aware of the eventuality of friendly fire, the military should have come out and admitted it, because there were too many ways that lies can be found out in this day and age.

And killing reporters is like killing cops. Their pals are all going to come gunning for you.

Meh, it wasn't mentioned because it was believed that the negative press would have been awful at the time of commission. That was a valid suspicion, and given the minute reaction to the footage it has been borne out as correct.

BaronIveagh wrote:The point was it was barely even mentioned. While I'm MORE then aware of the eventuality of friendly fire, the military should have come out and admitted it, because there were too many ways that lies can be found out in this day and age.

And killing reporters is like killing cops. Their pals are all going to come gunning for you.

It wasn't mentioned because -it wasn't news-.

The tapes were almost two to three years old, and had been given to the press by Reuters then. They didn't make the news then because of the fact that there was an investigation under way, and the Apache crew were cleared of wrongdoing at that time because of the situation itself.

dogma wrote:I laugh every time someone says CNN is too liberal. Usually the rationale is related to a lack of "America Smash" message.

Complaining about CNN is so 1997. Now you’re supposed to complain MSNBC. Or alternately all mainstream media.

I've realized that any media outlet which is not in agreement with your own flagrant bias is flagrantly biased.


America has a serious political problem that will be put to the test in the same way that Greece has.

Actually, I was given to understand that the Pentagon had refused to release the tapes to Reuters and they were leaked fairly recently, though they, themselves, were old.

That said: on the up side, that's GREAT! I'd love to see America go the way of Greece....

Actually, I'd love to see America go the way of the Dodo. the politicians here have been selling out the people for years and perhaps now it will come home to roost.

Maybe you'll Balkanize like all those other countries made of different states? I'm told that now something like 20% of Americans don't care anymore if states leave the Union.



Edit: and if I see Sarah Palin in a black leather outfit and a swastika arm band, I'll offer her a shot at the starring role in my remake of Illsa, She Wolf of the SS.

Fateweaver wrote:As opposed to the gak MSNBC puts out?

ALL MSM news networks are full of liars and outright gak heads.

Glad only Fox is the culprit though?

The "Sometimes you just have to take a stand no matter what people may think of you" thread is about 5 below this one. You missed.

Actually, I was given to understand that the Pentagon had refused to release the tapes to Reuters and they were leaked fairly recently, though they, themselves, were old.

That said: on the up side, that's GREAT! I'd love to see America go the way of Greece....

Actually, I'd love to see America go the way of the Dodo. the politicians here have been selling out the people for years and perhaps now it will come home to roost.

Maybe you'll Balkanize like all those other countries made of different states? I'm told that now something like 20% of Americans don't care anymore if states leave the Union.

Translation: I would love to see my house get set on fire while I'm in it. It would be cool to see the interior change a bit.

BaronIveagh wrote:
That said: on the up side, that's GREAT! I'd love to see America go the way of Greece....

Being a relatively wealthy young professional, I would not.

BaronIveagh wrote:
Actually, I'd love to see America go the way of the Dodo. the politicians here have been selling out the people for years and perhaps now it will come home to roost.

Meh, our nation has been well managed when compared to the rest of the developed world.

BaronIveagh wrote:
Edit: and if I see Sarah Palin in a black leather outfit and a swastika arm band, I'll offer her a shot at the starring role in my remake of Illsa, She Wolf of the SS.

I'd hurt her, wit whatever implement happened to be most convenient.

I so find Lewis Black unfunny. I sometimes think he starts his morning off with a 24 pack of Red Bull followed up by 2 pounds of sugar.

He's more animated than a 5yo hopped up on speed.