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August 29, 2017 at 2:08 pm
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/fox-news...-airwaves/
Quote:Fox News removed from UK airwaves
Congratulations, Britain. Your collective IQ will tick up a couple of points.
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August 29, 2017 at 5:51 pm
Wow.
Really?
Good work, UK!
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August 29, 2017 at 8:05 pm
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Hahahaha. No way. I'm going in late October. I bet it's still on channel 34 at the hotel. That's the regular channel in the gym there.
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August 29, 2017 at 8:15 pm
From what I've read on BBC it's been removed from Sky TV because it wasn't "economically viable".
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August 29, 2017 at 8:15 pm
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(August 29, 2017 at 8:15 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: From what I've read on BBC it's been removed from Sky TV because it wasn't "economically viable". ............................................. if only that logic had been applied to Brexshit.
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August 29, 2017 at 8:57 pm
(August 29, 2017 at 8:15 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: From what I've read on BBC it's been removed from Sky TV because it wasn't "economically viable".
The thing is, Fox News' bread and butter comes from telling its viewers what they want to hear. That said, the sort of viewers they want to attract are a very peculiarly American phoenomenon, the kind who think government-related health care is an abomination that should not be allowed to exist and that absolutist stances on gun ownership should be the default throughout the world. These views, as common as they are in America, are very much the minority in Europe; particularly with regards to Health Care. I can remember a couple years ago asking if what countries' conservative parties were closest in ideology to the Republicans. They said the Spanish, Polish, and some of the more priest-ridden Catholic countries came closest, but the strong theocratic bent and especially the health care issue would alienate everyone. Is there ANY meaningfully popular European political party who thinks their socialised health care systems should be dismantled and replaced with an American-style system?
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August 29, 2017 at 9:20 pm
(August 29, 2017 at 8:05 pm)Court Jester Wrote: Hahahaha. No way. I'm going in late October. I bet it's still on channel 34 at the hotel. That's the regular channel in the gym there.
I'll ask my mom and her hubby when they return later this week. Both are fairly liberal, but he watches Fox sometimes just for the lulz.
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August 29, 2017 at 10:11 pm
(August 29, 2017 at 8:57 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: (August 29, 2017 at 8:15 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: From what I've read on BBC it's been removed from Sky TV because it wasn't "economically viable".
The thing is, Fox News' bread and butter comes from telling its viewers what they want to hear. That said, the sort of viewers they want to attract are a very peculiarly American phoenomenon, the kind who think government-related health care is an abomination that should not be allowed to exist and that absolutist stances on gun ownership should be the default throughout the world. These views, as common as they are in America, are very much the minority in Europe; particularly with regards to Health Care. I can remember a couple years ago asking if what countries' conservative parties were closest in ideology to the Republicans. They said the Spanish, Polish, and some of the more priest-ridden Catholic countries came closest, but the strong theocratic bent and especially the health care issue would alienate everyone. Is there ANY meaningfully popular European political party who thinks their socialised health care systems should be dismantled and replaced with an American-style system?
"Priest-ridden". I like that. Sort of like "hag-ridden".
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August 29, 2017 at 10:30 pm
Or flea-bitten.
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August 29, 2017 at 10:34 pm
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It is a term with a long history, and its earliest known usage was in 1653. Edward Waterhouse: An Humble Apology for Learning and Learned Men: " that pu∣sillanimity and manless subjugation, which by many in our Age scornfully is called Priest-ridden∣ness as I may so say, their term being Priest-ridden when they express a man addicted to the Clergie." I've heard it most often in reference to the Irish, presumably because it's the most theocratic state the Anglosphere can be bothered to complain about.
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