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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2011, 03:27:16 am »
The people who want to believe what Fox News has to say have proved over and over again that they'll believe Fox News no matter what Fox News does.  Because they really want to buy what Fox News is selling.

Fox News.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2011, 05:14:02 am »
Fox News would have to do investigative journalism to be directly involved. That's not really their bag.

Remember that the phone hacking was indirectly in the service of truth. Albeit salacious, irrelevant truths that should be left private. It would be interesting if any Pentagon Papers/wikileaks-type info came out of it, but that would have required actually sticking their neck out.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2011, 04:19:06 pm »
Quote from: Asherdan on August 04, 2011, 04:04:15 am
New curse word?

Yes. Curse word.

What the Fox News is going on in here?!
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #18 on: August 04, 2011, 11:49:44 pm »
See that girl? I'm going to Fox News her into next week.

Is that right?
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2011, 12:46:17 am »
You're going to lie to her until, mezmerized, you can fill her with a warm sticky slime?

That sounds like what Fox News does to people, yes.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #20 on: August 05, 2011, 04:21:11 am »
Quote from: JorgeFabregas on August 04, 2011, 05:14:02 am
Fox News would have to do investigative journalism to be directly involved. That's not really their bag.

Remember that the phone hacking was indirectly in the service of truth. Albeit salacious, irrelevant truths that should be left private. It would be interesting if any Pentagon Papers/wikileaks-type info came out of it, but that would have required actually sticking their neck out.

Indeed. The tabloids are part and parcel of a a free and active press.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #21 on: August 05, 2011, 03:51:02 pm »
Quote from: JorgeFabregas on August 04, 2011, 05:14:02 am
Remember that the phone hacking was indirectly in the service of truth. Albeit salacious, irrelevant truths that should be left private. It would be interesting if any Pentagon Papers/wikileaks-type info came out of it, but that would have required actually sticking their neck out.

Well, wasn't some of it intercepting voicemails of a dead teenager or something, too? That's not exactly striking a blow for freedom of the press.
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Re: Phone hacking scandal
« Reply #22 on: August 05, 2011, 04:28:33 pm »
the downside of having freedoms is that dickholes will use them to get away with unethical things.
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