Half Hour News Hour Snipits

A series of joke segments from the show.

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[CrazyWedz]

Well, for one thing, those shows don''t need to use a laugh track.

[RioMadeira]

It doesn't matter one bit that this is a right-leaning show. IT. IS. NOT. FUNNY.

[pineappaloupe]

I think the zoom in over the audience is fake.... they use a laugh track, that sounds like a few people in a very small studio. They don't film before that audience.

[Ken5244]

@Cabbagehead25

What would be "dishonest" about slagging Obama years later about a "same issue"?

What does "More than one ... admitting bias" mean? Isn't "showing the other side" the exact opposite of bias?

As for "peon," you're so tangled up you're tripping over yourself. The word means what it means, not what you "meant" it to mean or think it should mean. More importantly, Bill Shine DIDN'T CREATE the show -- you said it was "created by peons ...." So again, how was Surnow a peon?

[Ken5244]

@Cabbagehead25

Continued:

You speak of Fox News as if its some monolithic entity where everyone is in lockstep (e.g., MSNBC, CBS, NBC, et al.). I agree it leans right in terms of the number of conservatives vs. leftists hosting their OPINION shows, but they are still light years beyond any other network when it comes to presenting both sides. As for hard news itself, Shepard Smith -- A DEMOCRAT -- is the host of Studio B, their key news program. Name another network that responds in kind.

[Ken5244]

@Cabbagehead25

This is getting out of hand (as I knew it would) with too many topics branching off the original. I don't know where you got the "In a time of war ...." quote, but if you think that represents a literal, widespread view of conservatives, you're mistaken. I sure as hell don't think that, regardless of who the President is.

Fox News constantly skewers Republicans on too many issues for me to list here. You clearly don't watch it on any sort of regular basis.

[Cabbagehead25]

@Cabbagehead25

The show's cancellation was announced on August 14, 2007 and its last episode aired on September 23, 2007. At the time Bill Shine, the Senior Vice President of programming at Fox News, stated that "we are considering ways to retool the show for future scheduling needs." That's an employee (that is what I mean by peon, not literal indentured slave as you suggest) of Fox News saying that they will rework the show, meaning he has control of its content (which sucked really bad).

[Cabbagehead25]

@Cabbagehead25

Stewart simply points out conservative dishonesty by showing (with actual footage), conservative pundits reacting defensively for Bush and slagging Obama 2, 3, 5 years later on the same issue. And, back to the beginning our our little debate, Stewart is far far funnier than the 1/2 Hour News Hour. Finally on the peon issue, I will again repeat the quote:

[Cabbagehead25]

@Ken5244 MSNBC is garbage too, the same sort of biased crap, although not quite as bad. I mentioned Leno and Stewart as he was on those shows and wasn't exactly bashing Bush like you say he does, just making excuses for going in. I need to get out more? If you think MSNBC is an "echo chamber of dishonesty" and Fox News is "fair and balanced" you are deluded.

[Cabbagehead25]

@Ken5244 You've watched Foxnews, right? "In a time of war, you should shut up and listen to your president", putting footage of other rallys on air to look like yours was a success. Fox News vigorously defended the Republicans and loves to give Obama a hard time for everything from how far he bowed to Japanese diplomats to the fact that his wife ate at McDonalds. More than one talking head on the channel said they are "showing the other side" admitting bias...

[Ken5244]

@Cabbagehead25

As for "every reason for going into Iraq turned out to be a total farce," I don't have time nor space to answer that adequately. Miller said far more about Bush & Iraq than your single word-byte portrays.

I'm disappointed that you evaded the fact that your use of the word "peon" to describe Surnow was factually inaccurate and that you're not willing to cop to it.

You throw Larry the Cable Guy at me, I throw Kathy Griffin at you. I win. Sorry, you left me no choice. *wink*