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Trending on TWITTER: 'TURN OFF FOX NEWS' (Original Post)
itsrobert
Jul 2012
OP
It's heartbreaking. I can watch practically anything else--except good news for Nitt!
ailsagirl
Jul 2012
#13
elleng
(131,036 posts)1. No, but sounds like a good idea!
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)2. I hope they keep it going
Let people know they won a court case to be able to lie without getting in trouble too. I don't tweet, but this is a good idea.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)4. New World Communications of Tampa, Inc. v. Akre is the court case
siligut
(12,272 posts)3. Let's hope they listen
I can't be sure why, but I think it might be to help people clear their minds of rot.
siligut
(12,272 posts)5. I went up a channel to avoid the ASPCA ad on MSNBC because it makes me so sad
And on Faux is Suzzanne Sommers talking about her new scientific book, "Bombshell". I am dizzy already.
I donate to the ASPCA, I just can't watch the ads.
ailsagirl
(22,898 posts)7. "I donate to the ASPCA..."
Ditto for both. Just breaks my heart.
Carla in Sequim
(228 posts)11. Oh, the first dog they show
makes me so sad. I give them $25.00 each quarter. I'd give more if I could.
Ship of Fools
(1,453 posts)12. If I even accidentally glimpse the first
dog they show, it destroys me. Same here: I donate, don't watch.
ailsagirl
(22,898 posts)13. It's heartbreaking. I can watch practically anything else--except good news for Nitt!
DearAbby
(12,461 posts)6. Claiming OBAMA SAID TURN OFF FOX NEWS
http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-turn-off-fox-news
PARMA, Ohio At an unscheduled stop at Ziggys Pub and Restaurant, an Amherst, Ohio bar, President Barack Obama suggested that the channel be changed when he was made aware that televisions were showing Fox News.
Obama and Fox News have gone to war frequently during his three and a half years in office most recently over a sharply negative teaser shown on Fox and Friends that the White House took as a Fox News-sponsored attack ad on the president.
The Obama Administration frequently used the network as a proxy punching bag for its Republican opponents in the early years of his presidency. Fox's personalities, led by Glenn Beck, fired back with more and more incendiary comments, but a somewhat delicate balanced was reached after the 2010 election in which both sides toned down their rhetoric.
PARMA, Ohio At an unscheduled stop at Ziggys Pub and Restaurant, an Amherst, Ohio bar, President Barack Obama suggested that the channel be changed when he was made aware that televisions were showing Fox News.
Obama and Fox News have gone to war frequently during his three and a half years in office most recently over a sharply negative teaser shown on Fox and Friends that the White House took as a Fox News-sponsored attack ad on the president.
The Obama Administration frequently used the network as a proxy punching bag for its Republican opponents in the early years of his presidency. Fox's personalities, led by Glenn Beck, fired back with more and more incendiary comments, but a somewhat delicate balanced was reached after the 2010 election in which both sides toned down their rhetoric.
That Barack - always leading us in the right direction. Seriously this is the stuff I like about this president.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)8. Because they LIE
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)10. Obama suggested that Hawks ask for it to be changed. ''The customer is always right,'' he said.
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The exchange, per pooler Mark Landler:
As he thanked the group for their support, one of them, Jeff Hawks, gestured to one of the TV's and said, "You're in a building that has Fox news on."
Obama suggested that Hawks ask for it to be changed. "The customer is always right," he said.
"I'll arm-wrestle you for your vote," Hawks said to Obama. "No, I'll play basketball for your vote," he replied.
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-turn-off-fox-news