Fox News gone

blackcard

Fox News is no longer being broadcast on Sky Channels. I have to say I am going to miss it. Like a lot of the media in the US, it had only a passing acquaintance with the truth. Its slogan 'Fair and Balanced' is laughable but I reckoned if you took 75% of CNN news balanced by 25% of Fox News, you would be approaching balance. Fox had lost Bill O'Reilly and Eric Bolling , two cheerleaders for Trump, following sex scandals, but still has Sean Hannity to bat for Trump. Do these people call themselves journalists?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Sad sad day.



Was that sincere enough?

BoJack Horseman

For some reason you could only get it on the higher cost package.
It wasn't available on Sky's basic package.

Autochange

I used watch it on the dodgy box. A mix of lies, entertainment, mental issues and delusion.

Obama/ Liberals = The devil
Trump / Conservatives = Angels

Us Military= Greatest heroes known to mankind

retalivity

Sky news is basically fox news-light anyway.

The daily mail for people who cant read.

odyssey06

Fear not OP ... Fox may be about to buy Sky News. Unclear if this means we will get Fox News and\or Sky News, or some sort of hybrid SkyFox News:

http://deadline.com/2017/08/fox-news-goes-dark-uk-ratings-sky-deal-1202157801/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sky-m-a-fox-idUSKCN1B91YF

Rupert Murdoch has pulled his Fox News channel from the Sky platform in Britain, where the government is assessing a bid by the media mogul to buy the broader Sky pay-TV company for $15 billion.

mikeybrennan

Fake news

Autochange

mikeybrennan wrote: »

Fake news

Fair and balanced

(if you are a white republican)

branie2

Excuse the pun, but this is news to me.

Ursus Horribilis

Rupert Murdich should not be allowed to buy one more TV station or newspaper. Of course there is nobody to shout stop.

bananabread12

blackcard wrote: »

Fox News is no longer being broadcast on Sky Channels. I have to say I am going to miss it. Like a lot of the media in the US, it had only a passing acquaintance with the truth. Its slogan 'Fair and Balanced' is laughable but I reckoned if you took 75% of CNN news balanced by 25% of Fox News, you would be approaching balance. Fox had lost Bill O'Reilly and Eric Bolling , two cheerleaders for Trump, following sex scandals, but still has Sean Hannity to bat for Trump. Do these people call themselves journalists?

No, of course not. Sean Hannity even explicitly stated that he "is not a journalist" nor has he "ever claimed to be". CNN and MSNBC are utter, absolute garbage too - just on the other side. If you want truth, turn off the television. All those large media networks have agendas to push - yes, even public broadcasters like RTE.

Cheerful Spring

Sky News exists, don't need another right wing news channel.

Academic

Deceptive thread title. I was ready to pop the cork on a bottle of champagne ...

branie2

I always thought of it as the Republican channel

odyssey06

ThisRegard wrote: »

Won't be before someone tries to blame Denis O'Brien.

He's taking notes... from both Murdoch and Trump...

donegaLroad

Faux News

AllGunsBlazing

Just clearing the way for Sky News to be rebranded as Fox News UK once Murdoch takes 100 % control. And if you think Sky News is a bit one sided in it's agenda right now, then just you wait...

branie2

And Sky 1 will become Fox UK?

odyssey06

Was curious to see what articles would come up on Fox News website if you search for Ireland.

This must be fake news???

Red Bull and vodka sausage is gaining steam in Ireland:
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/08/09/red-bull-and-vodka-sausage-is-gaining-steam-in-ireland.html

BillyBobBS

Fox is at the extreme end of the republican party

CNN is at the extreme end of the democrat party

I wouldn't believe a single word from either "news" network.

branie2

Bill O'Reilly was the channel's well known presenter until certain events forced him off the air.

odyssey06

Of course, what I'd all really like to see is some sort of forced CNN-Fox merger, where every broadcast has 1 CNN anchor and 1 FOX anchor, and 1 CNN talking head and 1 FOX talking head.

Every news story has an introduction and a totally opposed OTT counter-reaction, all linked up with impossibly polite ffake banter:
"In a move which will cause concern for families on the breadline, President Trump has signed into a law a bill making it harder to claim unemployment benefits."
"Yes in a great day for hard working Americans, President Trump continues with his plan to get Americans back into jobs..."

Kinda like the Futurama news team of Linda & Morbo...

Morbo: "Morbo will now introduce tonight's candidates... Puny human no. 1, puny human no. 2, and Morbo's good friend, Richard Nixon."
Richard Nixon's Head: "Hello Morbo, how's the family?"
Morbo: "Belligerent and numerous."
Richard Nixon's Head: "Good man. Nixon's pro-war and pro-family."

Grayson

apparently there were only 4000 regular viewers in the UK.

blackcard

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Just clearing the way for Sky News to be rebranded as Fox News UK once Murdoch takes 100 % control. And if you think Sky News is a bit one sided in it's agenda right now, then just you wait...

I reckon Sky looks on Trump as someone to be derided, I am not sure if it takes a view on Brexit. I don' t think the Brits would go for a British version of Sky News

YFlyer

Grayson wrote: »

apparently there were only 4000 regular viewers in the UK.

Overseas US Service?

Jim Bob Scratcher

Is there any news channel that people don't complain about ?

branie2

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Is there any news channel that people don't complain about ?

I'd say Euronews

AllGunsBlazing

blackcard wrote: »

I reckon Sky looks on Trump as someone to be derided, I am not sure if it takes a view on Brexit. I don' t think the Brits would go for a British version of Sky News

Sky is hawkish when it comes to global intervention. Mostly because it's fvcking great for ratings. This is the common ground it shares with it's American counterpart. It's noticeable that Sky is less derisive of Trump when it comes to N.Korea and his recent plans for Afghanistan. Ultimately, all depends on Murdoch's takeover bid - if it's successful then you'll see a further shift in editorial policy.

Firblog

branie2 wrote: »

I always thought of it as the Republican channel

It hasn't gone away ya know..

Your Face

How can I use this non-story to show off my ostensibly liberal ideals?

Capt'n Midnight

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Is there any news channel that people don't complain about ?

PressTV

branie2

Sky will have to find a new news channel to replace Fox

jimmycrackcorm

Foxes everywhere come out of their cubby holes safe in the knowledge they won't be tarnished animals any longer.

branie2

The O'Reilly Factor would be on now, if Bill wasn't sacked.

_Whimsical_

I actually think it's a pity it's gone in some ways. It showcased the values and biases of a sector of American society we forget exists over here. They can't be dismissed anymore as a small group of cranks etc, who they're voting for will shape the global stage . The world would surely be better off understanding what news they're seeing and what their perception is. Only last week Trump said at his rally in Phoenix that he now gets all his news from one show on Fox News and named it, it's viewership will go through the roof among supporters I'm sure. I think itd be interesting and valuable to know over here just what all those people are accepting as gospel.

Irish Praetorian

Oh no! Whatever shall we do without the nauseating american style of news replete with flashy graphics, gaudy musical stylings and preformers who never cease spewing their "opinions"...

Next they will get rid of ad breaks and previews within a snow, the horror...

Edit: oh and I hope they dont get rid of those jabbering mobs that qualify as audiences, heaven forfend we should hear an opinion or a political soundbite without a chorus of handsmacking and whooping.

AllForIt

Never heard of it. A channel dedicated to the news about foxes?

odyssey06

AllForIt wrote: »

Never heard of it. A channel dedicated to the news about foxes?

No thats News Fox.

Hande hoche!

Going to miss the leggy blondes and brunettes during election coverage.

branie2 wrote: »

Sky will have to find a new news channel to replace Fox

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

PressTV

There we go.

Foxhound38

The collective IQ of sky customers has slightly improved this day.

Fox news is just crass propaganda for idiots and lunatics tbh.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

odyssey06 wrote: »

Was curious to see what articles would come up on Fox News website if you search for Ireland.

This must be fake news???

Red Bull and vodka sausage is gaining steam in Ireland:
http://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/2017/08/09/red-bull-and-vodka-sausage-is-gaining-steam-in-ireland.html

"Cork is a no go area for Irish non-muslims" probably.

AllGunsBlazing wrote: »

Just clearing the way for Sky News to be rebranded as Fox News UK once Murdoch takes 100 % control. And if you think Sky News is a bit one sided in it's agenda right now, then just you wait...

The official reason is that Fox News figures are down in the 1000s and not enough people are watching it in order to justidy continue offering it. If this is true (I know) then rebranding with the Fox logo would probably not be a good idea.

Also, laws are stricter in the UK as to how much of a slant you can put on your broadcasts and still justify yourself as a news channel, so it probably wouldn't make much of a difference to Sky News anyway.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Your Face wrote: »

How can I use this non-story to show off my ostensibly liberal ideals?

Probbaly by making a sexist remark about Key Burley's fashion sense.

rossie1977

BillyBobBS wrote: »

Fox is at the extreme end of the republican party

CNN is at the extreme end of the democrat party

I wouldn't believe a single word from either "news" network.

Neither of those are true.

Fox news is the mouthpiece of the Republican party but its focus is establishment Republicans not the extreme.

CNN has actually been right leaning centrist for decades, again very establishment though. It certainty is miles away from being extreme left and the most left wing person it ever interviews is Bernie who would be seen as a moderate normal politician in Europe. CNN constantly employees right wing and trump supporters to appeal to that base.

Hande hoche!

rossie1977 wrote: »

Neither of those are true.

Fox news is the mouthpiece of the Republican party but its focus is establishment Republicans not the extreme.

CNN has actually been right leaning centrist for decades, again very establishment though. It certainty is miles away from being extreme left and the most left wing person it ever interviews is Bernie who would be seen as a moderate normal politician in Europe. CNN constantly employees right wing and trump supporters to appeal to that base.

MSNBC seems to have more love for the Democratic party.

astrofool

odyssey06 wrote: »

No thats News Fox.

Sophisticated cousin of the crack fox: http://mightyboosh.wikia.com/wiki/The_Crack_Fox

Hector Bellend

blackcard wrote: »

Fox News is no longer being broadcast on Sky Channels. I have to say I am going to miss it. Like a lot of the media in the US, it had only a passing acquaintance with the truth. Its slogan 'Fair and Balanced' is laughable but I reckoned if you took 75% of CNN news balanced by 25% of Fox News, you would be approaching balance. Fox had lost Bill O'Reilly and Eric Bolling , two cheerleaders for Trump, following sex scandals, but still has Sean Hannity to bat for Trump. Do these people call themselves journalists?

There's no such thing as a truly balanced media outlet.

Never has been. Never will be.

A Little Pony

People still watch these news channels? All of them are fake news propaganda outlets to preach the point of view they take.

cena

I watched this channel every day. Really enjoyed it. Shepard I thought was top notch to watch

A Little Pony

Hector Bellend wrote: »

blackcard wrote: »

Fox News is no longer being broadcast on Sky Channels. I have to say I am going to miss it. Like a lot of the media in the US, it had only a passing acquaintance with the truth. Its slogan 'Fair and Balanced' is laughable but I reckoned if you took 75% of CNN news balanced by 25% of Fox News, you would be approaching balance. Fox had lost Bill O'Reilly and Eric Bolling , two cheerleaders for Trump, following sex scandals, but still has Sean Hannity to bat for Trump. Do these people call themselves journalists?

There's no such thing as a truly balanced media outlet.

Never has been. Never will be.

In one. American television is embarrassing. All you have to do is look at Morning Joe. No such thing as impartial reporting or commentary. So biased it's pathetic. They openly admit it too.

mcmoustache

Most people associate FOX news with their more famous talking heads, blonde barbies and sexual harassment from creepy old guys but FOX news also does some actual news as well. Chris Wallace and Shep Smith, for example are respectable journalists. They're conservative but just not bat-Sh1t insane and sycophantic as many of their nonsense-spouting colleagues.

Noel82

mcmoustache wrote: »

Most people associate FOX news with their more famous talking heads, blonde barbies and sexual harassment from creepy old guys but FOX news also does some actual news as well. Chris Wallace and Shep Smith, for example are respectable journalists. They're conservative but just not bat-Sh1t insane and sycophantic as many of their nonsense-spouting colleagues.

You can add Bret Baier and others to that list.

Fox is no different than other news outlets, Hannity is to Rachel Maddow as she is to Don Lemon. There were one of the only news outlets not helping the Clinton Campaign during the election. Also, you won't see things like this on other networks, Tucker is a godsend.

https://youtu.be/AtUf2ecORUc?t=242