To Kevin.Magee@foxnews.com...
Submitted by nonewt noromney on Mon, 02/13/2012 - 19:17Responsibility To Shareholders; Getting Ahead Of The Curve
Mr. Magoo,
(I didn't really address him this way, but it is fitting is it not?)
Mr. Magee,
In the matter of Napolitano's Freedom Watch, Fox Business has acted hastily. Like it or not, more Fox viewers are becoming receptive to the founding message of liberty everyday. Do you not see that pulling the plug on one of your highest rated shows will adversely effect your bottom line? Unless your principal investors are GE, Goldman Sachs, and the Carlyle Group, it would seem you are shirking your duty to your shareholders by making this ill-advised move.
I am not so naive as to believe electoral politics in a campaign season has nothing to do with this otherwise inexplicable decision, but unless you folks see yourself as being in the propaganda business, then surely you understand responsible opinion-shaping involves giving your audience a voice, however tacit, in your programming. Growing millions are become sensible that the legacy media sees its role as telling credulous Americans WHAT to think, not providing them with the honest accounting of facts necessary to make informed judgments from which they may act in their own and their nation's true self-interest. I, and many like me, have let you get away with this for far too long.
The primitive tools of sculpting mass opinion are universally known by now: omission of issues, of coverage, of facts; poorly sourced uncritical reporting; conflicted agenda-driven advocacy via mindnumbing repetition. We get it, news soap sells. Many of us now realize we don't like the taste. Everyone understands it is part of your job to deny the obvious, but as an American citizen it is my prerogative to tell you that these transparently crude tactics of social control are losing their effectiveness, and that America is no longer reflexively buying what you are selling, whether it be the latest financial product from Wall Street or war on Iran. Fox is out of step with a gathering silent libertarian majority.
Ride the tiger Mr. Magee, do not try to silence his roar.
Respectfully,
nonewtnoromney
GREAT LETTER!
We are free to speak as we please and we choose and some of us, by principle, could not, NOT speak about it.
Yours was an extraordinarily professional letter, and I hope they actually have the balls to read it and take it to heart.
~Chris
Norfolk, VA
Who In Hell Is Downvoting This...
without explaining why it is unacceptable? Yes, I am aware of the Judge's plea to Daily Paulians to soften the tone of their emails to Fox, but I have not attacked Fox News or Fox Business, nor anyone at Fox personally, I have told them how I perceive their methods and how IMO it will serve them ill going forward. If you haven't noticed, the Murdoch Empire is under seige by the very establishment he has helped shape. "Riding the tiger" means being the first news institution to give our movement the fair mainstream coverage it deserves (if you will recall Murdoch built his empire by being the first to embrace the now failing neocon movement). Fox is in trouble with the establishment (consider Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in relation to THREE of Murdoch's newspapers involved deeply in the phone-hacking scandal in Britain); the burgeoning libertarian movement is his way out, and another way up for us.
Trolls.
They're freakin' everywhere lately, especially concerning this topic.
I think your letter is very well done!
Thanks for your efforts
just so you know, the Judge wants us not to email Fox. I applaud your efforts and keep up the great work!!!!
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must. like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.-Thomas Paine
The R3volution requires action, not observation!!!!
How do you applaud his
How do you applaud his efforts and at the same time respect the Judge's REPEATED requests? not to email Fox
I Didn't See His FB Request Until Now. You Are Correct...
I have not honored his wishes. The last thread I read about this subject seemed to indicate that the Judge wanted us to tone down the rhetoric, not quit writing Fox altogether. I owe HIM an apology. Just curious, do you have anything to say about what I wrote, other than the fact I shouldn't have written anything at all? My commentary was pointed, but not unfair IMO.
Yes, because I dont take the
Yes, because I dont take the position that it was cancelled because of what he said. Especially because the facts show otherwise - that it was an ratings issue (less than 25K viewers).
This is probably the reason why the Judge is irritated and I think he is probably really pissed at the over reaction by some. Remember, sometimes good intentions have unintended consequences. I hope he doesn't get fired over this. We need him.
You do not owe an apology.
You are/were viewer of FOX programming and are very dissatisfied with it. Nothing wrong with saying so.
The Judge
The Judge has requested that his supporters NOT email Fox.