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Originally Posted by Grim17
Not only did Hume correctly predict how the liberal main stream media would ignore the political gains in Iraq, he also does something that no other news anchor would dare do... Tell the truth about personal bias!
I have noticed that people in the news media who have a conservative bias (which are few) don't have an issue admitting it, while those in the media who have a liberal bias (the overwhelming majority) refuse to be honest about it. Why is that?
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How about you list the 18 benchmarks as they were given way back when and then you can tell us how each of those that have been met.
THEN...
we can discuss whether or not it's a story worthy of all networks covering it...Cuz Grim, just because Fox prints something, doesn't make it true.
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Originally Posted by Birdzeye
So when is FOX going to "try to be . . . fair?"
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or
"balanced"?
let me venture a guess...
when Rupert Murdoch becomes a card carrying liberal... IOW, when hell freezes over...
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Originally Posted by Grim17
They are.
If you believe they aren't, then please post a news story that ABC, NBC and CBS aired, that FOX News ignored.
FOX News has been praised recently by members of the Hillary Clinton campaign, because they were the only MSM news network that gave them fair and equal coverage in their battle with Obama.
Now Birdzeye, do you have any comment on what I posted?
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she may not, but I just did...
list the benchmarks and tell us how each of been met...
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Originally Posted by Skerlnik
I think any pretense of our media being "fair" and unbiased was taken out back and executed long ago.
Of course the media is biased!!! They are complete whores for ratings and tailor stories, choose to report and not report, accordingly. The media watch polls closer than anyone. The instant the people got sick of, and started questioning the Iraq War, they quit cheerleading it and all pretended to be all concerned.... The media are the ultimate panderers.
The Village Voice isn't written for conservatives, and Fox News isn't intended for liberals. People LIKE self-confirmation, and dislike hearing news that goes against their own biases, and I can't imagine there are a whole lot people out there who weigh and balance everything, or get their news from a variety of sources.
I'm not aware of anything that mandates that the media be neutral. Why is this always such a surprise to people when some outlet airs some story you don't agree with? Nobody was accusing the MSM of liberality when all of them salaciously jumped on every sordid detail of the Lewinsky affair. Where was the righteous indignation, then?
So, come on. Everyone knows the media isn't neutral. That's why Fox News was created to begin with. No victim card to play, here, Grim.
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excellent post, skerlnik.
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Originally Posted by Grim17
The liberal bias in the main stream media is obvious.
Networks like NBC, CBS and ABC have done several stories on how those benchmarks hadn't been met before, and now that 10 of the 18 have been met, complete silence.
Not meeting benchmarks = Story
Meeting benchmarks = Non story
Losing the war = Story
Winning the war = Non story
Civil war in Iraq = Story
No civil war in Iraq = Non story
Obama goes to Iraq = Big news
McCain goes to Iraq = Yawn
I could go on and on, but I think I've made my point.
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you do go on and on but... you haven't made any points at all...
perhaps you could explain why the so called liberal media went on and on and on for days and days and days about how Obama is a muslim... and the days and days and days of Obama's CHRISTIAN pastor said this... and the days and days and days of Obama's CHRISTIAN pastor said that... and the days and days and days of Obama's GUEST CHRISTIAN pastor saying something funny about Clinton... and the days and days and days of Obama's saying that rural americans are bitter...
all of that points to a liberal media bias...
uh huh...
right.
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Originally Posted by Birdzeye
Fox is "fair?"
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You gotta be kidding!!!!
Since you're the one trying to make a claim here (of Fox's alleged fairness), perhaps you could cite a few examples of news stories that they put out that were very unfavorable to conservatives and/or GOPers.
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uhhh... well there was that story on Fox News radio about Neal Horsley... that wasn't exactly what you would call a favorable story... not to me anyway... maybe to some of our southern friends maybe, but not at all favorable to me...
you
DO recall the story I'm referring to, don't you Birdz????