biggest pet peeve about Fox News:
 

they call suicide bombers homicide bombers.

how do they refer to wwII "kamikazes"?

I'm pretty sure they've stopped crashing their planes by now.

did they call the va tech shooter a homicide shooter?

homicide pilots

Agreed. Cheesy.

I always wonder what the anchors are thinking when they have to read that line.

As the most extreme liberal on the board, I can't imagine there's much at all that you like about Fox News, Frank.

Cheesy, yes, and even more. Newspeople are supposed to give us information. By doing this, they automatically take away information.

Morons.

i'm the most extreme liberal?

thanks johnny

i do watch fox sometimes. the only show i won't ever watch is hannity and colmes

so does my being "an extreme liberal" make the use of homicide bomber less lame and stupid?

Well, according to the political test/graph we all took a couple weeks ago, you are.

But that same graph said I'm one of the most moderate people here, so we know it's very inaccurate.

Not really, but if you already hate Fox News, you're much more likely to think so.

I am guessing if they are willing to say "Fair and balanced!" and "We report, you decide!" with a straight face, then they could get used to saying "homicide bombers".

I've basically quit watching cable news after being a junky for many years. Maybe I will resume in the election year. I've never been a huge fan of Fox just because there is too much said there that I agree with (or did).

I would much rather watch Chris Matthews or someone else whose thoughts and guests are much more challenging and opposed to my thought process.

ATM, I just read the news paper and watch a few of the Sunday morning shows, now that church is at 1:00 pm.

Okay so wait... I'm guessing they choose to say "homicide bombers" because it focuses on the fact that these men are killing others, instead of focusing on how they are killing themselves.

That's really cheesy and annoying?

i am liberal, for sure but i bet i've voted for more republicans than you have democrats.

i'd think it would a stupid policy for any news outlet.

boy i hope police can solve all the homicide murders this year and i hope we see a reduction in fatal deadly car crash accidents

Bill O'Reilly would be so proud of you.

Probably what keeps me coming back to CG.

did fox call eric rudolph a homicide bomber?

90% of all you contribute to the board is snark.

It's very endearing.

I have no idea... I never watch Fox.

I'm curious though Tex, do you ever have moments here where you say "hmmm, thats a good point, hadn't thought of that." That is the reason I like "liberal" media better, why I so much enjoyed my ultra-liberal law school. Not because either of those things made me a liberal, but because they made me think about things that hadn't occurred to me. The inevitable result, for me, has been that my views have been moderated (though I am still a conservative).

Ever have moments like that here?

where do you get your news?

I'll watch CNN for a few minutes while channel surfing. I read articles posted here and on Cougarboard. I never sit down and watch TV news for more than 5 or 6 minutes at a time.

Funny enough, my opinions have been solidified as a result of the frequent conversations I've had with folks with opposing views (not just on CG).

But, yeah, I think I could say I've had moments like that. Whenever I ask an honest, open-ended question--like my thread on the 2nd coming, or the "Would God do that?" thread--I'm genuinely looking for opposing viewpoints to better understand them.

Frequently, all I solicit is a lot of snark in return. Some of that's my fault, and some of it ain't.

Such sweet irony.

Aren't the bombers committing mass homicide along with just one suicide simultaneously?

I don't have a problem with either reference. Both are accurate.

bomber by itself means homicide, suicide bomber means he offed himself as well.

it bugs me, it is like saying killer murderer

So it's just the way it sounds in English that bothers you?

Seems you're splitting hairs just for the sake of it.

yeah,
it's redundant.

what am i splitting hairs about?

That you don't like the way it sounds in English even though both are correct descriptions. It's not THAT big of a deal.

I doubt it would bug you if weren't a liberal. ;)

rocky, i'm not so sure it's good english either.

what time is it? can you look at your clock watch and tell me?

I know it's not a big deal, that's why it is a pet peeve of mine:D

Like I said...it's not THAT big of a deal. Aren't you overeacting just a tad?

Although I could see if you had the same complaint about the term Ute fan. That would make more sense.

Here's a suggestion...write FoxNews and express your outrage. I'm sure it would garner some good laughs.

I don't think posting on a message board counts as overreacting.

It's less precise than the more common alternative. Suicide bomber means the bomber died in the blast. Homicide bomber means what?

Don't kid yourself, it is a gimmick to make them look like they are tough on terrorism, unlike the liberal networks.

You know as well as I do what Homicide bomber means. That said bomber is a mass murderer.

For a network like CNN that has the likes of Larry King, Anderson Cooper, and Glenn Beck with shows and MSNBC with someone like Olbermann...it's not like FOX has cornered the market of gimmick news.

Aha... "homicide" = "mass murderer"? So if only one person dies, what do we call it?

And if the bomb is detonated remotely? How about "non-suicide homicide bomber"? Even better, "chicken-shit homicide bomber".

Yes, we need to have tough labels in our fair and balanced news reporting.

You wouldn't be bitching about something as semantical as this if it were a non-conservative news outlet and you know it. :)

Actually, I probably watch Fox more than CNN or any of the others. But their style makes me laugh at times.

I'm right wing. Now that it's out there...

I remember a couple years ago, they had some big-wig from GE on Fox News and he made the comment that they were gunning to knock Fox News off of the top of the cable news ratings. He acknowledged that MSNBC needed to be more like Fox News, and that Fox News sets the standard in 24-hour cable news.

I didn't understand this. I had never heard that Fox News was "the best" cable news provider, just the most right-leaning (in my opinion they are in the center and everyone else is left-leaning).

Is it pretty well established that Fox News is the king of cable news?

It pissed them off that O'Reilly Factor was killing the other networks in the ratings so they got Olberman to copycat the style and tone of O'Reillys show albeit they are on opposite ends of any debating point....but wala......they're getting some attention.

I rarely watch any of the cable networks anymore.