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\nThe Right Before Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twas the day before Christmas
\nAnd all through the news
\nThe networks were vying
\nTo peddle their views<\/p>\n

The Secular Media
\nPretending to care
\nBroadcast their services
\nOver the air<\/p>\n

CNN’s query for
\nMe and for you
\nWas what would Lord Jesus
\nHimself really do<\/p>\n

MSNBC
\nWants to share with us all
\nThe party from Radio
\nCity Music Hall<\/p>\n

But one network more
\nThan the others declares
\nIts devotion to
\nChristianity’s prayers<\/p>\n

From 24 hours
\nIts schedule was sliced
\nTo give almost half
\nTo the glory of Christ<\/p>\n

Which compels one to wonder
\nRegarding Fox News
\nT’would be better to hail
\nThe net as Fox Pews<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

On this holiday eve, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at the programming served up by the big three cable news networks. Not surprisingly, they all offered specials related to Christmas. It is, of course, entirely appropriate to produce programs that will be of interest to such a prominent percentage of TV consumers on a day of great national significance. But it was nonetheless a little jarring to discover the extent of Fox News’ sermonizing.<\/p>\n

Christian content consumed nearly half (11 hours) of the 24 hour period pre-Christmas. The programs included an airing of “Miracles: Facts, Fictions, and Faith,”<\/em> two airings of “One Nation Under God”<\/em> hosted by Newt Gingrich, three airings of “The Birth of Jesus,”<\/em> and five airings of “The Rick Warren Christmas Special.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Despite the declaration of victory<\/a> issued by General Bill O’Reilly, the War on Christmas is still raging and Fox doesn’t appear ready to stand down. After all, both Rupert Murdoch and the White House sent out “holiday”<\/em> greetings this year. So as an extra measure of security, Fox is implementing its own surge strategy by scheduling nine straight hours<\/span> of Gen. O’Reilly himself on Christmas day. Who better to spend the Lord’s birthday with than the man who proclaimed that<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“Every company in America should be on its knees thanking Jesus for being born. Without Christmas, most American businesses would be far less profitable.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that’s<\/u><\/em> Christmas spirit! I wasn’t even aware that companies had knees. But it is uplifting to know that Jesus was born to increase profit margins. Never mind those moneychangers in the temple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Right Before Christmas Twas the day before Christmas And all through the news The networks were vying To peddle their views The Secular Media Pretending to care Broadcast their services Over the air CNN’s query for Me and for you Was what would Lord Jesus Himself really do MSNBC Wants to share with us […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,15,8],"tags":[26,98,33],"class_list":["post-720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-humor","category-propaganda","tag-bill-oreilly","tag-christmas","tag-fox-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-bC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24025,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=24025","url_meta":{"origin":720,"position":0},"title":"It’s A (War On) Christmas Miracle: A World Without Rupert Murdoch","author":"Mark NC","date":"12\/22\/2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Subscribers to the Dish Network woke up this weekend to find that the level of ignorance and dishonesty that is pumped into their homes by their television provider had dropped precipitously. 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