While I really don't agree with everything this guy says I am glad that he points out how Dr. Phil does publicly humiliate his guest. That show is like a toned down Jerry Springer for suburban soccer moms and I don't get why people care about what he says.

>> ^dystopianfuturetoday:

I loathe Dr. Phil and this guy does quality job of putting him in his place. Some clever competing network ought to snatch this guy up and give him a show opposite that overpaid sanctimonious blowhard.

My dogs (Springer Spaniels) do this - albeit not quite as "honk honk" as this - when they're on the chase, it's them communicating to their pack that they're on the chase. Stupid humans are supposed to join in the chase but they never do.

@lucky760 same deal with this video as the other one.
http://videosift.com/video/Faux-News-with-Jerry-Springer-Countdown

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Current TV is now on the copyright band wagon.

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@lucky760 is it possible to get this to work now? Or, will I have to wait for the upgrade? Thanks.


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>> ^Payback:

>> ^Boise_Lib:
>> ^Payback:
This is why Springer doesn't work with smart people.

I'm not hep to your jive.
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Who would watch Springer if the guests just sang broadway musical scores at each other instead of throwing chairs?


Ah yes, of course.

Thank You for your patience with my density.

>> ^Boise_Lib:

>> ^Payback:
This is why Springer doesn't work with smart people.

I'm not hep to your jive.
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Who would watch Springer if the guests just sang broadway musical scores at each other instead of throwing chairs?

>> ^Payback:

This is why Springer doesn't work with smart people.


I'm not hep to your jive.
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This is why Springer doesn't work with smart people.

>> ^heropsycho:

Dude, seriously? I'm thinking accusing someone of having a "re-occuring reading comprehension problem" is pretty douchey, especially when I had only responded to you once. You then called someone else a state-owned or ignorant "tool" (your idea I guess of being civil is saying it's either/or, not both) who is also very arrogant, for, oh horror of horrors, disagreeing with you.
Probably doesn't help with a follow up that you think me calling you out for this is a "pathetic cop-out".
I really can't see how any of that would be considered civil discourse outside of an episode of Jerry Springer.


Well, if you want to have any discourse at all it might help to tag who you are talking to or use the reply function. This is a re-occurring problem you have also.

If you're not having problems understanding what you are reading then you're repeatedly making straw-man arguments on purpose. That's what I call pretty "douchey".

And I was right. pathetic cop-out.

Dude, seriously? I'm thinking accusing someone of having a "re-occuring reading comprehension problem" is pretty douchey, especially when I had only responded to you once. You then called someone else a state-owned or ignorant "tool" (your idea I guess of being civil is saying it's either/or, not both) who is also very arrogant, for, oh horror of horrors, disagreeing with you.

Probably doesn't help with a follow up that you think me calling you out for this is a "pathetic cop-out".

I really can't see how any of that would be considered civil discourse outside of an episode of Jerry Springer.

>> ^NetRunner:

If you asked everyone "do you want the news to focus on bullshit, or important stuff?" do you think people would overwhelmingly respond "I want bullshit"?
If you asked everyone "do you want the news to lie to you, or do you want them to tell the truth?" do you think people would overwhelmingly respond "I want to be lied to"?
It's true that people watching Hannity like Hannity. But why does Hannity have a show in the first place? Because someone decided produce a show where ideological propaganda would get sold to people as news.
Who made that choice? Were people complaining that the news was just too truthful?
What choice do you think people tuning into Hannity think they're making? "I want to be told comforting lies?" or "I want the truth, and only Fox News has it?"
As for who should hold news corporations responsible, of course it should be the consumers of news, and people generally. But first you have to get people to stop defending the news media by saying things like "Blame the idiots who devour this garbage" or "to blame corporations is the same as blaming a snake for biting you" and generally get in the face of someone who says "that's not what they're supposed to be doing" when they cut away from Pelosi when she says she won't talk about Weiner!

"If you asked everyone...?


It's a loaded question. Of course, most people are going to respond that they don't want to be lied to. The problem is, it's not a lie if the person lying to you agrees with you. That's just affirmation.

Let's say there is a magical room that "everyone" can sit in. On the left side of this room there is serious debate being honestly reported and covered by good journalists over the fiscal solvency of social security. On the right side of the room is a Bugs Bunny cartoon (or a Jerry Springer episode, a Lady Gaga video, an Alex Jones bit .. ie. anything else). In which direction do you think most of "everyone" is looking?

Most people honestly don't give a shit, they are struggling with their own lives and a quick escape is what they're after. When it's time for news, they don't want honesty, they want the comfort of a voice that confirms their own beliefs. I don't think Hannity viewers (for example) are making a choice between "comforting lies" and "I want the truth, and only Fox News has it?", I think they are comforted by lies because it confirms the easily digestible "truths" they already hold and they're either unwilling or unable to invest more time or intelligence to understand the complexity of reality further.

McCain/Palin got around 46% of the vote in 2008. That means 46% of people were comfortable with the idea of Sarah Palin having the nuclear launch codes of the U.S. arsenal if McCain died (a real possibility considering his age). Don't overestimate people.

This is sort of a silly argument at this point, but I'd like you to understand one thing. I'm not defending the way news is handled. I've said several times that it's awful and shitty .. but it is reality. You don't want it to be reality. Neither do I. But the solution to changing it starts with the consumers, I guess that's where we disagree. The only reason they cut away was for ratings. Again! Yes! That sucks. But that is what a money making machine will do in response to ratings based revenue. Ratings. Ratings. People Watching. People. There's your problem.

@quantumushroom

I see your well versed in your Fox News Propaganda today. My favorite part was when you did this. indoctrination camps (Schools). Did they send you the memo to say indoctrination camps? It makes sense that anyone with an ignorant point of view would fear education in general. After all they might realize that the people in this video are idiots, something that maybe escaped you?

Don't get me wrong I don't mind if your a republican, they are not all morons. However you defending republicans no matter what, even the idiots in the video you just watched makes your comments both unoriginal and boring. Oh and by the way those people in that video were way worse than those on Jerry Springer. At least they don't pretend to be smart or well informed on Springer.

Oh and correcting misspelled words is annoying in general. It makes you look like your trying to hard to come off as intelligent. Also insulting other people's culture and language also make you look pretty dumb. That can be a lesson you can learn later. I don't want to overwhelm you.

>> ^quantumushroom:

There are similar informal gatherings of liberal taxocrat voters. They're called The Jerry Springer Show.

So you're saying FOX News is a right-wing Jerry Springer Show?

There are similar informal gatherings of liberal taxocrat voters. They're called The Jerry Springer Show.

Who outwitted the leftist intelligentsia and won last year's elections? Them's some impressive dummies!

Just taking out all the context of what they're even talking about, it's amazing how retarded this "news" show is.. This is like two kids on a playground fighting over what Pokemon is better..

I expected Jerry Springer and the Undertaker to suddenly show up in the background and start throwing chairs around.