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10. Uhh ... Let's hope your audience is ignorant

Reply to Blanks (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 27, 2014, 07:45 PM

Nov 2014

of the fact that Murdoch became a US citizen in 1985.

Agree that his motives are less than pure.

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I kept my opinions to myself all during dinner, until... [View all] Atman Nov 2014 OP

I would have looked at her and asked her: avebury Nov 2014 #1

boom! noiretextatique Nov 2014 #4

Bullseye! Derek V Nov 2014 #31

Yes, had she heard about the 12 year old child killed 3 seconds after the police car arrived? jwirr Nov 2014 #61

seconds IveWornAHundredPants Nov 2014 #65

Thank you. Corrected. jwirr Nov 2014 #66

when the conversation turns to faux news onethatcares Nov 2014 #2

I use that a lot too. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #3

I try to make it worse. I usually ask > BlueJazz Nov 2014 #5

Is this the same thing? theaocp Nov 2014 #18

Guess it's not such a good idea after all n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2014 #21

Change it from "US Supreme Court" to "Florida Second District Court of Appeals" Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #25

I suggest you read the Snopes article SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2014 #26

I read the Snopes article Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #30

Perhaps you'll believe the actual case documentation SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2014 #36

It was not a failure to renew, they were fired for wanting to tell the truth. SunSeeker Nov 2014 #45

Not to mention THEY won 5 other cases in other Jurisdictions VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #51

Why do you keep insisting it was Fox New? SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2014 #63

Yes it was...the couple wanted to report a story about Monsanto putting VanillaRhapsody Nov 2014 #64

It wasn't Fox News SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2014 #68

All true SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2014 #62

It was actually the Florida Second District Court of Appeals that made that ruling Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #24

Won't be first or last time I was wrong about something. BlueJazz Nov 2014 #33

For more information, you can check out the case number Art_from_Ark Nov 2014 #35

Well, there's always the Murdoch quote that Fox News is Entertainment. SunSeeker Nov 2014 #47

here is the case for those who want to read the reasoning steve2470 Nov 2014 #57

I used that one pretty quickly. Atman Nov 2014 #6

or the Nasserist Saudi prince who owns the company MisterP Nov 2014 #58

I always do that too Politicalboi Nov 2014 #59

I skipped dinner loyalsister Nov 2014 #7

Me, too. I love my family and most of my in laws, but I loved them more today 250 miles away adigal Nov 2014 #20

Sorry to hear that...understand though yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #40

The thing that I don't understand about Fox News viewers... Blanks Nov 2014 #8

Uhh ... Let's hope your audience is ignorant No Vested Interest Nov 2014 #10

His citizenship doesn't make him any less greedy or more patriotic... Blanks Nov 2014 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author olddots Nov 2014 #9

different experience here sadoldgirl Nov 2014 #11

this is one reason why I'm glad I was working today. Terra Alta Nov 2014 #12

RWNJ stood down today maindawg Nov 2014 #13

they asked if you were in a union!? NJCher Nov 2014 #41

I refer to it as 'Fox & Fiends'...... lastlib Nov 2014 #14

I would have changed the subject. Jenoch Nov 2014 #15

send them OUTFOXED. Once they see that Murdoch made the same deal with commies in China yurbud Nov 2014 #16

Hulu or Youtube Electric Monk Nov 2014 #27

Ask if they know who is half owner of Faux? nt s-cubed Nov 2014 #17

Fox is an illness, a disease, their high cable news ratings tell me it is spreading like a virus. Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #19

Yup. Much more damaging here than Ebola. tblue Nov 2014 #44

Fear easily warps the weak minded, Fox sells fear to them and twists those minds with hate, along Fred Sanders Nov 2014 #46

Having an eye on the future, I would have said... nikto Nov 2014 #22

Ask them why Fox ignored the GOP's House Committee' own Benghazi debunking last week ErikJ Nov 2014 #23

You should invite them to explore alternative media vlyons Nov 2014 #28

That's an irresistable ellipsis you have there. jberryhill Nov 2014 #32

In children's stories, the fox is never the good guy... jberryhill Nov 2014 #34

The Fantastic Mr. Fox was pretty cool. TheKentuckian Nov 2014 #37

Maybe show the "new" Al Jazeera to them marym625 Nov 2014 #38

I had a very racist father in law as well Iamthetruth Nov 2014 #39

Same thing happened to me. I had to excuse myself from the table... tridim Nov 2014 #42

We had a very congenial group. MADem Nov 2014 #43

the frightening thing is that the fox watchers assume they're getting 'fair & balanced' reporting spanone Nov 2014 #48

Thanksgiving 2014 ;) dorkulon Nov 2014 #49

Murdoch admits his network isn't impartial JohnnyRingo Nov 2014 #50

Roger Ailes glommed on Nixon and admires NAZI filmmaking. Octafish Nov 2014 #52

I didn't get that far. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Nov 2014 #53

Did you happen to notice... cling2reality Nov 2014 #54

You DO know that Ineeda Nov 2014 #60

An oldie but goodie War Horse Nov 2014 #55

Fox at 110 decibels. Not even Dante had a Circle of Hell equal to that. Feel for you. kairos12 Nov 2014 #56

FOX "News" will probably VANISH when Ruppert dies.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2014 #67