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  • Plumbing the Mind of Rupert Murdoch [View article]
    Rupert Murdoch and his propaganda network are Zionazi infiltrators bent on furthering their self serving agenda at the expense of the United States of America. We need to re-implement all anti trust laws and purge our country of foreign infiltrators. They work to divide us against ourselves and dominate public discourse with hatred and vitriol. If America does not cut out this cancer we are doomed to be bled to death and used to further this nasty genocide in Palestine that is antithetical to what we stand for as a country and our own best interests. No more wars for Israel- cut all money and weaponry now before we are sucked into the abyss. Fox news is equally corrupt in its financial "reporting" as in general coverage. It is all ugly stupid sloppy dreck. No free market principle or profit motive is worth loosing your soul. God bless us all.


    On Mar 06 06:57 PM betweenthenumbers wrote:

    > The "echo-chamber" news model doesn't work as well in the business
    > space as it does in general interest/politics. Those of us that like
    > and watch Fox News (conservatives, Republicans, etc) take comfort
    > in the fact that the tone and content of the programs agrees with
    > our already held beliefs. It creates harmony in the viewership as
    > it does not just state the factual news, but generally takes a distinct
    > position and presents support for that idea (it does lean strongly
    > right, but not as much as one would have you believe). Typically
    > it is a well-reasoned argument, but some political talking-points,
    > FUD, and idealism make it in as well. There is some good actual reporting
    > going on as well: when it comes to access to Republican leaders,
    > the quality and quantity is unmatched (Steele would be wise to get
    > cozier with them). Precisely because it is *not* "fair and balanced"
    > is what makes it compelling, but that model isn't going to work in
    > the business space. The issues that drive people to Fox News are
    > more political and tend to be emotional in nature; viewers already
    > have strong opinions and will tune into a channel that respects their
    > sacred cows.
    > Business news just isn't like that. First, few people have strong
    > ideological viewpoints that can be dealt with in a sound bite (socialism=bad,
    > versus a discussion of the subtleties of Kenyesian vs Austrian economic
    > policy). This means the simple built-in audience that only wishes
    > to be soothed isn't there. There isn't an Alan Colmes straw-man to
    > kick around from a business news channel perspective.
    > Second, presentation of pure factual information is a commodity (Dow
    > went down 1.2%, GM is near bankruptcy, etc) that a viewer can get
    > from any source and it is equally good anywhere (better on SA in
    > fact).
    > Third: what CNBC has learned, and what Fox should, is that business
    > commentators can be very entertaining sometimes (Cramer, et al),
    > but in fact often have many incorrect and potentially damaging pieces
    > of advice. There are thousands of predictions made on CNBC that have
    > gone horribly wrong, and that can grievously hurt the credibility
    > of the network. Bill O'Reilly is judged on his ability to convince
    > people of how things *should* be, whereas a business pundit will
    > be judged on his ability to explain how things *will* be.
    > Finally, (and maybe most important) there is significantly less benefit
    > to be had for those close to Fox on a business channel. McCain needs
    > and wants someone to present his ideas and advocate for his policies,
    > and the benefits of Fox providing a forum can flow back to Fox News
    > and by extension Murdoch himself (improved access to important figures,
    > lobbying connections, etc). Cheer-leading "bull market for ever!"
    > (something CNBC is accused of) worked fine when that was all people
    > wanted to hear, but it won't work for Fox business. Important decision
    > makers in business care little about going on cable to present their
    > ideas directly to the public (unlike politicians), so Fox won't get
    > better ratings by providing that access.
    Mar 07 00:11 am |Rating: 0 0 |Link to Comment
  • EIS: Israel's Stock Market and Its Emerging Diversification [View article]
    They will not be able to stop themselves from brutalizing the native peoples to steal their land until they bring destruction upon themselves and all who continue to support this travesty. Short Israel its a goner.


    On Mar 05 06:02 PM 367851 wrote:

    > It's not a citizen of the world. Israel is not a citizen of any world,
    > except a world of its own. A world created by dead people where new
    > Israeli citizens walk over Palestinian corpses to their new homes
    > in the occupied territories.
    Mar 06 02:41 am |Rating: +2 -6 |Link to Comment
  • Betting on American Recovery - It's Gonna Happen [View article]
    CDO,s They were a major innovation. Oh and don't forget the Bush Doctrine of preemptive self defense another huge success.


    On Feb 12 12:19 PM st wrote:

    > I could not agree more. The period from 2000 to 2008 will likely
    > be viewed as the lost decade and I have already seen numerous references
    > that the Bush years were lost years. Obama has said as much in two
    > speeches I have seen. A tremendous surplus was squandered and lost
    > into ever deepening deficits, tax cuts were given to the rich who
    > lost it all in hedge funds that did nothing but move paper around.
    > Innovation was actively shut down. The telephony advances were destroyed
    > for ATT to hold their hegemony, internet 2 was stopped by the Bush
    > administration, stem cell research was shut down, basic science research
    > was gutted. Capital was shifted from research and innovation to
    > building stick houses, and not even with any efficiency standards.
    > Thrown up as they have been the last fifty years. I can't think
    > of a worse use of capital. We flushed a trillion dollars down the
    > Iraq toilet, and managed to destroy countless families both here
    > and abroad in the process. CAFE standards were gutted which stopped
    > all innovation in the auto sector and led to the highest gas prices
    > since the late 1970's. The US became a nation that tortures and
    > kidnaps, that taps phones and cowers in fear and self doubt, that
    > hid information, and let religious fanatics make science and policy
    > decisions. It was lost, all lost. The lost decade. It is like
    > we wasted ten years. Can you identify a single major innovation?
    > Everything was status quo, incurious, how can we be surprised in
    > the absence of any future thinking that we wallowed in a decade of
    > nothing.
    Feb 13 03:57 am |Rating: 0 -1 |Link to Comment
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