The government is shutting Fox News up

[Joanne98]

Run time: 01:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a5ZMiUkY5Q   Posted on YouTube: December 26, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: December 27, 2009 By DU Member: Joanne98 Views on DU: 3581

 


Strange how Fox News Channel is the only one on my satellite that is scrambled.
Maybe this is just the start of something more sinister from Obama.
He needs to control the airwaves before he can control us.

I'll betcha one of the first comments I get about this will call me racist, conspiracy nut or teabagger. Any takers?



LOL He probably has Direct TV!

[Xipe Totec]

1. Racist, conspiracy nut teabagger!

Didn't want you to be disappointed.

:evilgrin:

[Raoul]

19. Ditto

Ditto to all of your descriptive terms but you forgot 'loony tune'.. LOL

[monmouth]

2. I would be grateful instead of looking for something "sinister"

from Obama.

[tyne]

3. I do

know that Time Warner is scrambling Fox. Has nothing to do with Obama FFS (for fucks sake).

[rd_kent]

4. Why is T/W doing that?

[taurus145]

15. It's an argument over fees paid to Fox by TW.

Until it's settled, if ever, TW is not carrying a bunch of Fox stuff. The Fox channels that are being carried are under a separate contract.

Heard that on the radio news 'tother day.

[TheEuclideanOne]

25. Do we have to bring Tiger Woods into this?

:)

[AlbertCat]

29. Why is T/W doing that?

Good sense?

Good taste?

[bfarq]

26. I tried to watch Glenn Beck. It is already scrambled

There is no need for Time Warner to scramble it any further than it already is naturally.

[FrenchieCat]

5. This is a joke, Right?

It's like I don't even know where to begin on your commentary.
Best not to let me get started!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Of all the dumbass comments I've seen posted on DU lately --

and there have been a lot of them -- this one has to take the prize. At least for today.

[W T F]

7. It's probably his Tin Foil hat that's interfering with his reception

:rofl:

[azmouse]

8. unfuckingbelievable, the shit that is posted on DU.

I guess you think this falls under 'contructive criticism' of the President.

Disgusting.

[old mark]

9. Probably aliens....Obama wasn't really born in Africa, you know....

He's from much farther away than that.......

:crazy: :tinfoilhat:

mark

[BenjaminFranklin]

10. The Govt. SHOULD shut Fox News down

Using the public airways to propagate right-wing lies and propaganda should permaban FNC.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. No, it should not.

Faux Snooze is loathesome, but the First Amendment absolutely protects them. And it should. Nobody should ever be shut down or censored by the government for political reasons. Ever.

[BenjaminFranklin]

20. there's a difference between shutting them down for lies versus political reasons

FNC has a responsibility to the truth. They purposely lie and distort and consequently should, indeed, be shut down.

[Joanne98]

22. I agree. The NEWS should be credible!

[NYC Liberal]

34. What "public airways" is Fox using?

I do not agree with shutting people down or up because they lie or because I disagree with them.

[BenjaminFranklin]

37. Ignorance should hurt

Fox News operates under the FCC. They must possess a license to do so and while they may not literally be using "airways" they are operating on a medium that is owned by the public and regulated by the government. So don't be stupid. Pretending that you don't understand what I meant is akin to Republicunts claiming that Al Gore said he invented the internet.

Fox News should be shut down because they operate under false pretenses not because I disagree with them. They're entitled to their opinion but they're not entitled to make up their own set of "facts".

[Political_Junkie]

38. I know that Republicans are our enemies,

but I think you could find a better way to express your dislike for them than using sexist expletives.

[BenjaminFranklin]

39. boo hoo sexist expletives

I tried to change it so you can stop bawling.

[left coaster]

11. What's with the youtube vids?

This is the second thread of yours that links to a nutball youtube vid.. Sorry, but I'm not going to give any of them extra hits.

[Joanne98]

23. This one is a study in RW paranoia. The other one was a parody.

Mocking the teabaggers!

[NYC_SKP]

13. Hey, did you hear about how he hasn't released a valid Birth Certificate. Get ON IT!!! nt

[Hekate]

14. Reception will improve if you wrap a wire coathanger in tinfoil to extend the arial....

Tinfoil may be obtained here --> :tinfoilhat:

Hekate

[Cha]

16. Fucking fauxsn00ze is just freeper shit. WTF?

Good on ya President Obama..YAY.

[Enthusiast]

17. You can't be serious. nt

[Mnpaul]

18. I guess the government will have to try harder

Some of it is still slipping through.

[Celtic Merlin]

21. This dumbass is stealing cable/sat signals and bitches when

Foxed-up news isn't decoded for him by his pirate box.

Hence, Obama did it. LOL!

[HughMoran]

24. right-wing propaganda channel

:shrug:

[WhoIsNumberNone]

27. Clearly not everybody got that the description...

... was cut and pasted from the YouTube video (except the last line, of course) You'd have done better to put quotation marks around the freeper/teabagger's rantings.

[BrklynLiberal]

28. I have already deleted FAUX NOISE from my menu of cable channels. I never even have to go past it.

[Hulk]

30. I'm ALL for shutting down the propaganda network.....but it ain't gonna happen.

It's like having a KKK network. A feed in from Al Queda. A channel where they slice up babies and chant the virtue of religious war. I'm ALL for shutting those fucktards down. It ain't gonna happen. No more than it's going to happen to shut down the White Supremacy outlets.....the anarchy channels, etc. We have something called "freedom of speech"...and all of these fucktards can dance in shit up to their ears, and defame anyone and everyone if they wish with lies and made up bull shit.

Don't worry....your "precious" will be there for you to poison what few intelligent brain cells you might have left. Morons are #1 in this country. We're #1, we're #1. Ass hats!

[RoccoR5955]

31. Uh, the provider of the content decides as to whether or not it is to be scrambled

Unless your service provider wants to charge you more for getting them

Nice try teabagger.

[NanceGreggs]

32. "He needs to control the airwaves before he can control us."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:





Uh, you were jokin', right?

[ipaint]

33. The folks who are getting their panties in a wad about this thread need to get a clue.

Those aren't the op's comments.

[hmorehead]

35. Like cable and dish aren't both screwed up, I guess Obama hates antiques, too

the local PBS was whack during antique roadshow this week, too.

[lamp_shade]

36. Another BRILLIANT post.