Most Conservatives stopped watching Fox in November of 2020 and haven’t watched it since. Fox is a boogie man to the Progressive nut jobs and every time a discussion of media bias comes up they point their Hot Pocket stained fingers at Fox.

It’s like all you white people pull Rocky Marciano out of their backside whenever a discussion of the greatest boxers of all time comes off.

Same old sad story over and over. Get some new material

(07-15-2026 09:50 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  There are no major media companies on the side of America First Conservatives. None…

The consolidation is a good thing for Conservatives simply because it gets rid of another entity that we have to fight to defeat.

If we could get all the media conglomerates together— Fox, CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NYT, Wapo and others into one figurative building and bring it down on them, our country would be better for it.

The 4th Estate has forgotten its job to hold ALL politicians of BOTH parties accountable. Worse yet the 4th Estate has sold its soul to Democrat Party. It fell in love with Obama and destroyed its objectivity as a result.

It’s been nearly 2 decades since we had an unbiased media and it doesn’t look to be getting any better.

Truth.

(07-15-2026 09:57 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Most Conservatives stopped watching Fox in November of 2020 and haven’t watched it since. Fox is a boogie man to the Progressive nut jobs and every time a discussion of media bias comes up they point their Hot Pocket stained fingers at Fox.

It’s like all you white people pull Rocky Marciano out of their backside whenever a discussion of the greatest boxers of all time comes off.

Same old sad story over and over. Get some new material

Wait, you aren't white? Not that it matters to me; I'm just curious. It wouldn't change my opinion of you except to perhaps elevate it.

(07-15-2026 09:44 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:16 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 08:58 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Anyone pretending further media consolidation is a good thing is a moron. Just because the billionaire owners might currently be on "your side" politically doesn't mean they'll stay that way. The vast majority of them move with the political winds and try to stay on the good side of whoever is in power at the time, which is not always going to be the side you prefer.

why is it a bad thing ...
and why is it the purview of this f*cking attorney general ...
he's probably judge shopping right now ...
direct me to barack hussein obama's appointees ...

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

If instead of being owned by current Trump supporters the Ellison's it were owned by this boards forever boogie man George Soros you'd have literally the exact opposite opinion on this merger. I say "current Trump supporters" for a reason, because the Ellison's are the exact type of billionaires who will kiss up to whoever the President is regardless of party. If we have President Newsom in 2028 (trust me I hate the idea just as much as the rest of you do just for different reasons) they would play ball with him along with Zuck and even probably Musk would go back to trying to pretend to be center or "liberal" just to try to keep the government contracts train coming.

If you can't see how having the vast majority of media power consolidated into the hands of a few people then whatever you forfeit the right to cry if these outlets all of a sudden flip their reporting based upon the political winds.

Kennedy calls for FCC to review partisan decision to approve Soros-backed takeover of 200 radio statiions

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

(07-15-2026 09:57 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Most Conservatives stopped watching Fox in November of 2020 and haven’t watched it since. Fox is a boogie man to the Progressive nut jobs and every time a discussion of media bias comes up they point their Hot Pocket stained fingers at Fox.

It’s like all you white people pull Rocky Marciano out of their backside whenever a discussion of the greatest boxers of all time comes off.

Same old sad story over and over. Gets some new material

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella...rime-time/

Who's watching it then? Last quarter they had more more overall viewers in primetime than MSDNC and CNN combined, and more in the 25-54 demo than MSDNC and CNN combined.

(07-15-2026 10:01 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:44 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:16 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 08:58 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Anyone pretending further media consolidation is a good thing is a moron. Just because the billionaire owners might currently be on "your side" politically doesn't mean they'll stay that way. The vast majority of them move with the political winds and try to stay on the good side of whoever is in power at the time, which is not always going to be the side you prefer.

why is it a bad thing ...
and why is it the purview of this f*cking attorney general ...
he's probably judge shopping right now ...
direct me to barack hussein obama's appointees ...

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

If instead of being owned by current Trump supporters the Ellison's it were owned by this boards forever boogie man George Soros you'd have literally the exact opposite opinion on this merger. I say "current Trump supporters" for a reason, because the Ellison's are the exact type of billionaires who will kiss up to whoever the President is regardless of party. If we have President Newsom in 2028 (trust me I hate the idea just as much as the rest of you do just for different reasons) they would play ball with him along with Zuck and even probably Musk would go back to trying to pretend to be center or "liberal" just to try to keep the government contracts train coming.

If you can't see how having the vast majority of media power consolidated into the hands of a few people then whatever you forfeit the right to cry if these outlets all of a sudden flip their reporting based upon the political winds.

Kennedy calls for FCC to review partisan decision to approve Soros-backed takeover of 200 radio stations

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

Did you even attempt to post a real link?

Quote:Donald Trump appeared on CNN for the first time in his second presidential term on Sunday, giving a phoner on Jake Tapper’s show to remember the late South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham. But as Tapper pressed the President on Iran and other issues, and invited him back for a more wide-ranging discussion, Trump responded “we’re trying to have CNN go in a normal path, and we’ll do that.”

“Well, I‘m on a normal path right here, sir, and I appreciate your time,” Tapper responded. “Thank you for calling in.”

why is that ...

HOSTILE TAKEOVER

(07-15-2026 10:03 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:01 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:44 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:16 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 08:58 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  Anyone pretending further media consolidation is a good thing is a moron. Just because the billionaire owners might currently be on "your side" politically doesn't mean they'll stay that way. The vast majority of them move with the political winds and try to stay on the good side of whoever is in power at the time, which is not always going to be the side you prefer.

why is it a bad thing ...
and why is it the purview of this f*cking attorney general ...
he's probably judge shopping right now ...
direct me to barack hussein obama's appointees ...

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

If instead of being owned by current Trump supporters the Ellison's it were owned by this boards forever boogie man George Soros you'd have literally the exact opposite opinion on this merger. I say "current Trump supporters" for a reason, because the Ellison's are the exact type of billionaires who will kiss up to whoever the President is regardless of party. If we have President Newsom in 2028 (trust me I hate the idea just as much as the rest of you do just for different reasons) they would play ball with him along with Zuck and even probably Musk would go back to trying to pretend to be center or "liberal" just to try to keep the government contracts train coming.

If you can't see how having the vast majority of media power consolidated into the hands of a few people then whatever you forfeit the right to cry if these outlets all of a sudden flip their reporting based upon the political winds.

Kennedy calls for FCC to review partisan decision to approve Soros-backed takeover of 200 radio stations

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

Did you even attempt to post a real link?

FIFY (FIXED IT FOR YOU)

(07-15-2026 10:11 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:03 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:01 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:44 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:16 AM)green Wrote:  why is it a bad thing ...
and why is it the purview of this f*cking attorney general ...
he's probably judge shopping right now ...
direct me to barack hussein obama's appointees ...

HOME COURT ADVANTAGE

If instead of being owned by current Trump supporters the Ellison's it were owned by this boards forever boogie man George Soros you'd have literally the exact opposite opinion on this merger. I say "current Trump supporters" for a reason, because the Ellison's are the exact type of billionaires who will kiss up to whoever the President is regardless of party. If we have President Newsom in 2028 (trust me I hate the idea just as much as the rest of you do just for different reasons) they would play ball with him along with Zuck and even probably Musk would go back to trying to pretend to be center or "liberal" just to try to keep the government contracts train coming.

If you can't see how having the vast majority of media power consolidated into the hands of a few people then whatever you forfeit the right to cry if these outlets all of a sudden flip their reporting based upon the political winds.

Kennedy calls for FCC to review partisan decision to approve Soros-backed takeover of 200 radio stations

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

Did you even attempt to post a real link?

FIFY (FIXED IT FOR YOU)

Okay, so are you fine with both forms of consolidation or are you against what Soros was doing? I'm against both just to be very very clear.

I am going to pick on Tom for a minute but it is more a metaphorical example than anything....

This board more than leans right for sure. Lots of the dialogue here is complaining about and being very critical of dems and it is pretty light on R complaints. Tom comes here and is the complete opposite and he is in the large minority. I sort of get where tom is at. He is counter balancing. Not sure why he really does that here, but he does.

Tom rarely [if ever] criticizes Dems... Once in a while he will state he disagrees with a Dem or Dem Policy but his posts are like 95% Anti R/Trump.

The major news is pretty similar to that, they rail and rail on Trump, they are soft on Dems... they may disagree with D's, but they rarely go after a Dem with the vigor they seem to go after Trump /R's. THAT is the part that really sucks about the Major Media now.

Look at that idiot Platner... or Swallwell.... Did the media report the negative - yes, but it was a quick note then move on, barely 24 hours from start to finish.... Negative stories on Trump never end and are rehashed over and over for days, months.... I have not heard a single word on Platner this week and there is a lot to hash out with that situation.

(07-15-2026 10:15 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:11 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:03 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:01 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 09:44 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  If instead of being owned by current Trump supporters the Ellison's it were owned by this boards forever boogie man George Soros you'd have literally the exact opposite opinion on this merger. I say "current Trump supporters" for a reason, because the Ellison's are the exact type of billionaires who will kiss up to whoever the President is regardless of party. If we have President Newsom in 2028 (trust me I hate the idea just as much as the rest of you do just for different reasons) they would play ball with him along with Zuck and even probably Musk would go back to trying to pretend to be center or "liberal" just to try to keep the government contracts train coming.

If you can't see how having the vast majority of media power consolidated into the hands of a few people then whatever you forfeit the right to cry if these outlets all of a sudden flip their reporting based upon the political winds.

Kennedy calls for FCC to review partisan decision to approve Soros-backed takeover of 200 radio stations

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

Did you even attempt to post a real link?

FIFY (FIXED IT FOR YOU)

Okay, so are you fine with both forms of consolidation or are you against what Soros was doing? I'm against both just to be very very clear.

After Bankruptcy Filing, Recriminations Fly at Air America

I do not fear left-wing radio ...
it's failed everywhere ...

TRIED AND TRUE

(07-15-2026 10:21 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:  I am going to pick on Tom for a minute but it is more a metaphorical example than anything....

This board more than leans right for sure. Lots of the dialogue here is complaining about and being very critical of dems and it is pretty light on R complaints. Tom comes here and is the complete opposite and he is in the large minority. I sort of get where tom is at. He is counter balancing. Not sure why he really does that here, but he does.

Tom rarely [if ever] criticizes Dems... Once in a while he will state he disagrees with a Dem or Dem Policy but his posts are like 95% Anti R/Trump.

The major news is pretty similar to that, they rail and rail on Trump, they are soft on Dems... they may disagree with D's, but they rarely go after a Dem with the vigor they seem to go after Trump /R's. THAT is the part that really sucks about the Major Media now.

Look at that idiot Platner... or Swallwell.... Did the media report the negative - yes, but it was a quick note then move on, barely 24 hours from start to finish.... Negative stories on Trump never end and are rehashed over and over for days, months.... I have not heard a single word on Platner this week and there is a lot to hash out with that situation.

Your view on Platner is very shaded by the bubble you reside in. I will actually agree with you completely that Swallwell they just reported it and then moved on. Platner has been rehashed over and over and over by both left and center left sources. And trust me, the center left corporatist aren't "dropping it" they have been weaponizing Platner proving to be an awful human as attacks against El-Sayed in the Michigan primary, and using it to attempt to try to blackball everyone even tangentially tied to him.

Not to be outdone though the actual left has been fighting about Platner ever since he got in the race, to the point that even before the last round of allegations it was insufferable. There's been a loud minority on the left that has been completely against him since day 1 (for reasons no one on this board would ever care about), and they've been dunking on everyone on the left who even went as far to say he was just the better candidate than Pills and Collins.

The volume between Trump and Platner coverage would never be equal though, and never could be. 1 was one of the most famous people on earth before he became President, and the other had he not run none of use would have ever heard any of this stuff about him.

(07-15-2026 10:25 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:15 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:11 AM)green Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:03 AM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(07-15-2026 10:01 AM)green Wrote:  Kennedy calls for FCC to review partisan decision to approve Soros-backed takeover of 200 radio stations

BEEN THERE DONE THAT

Did you even attempt to post a real link?

FIFY (FIXED IT FOR YOU)

Okay, so are you fine with both forms of consolidation or are you against what Soros was doing? I'm against both just to be very very clear.

After Bankruptcy Filing, Recriminations Fly at Air America

I do not fear left-wing radio ...
it's failed everywhere ...

TRIED AND TRUE

I was going to say that's not actually answering the question, but upon rethinking it you did essentially answer the question. If you thought what Soros did actually mattered you would be against it. Since you think it won't impact anything you don't care.

(07-15-2026 09:57 AM)CardinalJim Wrote:  Most Conservatives stopped watching Fox in November of 2020 and haven’t watched it since. Fox is a boogie man to the Progressive nut jobs and every time a discussion of media bias comes up they point their Hot Pocket stained fingers at Fox.

It’s like all you white people pull Rocky Marciano out of their backside whenever a discussion of the greatest boxers of all time comes off.

Same old sad story over and over. Get some new material

Have you ever watched old footage of Marciano fights? If you ever spent any time watching his fights you might have some new found respect for Marciano.

I have and I’ve often wondered why boxers today don’t use his strategy

I was watching some white kid I’ve never heard of some time back weighing all of 147 lbs but every time he hit his opponent with a body blow a veteran mouthy Latino you could see by his facial expressions it was painful. After just three rounds the Veteran Boxer didn’t come out for round four his corner through in the towel

Marciano would mercilessly hit boxers arms and body until they could no longer hold their arms up to defend themselves. He didn’t have a glass jaw either.

There was a toughness to the fighters in his day that fighters have not displayed since Tyson.

Tyson would have beat the stuffing out of Ali. That rope a dope who ran from Foreman would have taken a malicious beating from Tyson if both were in their prime.

I sincerely believe if that Old Man who trained Tyson hadn’t of died and could have managed him things would’ve turned out better for Mike. It’s been years ago but I heard Mike say he was the only one in the boxing world who cared about him and loved him. It was Mikes mother dying wish he take care of Mike.

(07-15-2026 10:21 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:  I am going to pick on Tom for a minute but it is more a metaphorical example than anything....

This board more than leans right for sure. Lots of the dialogue here is complaining about and being very critical of dems and it is pretty light on R complaints. Tom comes here and is the complete opposite and he is in the large minority. I sort of get where tom is at. He is counter balancing. Not sure why he really does that here, but he does.

Tom rarely [if ever] criticizes Dems... Once in a while he will state he disagrees with a Dem or Dem Policy but his posts are like 95% Anti R/Trump.

The major news is pretty similar to that, they rail and rail on Trump, they are soft on Dems... they may disagree with D's, but they rarely go after a Dem with the vigor they seem to go after Trump /R's. THAT is the part that really sucks about the Major Media now.

Look at that idiot Platner... or Swallwell.... Did the media report the negative - yes, but it was a quick note then move on, barely 24 hours from start to finish.... Negative stories on Trump never end and are rehashed over and over for days, months.... I have not heard a single word on Platner this week and there is a lot to hash out with that situation.

Tom is the King of Mushroom Management.

Keep them in the dark and continuously feed them loads of
$n!t

(07-15-2026 10:21 AM)Eldonabe Wrote:  I am going to pick on Tom for a minute but it is more a metaphorical example than anything....

This board more than leans right for sure. Lots of the dialogue here is complaining about and being very critical of dems and it is pretty light on R complaints. Tom comes here and is the complete opposite and he is in the large minority. I sort of get where tom is at. He is counter balancing. Not sure why he really does that here, but he does.

Tom rarely [if ever] criticizes Dems... Once in a while he will state he disagrees with a Dem or Dem Policy but his posts are like 95% Anti R/Trump.

The major news is pretty similar to that, they rail and rail on Trump, they are soft on Dems... they may disagree with D's, but they rarely go after a Dem with the vigor they seem to go after Trump /R's. THAT is the part that really sucks about the Major Media now.

Look at that idiot Platner... or Swallwell.... Did the media report the negative - yes, but it was a quick note then move on, barely 24 hours from start to finish.... Negative stories on Trump never end and are rehashed over and over for days, months.... I have not heard a single word on Platner this week and there is a lot to hash out with that situation.

Tom's posts are more than just Anti-Trump or Anti-Republican.

It's blatant character assassination of Trump and the Republican Party, along with those of use on here who vote or support one or the other or both.

But, that's what narcissists do.

Paramount weighs moving CBS News out of NYC amid merger battle with AGs Letitia James, Rob Bonta: report

Quote:Paramount CEO David Ellison is reportedly considering moving CBS News out of New York City as the company’s legal fight with its state attorney general over its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery heats up.

Sources close to Paramount told The New York Post that moving CBS would give Elison greater leverage against the California Attorney General led coalition of 12 states looking to block the merger.


CBS News employs roughly 1,200 people worldwide with a large portion based in the Big Apple. A massive relocation would no doubt have a major impact on jobs and the city’s media industry.

One media executive familiar with Paramount’s plans said Ellison could potentially move CBS News operations to Atlanta, where CNN is headquartered. The possible relocation is being considered as part of emergency plans if Paramount’s legal fight with state officials continues long past October.


The CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan could also be sold for billions of dollars, according to a source close to the company.

The potential move comes after Paramount’s board approved a plan to relocate its Hollywood studio operations out of California if Bonta refuses negotiations. People in Paramount believe Bonta is seeking concessions, including a potential spin-off of CNN, which is part of Warner Bros. Discovery. Ellison has so far said no on that proposal.


Paramount remains hopeful that it can reach an agreement with Bonta by Oct. 1. If the merger is delayed beyond that date, Paramount would reportedly face an eye watering $7 million-per-day payment under the terms of its agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery.

The legal battle has already suffered a setback for Ellison after a federal judge scheduled a trial for March 2027 rather than the November date Paramount had hoped for.


Bonta has argued that the merger could increase prices, reduce content and give the combined company a monopoly on media. Paramount has defended the deal, by directing attention to approvals from the Department of Justice and regulators in several foreign countries.

No formal negotiations are currently taking place between Paramount and the attorneys general, per The Post report.

If I were president, I would get the Big 4 networks and tell them if they wanted to keep their station licenses, 3 of the 4 had to move out of New York.
They've got group think.

Why shouldn't Fox be in Dallas or Houston?

Why shouldn't ABC be out with the mouse in Los Angeles? And they're closer to China and India there.

Then CBS or NBC could move to Chicago. One would be in each of the top 3 metros and the other in the 4th or 5th.

Or just shut them all down entirely. Their viewership blows anyway. Nobody watches. Most people get their news off the internet.

(08-13-2026 06:04 PM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Or just shut them all down entirely. Their viewership blows anyway. Nobody watches. Most people get their news off the internet.

The internet is why they're still around.