Faux news reporter John Stossel has invaded my classroom, possibly others.
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Hello facepunch, today we go in-depth into one of fox news brain-wa...ahem...classroom campaigns.
So today in homeroom, we were introduced with the usual daily BS. Morning announcements, Student Budget Report, etc. Until we got to WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT MERICA! Okay we actually watched a video entitled "What's great about America?". In which fox news reporter John Stossel tells you about bull...our great country. How our best economy produces great buissness opportunity, how our military decisions are non-invasive and constructive.
[url]http://www.hulu.com/watch/182342/fox-news-specials-stossel-whats-great-about-america[/url]
So what's this all about? ESSAY CONTEST! FREE CASH AND TRIPS!
[url]http://www.stosselintheclassroom.org/essaycontest.php[/url]
(By the way Stossel, you and your buddies don't belong in here.)
While we were in class, we were also told to take notes. Of course only two points were actually slightly okay. The rest came down like those birds recently:
[url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10228890/Ihatethis.doc[/url]
Although this kind of advocation is a bit common of fox, their platform is a bit strange this time. Why would they reach out to young children? And why would it seem that they actually WANT to move americas reputation forwards? Especially since fox immediately shot down obama for being invasive in the classroom(Fox taking an obama strategy?! HUH?!?)
Also, has anyone else had this come up in your classroom? Any mention at all?
(Mind control I say, fight da powah!)
its a government conspiracy maan
Never heard of this nor had it happen to me or anywhere in my city.
I thought John Stossel was on 20/20 or 60 Minutes or some shit like that.
Believe it or not, they're not some evil force out to destroy our country like people on here seem to think. They just bias their political stories in their favor and that's about it.
And it's true that our economy does create business opportunity arguably better than any other developed country but that doesn't mean it does everything right...
Ahahahahaha, fucking John Stossel.
What a joke.
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;27210287]Believe it or not, they're not some evil force out to destroy our country like people on here seem to think. They just bias their political stories in their favor and that's about it.
And it's true that our economy does create business opportunity arguably better than any other developed country but that doesn't mean it does everything right...[/QUOTE]
I know they're not trying to destroy us, they're trying to make money.
The question is, how does this generate bills other than the ad revenue?(If they get any from the hulu video)
[QUOTE=jjsullivan;27210324]I know they're not trying to destroy us, they're trying to make money.
The question is, how does this generate bills other than the ad revenue?(If they get any from the hulu video)[/QUOTE]
Maybe they think it will make them look better or maybe they actually care about the youth(unless they're democrats)
:wtc:
[QUOTE=Meller Yeller;27210337]Maybe they think it will make them look better or maybe they actually care about the youth(unless they're democrats)[/QUOTE]
I find this strange.
Im in Australia... I remember our teacher teaching us that Labor government are always better than Liberal and that when we grow up we should vote Labor.
[QUOTE=Best4bond;27210444]Im in Australia... I remember our teacher teaching us that Labor government are always better than Liberal and that when we grow up we should vote Labor.[/QUOTE]
Seriously now, you guys are NOT a dictatorship?
Or one-party dominance?
[QUOTE=jjsullivan;27210480]Seriously now, you guys are NOT a dictatorship?
Or one-party dominance?[/QUOTE]
Depends whether it's personal opinion or not.
How did you not flip a shit in class?
[QUOTE=Best4bond;27210444]Im in Australia... I remember our teacher teaching us that Labor government are always better than Liberal and that when we grow up we should vote Labor.[/QUOTE]
My teacher told us all to vote labor until krudd was kicked out and he made it sound like he wanted to suck abbots dick.
He raged when Julia became our pm
I did rage when Julia became our PM because she backstabbed kevin... I actually liked him.
Y'know I think that might be illigal in armerica if they force ideals onto you, I remember a few lawsuits against schools for that. (Unless they're patriotic.)
Fuck you fox news !
What's Faux?
They're just trying to fight OBAMA'S BRAINWASHING OF THE CHILDREN. :downs:
[QUOTE=Lufttygger306;27214925]What's Faux?[/QUOTE]
It means fake.
But in this case it's probably a play on the word fox.
[QUOTE=jjsullivan;27210207]
[url]http://www.stosselintheclassroom.org/essaycontest.php[/url]
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Gotta get back in tiiiime :sax:
You do realize that John Stossel was on ABC. Dear God guys.
He makes really good points sometimes. :colbert:
Yeah, because if someone works for Fox News they're evil and heartless and want to indoctrinate America's youth with deeply conservative ideas which will ruin the nation.
[editline]5th January 2011[/editline]
I mean, this is just common knowledge.
John Stossel is one of my favorite reporters. He has a cool mustache and he is unbiased in his reports.
:foxnews:
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How our best economy produces great buissness opportunity, how our military decisions are non-invasive and constructive.
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I laughed so hard I didn't even smile.
I don't even understand why practically everyone that posts in threads relating to Fox News automatically assume that if it's Fox then it's horrible and stupid and retarded.
I think it's safe to assume that 99% of people on Facepunch hate a person like Glenn Beck because he's a buffoon that yells about political issues and doesn't appear to make any sense, oh, and he works for Fox News.
I wouldn't expect any of you idiots to know this, but before he was on Fox he had his own show on CNN. On that program he was exactly like he is on Fox News.
Idiots are rampant in every news reporting institution.
[editline]5th January 2011[/editline]
Oh yeah, and Stossel has always done things like this. Hence why it's called "Stossel in the Classroom" and not "Fox in the Classroom."
I'm not sure what program it was, but I remember seeing videos of John Stossel interviewing various people on the street about common social issues, and then organizing the evidence into nifty points for you to reflect on.
[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;27213520]Fuck you fox news ![/QUOTE]
what a well-constructed, thought out and most importantly unbiased post
it's clear from this small essay you've written that you've actually thought deeply into the subject and come up with your own opinion on it, that fox news is somehow not exactly like cnn or nbc or npr, that they do something more than just bias stories but we don't know what BUT IT'S EVIL, and that most importantly my mommy and daddy told me they were bad so they must be right
[editline]5th January 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=haloguy234;27221026]I don't even understand why practically everyone that posts in threads relating to Fox News automatically assume that if it's Fox then it's horrible and stupid and retarded.
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fox is an evil megacorp because they don't agree with my political agenda
FUCK THA MACHINE
I would never ever like to live in America.
Well, alright, maybe rather in America than Afrika or Australia, or Antarctica...
Ahh, lets just make it simple: Europa.
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