Of course they're not bringing them up. That's why I had to. Those so-called "mainstream" networks are just as biased in their presentation of the news as Fox is, only on the left side of the political spectrum. I've watched those networks for years, and they do a very sly job of slanting and spinning the facts to suit their political views. People never used to comment on it, because they didn't have a network like FOX to show them how it could be done differently.
and the people who follow them.....are not always what it seems. It seems some self-loathing liberals are obsessed about FOX news...they must watch a lot of it.
Not from my experience. Im an independant and didn't have any allegiances before this election and CNN was definitely my station. They lean toward the left but they are much less bias than the other two. They usually have both teh republican and democrat point of view from analysts.
You need to separate news reporting from news analysis. CNN's guy on the right is Alex Castellanos, who makes Alan Colmes look agressive. Everyone else is either left or far left.
It seems to me that all of the broadcast and cable news media cater to what their slice of the market wants to hear. Let's face it, most people are looking for corroboration of their own opinions when they choose which network they listen to. Fox caters to the right and virtually everybody else caters to the left...which accounts for the butt-kicking in the ratings department that Fox puts on the other cable news sources.
And accounts for lots of fox viewers being un-educated from both points of views on current events, while on fox news things that democrats said are highly scrutinized and twisted to look worse while the right magically looks better, which does not equal to fair and balanced journalism. MSNBC does the same thing though.
So, not being fully educated on a right of center view is okay, but not being educated on a left of center is somehow missing something? Exactly when does CNN offer the full spectrum of opinion?
You are acting like I'm advocating that channels like MSNBC are better than FoxNews. They are all the same. I simply think CNN is as close to unbias as it gets from these cable news shows. I already said they lean toward the left a bit as well, but its better than either MSNBC or FoxNews.
They also have Ed Rollins, William Bennett, Amy Holmes, Tara Wall, and they just added Mary Matalin. Not to mention they have voices from both parties on Larry King Live when his show is doing a political topic. They also frequently bring in Ari Fleisher to talk about political issues. CNN is much more objective than left-leaning MSNBC or right-leaning FOX News. -Pop
haven't you figured out that the guy with the ugly wife and fat baby is always right because he posts often? he's the official mouthpiece of Obama (I don't know what that means, I just know it's important to hear something then repeat it to death on the internet to be the coolest... which reminds me: something something Obama socialism anti america something something teleprompter something something bailout. Look, I can win too).
Ya'll are acting like these channels are supposed to be impartial-- or even news. They are like the lottery, meant for ENTERTAINMENT purposes only.
Wow, I own you. I don't even try, and I completely own you. P.S. Do you really believe those two to be my wife and child? If so, you're even dumber than your posts would indicate.
You just disqualified yourself from ever being taken seriously on this board. Anyone who would attack a man's wife and baby (though in this case they are neither) is a pathetic human being who obviously has nothing left in his arsenal to fight with.
Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann. Now that's fair and balanced. CNN's choice of guests biases their reporting. If there's a general who's against the action in Iraq, he got all the air time they could afford, and that sort of thing. I also remember during the presidential debates, CNN had a focus group and one of their anchors there interviewing the people. She asked, "how many of you think Obama won?" and about 1/3 raised their hands, "how many of you think Hillary won?" and 2/3 raised their hands. "There you have it, Obama easily won this debate," she said. If every cable outlet is as left-biased as CNN and MSBNC, it's a good thing to have the opposing view represented. Just existing, makes Fox THE balance.
This is well said. Fox balances out all the left-wing bias, but overall they are NOT fair and balanced. And CNN is much more balanced, do you agree on that? I know they lean toward the left, but I mean I just posted a vid of Fox doing what you just said but instead of voting for one democrat over another democrat they did it for a republican vs a democrat (of course).
I tend to agree with the posters who talk about the actual news vs. editorial content. Fox's actual news, like covering a plane or train accident, is as good as any. Though I found the Fox actual News to be more upbeat and positive (during the Bush years) and the other networks making it seem everything is broken. O'Reilly and Hannity are not news people. They are editorialists. Their job is to have an opinion and get ratings out of those opinions. A newsman's job is to report the facts without letting any of his personal opinions be part of the coverage. CNN boosting a democrat over another democrat is rather arrogant, and trying to establish in peoples' minds that the democrat candidates are the only ones who matter. I forgot to mention in my previous post the cross pollination between CNN and NPR and PBS. Judy Woodruff is the obvious example - she became an anchor at CNN after being on McNeil Lehrer at PBS for years. I also see a few of the MSNBC newspeople have moved over to CNN.
