Yes, yes, we all hate Fox News. We know how they are a right-wing propoganda outlet. Unfortunately, this has lead to them actually covering relevant news - they just cover it in a fashion meant to deceive.
Wait, before you flame, I know they cover unimportant stories, too. They cover shark attacks, Laci Peterson, whoever that girl in Aruba was, etc, etc. Most of their stories involve hot chics or are being reported by hot chics. But they still cover politics more than anyone else. I'm serious.
Check out today's programming. I'm in the Pacific time zone.
Fox News:
7-9am - America's Election HQ
9-11am - America's Election HQ
11-12 - O'Reilly Factor
12-1 - Hannity's America
1-3 - America's Election HQ
3-4 - Fox News Sunday
4-5 - Report Sunday
5-6 - Geraldo at Large
6-7 - Hannity's America
MSNBC:
8:30-9 - Tim Russert
9-10 - US Olympic Trials
10-11 - MSNBC Reports
11-12 - MSNBC Undercover: Sex Slaves
12-1 - Honeymoon from Hell
1-3 - Twist of Fate
3-4 - Meet the Press
4-5 - Lockup
5-6 - Lockup
6-7 - Lockup
7-8 - Cult Killer
Lockup for the rest of the damn night
CNN:
9-10 - Blitzer
10-11 - Week in Politics
11-12 - CNN Newsroom
12-1 - In the money
1-3 - Ballot Bowl
3-4 - Racist (err, Lou Dobbs)
4-5 - CNN Newsroom
5-6 - CNN Special Investigations: Mortgage Meltdown
6-7 - Larry King
My point is that there isn't an hour that goes by the Fox isn't going to be distributing their political propoganda + T&A. Meanwhile, I want to watch political coverage on Sunday from my normal cable news network, MSNBC; instead, I have to watch sex slaves and prisons. WTF? CNN is somewhat better, but there are two or three hours in there that aren't going to touch electoral politics.
Maybe what Fox News needs is some actual competition when it comes to covering politics. We aren't going to be able to change Fox News. They have a purpose, and they won't respond to our pressure. They need to be marginalized. But, it might be beneficial to put pressure on the other stations to actually cover politics instead of hours of prisons. The public needs an alternative political news source that doesn't come with the Republican slant. Can we turn MSNBC into this with pressure?
And who the hell watches 5 hours of Lockup in a day. Seriously.