59 Comments

• Monsoonman | Nov 12, 2010, 12:45 PM EST

  Remember Hancock he is supposedly Irish so you must address him as O'Daddy....NOT Oh Daddy!, as he would probably prefer...lol. He obfuscated and side stepped the questions as to where he gets his news and info. All he can do is sit on the sidelines and snipe at Fox News. So I'll fill in the blanks for him: He gets all the news he needs from: NPR, all George Soros funded websites and news organizations, the new york times, abc, cbs,nbc, al jazeera and cnn. That pretty much sums it up.

• hancock | Nov 12, 2010, 11:24 AM EST

  Seems pretty much what you do daddy. Get on your meds, or better yet get on a plane.

• maloney | Nov 12, 2010, 11:19 AM EST

  bigdud..Your poor little toes get stepped on? Your feelings get hurt? You are stupid and that can't be fixed. Do you get your attitude from watching your hero obama? Another arrogant, self centered, I'm better than everybody, arsehole. Just like you.

• BigDaddy | Nov 12, 2010, 10:49 AM EST

  hancock...no, son, I'm not stupid. I simply object to the vapid comments made by you and your friends. I know that when you are among your peers, anyone who disagrees with you is portrayed as being stupid but that is simply to make you feel better about being so uninformed. Don't worry though; that seems to put you in the majority.

• hancock | Nov 12, 2010, 10:27 AM EST

  Big Daddy are you stupid?

• BigDaddy | Nov 12, 2010, 07:13 AM EST

  maloney...are you drunk? That might seem like an ethnic slur but it isn't. Your mixed metaphors aside, you act as if you are not in your right mind. Please say you were drunk when you posted and this isn't how you comport yourself when sober.

• maloney | Nov 10, 2010, 05:47 PM EST

  bigdud...why is it people like you are always letting their alligator mouths write checks their tadpole arses can't cash? Then thinking they've actually won.

• hancock | Nov 10, 2010, 03:57 PM EST

  That's all I need for the likes of you.

• hancock | Nov 10, 2010, 03:19 PM EST

  hancock...if you cannot do any better than that, son, do as your friends did and realize you have no answer for the truth and shut your mouth.

• hancock | Nov 09, 2010, 03:04 PM EST

  Get back on your med's daddy , you make about as much sense as a five year old.

• BigDaddy | Nov 09, 2010, 02:21 PM EST

  And so it goes. Monsoon,you did no such thing and we both know it. maloney...what name do you u8se on American boards? And kudos to you for avoiding the well worn "elitist" attack. When you decide to back up your attacks with debate, get in touch. hancock...what can be said about you? As I said before, the nic gives you away.

• maloney | Nov 09, 2010, 01:23 PM EST

  bigdud..it's a glorious thing that your kind will never hold power, other than short spurts gained by deceit & lies. Obama comes to mind. Your self righteous, arrogant, pompous arse can spew meaningless prattle to your content.

• hancock | Nov 09, 2010, 11:48 AM EST

  What demonstrable fact is that? Care to share or just babble? When you're done repeating your OPINION get back to us.

• Monsoonman | Nov 09, 2010, 11:41 AM EST

  blacknight'o: I read that court transcript and to the untrained eye (someone that is looking for something to run with). There is nothing there. So for the 4th time tell us where you recommend we get our news from, so we may be as enlightened as you...and of course that will open you up to scrutiny and probably cut off your remaining leg that you are now hopping on...lol!

• BigDaddy | Nov 09, 2010, 11:07 AM EST

  @hancock...What is your issue, sir? It is a demonstrable fact that Fox lies and, if you are unaware of this fact, you are certainly misinformed. That is logic at work. I have been discussing the reality that America has placed itself into by failing to use its collective conscience since the SCOTUS awarded Duhbya a job in Washington. That is almost 10 years and in all that time I have seen people like you and Monsoon do the same thing over and over. You cannot argue facts, so you claim that I am losing as if your claiming it makes it so. Your heroes are liars and war criminals and I am uninformed, eh? Dream on

• BigDaddy | Nov 09, 2010, 10:56 AM EST

  For someone who makes claims about not waiting with baited breath, it took you all of 7 minutes to answer my last reply. Should I expect another quick reply or are you headed out for lunch again now that you haven't addressed the issue of Fox believing they are under no obligation to tell the truth on their broadcasts?

• Monsoonman | Nov 09, 2010, 10:35 AM EST

  daddy'o, you remind me of the black knight guarding the footbridge in monty pythons "in search of the holy grail"...Still flailing away but never getting a blow in, still have not answered the basic question posed to ye. Have a good day black knight, we know you can't win, but you can make a bit of noise.

• BigDaddy | Nov 09, 2010, 10:28 AM EST

  Children, children....there is no need for the attitude. The truth is all around you if you choose to see it. I find the truth everywhere. As far as the moniker is concerned, you see the replies from the mouth breathers and you take them with a grain of salt. ignorance can be overcome as it is simply the lack of knowledge. However, there ain't no cure for stupid. Maloney, let's use you as an example. The truth I find in you is that spelling gives you trouble. I get my divine info where we all get it. I get my devine info from Andy, bless his soul. Monsoon...it was not one story about erroneous reporting. It was a statement of how Fox runs their organization. When you go into court and claim that the news doesn't have to be the truth, then we watch as they prove that point on a daily basis, where I find truth becomes irrelevant next to the question "why do you continuously distort the truth?" have a good one.

• hancock | Nov 09, 2010, 12:18 AM EST

  Bigdaddy I guess if I don't agree with your crybaby hypocrite view on Fox news I'm uninformed? Oh well there's always MSNBC and the cast of cacklers and cheerleaders.

• seagreen | Nov 08, 2010, 06:59 PM EST

  As far as handles go, "Big Daddy" is not exactly a moniker you would expect emanating from a think tank ! Sort of like being at a Marina, where the next boat is the "Happy Hooker"

• maloney | Nov 08, 2010, 05:48 PM EST

  IC sometimes takes 2 to 4 hours for a post to show up, bigdaddy, who knows why. Do you get your devine info from msnbs? The news gurus with o'donnell who Fri. admitted he was a socialist & way to the left of progressives. Who said, from liberals to socialists, they need to hide behind blue dog dems? I'll continue to watch all of them, then make up my own mind who's telling the truth. I know some, if not all of Monsanto is govt. controlled. You can get in trouble for saying the wrong thing.

• Carlowmick | Nov 08, 2010, 04:36 PM EST

  I agree!

• Monsoonman | Nov 08, 2010, 03:08 PM EST

  Geesh bigdaddy...So you think I sit at my computer waiting with baited breath ( I just had a sushi lunch) waiting for you to get back to me? So in the spirit of NOT making you the topic, I ask you respectfully and earnestly to fill us in on where the source of truth is in your world? where do you get your great enlightenment that gives you the corner on the truth...and yeah, ok you point out 1 story on Fox as an example of erroneous reporting...I didn't ask you to prove a negative I asked you to educate us with the source of truth...Is it Irish Central? ABC? Katie Couric and CBS? (ms)nbc? CNN? Huffington Post? Or all organizations funded by the Soros foundation?...Please fill us in o'daddy.

• BigDaddy | Nov 08, 2010, 12:40 PM EST

  Monsoonman...if you care to find a little truth, Google Fox and milk additive. Long story short, you will find that in a law suit, Fox argued that the news does not have to be true. Along with Murdoch's claim that he manipulates the news to fit his agenda, I cannot understand why anyone who watches Fox would think that any truth resides there. Also, was my last post deleted due to the reference to Monsanto?

• BigDaddy | Nov 08, 2010, 11:50 AM EST

  Since Monsoonman has lost his courage, I will address this to anyone here who wishes to learn a bit more about Fox. Google Fox and milk additive. You will find a story that Fox investigated (Monsanto chemical that was added to most of the milk in Florida, maybe most of America by now) was tested for 30 days on 30 rats. It was then cleared for use in the milk supply. When Fox reporters wanted to run the story, Fox (under pressure from Monsanto) refused. They did run a version of the story that eliminated the potential threat from the additive. When sued by the reporters, Fox presented the argument that there is no law in the US that says the news has to be true. The Florida Superior court agreed with them. But don't take my word for it; check it out for yourself and draw your own conclusions. btw Rupert Murdoch has admitted manipulating the "news" to fit his agenda. But,if the truth makes you uncomfortable,ignore it as some here do.

• BigDaddy | Nov 08, 2010, 10:35 AM EST

  Moon...As many neocon sympathizers do, you make me the topic rather than Fox's aversion to the truth. While I may not have the exact location of "the truth" I am reasonably certain that looking for it at Fox News is a lost cause. Fox does not believe that the news needs to be true. This is a verifiable fact and if you care to discuss this fact, I will help you in the search for this truth.

• Monsoonman | Nov 08, 2010, 10:06 AM EST

  So bigdaddy, care to enlighten us as to where we may get the real truth? You know, the same place you get yours? tia

• golfingfan | Nov 08, 2010, 09:45 AM EST

  I have watched Keith Obermann ever since he was a sports caster. He has an ego as big as the universe and is a pompas bafoon, extremly opiniated and runs with the credo, "Don't confuse me with facts, my mind is already made up!"

• BigDaddy | Nov 08, 2010, 07:47 AM EST

  @semperfi...what difference do ratings matter if it is the truth you are in search of? And I thought Marines were a breed apart; why would you want to follow the crowd? Maybe you are simply looking for someone to validate your opinions and learning something you do not already know is not what you are after?

• BigDaddy | Nov 08, 2010, 07:43 AM EST

  @hancock...Your handle seems like a Freudian slip after reading your opinions @Monsoonman...the "successful business model" at Fox is based on the fact that the news does not need to be true. It is an indcitment of both you and Comcast that you choose to call anyone who does not agree with your "model" as a Marxist, don't you think?

• hancock | Nov 08, 2010, 12:42 AM EST

  Fox is fear? Do you even read what you whacko libs type yourself? Crybaby hypocrites.

• glorybe1929 | Nov 07, 2010, 03:52 PM EST

  Hello people! When are all of you going to bitch about something that is really important.Our country is going to the dogs in so many ways and nobody sees what's happening. The people are being lied to constantly by the ones they trust the most,Who are they you say? Ask me and I'll tell you. Or don't you care to really know?

• cathy/marty | Nov 07, 2010, 10:06 AM EST

  I love what the media is doing. They are showing their true colors. Olbermann was dumped, he only gave a few bucks. If your a true liberal you should have gave a million like Fox did.

• McNamara31 | Nov 07, 2010, 08:47 AM EST

  seagreen...Well said. Most Americans are blind to the amount of media (TV and print) Rupert Murdoch and News Corp control in the US, Europe and Asia. Your comparisions are valid. Murdoch's main drive in becoming an American citizen was for the puposes of extending News Corp's reach into the American market where one has to be a citizen to own a station.His Fox style fear and smear method of news, while achieving high ratings, is the slime of the news industry.

• seamusmoore | Nov 07, 2010, 05:29 AM EST

  seagreen: FACT: Olbermann is merely suspended for "violating NBC News policies and standards", NOT "GONE" as you state. FOX as Pravda and TASS get real! If FOX operated in an environment like the Soviet Union, you would not have swings between parties in elections in the US like the last 3 (2006, 2008 and 2010). In the USSR, the Communist candidate always won!

• seamusmoore | Nov 07, 2010, 05:21 AM EST

  Interesting coverage of this in the NY and Washington Post coverage of Olbermann on Saturday. National Review's Rich Lowry called it "ludicrous" in the NY Post pointing out that Olbermann is not a reporter; his is an opinion show. He also points out that GE, MSNBC's corporate parent, "makes political contributions, why can't Olbermann? In the Washington Post, David Montgomery points out that Fox News' Hannity made contributions to Republican candidates but that Fox does not let Hannity anchor; he is an analyst there for his opinion as Bret Baier and Britt Hume were election night anchors. Olbermann was an anchor for MSNBC, which both articles point out seems to blur the line between reporting (i.e., journalism) and analysis (opinion).

• seagreen | Nov 07, 2010, 01:43 AM EST

  Olbermann"s suspension is suspicious at best. It really does not matter, because Americans are beginning to align themselves politically and socially, the divide started some time ago. The conversation has also ceased among those that disagree, because there is no middle ground anymore.Whatever is going to happen will play out much the same as other countries. Pravda and Tass were punks compared to Fox news. Some old Soviet politicos must be shaking their head in admiration after watching Fox with its mini skirted bimbos and lemon faced commentators conditioning American viewers to the political and financial agenda of the new world order. Olbermann is gone, it is just a matter of time before, Mathews, Schultz, and Malloy are gone also. It does not really matter anymore..

• ballina5ny | Nov 06, 2010, 11:57 PM EDT

  News Corp has basically abdicated any semblance of fairness in news coverage. The NY Post promoted and encouraged the repudiation of President Obama on its cover on Election Day, before voters went to the polls. A quick search of OpenSecrets.org reveals that Fox's Sean Hannity and his wife have contributed to John Gomez, the Republican congressional challenger in his district, as well as to the new PAC of Michele Bachmann, the not-to-bright, extremist congresswoman from Minnesota. Unfortunately, most 'media' outlets lean one way or the other on the political spectrum, while trying to put on the appearance of being fair. Some, like News Corp, have stopped pretending. Regardless of the idiocy of suspending Olbermann, in practical terms, we need to just get ready for two years of gridlock in Washington. Sadly, that's all we're going to see.

• gregwb57 | Nov 06, 2010, 09:05 PM EDT

  He should of had read the contract, Just because congress dosent read bills before they pass them dosent mean he dosent have to read his contract before he signs it! What do you expect from a annoying blowhard!

• McNamara31 | Nov 06, 2010, 08:31 PM EDT

  semperfidelis...."Programs have ratings because the people watching them receive "value" for their time spent watching"...With Fox...Are you Kidding? Have you seen the high ratings for reality show? It's same reason negative campaigns are far more effective than positive one's; hate, fear and innuendo attract far more people than truth and substance, and Fox knows it works with ratings to.

• semperfidelis | Nov 06, 2010, 06:12 PM EDT

  You are correct Mc31 Fox is not comparable to the others you mention, it's far superior but in fairness, it's a pretty low hurdle. Personally I don't like the GOP much better than the dems,too much self-interest in both parties. The fox fixation so many of you seem to have is amusing. There's all those news sources you mentioned and there's fox but ya'll can't stand the fact that ther's one station that doesn't follow the party line. boo hoo. When I watch fox, 1/2 the time I get irritated and it's not because I'm hearing a free-market, conservative viewwpoint; figure that one out. As to no more pensions, job security, free lifetme health care, I say that's too bad but that's the world today, deal with it. That's the enviroment I've operated in for nearly 30 years, and I look forward to my retirement because I've paid for it by my work, not relying on something as foolish as the gov't for God's sake. Btw, I'm not close to 67 , get some guts and stake your own claim, the way you think, someone should reimburse me every time one of my stocks lose money. As not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for yourse3lf and your family.

• maloney | Nov 06, 2010, 06:05 PM EDT

  First the libs get their arses handed to them in the elections. Then olberman gets suspended without pay. LOL, Just keeps getting better. Multiple Xmas's this year for the conservatives. Maybe aliens will come & take pelosi away next. LOL!!!!

• McNamara31 | Nov 06, 2010, 05:39 PM EDT

  I’m not here to defend Keith Olbermans actions but there is no way anyone in fair conscience can compare Fox to any other news organization including MSNBC, NPR or PBS or network news. Fox’s mission is to have one narrative alone, to support the GOP and to distort everything else that stands in their way. Fox viewers tune in nightly not to get the daily news but rather to get their expected steady dose of rhetoric that fits the GOP bias.The hate mongering and fear (socialism, birther) directed and dispensed by FOX is nothing more than a distraction for those who would rather vote with any easy to understand message of fear, than take the time and understand the major problems this country faces with rotting infrastructures, declining standards in education, lack of healthcare for the next generation, and massive debt. Most FOX viewers by demographics (67 and up) have social security and medicare, but vote against those who don’t have similar security never fairly understanding that those coming up in the next generations are working for companies that do not have the paternalistic approach to their employees that Fox viewers enjoyed while in the workforce. Gone are the days of job security, secured pensions and healthcare in retirement, yet these people still vote as if that world still exists.Something Olbermann completely understood.

• Monsoonman | Nov 06, 2010, 05:10 PM EDT

  Good point, it was a contract signed between two parties. Olbermann violated the contract that he agreed to and signed. The time to negotiate the contract if there is something you don't like about it, is BEFORE you sign it. Let him go work for the taxpayer supported NPR he should fit right in with their agenda, I hear they have a position open after they fired Juan Williams.

• semperfidelis | Nov 06, 2010, 04:20 PM EDT

  Vmann, you nailed it. It used to be the case in this country, you sign a contract, you honor that contract; not so much today sad to say. The previous comments here, including my own, has been just political opinion and conversation, you have stated fact. He signed a contract, didn't honor it (not surprising from the likes of him) and paid the price. Good.

• vmann77 | Nov 06, 2010, 04:00 PM EDT

  What is it about rules you don't understand. The issue isn't that he donated to the dems, its that he failed to follow thru on what his contract required, simple notification to his bosses.

• semperfidelis | Nov 06, 2010, 03:02 PM EDT

  So we should watch news channels that have lousy ratings, which no one but a small core of left wing types watch, is that what you are really saying? Programs have ratings because the people watching them receive value for their time spent watching; those with poor ratings obviously don't deliver said value. It's simple supply and demand, which I do recognize is a hard concept for most liberal types to comprehend.

• semperfidelis | Nov 06, 2010, 02:51 PM EDT

  Hollabackgurl, you should stick to watching cartoon networks, msnbc included. Fox has plenty of liberal and democrat party people on its shows,i.e Doug Shoen, Pat Caddell, Geraldine Ferraro, etc. etc. Do you even watch or just regurgate left wing blog b.s. talking points. How ironic that you you criticize right -wingers for not wanting to allow different opinions, the left is much more guilty of that. I think everyone is entitled to their opinion not matter how ignorant, just don't expect anyone with an intelligent brain in their head to agree with your politically-correct, bleeding heart , Fox bogeyman thinking.

• Celtica43 | Nov 06, 2010, 02:21 PM EDT

  Just a clever way to get ready for Comcst takeover... Good riddance; one less mouth...

• Monsoonman | Nov 06, 2010, 01:39 PM EDT

  You marxists seem to think that the playing field is supposed to be fair in the arena of ratings in the media. It is the free market, i know you hate that idea, but it is a fact. NBC is failing, so is ABC and CBS. But to make everything "fair" there is the lefts propaganda networks of pbs/ npr, they are not beholding to ratings, they are paid for with tax dollars.

• hollabackgurl | Nov 06, 2010, 01:14 PM EDT

  Cartoon networks have "ratings." If your news network does too you have a responsibility to ask yourself what the hell you're actually watching. News isn't a popularity contest, beauty queen competitions are. Semperfidelis you know that Fox News is just the Republican Party's own cable network. The problem with you right wingers is that you don't want anyone to present an opinion that differs from your own. That's what makes you dangerous to democracy.

• hancock | Nov 06, 2010, 01:07 PM EDT

  Bye Keith.

• semperfidelis | Nov 06, 2010, 10:58 AM EDT

  The reason they took him off the air may be bogus, but taking him off is sound; his ratings are crap, that whole network is putrid, Chris Matthews is a joke, he was disgraceful on election night. It's a dog eat dog world and on cable news it's ratings and they don't have them and with good reason. Hard lefties need to realize the vast majority of this country does not think like you, this is a center-right nation for the most part, with the exception of the 2 coasts, and for all your gnashing of the teeth over Fox, if you really watch, liberal viewpoints aren't excluded entirely. Fox gets the ratings and msnbc doesn't because it reflects the majority opinion in this country. Good riddance to that buffon.

• jamieLM | Nov 06, 2010, 10:52 AM EDT

  Do you ever proof read at IC? ...NBC KNOW It??? How about, NBC KNOWS It? I won't miss Olbermann.

• hollabackgurl | Nov 06, 2010, 08:40 AM EDT

  Every single Fox News anchor is a demonstrable shill for the GOP so this decision is total bull. Fox News doesn't worry about its bias so why should MSNBC?

• newcanaan | Nov 06, 2010, 08:37 AM EDT

  Patrick its time us Irish stop towing the line for the dems.Keith Olbermann is a left wingnut. when are you guys going to get it?, the music has stopped and your are still dancing.

• Monsoonman | Nov 06, 2010, 12:37 AM EDT

  I think getting rid of olberman signals the shift that will take place once Comcast finalizes its purchase of the lowly rated NBC. Comcast is a successful company and did not purchase nbc to leave the status quo to wilt on the vine. Watch nbc follow the successful Fox News business model and jettison the liberal/marxist cast that has brought the nbc name into the basement ratings. But not to worry about them, they will all be hired by npr.

• hancock | Nov 05, 2010, 11:51 PM EDT

  Liberal hypocrite.

• McNabb1966 | Nov 05, 2010, 11:00 PM EDT

  No, Patrick...it's KARMA.