Oh, Fox News..

[The Curmudgeon]

Its big business in America, but over here, thankfully, Fox News isn't an issue. I'm not 100% sure you can actually get it here, and if you can you'd have to really look for it through the 100 other news channels available.

So the general consensus is that they exist and that their own blend of right wing scaremongering and finger pointing by loud, obnoxious newsreaders and "journalists" is something to be ignored.

But hey, now they're talking about US!

You've probably heard about this, or you've probably stopped reading the news because it's so fucking sad and depressing these days. After the Je Suis Charles shootings, with Rupert Murdoch saying ALL Muslims should apologize and feel responsible for, Fox News hit a home run with this instant classic.

www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/12/fox-news-expert-ridiculed-over-birmingham-is-totally-muslim-city-claims

Yup, there are certain parts of Britain that are strictly Muslim only, and if you're not dressed like one you get beaten up by police. Amazing that, not only did that shit get greenlit to be read out live on air, but that they thought British people wouldn't hear about it and laugh in their stupid face. I've checked the official guide book and I can confirm that the Prime Minister choking on his porridge is officially the most British thing to ever happen.

They've obviously had to apologize for that nonsense, but how does this channel get viewers? They make Kent Brockman's Eye on Springfield look like the fucking Newsroom.

So it may please you to know that Fox News are now a laughing stock in Britain this week before we go back to ignoring them again.

[trashcanman]

You see what we have to put up with? That shit is on 24/7 here. And yeah, I hadn't heard of this because I literally do avoid the news now. I actually don't have FOX News at the moment. My satellite network has dropped them due to failed business negotiations and on FX they're showing these hilarious attack ads (which I've been unable to find online to show you) where enraged FOX News hosts demand we harass Dish Network into caving into their demands. I'm seriously considering threatening to switch to Comcast if they do reach an agreement with FOX. The world just seems like a slightly better place knowing that I couldn't even watch it if I tried.

[The Curmudgeon]

You have news broadcasts that just wouldn't happen over here. You know how your guys are outspoken with individual personalities and opinions? We just don't get that at all, our guys just..read the news. Part of me would like the whole "and this is what I think" approach of US news shows, but then you get bellowing dickheads like Glen Beck telling weak-minded people what to think, and that's incredibly dangerous.

They actually issued an on-air apology that was as sincere and heartfelt as a "Lift Out of Order" sign. Is there an alternative to these guys? Is there a news report that isn't this right wing idiocy?

[trashcanman]

Yeah, but they are the biggest because of the fact that they cater to a specific audience of dolts. There are a couple other big news megacorps that are slightly less idiotic, but viewers are split so that leaves FOX on top. I actually find I'm better better informed when I watch "fake" news shows like the Daily Show that pretty much serve just to mock the actual news channels. Pre-Reagan it was illegal to state opinion as fact on a news show unless it was a specific dedicated editorial segment that made it clear that this was one person's opinion and any attacks on a public figure had to offer the opportunity for an on-air rebuttal. But after that got repealed in the 80's due to perceived free speech and property rights violations we started getting rich people using their money to use media to spread propaganda all day every day and here we are. Free speech for everyone....if they can afford to own their own radio or television station. But hey, we've got the internet! Yay?