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Title: Newsmax
Post by: Bogie on May 02, 2023, 12:59:11 AM
I work with a fellow, age 70, who knows more about cars than I ever will.
 
And he likes to have Newsmax playing. Not even getting into how that's going to trigger some of my customers, but...
 
That ain't news. At all. At best, one could consider it an editorial page, and a poorly written one at that.
 
Personally, I think that it is essentially propaganda for people who don't think very well.
 
And it seems like pretty much every advertisement on the thing is targeted at gullible old folks.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: Pb on May 02, 2023, 11:21:24 AM
I agree.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: DittoHead on May 02, 2023, 12:24:24 PM
Said it before and I'll say it again:
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turn the dang TV off, it's rotting your brain! :old:
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: Bogie on May 02, 2023, 12:31:24 PM
I'll betcha he has bought a My Pillow.
 
That medium has probably done more to drive middle of the road folks toward the left than anything else. It's like Southpark made a TV channel...
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: French G. on May 02, 2023, 01:42:41 PM
The universe demands balance. For every clown we laugh at on the left there is one on the right.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: WLJ on May 02, 2023, 06:57:38 PM
With Vice News Closing, White House Will Have To Lie To Public Directly
https://babylonbee.com/news/with-vice-news-closing-white-house-will-have-to-lie-to-public-directly
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: WLJ on May 02, 2023, 06:58:08 PM
The universe demands balance.

Where's all the missing anti-matter?
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: dogmush on May 02, 2023, 06:59:14 PM
Where's all the missing anti-matter?

The Trekies are hoarding it.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: gunsmith on May 07, 2023, 03:11:49 AM
oh oh, I have been watching newsmax, I must be getting old.
I've been catching it on youtube ( I just got a warning to stop with the yammering, I'm breaking community standards by saying things ) but I don't get commercials because I broke down and bought yt premium to avoid the awful commercials .
If I ever get a tv again it will be pure commercial free streaming.
Newsmax seems like the new foxnews since they they cancelled Tucker
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: Tuco on May 07, 2023, 10:37:42 AM
You guys sell side cutters, right?
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: MillCreek on May 07, 2023, 12:00:34 PM
The Trekies are hoarding it.

We prefer 'Trekkers'.

https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Trekkie
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: French G. on May 07, 2023, 03:00:40 PM
oh oh, I have been watching newsmax, I must be getting old.
I've been catching it on youtube ( I just got a warning to stop with the yammering, I'm breaking community standards by saying things ) but I don't get commercials because I broke down and bought yt premium to avoid the awful commercials .
If I ever get a tv again it will be pure commercial free streaming.
Newsmax seems like the new foxnews since they they cancelled Tucker

That stuff is worse news than whatever random YT hot chick you get news from. Rot your brain, just MSNBC for right wing nutters. Blow up your TV and enjoy life.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: Bogie on May 08, 2023, 07:11:19 AM
The damn thing is pretty much ALL commentary. All editorials. And all propaganda.
 
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: RoadKingLarry on May 08, 2023, 08:57:44 AM
The damn thing is pretty much ALL commentary. All editorials. And all propaganda.

So, just like all the rest of the "news" then.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: RocketMan on May 08, 2023, 09:26:52 AM
The damn thing is pretty much ALL commentary. All editorials. And all propaganda.

And a bunch of sponsored "stories" that are just clickbait BS advertisements.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: Lennyjoe on May 08, 2023, 12:04:39 PM
Working from home I usually have the tv on in the background.  Most of the time it’s Fox News but I do go to Newsmax from time to time.  Newsmax is way better than CNN,MSNBC and CBS that’s for sure.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: WLJ on May 08, 2023, 12:08:59 PM
The damn thing is pretty much ALL commentary. All editorials. And all propaganda.

That is news nowadays
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: gunsmith on May 16, 2023, 10:30:20 PM
That stuff is worse news than whatever random YT hot chick you get news from. Rot your brain, just MSNBC for right wing nutters. Blow up your TV and enjoy life.

Well, crap! French knows me all too well  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

 I get the bulk of my news from hot chicks on youtube ... Ivory Hecker/Kim Iverson/Megyn Kelly/Sydney Watson
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: HankB on May 17, 2023, 09:13:35 AM
The damn thing is pretty much ALL commentary. All editorials. And all propaganda.
That's network news and most newspapers today - just try to watch network anchors "reporting" (and I use the term loosely) anything political without using a term like "Trump's Lies."

They quit even pretending to be fair and unbiased a long time ago.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: MechAg94 on May 17, 2023, 09:45:59 AM
That's network news and most newspapers today - just try to watch network anchors "reporting" (and I use the term loosely) anything political without using a term like "Trump's Lies."

They quit even pretending to be fair and unbiased a long time ago.
The local network news is that way as well.  Even when they are reporting about potholes or some grandma who got cheated by a contractor, there is a slant applied. 
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: Ben on May 17, 2023, 10:21:36 AM
The local network news is that way as well.  Even when they are reporting about potholes or some grandma who got cheated by a contractor, there is a slant applied.

I don't believe we even have local networks anymore. There may still legitimately be some truly local newspapers around, but local TV news is just an annex of the corporate HQ in NYC or LA. It's really the same with most newspapers too. The website of the "local" paper in Idaho is nearly identical to that of the Miami Herald, since McClatchy Inc runs both of them, and certainly 90% of the content of the Idaho Statesman reflects about 10% of the views of the Idaho population.
Title: Re: Newsmax
Post by: WLJ on May 17, 2023, 10:27:04 AM
The local network news is that way as well.  Even when they are reporting about potholes or some grandma who got cheated by a contractor, there is a slant applied.

We just had our gov primaries

Local news site had a huge beaming portrait of Beshear, who won the dem primary on the front page. Had to search for any mention on the winner of the R primary, Cameron