"Now the Shi'ites have hit the Fan", Great Moments in Fox Broadcasting

[a_unique_person]

http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s826189.htm



With the nation at war and on high alert for terror. Stay brave, stay aware and stay with Fox, for Cavuto coming right now. Hello Neil.


‘Thank you Shepherd very much. Well, Shep, don’t look now but the Shi’ites have hit the fan.’
- Fox News, 26 March 2003
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Human beings as faeces on the Fox News Channel.
Welcome to week three of the war on Australia’s own Media Watch. I’m David Marr.
That war can brutalise those left behind is an old lesson of history and we’re getting worried about The Sydney Morning Herald’s Miranda Devine, who’s starting to write about humans as vermin.

‘Better to bring [war] on now, at a time of our choosing, with all the cockroaches gathered for a showdown out in the open in Iraq, rather than cower at home…
- Sydney Morning Herald, 3 April 2003

And so on and on and on. Evangelist Franklin Graham – son of Billy – might remember her as he prays for all journalists – including Oliver North – on Fox News.

‘I pray for our President. I pray God will give him wisdom. I pray for our military commanders. And I watched Olly, and I watched the other reporters tonight on your program give their reports. I pray for these men who bring us the news, whose lives are on the line. I just say God bless these men, keep them safe, keep them all safe and bring them home safely.’
- Fox News, 29 March 2003

[a_unique_person]

Not that Fox neglects the sharp end of the business. They love bombs on Fox.

‘Should they have used more? Should they, you know, use the MOAB, the Mother of All Bombs and a few Daisy Cutters. You know, lets not just stop at a couple of Cruise Missiles.’
‘Only 40, huh?’
‘I want to see them use that MOAB. We all want to see them use that MOAB.’
- Fox News, 25 March 2003
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[reprise]

And that, dear reader, is why I watch the BBC coverage on the ABC or the SBS coverage.

I fully expect to see cheerleaders on Fox/CNN/MSNBC at some stage in the near future.

BTW, did any fellow Aussies catch the hideous re-write of Up There Cazaly on one of those tabloid "current affairs" programmes the other night (I think it WAS ACA, but as I only caught the last 60 seconds or so while changing channels, I can't swear that it wasn't Today Tonight)?

I complain about the US TV networks treating this war like some kind of sporting event and we've bastardised one of our great footy songs into a war anthem. :mad:

[a_unique_person]

Originally posted by reprise
And that, dear reader, is why I watch the BBC coverage on the ABC or the SBS coverage.

I fully expect to see cheerleaders on Fox/CNN/MSNBC at some stage in the near future.

BTW, did any fellow Aussies catch the hideous re-write of Up There Cazaly on one of those tabloid "current affairs" programmes the other night (I think it WAS ACA, but as I only caught the last 60 seconds or so while changing channels, I can't swear that it wasn't Today Tonight)?

I complain about the US TV networks treating this war like some kind of sporting event and we've bastardised one of our great footy songs into a war anthem. :mad:

Yep, cringe cringe. It was the author of the original who wrote the new lyrics. Maybe he is a bit short at the moment.

[reprise]

Yep, cringe cringe. It was the author of the original who wrote the new lyrics. Maybe he is a bit short at the moment.

I was really hoping it wasn't Mike Brady (although I realised he would have had to give permission for a cover of any kind). :(

[corplinx]

‘I pray for our President. I pray God will give him wisdom. I pray for our military commanders. And I watched Olly, and I watched the other reporters tonight on your program give their reports. I pray for these men who bring us the news, whose lives are on the line. I just say God bless these men, keep them safe, keep them all safe and bring them home safely.’
- Fox News, 29 March 2003


No citing of who said this? The only person on FNC I think would say something like that is Hannity. He is not an anchor.

[a_unique_person]

Originally posted by corplinx
‘I pray for our President. I pray God will give him wisdom. I pray for our military commanders. And I watched Olly, and I watched the other reporters tonight on your program give their reports. I pray for these men who bring us the news, whose lives are on the line. I just say God bless these men, keep them safe, keep them all safe and bring them home safely.’
- Fox News, 29 March 2003


No citing of who said this? The only person on FNC I think would say something like that is Hannity. He is not an anchor.

RTFP Billy Graham's son showing that god has declined to pass on his fathers oratorial skills to the next generation.