Howard Dean Wants to 'Break up' Fox News Channel

[cracked butt]

"Guys, He was joking when he said this. You could hear it in the tone of his voice if you actually hear the clip and as a lib. it is a "funny" thing to say since they have branded Fox as "conservative". Newsmax is a sensationalist source and if their goal was to be accurate they would have indicated that he said this "jokingly", but instead they went for shock value."

Its been my experience that when people joke about something, its usually very close to their true beliefs. If you don't believe me, make a wise crack to your wife/girlfriend about the size of her rear end, and then tell her you were just joking.

Even if he was joking, he is a politician and could possibly (though the odds are very long) be the next POTUS. If he starts making wise cracks about the Chinese, Brittish, Isrealis etc, he will probably steer our country into a brick wall because words reported in newsprint may not capture his context in other countries.

 

[MicroBalrog]

Yeah, but I'm right and they're wrong. Subtle difference.

ROFLMAO!

 

[DorGunR]

Dean leans more to the left than the tower of Pizza.

 

[MrAcheson]

Its been my experience that when people joke about something, its usually very close to their true beliefs. If you don't believe me, make a wise crack to your wife/girlfriend about the size of her rear end, and then tell her you were just joking.

In my experience someone that can't laugh at the joke is usually oversensitive to the subject.

The FCC deregulated who can own media outlets. Now most tv/radio/whatever stations are owned by a handful of companies. As a result these companies really can subtly shape the consumers perception of reality on a national scale. Anyone who has complained about media bias knows what this means. Dean realizes that this is a potential problem and good for him. Is his solution right? Probably not knowing him, but to say that this isn't a problem is foolish and shortsighted.

 

[ReadyontheRight]

Although I am not particularly fond of Dean, I do agree with his perceptions of our media.

The thing is, they only want to break up the media owned by Rupert Murdoch -- which includes the Fox News Channel -- the only news channel that doesn't lean waaaaay left.

They are not talking about breaking up media owned by Disney (ABC), GE (NBC), Viacom (CBS) or AOL/Time/Warner (CNN).

 

[Moparmike]

Umm. Yeah. I want to break up CNN and NBC, but you dont see me running for president to do it either.

 

[brookstexas]

Fox total holdings NOT the channel

I watched and I don't think it was that serious of a thing and more in a humorous way. Good spin put on it.

 

[zastros]

"They do it all the time with no shame and I've even seen intelligent people fall for it."


Thanks...I think.

zastros

 

[Angus MacDuff]

I like Dean's honesty. No other politician is as straight forward and non rehersed as Dean. A debate between George and Howard would be highly entertaining!