Top Journalism Grad Students Knock FOX News For Class Assignment (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, October 26, 2009, 5:28 AM
Students at the Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism knock FOX News for one of their class assignments.
You know they scored an A+ for this performance.
It must have been a very proud moment for the Columbia professors attending the event:
Via Breitbart TV
Of course, they received a standing ovation for their rap performance bashing FOX News.
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serpent commented:
Parroting the teacher’s liberal positions is an instant A. By college students know that leftist pap is the easiest way to get a better grade. Its much easier than actually learning anything.
blr2449 commented:
There they are, ladies and gentlemen. The leaders of tomorrow. :::shudder:::
templar knight commented:
Journalism Schools at most universities and colleges have been taken over by ideologues who believe the job of a journalist not only involves the why, what, when and where, but also the agenda. Agenda-based journalism is being taught by liberal progressives(leftists) in almost every school in the US, so you don’t have to guess what agenda these people are pushing. You see, there were consequences for allowing liberals to teach an agenda at colleges rather than making sure fair-minded priciples were being taught instead.
BarbaraS commented:
I’m sure Fox is shaking in their shoes about this critism. I wonder how many more people this junk reached who will now tune into Fox to see what all the hoopla is about.
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AReaganInMO commented:
Let’s hope the clapping is for the effort and most of the message, not just the Fox bashing.
That said, if they hold up the ideas of hearing both sides and truly being honest, I’ll be happy. If they don’t, well, the internet is now the home of their constant ridicule for not living up to their own oaths and commitments.
Big Bob commented:
Hmmmph! Grad School for Journalism?
What a joke.
What do you need to know to be a journalist? How to use a pen, paper and a telephone?
Moonbat Killer commented:
$120,000 tuition down the drain.
averagemelon commented:
Real life always interferes, kids. You can slap chop Fox News for the A grade but they will be the only ones hiring you in the future.
srhoades commented:
“Barak Hussein Obama! Mmmm, mmmm, mmmm.”
wow commented:
serpentNo Gravatar
October 26th, 2009 | 8:31 am | #1
Of that you can be sure. My daughter received her only C in a college course because she refused to parrot a lib teacher’s talking points and was punished. Another teacher, also a lib, but at least honest, gave her an A in another course, even though she argued with him every step of the way. Based on the behavior of the second professor, is there perhaps some glimmer of hope?
aprilnovember811 commented:
This seals the deal for me, my kids will never attend one of these so called Ivy League schools. They are havens for communists. It’s disgraceful what some so called American citizens have become. I wish they would all move to Cuba and get out of our lives, they’re like a cancer on this country.
aprilnovember811 commented:
I think it’s time for FOX to help Dr. Taitz and the United States Justice Foundation with their Eligibility Case. That is the one sure way to remove Obama, anyone with any amount of intelligence, knows the guy is not American born, and my hunch is he isn’t even currently an American citizen. FOX, please help us remove him, please. With your help, and Judge Carter the former Marine, we can get rid of this cancer Obama and his fellow communists!
Chris Clinkinbeard commented:
So if any of these kids are offered jobs by FOX, they will turn them down? Right!!!
olm commented:
They are bashing the number one in ratings. You would think that would occur to someone as ridiculous.
TommyJohn commented:
How fitting…they all look and sound like morons. I’ll bet their mommies and daddies are real proud.
Yea, how sad it is that these idiots will one day be put in the position of having to interact with the public.
flyoverland commented:
Fortunately, a report out today shows newspaper circulation is down 10% again and accelerating. So, the chances of them finding a job are pretty slim. Well, there’s always government work. They are perfectly suited for that.
Tall N Tn commented:
When I was in J-school nearly 40 years ago…(here it comes)…my grade would drop like a runaway elevator if a news story I submitted even smelled like an editorial or puff piece. The only “Big O” a newsman would have to worship was objectivity.
bg commented:
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via TRC ht TRBO
Pelosi: Stripping Fox News of Access
["That Fox regularly grants access to Republican Congressman to spread their lies and propaganda on their airwaves is a violation of the public trust, and their continued desire to challenge such well documented facts as Global Warming, and the efficacy of single payer health insurance, proves that they are simply doing the work of the special interests. They should thus be stripped of their journalistic access in the halls of Congress," argued Pelosi.]
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penny commented:
They are a prime example of why a journalism degree is so worthless. Where’s the talent, integrity and ethics in being a lemming? Think about it, the best journalists in this country, and I’m reaching back to all of the good ones now gone, had no degrees in journalism which is a contrived degree to produce boring stylists. It’s all so stupid.
You can’t teach talent and morality. You can teach dumbed down mediocrity, groupthink and style over substance and that’s what journalism school is all about.
Newspaper readership is down another 10% this year. We’ve had enough of talentless lemmings. Good luck, kids, in finding employment in a failing industry.
Tim commented:
Columbia school of Journalism number is 770-433-8211
Sandy commented:
Fox Real News mm mm mm. So this was a school assignment, huh? Screw Obama propaganda — ratings are money and Fox is laughing all the way to the bank.
Rechts commented:
Well, isn’t that nice? Along with putting condoms onto cucumbers, they can sing silly rap songs. Wow, their parents’ hard earned tuition money at work.
Amy Proctor commented:
Well, they have a bright career with MSNBC, a “real” news organization.
Chisum commented:
Barack Hussein Obama
Mmmmmm mmmmmmmm mmmmm
Fox News Ratings Up 8% Since Squabble With White House Began
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2009/10/26/fox-news-ratings-up-8-since-squabble-with-white-house-began.php#
Richard Romano commented:
I know firsthand how college students are expected to recapitulate their professor’s ideas, or face certain alienation, in various senses of the term.
My own graduate studies were marred by frequent ideological clashes; so I practiced the maxim, “Lose some battles, win the war.”
In my own practice, I like to teach my students not what to think, but how to think. I won’t always agree with my students’ opinions, but if they are well-argued and supported, they get an A.
Yes, I’m an anomaly on campus, but I do believe I’m making a difference, however limited or insignificant that may seem.
Nahanni commented:
They will enjoy fighting over jobs at Starbucks.
Dell commented:
They’ve got it all figured out. And it works! For many years, 30% of the people have been making 100% of the noise.
However, now that they have their man in the White House, how soon will it be that they discover he’s NOT the Messiah?? That he’s NOT going to make their mortgage payments? That he’s NOT going to buy them a new Mercedes?
When that day finally arrives, the curtain will have been pulled back and George Soros will emerge as the REAL president – the REAL person calling every shot.
Seen many Obama-Biden bumper stickers these days? I didn’t think so.
Solaratov commented:
bg @ #19 ~~
You might check this out before you take that item too seriously:
http://www.hughhewitt.com/blog/g/4e4cadf5-7f1f-4572-baf7-fe5955090c52
Richard of Oregon commented:
Good grades in journalism does not equal good jobs in journalism. Where are these students going after graduation? If they really want a job in journalism, they best pay attention to how the few outlets that are thriving operate. If I were in jounalism school I would be looking at what Fox News and the WJ are doing, not what CNN and NYT are doing. Yhis class sounds like a job killer to me.
Chris Vehr commented:
Can’t wait for this rookies to grow up and get a taste of reality.
Good job children!
OBAMANATION at NOTRE DAME commented:
http://www.Indoctrinate-U.com
Enough said.
manfredo commented:
really? how many of you watched that video? it was all about how they larned to be objective, hardworking conscientous journalists that feel they have a responsibility to the public. i understand why this is so threatening to right wing journalists who have no understanding of integrity. but why all the hatred from posters? there was one line about sean hannity in a 3 minute song that otherwise was free of political content. is sean hannity a good journalist? do you people even have any idea what a journalist is?
aaron commented:
manfredo: I guarantee you, NONE of these other commenters actually watched the video, primarily because it clearly features an asian person, and they talk funny.
All you need to know in order to comment is the headline, which clearly states that these students knock Fox News. Which they do. Along with the LIBERAL NEW YORK TIMES.
And lo, a perfect example of why Fox News will never die. Because morons like these commenters don’t want to bother actually finding out what the truth is – even if all they have to do is click the little “Play” button.
Josh Gill commented:
Yeah they really espoused some horrid journalistic ideals there. God forbid they go out and practice what they just preached.
bg commented:
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more from Charles Krauthammer..
Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster.
Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’s bed.
[Defend Fox from whom? Fox's flagship 6 o'clock evening news out of Washington (hosted by Bret Baier, formerly by Brit Hume) is, to my mind, the best hour of news on television. (Definitive evidence: My mother watches it even on the odd night when I'm not on.) Defend Fox from the likes of Anita Dunn? She's been attacked for extolling Mao's political philosophy in a speech at a high school graduation. But the critics miss the surpassing stupidity of her larger point: She was invoking Mao as support and authority for her impassioned plea for individuality and trusting one's own choices. Mao as champion of individuality? Mao, the greatest imposer of mass uniformity in modern history, creator of a slave society of a near-billion worker bees wearing Mao suits and waving the Little Red Book?
The White House communications director cannot be trusted to address high schoolers without uttering inanities. She and her cohorts are now to instruct the country on truth and objectivity?]
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bg commented:
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aaron @ 3:40 pm #35
you are a racist imbecile..
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Tom in Raleigh commented:
As a professor fully possessed of common sense, I am proud of these crazy kids. How can anyone watch Faux News and believe it is “journalism” in any sense of the word? Y’all have been griping about the liberal media for sixty years. News flash: it’s not. Sorry.
Also, how is this worse than racist photos on the RNC website? Just asking.
Jason in VA commented:
Considering that any first grader (or even two cats) could put together a video lampooning Fox “News,” those students should get a big fat F. When a British friend learned that Fox News is run by Roger Ailes of the GOP he said “OMG, so it really is the GOP’s version of Pravda!” Uh, no, it isn’t. Folks in the former-USSR were smart enough never to believe Pravda. Here in the US, however, we have about 5 million or so half-wits who think the drivel Fox shovels out is real news.
bg commented:
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Solaratov @ 11:11 am #29
what are you talking about, they seem to be in sync??
my link:
["That Fox regularly grants access to Republican Congressman to spread their lies and propaganda on their airwaves is a violation of the public trust, and their continued desire to challenge such well documented facts as Global Warming, and the efficacy of single payer health insurance, proves that they are simply doing the work of the special interests. They should thus be stripped of their journalistic access in the halls of Congress," argued Pelosi.]
your link:
“That Fox regularly grants access to Republican Congressman to spread their lies and propaganda on their airwaves is a violation of the public trust, and their continued desire to challenge such well documented facts as Global Warming, and the efficacy of single payer health insurance, proves that they are simply doing the work of the special interests. They should thus be stripped of their journalistic access in the halls of Congress,” argued Pelosi.
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bg commented:
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however, i was wondering about the dates, but i don’t
see any reference as to it being a joke page.. is it??
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bg commented:
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bg @ 4:20 pm #38 goes for you too..
Josh Gill @ 3:52 pm #36
no, lets pray to God they have the dignity
& fortitude to practice what they preach..
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bg commented:
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bg @ 4:20 pm #38 goes for you too..
was meant for manfredo..
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Scrapiron commented:
Too bad the only employment available to Columbia University grads will soon be shoveling garbage into the dump after it falls off the truck. They will be able to obtain that employment only if their Mother has worked at the dump for 20 years as a $2 hooker, a sure bet for most democrats.
JohnAye commented:
hmmpph. big bob . you might be on to something . why train or give specialized education to any of our workforce?
grad school for doctors? wtf. everyone knows that all you need to be a doctor is a stethoscope, a scalpel and a white jacket.
and to think those pinkos are going to go onto illustrious journalism careers at the new york times, playgirl, and out magazine..you’ll probably read their drivel one day.
Amy Proctor commented:
Maybe they’re looking for an internship at NBC?
Scrapiron commented:
Since ABC, CBS, CNN, and NBC are going broke by broadcasting white house propaganda their only option is for all their employees is to become civil service (pay scale in line with Pravda and a McDonalds janitor). At 30K per year they will be overpaid and will have to continue chewing the fart stains from President O’Dumbo’s shorts, and M.O.’s gigantic panties to keep that job.
Solaratov commented:
aaron
October 26th, 2009 | 3:40 pm | #35
Racist peckerwood – mouthing inanities and of no consequence.
Solaratov commented:
Tom in Raleigh
October 26th, 2009 | 4:21 pm | #39
As a professor fully possessed of common sense
Only in your dreams, lefty.
Solaratov commented:
bg
October 26th, 2009 | 4:38 pm | #42
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however, i was wondering about the dates, but i don’t
see any reference as to it being a joke page.. is it??
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Because of the dates, I’m sorta assuming it’s satire – but lacking a label.
Though it does, indeed, sound like something that would come from pelosi, I don’t think that even she would want to stir up that hornets’ nest.
Of course, she IS insane; and I’ve been wrong before.
tjproudamerican commented:
FOX News is a joke and you conformist ditto heads know it is a joke or you would not watch it. You memorize your opinions and then complain when people don’t march in lockstep like you do.
None of you would watch a news channel at this point that did not tell you what to think and why to think it.
The only thing “conservatives” (it is an insult to the proud tradition of thinking to call Glenn Beck and Michelle Malkin and the rest of the parrots on the right “conservatives”, but you are all too far gone in your corrupt conformity to know anything except how to echo your tired and pathetic nihilistic chanting) can do is memorze and repeat.
The whole conservative movement is dead.
Gina commented:
Welcome to the unemployment lines, losers.
bg commented:
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tjproudamerican @ 8:25 pm #52
aah, nothing like comic relief (not that we
can’t quote the stalking rhetoric verbatim)..
rotflmbo!!
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Solaratov commented:
tjproudamerican
October 26th, 2009 | 8:25 pm | #52
You ARE aware that you’re an idiot, aren’t you? Good. I’d hate to have you think that your gibberish was a)anything new or original; and b)of any consequence to anyone.
Bob commented:
A one line reference about faux news and Hannity is what have the righties panties all twisted in a knot?
You all get more pathetic by the moment. I can see why you look UP to Palin for leadership and her intellectual prowess.
Roger commented:
What’s amazing is that I didn’t go to college and I’m smarter than these little minds of mush. Their little song sort of contradicts its self.
Some are missing the point of this clip. Journalists are supposed to be unbiased. That’s their mantra. We conservatives know that this is a farce and that journalism is dead. They are lazy boobs and FOX is kicking their butts.
David commented:
Seriously. This is total propaganda. Ethics is no more than left-wing mind control.
Fact-checking is the liberal ideologue’s WMD! Down with reality! Up with Republicans!
Sidd commented:
I am proud of these kids. It’s the job of journalists to tell the truth, and this is what they have done.
To all mouth breathing uneducated RW trash posting here – get admission to Columbia, finish a journalism degree and then criticise these kids.
Each of these kids have more smarts in them than the entire Fox news viewers.
Gina commented:
Ha, look at all the trolls that have turned out to laud the fruits of snot-nosed brats singing the praises of a dying, discredited industry. Graduating from that pinko nut farm is supposed to be some kind of accomplishment? The only accomplishment it demonstrates is being able to mine mommy and daddy’s bank account for tens of thousands of wasted dollars.
The up side being they’ll have to find a real job. Like in retail or in a government cubicle somewhere. That’s because if the 2008 election proved nothing else, it proved that there is no such thing as professional journalism anymore. All you poseurs talking about Fox News would like to pretend that CNN or the networks are any different? After all the panting and leg-tingling we heard about over Obama? Ha! You’re comical.
Bordo commented:
With the exception of Shepard Smith and, occasionally, Geraldo Rivera, Fox isn’t much of a news channel.
That’s cool. Let it me a video version of talk radio. But you all ought to quit pretending it is an honest news organization. It isn’t. It never was.
FriskyJaded commented:
I think we’re seriously dealing with an alternate-reality-track here. The Conservative Echo Chamber has reached peak efficiency. Any idea from any other historically based opinion shall be instantly un-group-thought. Ironic how you continually rail against government control and “indoctrination” yet never question why your own dogmas are so vehemently adhered to.
I grew up in a Fundamentalist Christian household and listened to Rush Limbaugh every day. I loved how he would make fun of “liberals” and firmly believed that Bill Clinton and the Feminazis would destroy America if they could. Then a funny thing happened. I went to a conservative christian college and started studying music.
Then I took a history course…
I’m now an enlightened liberal. And Fox News has nothing in common with an actual news reporting agency.
Chisum commented:
And Fox News has nothing in common with an actual news reporting agency.
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Good little Obot. Keep pushing the meme!
FriskyJaded commented:
Wait, you didn’t even read what I wrote!
Gina commented:
Then a funny thing happened. I went to a conservative christian college and started studying music.
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So you’re a “former lifelong conservative” AND a “concerned Christian”? Aren’t you stacking your troll resume’ a bit too much? We usually get one or the other.
Gina commented:
Oh, and I don’t even bother trying to defend Fox News with liberals, because they’re operating from the usual snobbery that the liberal worldview is the enlightened, “objective,” credible one, and even a hint of conservatism renders one a hick and probably a Christianist terrorist. Hence the conceit, advanced by our trolls in true lockstep fashion with their hero, that Fox is not a “real” news network, whereas the liberal whackadoodle stations are.