Oh Panda!!!...You'll have something to watch on the TV this winter.

[PatPatriot]

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"><TBODY><TR><TD width=35> </TD><TD vAlign=top width="100%">[font=Courier, Times New Roman]Thursday, Nov. 18, 2004 11:03 p.m. EST

Canada OKs Fox News

Though it long ago approved broadcasts of pro-terrorist network al-Jazeera, Canada's official censors gave tepid approval for Fox News to broadcast there Thursday.



Canada's news and broadcast police agency, the CRTC, OKed the offering of Fox News to digital cable subscribers only.

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Canadians looking for an alternative to the country's dominant liberal media outlets will be able to see Fox News beginning early next year.



Canada's liberal press has been irked by some of Fox programming, which allows for a wide spectrum of political opinion no longer found in Canada.



For example, the CP (Canadian Press) newswire cited Bill O'Reilly for having called former Prime Minister Jean Chretien "a bum."

The CP service also reported that Fox's O'Reilly had "denounced Canada's medicare program as 'socialist.'"

Among his other "crimes," according the the CP, O'Reilly had criticized Canada's schlock press outfits, such as the Toronto-based newspaper The Globe and Mail.



"Hey you pinheads up there, I may be pompous, but at least I'm honest," the CP quoted O'Reilly citing a New York Times story.

Despite such incredible and outrageous examples of free speech and a free press not seen in modern Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission said it found "there is substantial demand in Canada for Fox News," CP reported.

The CRTC claimed that 531 Canadians had filed statements in support of the network airing, and some 82 who opposed such a move.

In addition to approving Fox, the CRTC also approved the NFL Network, "allowing it to bring to Canada live sports, game previews, news conferences and other information shows all related to the U.S.-based National Football League." Editor's note:


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[xpanda]

Where the hell do you read your news????? Though the fact of the article is true, the language is a wee bit on the 'colourful' side, dontchathink?

Anyway, FNC is going to be on digital cable only, and you will get it as part of a News Package. In other words, when you subscribe to Fox News, guess what else you get??? That's right! Al Jazeera, that pro-terrorist network!!!

(The big story, really, has diddly to do with LoudMouths R Us and EVERYTHING to do with the fact that we are FINALLY getting the NFL Network. Why it took this long is beyond me ...)

"Hey you pinheads up there, I may be pompous, but at least I'm honest." -- O'Reilly. :hanging:

 

[bblight]

You can't argue with Bill O'Riely - when it comes to hubris, he has it all.

When it comes to pinheads....well, as I said, you can't argue with Bill O'Riely.

 

[xpanda]

You can't argue with Bill O'Riely - when it comes to hubris, he has it all.

When it comes to pinheads....well, as I said, you can't argue with Bill O'Riely.

You LIKE O'Reilly?!?!?!?! Seriously?!?!?!

Don't make me lose respect for you, mister ....

 

[PatPatriot]

Really they have good news shows.Greta Von sestran has her own show and a liberal she's an OJ apoligist type.

Hannity and Colmes...Hannity is neocon and Colmes is a Neo marxist...and they have some blow out arguments with their guest.

Brit Hume new hour is the best too.

 

[xpanda]

Have you ever seen CNN's Crossfire? I watched it once. What an embarassment! This should not be on a news channel. My understanding is that Crossfire is a watered down version of what you get on Fox.

No, thanks. I will stick to the News that reports, and steer clear of the news that distorts.

(WNED out of NY is my source for Yankee tv news, though I like PBS as well. The BBC and CBC Newsworld are my two favourites, however. You say 'leftist', I say 'not American asskissers.')

 

[PatPatriot]

Crossfire sucks they have that milque toast Carlson Tucker...he sucks.

 

[bblight]

First off, O'riely might be very full of himself - but he treats conservative and liberal alike - and he asks very pointed questions - and he does jump on them when they start to "spin".

My favorite show is Brit Hume and the Panel at about 6:30 PM EST- which is balanced with conservatives , liberals AND moderates - and they give a good point of view on events, expressing ALL sides. It's both entertaining and informative - I suggest it to everyone.

I also like it when Judge Napolitano gives an analysis - he does an excellent job in laymans terms so that even the uninformed can understand.

And when the right screws up, they point it out - and I know this every time it happens because my fascist wife blows her top every time they criticize one of her conservative icons.

Crossfire is an extreme liberal debating with a moderate liberal - it's a shameful joke! Carlson Tutu and his bowtie are a shameful parody of the right - I'd watch Laverne and Shirley before I'd watch Crossfire.

 

[xpanda]

My point about Fox isn't so much their point of view (not everyone hates Bush, obviously) but that they're so freaking loud about everything. What kind of self-respecting journalist calls an entire nation of people 'pinheads'?? And the interruptions!! They all seem to me to be childish, immature, and certainly unprofessional.

I do intend to subscribe to the News Package (six different international news channels) so will wait and see. But I have a feeling FNC won't be my bag. I prefer journalists who don't yell at me.