So, did you hear about that chemical explosion at Fox News Channel's headquarters in Manhattan yesterday?
Fortunately, there were no fatalities.
However, judging by some of the comments at USA Today's On Deadline blog, not everyone was pleased by the lack of injuries.
In fact, some were wishing ill for Fox employees and management (reader is advised to proceed with caution, as the following is a tad offensive):
ca3td1 wrote: 16h 21m ago
Couldn't have happened to nicer faux news corporation. Next time they should take aim at Rupert Murdoch's yacht.
Hopped Up Harry wrote: 17h 51m ago
They are investigating the lack of fair and balanced objectivity that is presumed missing and most likely dead at this point.
onlyinamerica wrote: 19h 6m ago
According to CNN!!!! CNN scoops FOX News on an explosion in the FOX building. LOL. Fox was probably too busy propping up Bushie to notice a news story.
Madd Maxx wrote: 21h 14m ago
That's why you make meth at home and not at work.
IAmRoot wrote: 21h 35m ago
Bill O'Reilly will again ignore the facts and blame the explosion on terrorists.
docwobbles wrote: 22h 7m ago
I sure hope Bill O'Reilly was in some way personally inconvenienced.
Interesting that there weren't any reports for abuse, wouldn't you agree?
Moving forward, it certainly would be no great surprise to see this kind of behavior at Netroots blogs such as Daily Kos.
However, what does it say about the state of media and our country that this occurred at the website of one of America's leading national newspapers?
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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wow... just wow
December 18, 2007 - 12:09 ET by pwozI'm glad no one was hurt, but I guarantee if it was one of the many left organizations, you'd hear nothing but emotional outcries for immediate medical assistance and a new bill would be proposed by Democrats.
Karma will get them.
Sure...go ahead...push
December 18, 2007 - 12:15 ET by KarmaSure...go ahead...push everything on me.
Thanks for the best
December 18, 2007 - 14:02 ET by kathleenirishThanks for the best laugh I've had in awhile, Karma! Well, at least since Hillary said she has the integrity to be president...
Anyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
...or they would be blaming
December 18, 2007 - 12:18 ET by tater...or they would be blaming crazy conservatives or the "right wing" conspiracy for trying to blow up their building.
Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns
hmm
December 18, 2007 - 20:33 ET by UndercoverConservativethis is "funny"..a leftist blogger/"reporter" falls down while walking her dog and the Media sends out all sorts of conspiracy theories of conservative-planned assaults.
You get a nasty little fire on the other side of the ideological spectrum and the same bloggers berate the accident and of course project upon the victims, the same motivation (to "blame it on terrorists", etc)
BDS is getting worse all the time, it's spreading to all things traditionally American. Maybe the self loathing will cause a few of these retards to help out the gene pool and remove themselves from it.
The funny thing is... it's
December 18, 2007 - 12:14 ET by Jack BauerThe funny thing is... it's all the other cable and network news whose ratings are actually BOMBING.
rimshot-worthy Jack -
December 18, 2007 - 12:24 ET by TruthMongerrimshot-worthy Jack - funny...
did you hear about the scientists who swear this was a controlled demolition...? me neither...
funny truth.. controlled
December 18, 2007 - 13:01 ET by Jack Bauerfunny truth.. controlled demolition. Ha ha!
we can check with rosie -
December 18, 2007 - 13:37 ET by TruthMongerwe can check with rosie - she knows this stuff pretty good...
Fire cannot melt steel
December 18, 2007 - 23:22 ET by FranksamThe good thing is that there were no demolition charges set in the building, as had occurred at the WTC.
Liberals don't care what you do, as long as it's mandatory. -Franksam
Jack.... The funny thing
December 18, 2007 - 13:45 ET by bigtimerJack....
The funny thing is... it's all the other cable and network news whose ratings are actually BOMBING.
You said it all there...and I am still laughing!
Bombing.....
December 18, 2007 - 12:23 ET by DanoJust the same people that applauded Sept. 11
This morning I missed my FNC
December 18, 2007 - 12:51 ET by Dan The Man 2This morning I missed my FNC fix as nothing but bug races showed on my TV, I wondered if a law was passed in congress outlawing FNC and they had to stop airing. I actually turnd it on Good Moring Joe. That Mika sure is creepy.
Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.
leading newspaper
December 18, 2007 - 12:56 ET by RousseHowever, what does it say about the state of media and our country that
this occurred at the website of one of America's leading national
newspapers?
You give them way too much importance. The only reason anyone buys this "newspaper" is to get an overview on sports.
Or.......
December 18, 2007 - 14:03 ET by NofRead Dilbert (genius!), start a fire in the stove, wrap fish in it, and best yet, line the bird cage or puppy kennel. Such a muti-use product probably accounts for there continued exsistance paltry as it is.
"When you can't make them see the light, make them feel the heat" R. Reagan
Color Coded like skittles to make it easy for the libtards
December 18, 2007 - 13:27 ET by kdizzydazeUSA Today is just for sports. That's the section me and my fellow travellers look for on the empty seats around us as we wait for our flight(s) to begin boarding.
As for the people who read it "seriously", they are the libtards that need color coding and cover sheets on their TPS reports in order to get anything done. Didn't you get the memo?
Karma is a bit- errr, a
December 18, 2007 - 13:35 ET by wiwfKarma is a bit- errr, a HILLARY.
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More of the same
December 18, 2007 - 13:44 ET by celatorJust more noise from the heel-clicking brownshirts at USA Today.
Loony Left: Ignorant
December 18, 2007 - 14:00 ET by kathleenirishLoony Left: Ignorant subhumans. Sorry for the slag, subhumans out there. USA Today: Not even good enough for waste-catching.
Anyone who says they support the troops but not the mission is a liar.
Well, you get those kinds of
December 18, 2007 - 22:42 ET by 89CanesWell, you get those kinds of people on both sides of the aisle. I'm not sure I'd make a big deal out of it. I confess to saying this to my father when I heard that Hillary Clinton's campaign office had a kidnapper inside: "Too bad Hillary isn't there, Dad. That'd be one less socialist to deal with." Very tacky, I know. And obviously I wouldn't want someone to kill Hillary. But you get my point. I get so angry at the overall left-wing bias in the media today, it's hard to stay focused on getting to the truth. Which is why I'm here at NB.