Newscorp app adds Fox, IGN, the Wall Street Journal and Fox News to Xbox 360 in 2012
by Ben Gilbert 
on Jan 9th 2012 10:42PM
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Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:45PM ottoman673 said
another platform corrupted by the presence of such scum as bill o'reilly, sean hannity, and company
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:03PM Sarge said
At least it's not Olbermann.
Seriously, though, no one should have any problem with this. I wouldn't go crazy if, say, MSNBC or CNN put up an app. I wouldn't use it, but there's no need to gripe mightily about it.
Oh. Internet. Right. Never mind. Carry on.
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Seriously, though, no one should have any problem with this. I wouldn't go crazy if, say, MSNBC or CNN put up an app. I wouldn't use it, but there's no need to gripe mightily about it.
Oh. Internet. Right. Never mind. Carry on.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:17PM (Unverified) said
@ottoman673 You poor thing. It must be tough when you look at their ratings and realize that the idiots you watch can't beat an infomercial. Maybe if you get some help, you can deal with what your laughing stock of a "network" has become.. Tell you what, I'll go switch over to MSNBCraphole so I can double their ratings to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Their 3AM show pulls a better rating than your prime time embarrassments.. At least Fox isn't in the business of hoping we fail overseas. Hear that sound? It's the knife you people put in our troops backs.. Give me your home address. I'll round up a homeless person so they can give you a nice big stinky hug.
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Posted: Jan 10th 2012 12:04AM MarkezJM said
@(Unverified)
I can't tell if I'm being trolled or not. It seems sincere... Yet it's so ridiculous... You're likely half my age which makes responding pretty dumb anyway. You speak of Fox news and use the term 'we'? Really? I mean I lean left mostly, but I'd never consider myself and MSNBC a 'we.' I also watch republican primaries and debates and check out Fox news to see what their coverage is like. Saying that any American is putting a knife in our troops backs because of what news channel they watch is the most insulting and un'merican thing in your entire post.
And, also, there's actually empirical evidence now that Fox news viewers are dumber than your average news consumer when it comes to current events, soooooo.... there's that....
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I can't tell if I'm being trolled or not. It seems sincere... Yet it's so ridiculous... You're likely half my age which makes responding pretty dumb anyway. You speak of Fox news and use the term 'we'? Really? I mean I lean left mostly, but I'd never consider myself and MSNBC a 'we.' I also watch republican primaries and debates and check out Fox news to see what their coverage is like. Saying that any American is putting a knife in our troops backs because of what news channel they watch is the most insulting and un'merican thing in your entire post.
And, also, there's actually empirical evidence now that Fox news viewers are dumber than your average news consumer when it comes to current events, soooooo.... there's that....
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 12:53AM GamerTrekster said
@ottoman673
You are so very clueless. Given your moronic response it is more likely that you watch CNN whos ratings could not beat a 4am infomercial on swamp land in the desert,
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You are so very clueless. Given your moronic response it is more likely that you watch CNN whos ratings could not beat a 4am infomercial on swamp land in the desert,
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 4:42AM OrangeGamer said
@(Unverified) Lol he actually believes faux news. Which part of the south are you from? lolol
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Posted: Jan 10th 2012 8:01AM 30yearGamer said
@MarkezJM wow empirical evidence! So does that mean that that when I watch a t.v. show that asks people on the streets of NY, LA or CHI (which are 60-75% progressive) geography and history questions (example:What state is our nation's capital is in? they don't know or they say washington state), that it should be my empirical evidence that most progressives are morons?
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Posted: Jan 10th 2012 8:25AM (Unverified) said
@(Unverified) Hahaha someones mind has been shapped by their daddy all their life....like most all republicans. Try thinking for yourself tool. AND IF YOU SUPPORT WAR SO MUCH GO JOIN THE ARMY THEN P*SSY!!! time to put up or shut up, and All republicans should be required to fight in all wars if they support them so much.
I sure as hell won't miss you but i bet your daddy will!
good luck scum bag :-)
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I sure as hell won't miss you but i bet your daddy will!
good luck scum bag :-)
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 9:17AM ItsameMatt03 said
@ottoman673
All this conservative here watches is Fox News! Liberal news is poison.
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All this conservative here watches is Fox News! Liberal news is poison.
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 9:31AM SmilinGoat said
@ottoman673
i've "lost" a few friends to fox news/rush. I say lost because it is now completely impossible to have a conversation about the world, even if its not really political, without them turning it political, and therefor all about how we need to support the richest people in the country to support ourselves (well this is where it always ends up)
sucks because its gotten to the point where i'd rather not talk to them, not because i disagree with them, only because they insist on talking about it ever time we meet up. its like a god damned cult.
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i've "lost" a few friends to fox news/rush. I say lost because it is now completely impossible to have a conversation about the world, even if its not really political, without them turning it political, and therefor all about how we need to support the richest people in the country to support ourselves (well this is where it always ends up)
sucks because its gotten to the point where i'd rather not talk to them, not because i disagree with them, only because they insist on talking about it ever time we meet up. its like a god damned cult.
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 12:56PM UhMilhouse said
@SmilinGoat
That's what Fox News (and the whole ridiculous right wing hive-mind mentality) does to people. They must be sending out some kind of subconscious impulses to get people to act like lunatics, because I can't see any reasonable way they could act like that on their own.
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That's what Fox News (and the whole ridiculous right wing hive-mind mentality) does to people. They must be sending out some kind of subconscious impulses to get people to act like lunatics, because I can't see any reasonable way they could act like that on their own.
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 11:07PM Terical said
@ItsameMatt03
Ironic you would say such a thing. Republicans are pretty responsible for a Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting, assassination of an abortion doctor and other violent acts just by mentioning liberals are out to destroy the country and looking to take away liberties over and over again.
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Ironic you would say such a thing. Republicans are pretty responsible for a Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting, assassination of an abortion doctor and other violent acts just by mentioning liberals are out to destroy the country and looking to take away liberties over and over again.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:46PM thecoon said
is ign really considered news?
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 1:26PM trendscenedental said
@Mcmax3000
What a remarkably informative and concise post. You, sir, win an Internet. Unless, of course, SOPA passes. Then you win... I duno, free porn? Or are they taking that away, too? =P
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What a remarkably informative and concise post. You, sir, win an Internet. Unless, of course, SOPA passes. Then you win... I duno, free porn? Or are they taking that away, too? =P
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:47PM Tradio said
no one download this app.....unless you want to be hacked
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:47PM copa said
IGN? Fox News?
Are you basically trying to take every brand that I want to escape from at the end of the day, and have it waiting for me when I fire up my XBox 360?
Are you basically trying to take every brand that I want to escape from at the end of the day, and have it waiting for me when I fire up my XBox 360?
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:52PM TheSecretMe said
I'll download it and will use it to watch O'Reilly and Hannity just to spite all of you bigoted haters!
IGN will be cool, and I can watch the Simpsons anytime? Sweet!
IGN will be cool, and I can watch the Simpsons anytime? Sweet!
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 12:14AM TheSecretMe said
@Bielzer You got it, what I was saying so sarcastically! +1 for you. :)
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Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:52PM Soc said
newscorp is shit.
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 2:36PM FinalOutrage said
@Soc I dislike both IGN and Fox News (definitely Fox News) and I don't want to be greeted by either when I turn on my console as well.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:52PM Doctor Who said
Wow... What a horrible idea!
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:53PM Doctor Who said
And too clearify, we in the US can't get a BBC app, but we get a FOX one!? Whose bright idea was that?
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:54PM (Unverified) said
So I can now watch the infamous "Sexbox" segement on my Sexbox? Er...Xbox...I meant Xbox...
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 10:57PM Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi said
**Ron Paul Voice**
Clearly Microsoft is out of touch, don't they know that Fox News HATES Gamers?
Clearly Microsoft is out of touch, don't they know that Fox News HATES Gamers?
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 6:14AM YouAintFatYouAintNotin said
@Chris DPSN AggieCEO XBLThe Aggi Was thinking the same thing.
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Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:02PM (Unverified) said
All the things gamers crave!
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:04PM ArchiGamer said
@tehtimeisnow
Not as dumb as spelling the console you support wrong...
Not as dumb as spelling the console you support wrong...
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:04PM Metalfacedoom said
@tehtimeisnow You Sir... Ahh forget it, it's too easy. Enjoy your fox news.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:10PM pabloshong said
The only app I really really want is an Amazon Prime video streaming app. Pretty please, Amazon?
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:11PM Mcmax3000 said
This is cool & all (well, the FOX part is... Not so much the FOX News) but we all know it will be US only :/
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 1:25AM RubberSoul1990 said
@KillaPat Perhaps because he is the typical Murdoch troll? You might be able to dump your waste off the starboard bow but someone is going to remember it!
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Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:18PM (Unverified) said
The average Fox News viewer is 65, and that number is getting higher over time. I don't think that's going to be a huge draw for Xbox.
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:22PM Terical said
Fox news wants to reach out a group of people they dislike and report their "findings" that contains one to many laughable sources (namely the people's hysteria) and their own "research".
Posted: Jan 9th 2012 11:36PM Beanpie01 said
what.... Fox News... on Xbox???
Last time i check they were spewing about Sexbox, Sweeping Generalization of Kids playing Halo, and Mass Effect being a Rated X Porn game hosted by some clueless lady they deemed a "expert" on their show.
know what, im not even mad, after Good morning america's "people playing video games over 30 are wierd" rant, just dont really care, whatver makes them money.
but you know damn well ill have some popcorn ready when MSM goes on another video games are the devil tantrum it is viewed by millions on the xbox.
Thanks newscorp!
Last time i check they were spewing about Sexbox, Sweeping Generalization of Kids playing Halo, and Mass Effect being a Rated X Porn game hosted by some clueless lady they deemed a "expert" on their show.
know what, im not even mad, after Good morning america's "people playing video games over 30 are wierd" rant, just dont really care, whatver makes them money.
but you know damn well ill have some popcorn ready when MSM goes on another video games are the devil tantrum it is viewed by millions on the xbox.
Thanks newscorp!
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 12:02AM foxhound said
All: Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Karl: Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Lenny: Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
Alien: We do! We do!
All: Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Skinner: Who robs cavefish of their sight?
Homer: Who rigs every Oscar night?
All: We do! We do!
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do! We do!
Karl: Who leaves Atlantis off the maps?
Lenny: Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
Alien: We do! We do!
All: Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Gutenberg a star?
We do! We do!
Skinner: Who robs cavefish of their sight?
Homer: Who rigs every Oscar night?
All: We do! We do!
Posted: Jan 10th 2012 12:22AM Ospov said
But I thought Fox News said video games are evil?
I'm mostly conservative and even I can't take them seriously...
I'm mostly conservative and even I can't take them seriously...
