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Well, yeah

Author: McSweeney (17753 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 2:51 pm on Jun 12, 2008

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In my experience, commercial relevance is usually in inverse proportion to intellectual relevance. With few exceptions, the best-selling novelists are among the worst writers. What's the most popular movie ever? Titanic. What song has grossed the most revenue for Aerosmith? "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." And what news station will never, ever find itself on the shortlist of any journalism prizes? Fox News.

Fox News caters to the lowest common denominator. Their hosts are right-wing polemics that hide behind a total bullshit veil of "fairness" that makes we want to puke. They're not fair. They're not intelligent. They know their audience, and they know the important thing is not to be right or wrong, but to just be the loudest person in the room.

Replies to: "Well, yeah"

Fox News calls Michelle Obama "Obama's Baby Mama?" - KCIrishfan - 8:29am 6/12/08 (66) [View All]
- Mr Whitey calls racism? - Domer From Hell - 1:37pm 6/12/08
- Consider the source - FratBoy - 12:54pm 6/12/08
- Obama should campaign on this phrase: "My mama was a liberal godless reclusive socialist". - windybill - 11:34am 6/12/08
  - When people like you lie through your teeth about Obama's life, it's pretty damn easy to believe him - McSweeney - 2:40pm 6/12/08
    - Don't make it sound like Obama was raised on a farm in Kansas. Obama was registered as a muslim - windybill - 3:38pm 6/12/08
      - Actually, Catholic popes have done nothing to me - McSweeney - 8:07pm 6/12/08
        Then why was Obama regestered at that school as a muslim? [NT] - windybill - 11:25am 6/13/08
  - Puhlease - LanceManion - 12:18pm 6/12/08
- Source - Context ??? Just another Lib trying to diss the FOX network with over the top PC crap... - ucandoit - 9:58am 6/12/08
  - Here let me help you on this. - jimbasil - 11:24am 6/12/08
    - Since Fox News is #1, I guess there are a lot of dummies in the USA... - Domer From Hell - 1:03pm 6/12/08
      - I have a taste for junk food too, but I don't exist on it and I don't extol at the top of my lungs - jimbasil - 6:02pm 6/12/08
      - Well, yeah - McSweeney - 2:51pm 6/12/08
        "Fox News caters to the lowest common denominator." - Domer From Hell - 3:14pm 6/12/08
        O' Reilly is a certifiable moron - MAS - 6:29pm 6/12/08
        That's your opinion of course.... - Domer From Hell - 6:52pm 6/12/08
        "O'Reilly had the Malmedy thing backwards. An honest mistake unless you can prove otherwise." - MAS - 8:13pm 6/12/08
        That's your...um..errr....nonsensical.....um...idiotic....ahem...opinion - Domer From Hell - 8:45pm 6/12/08
        Just for you [LINK] - MAS - 11:08pm 6/12/08
        The Malmedy massacre was originally committed by the SS against allied POW's.... - Domer From Hell - 12:50am 6/13/08
        
        A) I'm not talking about you; B) I like Hume; C) Hannity and O'Reilly are loudmouth idiots - McSweeney - 3:48pm 6/12/08
- Perhaps your name should be "PCIrishfan". [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 9:51am 6/12/08
  - True, and as soon as Fox refers to Cindy McCain as "Trophy Wife" I'll call it even [NT] - KCIrishfan - 9:58am 6/12/08
    - They could call Obama's wife Whitey Hater or let her speech do the talking [NT] - Slacker - 10:07am 6/12/08
- Disgusting, I tell ya. - jakers - 9:44am 6/12/08
  - That's about right. but you left out the word - windybill - 3:47pm 6/12/08
  - HA! Classic. [NT] - IrishinMass - 3:40pm 6/12/08
  - Wow. You've reached an all time low. - conorlarkin - 11:53am 6/12/08
    - Awwww......because I was descriptive of the angry, racist, hateful woman? - jakers - 12:19pm 6/12/08
      - I thought you would recognize your own post: [NT] [LINK] - conorlarkin - 6:17pm 6/12/08
        While this retro-actively makes your post very funny...... - jakers - 6:24pm 6/12/08
        Wait 'til you're my age ..... - conorlarkin - 8:18pm 6/12/08
      - And you base this all on....one sentence? - Chris94 - 4:39pm 6/12/08
        Much like Jerry Maguire, she just never should've put it out there. - jakers - 4:42pm 6/12/08
  - Beautiful [NT] - Slacker - 9:47am 6/12/08
- There's your mistake - Fox News. It is to news what the NBA is to professional "sports" [NT] - LanceManion - 9:24am 6/12/08
- I call my wife my baby's mama all the time. Who exactly does that make me racist towards? - jabbadoody5 - 9:24am 6/12/08
  - Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, your baby? [NT] - FLIrishK9 - 9:49am 6/12/08
  - White dudes crying racist...........one of the finer aspects of the UHND open forum [NT] - Slacker - 9:37am 6/12/08
    - I hate it when white dudes concern themselves with stuff like racism. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 11:53am 6/12/08
    - In fairness to KC, he's a Chiefs fan so you have to assume he has some form of mental retardation. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 9:51am 6/12/08
      - Why do you think he supports Barack Osama bin Hussein so much? - jakers - 9:58am 6/12/08
        KCMO jackass, not Olathe - KCIrishfan - 10:45am 6/12/08
      - I quote Scream 2 - - KCIrishfan - 9:57am 6/12/08
        It was Herm's call. - jabbadoody5 - 10:42am 6/12/08
        Oh, see, now that makes sense.. - KCIrishfan - 10:44am 6/12/08
- You're acting like a Douchebag - Slacker - 9:12am 6/12/08
- Break this down for me - NDNEIL - 8:45am 6/12/08
  - You're going to tell me that you see absolutely no racial overtones? - KCIrishfan - 10:01am 6/12/08
    - Bingo. And NDNeil only got to see the "edited" version of the clip...... - jakers - 10:14am 6/12/08
    - Yes I guess you are right, it is completely racist - NDNEIL - 10:10am 6/12/08
      - The title of the movie is supposed to be funny BECAUSE it refers to a racial stereotype. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 11:43am 6/12/08
        So can I no longer use watermelon as a way to describe a watermelon? - NDNEIL - 11:59am 6/12/08
        What? Watermelon is a racial stereotype? - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 12:15pm 6/12/08
        You are missing it I guess [LINK] - NDNEIL - 1:31pm 6/12/08
        No. You either don't get it. Or you are hiding from it. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 5:09pm 6/12/08
        In all of your ramblings you never once explained how [LINK] - NDNEIL - 8:21pm 6/12/08
        You can't be this dense. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 7:35am 6/13/08
        I guess I am - NDNEIL - 8:31am 6/13/08
        Wow. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 8:48am 6/13/08
        
        Stop making sense - MAS - 12:37pm 6/12/08
        
        Oh, please - you are WAY off-base here. - jakers - 12:21pm 6/12/08
        I know. I'm way out of step with the times. - JacksSmirkingRevenge - 12:37pm 6/12/08
      - Damn! That's a good point - KCIrishfan - 11:07am 6/12/08
      - Game, set, match [NT] - Slacker - 10:13am 6/12/08
      - Nice end-around!!! I like it!!! [NT] - jakers - 10:13am 6/12/08