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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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 Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:34 am Post subject: Liberal media |
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I like the battle between the two imaginary sides on which side the media is biased towards. This one was particularly funny:
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/01/27/that-liberal-media-bias-rears-its-ugly-head-again/
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Look at this Yahoo headline of a Reuters story:
Bomb kills 15, Bush critic Pelosi visits Baghdad
"Bush critic"? That's the best descriptive Yahoo can think of to give Pelosi?
Not "Speaker of the House" Pelosi? Not "Third in Line for the Presidency" Pelosi?
Not even "California Congresswoman" Pelosi?
But, yes, all you lurking Freepers, keep crying that the media is liberal. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070126/ts_nm/iraq_dc_64
No idea what a 'freeper' is. Anybody have some good examples of bias from either side? |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:45 am Post subject: |
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| Freeper, is a right-winger or reader of freerepublic.com |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:23 am Post subject: |
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| I like the battle between the two imaginary sides on which side the media is biased towards. |
Mithridates: there is much political bias in the media. American and other English-language newsmakers have for all intents and purposes openly embraced this since the 1970s -- but there are even earlier examples if you would like to probe.
In any case, there are real right-wing talk-radio shows, and there is Bill O'Riley, Ann Coulter, and FoxNews, to cite but a few examples.
There are leftist sources like The Guardian and many in academe.
Many are not so much left or right as they are merely oppositionist or even antiAmerican.
I am sorry you seem to have come down with a case of downplayitis on this issue. But I assure you it is a real one.
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| mithridates wrote: |
| I like the battle between the two imaginary sides on which side the media is biased towards. |
Mithridates: there is much political bias in the media. American newsmakers have for all intents and purposes openly embraced this since the 1970s -- but there are even earlier examples if you would like to probe.
In any case, there are real right-wing talk-radio shows, and there is Bill O'Riley, Ann Coulter, and FoxNews, to cite but a few examples.
There are leftist sources like The Guardian and many in academe.
Many are not so much left or right as they are merely oppositionist or even antiAmerican.
I am sorry you seem to have come down with a case of downplayitis on this issue. But I assure you it is a real one. |
Not so much that as an attempt to avoid too much melodrama, which might cause the thread to explode. I'd rather downplay an issue if it helps to get a few serious responses instead of the usual chatter. |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Right-wing bias
Of course, Fox News is a wingnut right-wing outfit. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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In my opinion, the media in North America is pro-state. Both the "left" and "right" media are eager for the state to solve the totality of problems in society. Very seldom do you read an editorial that advocates the government doing nothing. If it is left or right doesn't matter, and what left and right are changes with time. What doesn't change is the mystical belief in th unique power of government to fix the world.
Though, I think a characteristic of the liberal/left media is the dedication to PC lunacy. The right is similarly dedicated to patriotism and tradition. |
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:48 pm Post subject: |
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Liberal media: Whiny, bit*hing, cry-baby conservatives love to prattle on and on about the "liberal media." To be fair......except for FOX News (Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, John Gibson, Neil Cavuto, Steve Doocy, E.D. Hill, Brian Kilmeade, Brit Hume), Clear Channel, Laura Ingraham, Dr. Laura, Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Ann Coulter, Newsmax, G. Gordon Liddy, Michael Reagan, Michael Savage, The New York Post, Sinclair Broadcast Group (WLOS13, Fox 45, WTTO21, WB49, KGAN, WICD, WICS, WCHS, WVAH, WTAT, WSTR, WSYX, WTTE, WKEF, WRGT, KDSM, WSMH, WXLV, WURN, KVWB, KFBT, WDKY, WMSN, WVTV, WEAR, WZTV, KOTH, WYZZ, WPGH, WGME, WLFL, WRLH, WUHF, KABB, WGGB, WSYT, WTTA), David Horowitz, Rupert Murdoch, PAX, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough...... they're right.
The rest of the piece is also very funny and completely on the money! |
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twg
Joined: 02 Nov 2006
Location: Getting some fresh air...
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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Generally, American media is all rather paleo-conservative, focusing on what makes money. Neo-cons, with their demand for a unified world view have trouble understanding this so they start screaming about liberal bias when their world view isn't presented as the one true view.
You're either with them or you're against them. They are a simplistic group of people, and I can't want until their philosophy gets tossed in the trash bin of history. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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You're either with them or you're against them. They are a simplistic group of people, and I can't want until their philosophy gets tossed in the trash bin of history.
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I think the sound you heard on Election Day '06 was the clatter of the neo-con philosophy landing on the trash heap of history. The whole big spending, foreign military adventures, irresponsible economic policy, vitriolic character smearing policy and radical right social agenda has earned conservatism the reputation it deserves and this will be confirmed in Nov. '08. |
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