WHY did the Japense goverment just run a telivision add on Fox news?

[Vesayen]

Anyone else see it?

It kept mentioning how the japenese goverment currently has 1600 U.n. peace keepers around the world and was a 2 minute commerical saying YEY FOR JAPAN!


HOWEVER it was a whole humanitarian angle, it wasent trying to encourage buisnesses to go there or anything.......I dont undserstand WHY they would do this type of advertisment-do many Americans dislike Japan?

I didnt think they needed to try to make their image better in the U.S......most americans like Japan, no?

[Dauphin]

Were you watching FOX for the humourous attempt at journalism?

[Vesayen]

I am watching Fox because I dont get BBC(which is my favorite news reporters.....I care more about global news instead of U.S. and the BBC usually covers global news better) except on the weekends and I dont like listening to ultra ultra ultra liberal propaganda on CNN or MSNBC.

[Lancer]

FOX doesn't whine.

[KrazyHorse]

ultra ultra ultra liberal propaganda on CNN or MSNBC

FOX doesn't whine

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Vesayen
I dont like listening to ultra ultra ultra liberal propaganda on CNN or MSNBC.

If CNN is "ultra ultra liberal" I must be alot more radical then I thought.


Edit: Darn, Frogger beat me to the lol.

[Q Classic]

but Fox also uses intelligence-insulting explosive and noisy graphics.

since when is CNN or MSNBC ultra ultra ultra liberal?

i can see liberal, but not ultra ultra ultra...

and for those of you complaining about liberal bias in the media, explain to me then, why Fox news is so successful, with its conservative bent? explain to me why, exactly, virtually all radio talk show hosts are conservative? or how the majority of popular newspaper columnists are conservative?

perhaps you ought to read this article, as well. don't worry, it won't turn you into a stark-raving mad liberal, it's just some food for thought.

[KrazyHorse]

The last time I checked, CNN was salivating for war to begin.

If that's "ultra ultra ultra liberal" then I'm sorry for the unfortunate worldview you've developed.

[Vesayen]

NOTE: I usually think anyone who labels someone a conservative or a liberal and hates them on that basis is a complete idiot-my views are VERY mixed but as far as news reporting goes I tend to side with the conservative media for my news-though I think Rush Limbaugh is an idiot.

[Q Classic]

liberal media is more of a myth propagated by the right than anything.

this is not to say that it does not exist; it's just that it's not as glaring as you might want it to be, or assume it to be.

if one had sense, and an actual appreciation for news, one would read all sides of the issue: meaning both the "liberal" and the "conservative" media, and play them off against each other-- allowing one to read between the lines at what both of them refuse to report.

[Lancer]

Conservatives watch news and like the thoughtful discussion to be found on talk radio, that's why they do well, because we participate. Best I can figure is liberals aren't interested in news or discussion, so their stations fail. The liberals jump through all sorts of hoops to avoid admitting this basic fact to themselves.

The basic fact they can't miss however, is the numbers for CNN and FOX.

[Dauphin]

The basic fact they can't miss however, is the numbers for CNN and FOX.

It just means FOX appeals to the lowest common denominator. Its the TV version of The Sun in that respect.

[KrazyHorse]

the thoughtful discussion to be found on talk radio

The basic fact they can't miss however, is the numbers for CNN and FOX

You mean how CNN slaughters FOX?

You've got a good sense of humour, Lancer.

[Lancer]

More people get their news from FOX than from any other source.

[Datajack Franit]

FOX news only care about american news and nothing else

CNN.. I remember what they did show on 2001 New Year's Eve: a complete economic explaination of the advantages of Euro