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Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - bruceko - 02-10-2010
I had my Gall bladder removed about two month ago.
On my follow up visit with the surgeon he asked if I had seen the pictures he took.
When he started showing me the pictures he said "oh ya you were the one that I had to take a piece of your liver with the gall bladder"
They had attached together.
I guess he forgot to mention it in the post surgery.
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - $tevie - 02-10-2010
The same people who give FOX its high ratings keep Jerry Springer and Celebrity Apprentice on the air as well. Much of the American public loves crap.
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - Black - 02-10-2010
I think an educated, intelligent, reasonably analytically-minded person always filters any "news" for accuracy, reflexively considering the source. There is really no news source I would trust 100%.
But Fox news spits out a constant stream of totally bizarre propoganda that any sane, informed, rational person would want to distance themself from as fully and as quickly as possible.
I would maybe watch for entertainment purposes if it weren't so damn effective, evidence you and a few others who frequent this forum.
It is indeed just too sad . . .
Grumpyguy wrote:
Dan Rather faked the Bush documents.
Charlie Gibson threw softball questions at candidate Obama while he grilled Palin (have the interviews if you want them).
I find the obsession with Fox odd and can only figure it is due to their "conservative" bent, while the "liberal" press is given a pass.
When I see you say, oh a CBS link, I will not click on that I will believe you.
Otherwise I see a bunch of people upset that tradition liberal networks are losing the rating wars because their coverage is predictably elitist and biased and the public is voting with their remote controls.
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for February 8, 2010
P2+ Total Day
FNC – 1,460,000 viewers
CNN – 479,000 viewers
MSNBC –389,000 viewers
CNBC – 176,000 viewers
HLN –337,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC – 3,018,000 viewers
CNN – 754,000 viewers
MSNBC –938,000 viewers
CNBC – a scratch w/80,000 viewers
HLN –585,000 viewers
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - Don Kiyoti - 02-10-2010
Dan Rather faked the Bush documents.
The documents were indeed fake, but Dan Rather didn't fake any documents, and neither did CBS News. Rather reported the documents story, and later stood by the reporting after questions arose. Rather and his team failed to properly vet the documents, but they did not create them. Eventually Rather admitted this was a serious mistake, and he also lost his job.
If you're gonna say stuff, try to be accurate.
When you sprinkle your posts with catchwords & phrases like "elitist" and "socialist" and "liberal media" it tells me that you're simply repeating what you've been told rather than thinking for yourself.
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - davester - 02-10-2010
Grumpyguy wrote:
Dan Rather faked the Bush documents.
Oh really? There's not an iota of evidence to that effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killian_documents_controversy . Is that something Rush told you? Rather screwed up big time, as did a number of CBS staffers who were summarily fired. If something similar happens at Fox they all get "attaboys".
I find the obsession with Fox odd and can only figure it is due to their "conservative" bent, while the "liberal" press is given a pass.
The "liberal press" as you put it is nothing like Fox. Fox News is simply a propaganda organization for the republican party. They are NOT a news organization. There may be biases in other networks but they still function largely as news organizations rather than mouthpieces. All of Fox's programs are designed solely to advance the republican cause. They have made a ton of factual errors in their so called "news" segments, every single one slanted to make repubs look good or dems look bad and I am unaware of anybody on there being disciplined in the way that the CBS staff was when they effed up. People are obsessed with Fox because 1) they consistently lie; and 2) their propaganda is so effective that they have captured a huge audience.
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - Winston - 02-10-2010
Boy, I'm glad I get my news from a reliable source: MacResource Forum of course!
Actually, it's mostly the local paper and NPR, with an occasional Wall Street Journal (cringes as he thinks about the new ownership of the WSJ). Wish I had time to read The Economist. Virtually no TV, a bit of internet news here and there.
I've tried to teach my kids to think critically about whatever news they hear, from whatever source.
- W
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - Rick-o - 02-10-2010
Don Kiyoti wrote:
Dan Rather faked the Bush documents.
The documents were indeed fake, but Dan Rather didn't fake any documents, and neither did CBS News. Rather reported the documents story, and later stood by the reporting after questions arose. Rather and his team failed to properly vet the documents, but they did not create them. Eventually Rather admitted this was a serious mistake, and he also lost his job.
If you're gonna say stuff, try to be accurate.
When you sprinkle your posts with catchwords & phrases like "elitist" and "socialist" and "liberal media" it tells me that you're simply repeating what you've been told rather than thinking for yourself.
:agree:
Nice post there, Don.
Typical of the Fox lemmings to believe that kind of dreck.
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - graylocks - 02-10-2010
Winston wrote:
Wish I had time to read The Economist.
- W
The Economist takes a real commitment of time. i had a sub for a year. they are still piled up in my bathroom. i think i'm up to june 27, 2009 at the moment. actually, it's kind of an interesting exercise to be that far behind. you get the back story on events happening now and you get to see if the pundit predictions came to pass. boy, were they off for the longest time during the last presidential primaries. they pretty much thought Clinton had it in the bag.
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - davester - 02-10-2010
I also used to get the Economist and had the same issues with wading through very dense piles of information. However, I should point out that it is certainly NOT the "liberal media". I found their stuff very slanted to the right, especially when it came to environmental issues. However, their journalism is quality stuff such that you can generally discern what is fact and what is opinion, and they certainly don't fill their stories with misrepresentations like Fox.
Re: Murtha (see below) death was surgeon slip-up - Silencio - 02-10-2010
The Economist definitely comes out on the side of economic conservatism (well, conservative by European standards, which is the region they're based out of and primarily cover). They're a capitalist/business publication, after all. When they cover social issues I don't usually find them very conservative.
I did a lot of travellng last year, so The Economist was my constant companion on the various flights I took here, there, and everywhere. It would usually take me a good cross-country flight in order to finish up a single issue.