Fox "News", has there been any discussions on how to eliminate

[Road Scholar]

that and other negative propoganda machines.They seem to work so effectivly on the simpletons , that I believe they are part of the problem in this country.

[Ron Green]

1. They're both a symptom and a cause of ignorance in our country.

People love the breathless reportage and whiz-bang graphics; they think it means something's important.

[Road Scholar]

2. I can't believe there's no plans to burn it all the way down by

the people who see through all their bs. It's a total scam and has a very adverse effect on democracy.

[Skittles]

4. FOX fans know they are being lied to; it's just they approve of the lies

I don't care about getting rid of tabloid trash like FOX, I just want them to stop their ridiculous FAIR AND BALANCED act and admit what they are - repuke propaganda

[Uzybone]

3. There is still Free Speech in this country

The only way to "eliminate" Fox News is to educate its viewers. Then they'll stop watching.

[EvolveOrConvolve]

10. Unfortunately, free speech isn't the issue

Of course, if you have a billion dollars, you can start your own network and slant the "news" any way you want. But how many Americans have a billion lying around for media investments?

[Eric J in MN]

5. We can support "The Real News"...

...to give people a choice.

It's a TV news show from progressives planned for September:
http://www.iwtnews.com/brochure/brochure.htm

[Road Scholar]

6. Thank you, and I agree, but isn't that a little like turning our backs on

a rattlesnake?

[Eric J in MN]

9. I don't think there is a legislative answer to Fox News.

Even if Congress restored the "Fairness Doctrine," Fox News is on cable and wouldn't be affected.

Even if Congress broke up media conglomerates, Fox News is profitable and would keep going.

The only legislation I can think of off-hand which would have some effect on Fox News would be a bill for more balance in what the Armed Forces shows soldier and marines.

[conscious evolution]

7. How to deal with faux?

like this:http://foi.missouri.edu/newsmgmtabroad/crtconvicts.html

snip....'ARUSHA, Tanzania, Dec. 3 — In the first case of its kind since the Nuremberg trials, an international court here on Wednesday convicted three Rwandans of genocide for media reports that fostered the killing of about 800,000 Rwandans, mostly of the Tutsi minority, over several months in 1994.

The court said the newspaper "poisoned the minds" of readers

Wednesday's verdicts were the first convictions of media executives for crimes of genocide since 1946, when the Nuremberg tribunal sentenced the Nazi propagandist, Julius Streicher, to hang for his campaign against the Jews.'

[madrchsod]

8. o`really has the top cable news show

he has over two and a half million viewers. there are tens of millions of voters who are NOT watching fox news. their influence is greatly overstated