{"id":5869,"date":"2010-11-16T07:13:45","date_gmt":"2010-11-16T12:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=5869"},"modified":"2012-12-26T16:27:33","modified_gmt":"2012-12-26T21:27:33","slug":"why-people-watching-fox-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/political-ironing\/11\/16\/why-people-watching-fox-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are People Watching Fox News?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This originally appeared on Alec’s<\/a> first blog, The Bongo, back in September 2000<\/a> in an attempt to create an Onion-style infograph on the rise of Fox News.<\/p>\n

More and more people are watching the O’Reilly Factor<\/a> on Fox News.<\/a> But why are people watching this show? We have the answers:<\/p>\n

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Filling in the hour of life void of slam jamming or drop kicks<\/b><\/p>\n

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Unsure of own worthless views; must believe in others.<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n5%<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Provides beautiful background noise while being molested by a priest<\/b><\/p>\n

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"No Spin Zone" provides different spin on everyone elses spin by using Bill O’Reilly’s spin<\/b><\/p>\n

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Desire an independent news source that will only show things from the "right" point of view<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n20%<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Confuse Rupert Murdoch with God, must follow his will<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n5%<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Need someone to share irrational views with<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n15%<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vicariously hating black people through O’Reilly’s attacks on Jesse Jackson<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n10%<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Helping O’Reilly live American dream, "If you’re a schmuck, you can do anything"<\/b><\/p>\n

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\n5%<\/i><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Millions of American people are stupid, need back up form of representation if George Bush falls into a well<\/b><\/p>\n

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Only man who follows the people’s anthem of "less rationalism, more facism"<\/b><\/p>\n

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Realized being a hypocrite is only fun with others<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n\n
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