Do you remember the first time you saw Faux news?

[William769]

For me it was in 1999, I was not into politics like I am now.

A friend of mine told me to tune in one day & watch Bill O'Reilly. Like the gullible person I once was, I did. In the first 5 minutes of the show I was dumbstruck on how any news organization would give this guy a show. Soon afterwords I figured out what Faux news was all about, & that my friends is what started me on searching for the truth through the internet.

I am also proud to say that I have not watched Faux news since. I don't believe in that crap "keep your enemies close". My stomach just can't handle it.

[Atman]

1. I was leaning over a toilet, puking up some bad clams

I saw Hannity's face swirling around a clam-ladden Bill O'Reilly. Ever since then, I get sick if I even THINK about Fo...Foo....Ufhhhlaldhl...Oh...shit..........uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhHURL :puke:

[Taxloss]

2. Fortunately, we don't receive it in the UK, but I saw "OutFoxed" and

I remember how very, very shocked and angry I felt as a result. It was the first time I was exposed to O'Reilly, Hannity & Colmes et al, and I was sick to my stomach. It really is ghastly.

If you haven't seen "OutFoxed", I strongly recommend it, great documentary and sadly under-rated.

[William769]

3. Thank's!

I'll keep an eye out for it.

[Taxloss]

4. Here's a link to the website:

http://www.outfoxed.org/

[William769]

6. Double thanks!

:)

[sofa king]

5. I remember the last time I watched it.

I was on vacation at the beach. I'd just woken up with a tremendous hangover, and tried to chase it off with about fifty bong hits. Turned on the TV, and it was already tuned to Fox. People were jumping out of a burning building and the reporters were pretending to be near-hysterical.

"Jeez," I said to my vacationing pal, "I guess these guys have just decided to start making shit up."

Then I flipped down to CNN, and they were showing the same thing. It was September 11, 2001.

[William769]

7. I think every channel was showing that on that day.

[Taxloss]

8. If it wasn't about such an awful day, that post would be very funny!

But it conjures up how very, very strange 11 September 2001 was. A day unlike any other.

[sofa king]

10. I'm sorry if that bummed you folks out.

Now I feel like a threadkiller. But there's one more thing I need to say: most of the images that I still carry with me from that day, the truly scarring images, they all came from the five minutes of Fox News coverage that I watched that day. They were the bastards showing the truly horrifying stuff which all the other networks studiously witheld. And that's when I quit watching Fox.

I also can't help wondering if somehow the differing coverage of that day also helped to divide America. How many of the knuckle-draggers turned on Fox as usual that day and got a full, hours-long dose of that horrid business, and what has it done to their psyches?

What if it was planned that way?

[louis-t]

9. The first mug I saw when I turned it on

in 1999 was O'reilly (I don't care if I mis-spell his name, it's not worth the effort to spell it right). The first thing I heard out of his mouth was "I have absolutely no respect for Hillary Clinton." I was shocked. I had never heard anyone on a so-called "news show" directly insult a politician before. That wasn't the "fair and balamced" I was expecting.

[City Lights]

11. I've never willingly watched it.

I blocked it using parental controls, so the only time I've actually seen it is if it's on in a public place.

[SoCalDem]

12. OJ trial

and back then it was not what it is now.. They basically just ran video clips late at night without commentary..