FOX News: Stupid A**wipes at "Work"

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
The FOX bureau isn't unlisted for privacy?

Exactly what does that have to do with anything?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Really, you (generally speaking) don't need more than a few brain cells to understand that.

If Carlson (who everyone seems to be defending here) had obeyed this maxim the whole mess could have been avoided in the first place.

[Immortal Wombat]

Originally posted by Japher
Ahem... I think that's the point for giving out Carlson's number... So he can get bombarded by Telemarketers and see how it feels!

No "the point" was to get back at him for telling them Fox's number. Which was just petty. And he didn't get telemarketers, he got obsceneties.

Originally posted by DinoDoc
Exactly what does that have to do with anything?

Anyone can already ring up Fox News. They probably answer the phone "Hello, Fox News." Anyone expecting to get Carlson would've hung up. That phone line expects phonecalls, and isn't deliberatly private. When the guy announced it on air, ok, stupid thing to do, but not malicious. Giving out Carlson's home number is a step further. As Gatekeeper said: giving out the CNN number would be fair play, giving out the guy's home number which he obviously didn't want made public...

edit/ also, one mention on air is a lot less damaging the printed on a website.

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
I wonder when the "middle of the roaders" in America will wake up and smell the coffee. When will they realize the right-wing isn't playing by the old rules anymore?

What does their politics have to do with it?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
giving out the guy's home number which he obviously didn't want made public...

Then he shouldn't have given out others phone numbers especially when they might get mad.

[Immortal Wombat]

See, even an eye for an eye I can understand, but "he took and eye, we'll take his head, that'll teach him" seems a little over the top.

[The Mad Monk]

They tried to get him fired?

[DinoDoc]

Apparently it's still up: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,98365,00.html

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by The Mad Monk
What does their politics have to do with it?

People on that side of the political spectrum have seemed to have decided that anything they can do to silence their critiques or get their way is acceptable. It is the political party of *ssh*l*s.

[Immortal Wombat]

Only now it's CNN's Washington bureau. Which is an improvement at least. I don't suppose either party will be willing to grow up and apologise.

[Ned]

Tucker Carlson needs to be fired. He is a complete A-hole. What he did is completely irresponsble. Apologies are no substitute for good judgment in the first instance.

As to FOX, what they did was childish. They should simply had sued Carlson.

[Jack_www]

Re: FOX News: Stupid A**wipes at "Work"

Originally posted by Gatekeeper
Everyone:

I came across this little tidbit not too long ago, and thought I'd post it for your perusal. Read the article and contribute to this thread as you see fit afterwards.



FOX just doesn't get it, do they? The appropriate, professional response would have been to list the phone number for CNN's Washington bureau on their Web site. But, oh no, the dumbsh*ts post Carlson's unlisted home phone number and the dittoheads don't just make unwanted phone calls, they make *obscene* phone calls.

You know what's even stupider? Carlson is basically the kind of guy who would make a comfortable fit to FOX's "infotainment" line-up. They just burned a bridge there, IMO.

"Good journalism," FOX? Well, take this from a real journalist: GO TO HELL.

Gatekeeper

P.S. Yeah, it's nothing major in the long run, I know, but it's yet another little symptom that something isn't right with the minds of the folks at FOX. And before someone throws the old "Well, they're tops in ratings!" argument out, let me say that popularity doesn't necessarily equate to quality. Reality TV, anyone?

I find this funny.
Do you think CNN would have done the same? Who knows.

[Q Classic]

i, and a bunch of other middle of the roaders, already know what fox news is.

is this supposed to make us not watch them and read between the lines?

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Ned
Tucker Carlson needs to be fired. He is a complete A-hole. What he did is completely irresponsble. Apologies are no substitute for good judgment in the first instance.

As to FOX, what they did was childish. They should simply had sued Carlson.

For what? Or are they just about the only business in the United States with an unlisted phone number?

[The Mad Monk]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


People on that side of the political spectrum have seemed to have decided that anything they can do to silence their critiques or get their way is acceptable. It is the political party of *ssh*l*s.

I'm sorry. I must have missed the Wall Street Journal's dirty dealings -- can you point me to them?