Writerbuckeye
Posts: 4,745
Jun 28, 2011 11:04pm
Manhattan Buckeye;816902 wrote:Perhaps I'm living too much in the past, but didn't Dan Rather get fired over an attempt to bone over the '04 election re W's Air Force Guard history? Really, a major news network was sitting on a (false) story to submit near the election.
Not just sitting on -- complicit in creating for all intents and purposes.
Perhaps the most egregious example of media bias in our country's history...and one the media never wants us to remember but one we should never forget.
bigdaddy2003
Posts: 7,384
Jun 29, 2011 11:14am
I love when people say Fox is biased towards conservatives and Republicans. Makes you wonder if they have ever actually watched a minute of the channel. I guess I am just a different kind of cat because I don't find Bachman or Palin to be batshit crazy. I am more inclined to believe the liberal way of thinking is batshit crazy but to each their own I guess. I just wish Gibby and people who truly support the president could present valid reason for why they want him to be president again.
fish82
Posts: 4,111
Jun 29, 2011 11:34am
Depends on when they watch. If all they watch is Beck/Hannity/Goofy Morning Crew, then yeah, they're pretty damn biased. If they watch the actual news blocks (Shep/Wallace et al) then they'd see what the studies have actually proven...that Fox News is the most centrist of all the cable and broadcast networks.bigdaddy2003;817412 wrote:I love when people say Fox is biased towards conservatives and Republicans. Makes you wonder if they have ever actually watched a minute of the channel.
bigdaddy2003
Posts: 7,384
Jun 29, 2011 1:45pm
fish82;817454 wrote:Depends on when they watch. If all they watch is Beck/Hannity/Goofy Morning Crew, then yeah, they're pretty damn biased. If they watch the actual news blocks (Shep/Wallace et al) then they'd see what the studies have actually proven...that Fox News is the most centrist of all the cable and broadcast networks.
Well yeah I know that Hannity is for sure. Beck is against big government but he isn't for either party. O'Reilly isn't biased and he is one of the most hated for some reason. Must be because he is the most successful.
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QuakerOats
Posts: 8,740
Jun 29, 2011 2:44pm
'Any' republican now leads obama by 4 % points .... fifth week in a row.
Possible change we can believe in coming .....
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/generic_presidential_ballot/election_2012_generic_presidential_ballot
Possible change we can believe in coming .....
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/generic_presidential_ballot/election_2012_generic_presidential_ballot
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Jun 29, 2011 3:43pm
I try to watch at least some of all the Fox News commentary programs on a semi-regular basis, at least until I get to the point of throwing something at the TV set. Their regular news reporting does have a conservative slant, though. They report the news, but they focus sometimes from a negative aspect, as evidenced by their scrolls. Sensationalism is what drives all of the cable news outlets and Fox is one of the leaders. Roger knows his stuff.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Jun 29, 2011 4:17pm
It is slanted conservatively that's for sure but that's not really a problem with me. My problem is that they (and not just them other networks as well) tend to mix their actual news with the commentary and seem to almost deliberatly play the commentary off as news.fish82;817454 wrote:Depends on when they watch. If all they watch is Beck/Hannity/Goofy Morning Crew, then yeah, they're pretty damn biased. If they watch the actual news blocks (Shep/Wallace et al) then they'd see what the studies have actually proven...that Fox News is the most centrist of all the cable and broadcast networks.
No, I won't because I'm not of the opinion that all of our problems stem from the left. Plenty of them do sure, but I also hold a lot of the blame at the right's feet.No, I'm 21.
Your tune will change when you have a career and see how much you don't make a year because of low life's that keep the left in office
bigdaddy2003
Posts: 7,384
Jun 29, 2011 4:49pm
A tiny slant if any but MSNBC has a LARGE slant.
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Jun 29, 2011 4:53pm
Saying Fox has a tiny slant is like being a little pregnant. MSNBC has tried to copy Fox's slant but on the liberal side. So far they're losing the viewership battle by a wide margin.
bigdaddy2003
Posts: 7,384
Jun 29, 2011 5:00pm
Sorry, but as an independent I don't see the major slant on Fox like I do on MSNBC. I have seen Fox compliment democrat when they do something right. Have you seen the same on MSNBC?
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Jun 29, 2011 5:13pm
Hell, MSNBC hired Michael Steele as a contributor. The only left-leaner on Fox is the sorry-assed Juan Williams, who lets Bill O'Reilly treat him like one of his female staffers.
Seriously, though, neither network offers up props to the other side. I simply haven't seen it from either one.
And what in the hell happened to Brit Hume to make him so cynical? Did ABC News shove a firecracker up his ass before he left? That man seems incapable of showing any emotion.
Seriously, though, neither network offers up props to the other side. I simply haven't seen it from either one.
And what in the hell happened to Brit Hume to make him so cynical? Did ABC News shove a firecracker up his ass before he left? That man seems incapable of showing any emotion.
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jun 30, 2011 3:34pm
bigdaddy2003;817914 wrote:Sorry, but as an independent I don't see the major slant on Fox like I do on MSNBC. I have seen Fox compliment democrat when they do something right. Have you seen the same on MSNBC?
Apparently one of MSNBC's guys was suspended for referring to Obama as a "dick". Damn liberal...
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
Jun 30, 2011 3:48pm
President Nixon was called dick every day he while he was president. No one was suspended or forced to appolagize. It was OK because he was a Republican.Heretic;818970 wrote:Apparently one of MSNBC's guys was suspended for referring to Obama as a "dick". Damn liberal...
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
Jun 30, 2011 3:50pm
majorspark;818989 wrote:President Nixon was called dick every day he while he was president. No one was suspended or forced to appolagize. It was OK because he was a Republican.
bigdaddy2003
Posts: 7,384
Jun 30, 2011 4:34pm
Heretic;818970 wrote:Apparently one of MSNBC's guys was suspended for referring to Obama as a "dick". Damn liberal...
Yeah, who was it and why did he call him a dick?
Tobias Fünke
Posts: 2,387
Jun 30, 2011 4:58pm
stlouiedipalma;817908 wrote:Saying Fox has a tiny slant is like being a little pregnant.
No it's not.
fish82
Posts: 4,111
Jun 30, 2011 5:18pm
Mark Halpern, and because he is one.bigdaddy2003;819025 wrote:Yeah, who was it and why did he call him a ****?
I kid. He didn't actually call him one...he said he was "acting like a dick" during the press conference. While it might not be the classiest statement of the week...it was 100% accurate.
Ty Webb
Posts: 2,798
Jun 30, 2011 6:09pm
majorspark;818989 wrote:President Nixon was called dick every day he while he was president. No one was suspended or forced to appolagize. It was OK because he was a Republican.
Maybe because that was his name?
majorspark
Posts: 5,122
Jun 30, 2011 6:50pm
Looks like there is at least one who didn't get it.Ty Webb;819076 wrote:Maybe because that was his name?
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Jul 1, 2011 11:00am
fish82;819047 wrote:Mark Halpern, and because he is one.
I kid. He didn't actually call him one...he said he was "acting like a ****" during the press conference. While it might not be the classiest statement of the week...it was 100% accurate.
Actually, Halpern got an assist from the production team on Morning Joe on this one. They were discussing the presser and Halpern asked if the delay was on. Scarborough told him they could activate it and Halpern made his comment. Unfortunately for him, the folks in the control booth pressed the wrong button and we all got to hear his comment. Halpern spent the rest of his time on the program looking quite ill. He even stated at one point "my career is over".
The sad truth is, even though it was an inappropriate choice of words, he was spot on correct.
fish82
Posts: 4,111
Jul 1, 2011 1:34pm
Heard that too. I'd hate to be the poor schmuck in the control room today!stlouiedipalma;819503 wrote:Actually, Halpern got an assist from the production team on Morning Joe on this one. They were discussing the presser and Halpern asked if the delay was on. Scarborough told him they could activate it and Halpern made his comment. Unfortunately for him, the folks in the control booth pressed the wrong button and we all got to hear his comment. Halpern spent the rest of his time on the program looking quite ill. He even stated at one point "my career is over".
The sad truth is, even though it was an inappropriate choice of words, he was spot on correct.
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Jul 1, 2011 2:46pm
Thats ok, they rebounded:stlouiedipalma;819503 wrote:Actually, Halpern got an assist from the production team on Morning Joe on this one. They were discussing the presser and Halpern asked if the delay was on. Scarborough told him they could activate it and Halpern made his comment. Unfortunately for him, the folks in the control booth pressed the wrong button and we all got to hear his comment. Halpern spent the rest of his time on the program looking quite ill. He even stated at one point "my career is over".
The sad truth is, even though it was an inappropriate choice of words, he was spot on correct.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/morning-joe-a-day-after-mark-halperins-insult-show-replays-mitt-romney-incest-joke/
Perhaps MSNBC/NBC’s policy deems it offensive to say vulgar things about the President of the United States, but attacking the leading Republican candidate using old, tired, stereotypical and offensive comments is just fine.
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stlouiedipalma
Posts: 1,797
Jul 1, 2011 5:04pm
Hey, that's a pretty interesting website. I'd be willing to bet a lot of our righties moonlight on that site. Barry Goldwater would be considered a flaming liberal on that one.
Sage
Posts: 2,070
Jul 1, 2011 6:46pm
Surprised nobody has mentioned my 2012 Republican darkhorse: the enigma known as WARREN G. HARDING, Destroyer of WORLDS.
Writerbuckeye
Posts: 4,745
Jul 1, 2011 11:47pm
Warren's too busy diddling teenage girls in hell to run for office.