Foxnews

Okay then FOX News is good for democracy.

It shows that news organizations have free speech (and are biased).

It shows a different point of view (when ignoring others).

I do think it rather foul to allow Al-Jazeera and not Fox News. <_<

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Originally posted by j2k4@10 August 2004 - 19:51
FOXNEWS evidently gave up the ghost due to concerns that further attempts to gain access would be met with more of these little road-blocks.

In any case, it is not my intent to discuss the viablity of FOXNEWS in Canada, but to stick to the stated topic per the header.

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ok so fox news isn&#39;t actually banned then, they chose not to attempt to meet the specified criteria.

to the original post i feel that fox news is no less worthy as any other news station when it comes to reporting current events. Perhaps they may have bias in &#39;features&#39; in the same way cnn or the bbc could be accused of but as a NEWS channel i see no difference in any of them.

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Originally posted by clocker@10 August 2004 - 17:58
Fox News is banned in Canada?
I just saw Bill O on the tube last night and he didn&#39;t appear to be frothing at the mouth any more than usual...has he been informed?

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You were watching FOX?

Why? :huh:

I was feeling all warm and fuzzy.
Needed a fix of bile.

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Originally posted by clocker@11 August 2004 - 03:14
I was feeling all warm and fuzzy.

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Probably due to the catastrophe screams from CNN :rolleyes:

:lol: FoxNews is banned in Canada? Well, I&#39;d better go tell my television that then. It apparently hasn&#39;t been brought up to date.

Edit: And no, I don&#39;t have satellite television or digital cable.

:ninja:

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Originally posted by j2k4@10 August 2004 - 16:52
Well?

What about it?

Keeping in mind, of course, that FOXNEWS is now banned in Canada, though Al Jazeera is welcomed; if Canada doesn&#39;t like it, it must really be bad, huh?

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It is kind of a loaded question IMO because of the making of the point that Al jazeera is/was shown (i am taking J2s word for this because Al jaz been shut down in Iraq) and Fox isn&#39;t (on cable at least)
To say that fox is "banned" was very misleading to say the least, false to say the facts.
Canada already has several news stations from other western countries so i think the question would have been more valid if it had been


Is broadcasting Al jazeera good for "free speech" ?

I can&#39;t see the democracy connection

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Originally posted by vidcc@11 August 2004 - 08:05
Is broadcasting Al jazeera good for "free speech" ?

I can&#39;t see the democracy connection

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Fox News&#39; effect on democracy... that&#39;s pretty difficult to gauge. i find it difficult, anyway, when it&#39;s shown in a country that already has democracy or a variation thereof. i imagine that a more obvious test would be to broadcast it in a country that has no democracy and then see whether democracy "happens." then you could draw a correlation between X amount of Fox News and Y amount of democracy. :D

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Originally posted by vidcc@11 August 2004 - 11:05
To say that fox is "banned" was very misleading to say the least, false to say the facts.

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I thought I cleared up the "banned" faux pas with a subsequent post, but, just for you, vid:

Mea Culpa, Maxima Mea Culpa.

Satisfied?

Would that you applied the same scrutiny to the statements of Mr. Kerry?

There is a great link in WN&E that I would love to have you parse.

I still don&#39;t understand the question. In what way would Foxnews be "good for democracy".