The myth of the Liberal media bias

Originally posted by PVS
cops like this are a danger to all their peers.
i have cops in my family who are fair and honest, and
treat the people they apprehend with respect. rather than
be known for this, they are labeled as a$$holes because of the
actions of a minority of 'robocops' as i like to call them. people
who are drunk with power and view everyone else as beneath them.

cops...like everyone else...get a bad press through sensationalism by the media...too often the good goes left unrewarded and unapllauded by the media while the actions of the few are spread across every front page and every headline broadcast throughout the country and even the world

i cant imagine what hassle this causes for the people in your family especially in the US (i am right in thinking your from the US?) because of the gun culture that gives an added risk to their jobs

they have my utmost respect for their work 👆

a typical example of the lack of respect for these professions happened in Glasgow last week...some retard decided it would be fun to shoot at firemen called out to a blaze across the road from his house....granted he was only using an air powered .22 rifle...but what were the consequences...he shot and killed a 2 year old boy

I'll go look for how many stations Rush/Savage are syndicated or otherwise boradcasted on, and then I'll compare how many stations syndicate material like what would be found on Air America/Pacifica.

Maybe I'll also look at the coverage, say, Robert Novak, William Safire, Tucker Carlson get against that of, say, James Carville, Paul Krugman, and maybe Keith Olbermann.

Additionally, I'll throw in a polemic here:

Republicans (or religious conservatives, neocons, you get the idea of the groups I'm pointing at) shriek about being persecuted, yet they have such wonderful personalities like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and numerous government figures there to push people around in their spheres of influence. I fail to see the ground from which they can fling these charges of persecution or intolerance when people like O'Reilly frequently tell their guests (rather noisily, might I add) to shut up, or how Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh lambast callers who aren't of their favored demographics (need I describe that?) on their shows. Oh, I almost forgot Sean Hannity, also guilty of the above actions. Not to mention the fact that I haven't even began on the actions of government figures (equating the Dem party with terrorists and alleged supporters of terrorism, "stacking the deck" at press conferences, and trying to remove tried-and-true tools that allow a political minority to retain a degree of "leash" on the majority (i.e. the fillibuster)

Persecution is a separate idea from being held accountable. If someone calls you on your BS, and shows how you say all drug users should be locked up, while abusing drugs yourself, or writing books about morals while in the depths of a gambling addiction, that's not persecution, that's, well, being called on your BS.

Expect a follow-up with the figures I planned to research at the top of this post.

^ I agree that Mike Savage can be a dick at time, but, I am sorry, but he's hilarious to listen to when he gets wound up.

^ Oh, I agree. I find it funny when people lose their cool and lash out like that. It's the most vivid of reminders as to why I took biofeedback training to curb my stress/frustration/anxiety.

Wow. Usually I'd be the first person to jump into a discussion like this with some fiery opinion. But, reading the repeated prejudices, generalizations and arguing fallacies has just really made me not want to say anything. So, to put it simply, I'm wimping out because I just don't feel like arguing. I just want to say that I think that there is no such thing as the "Liberal Media." That's it. I'm done.

Quite frankly the american media is LIBERAL. Look at the stories they three main stations run, ABC, NBC, CBS. They have run stories which were purely rumors, they heavily promoted fahrenheit 9/11, but not fahrenhype 9/11. The media LOVES to report on negative things, and at this point, its all been negative bush. Actually listen to the stories, and watch the news.

Read some of these stories.

http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Here's a quote-

"Liberal bias at CBS didn't miss a beat as the interim Evening News anchor, Bob Schieffer, and reporter John Roberts took southpaw-hits at President Bush's plan to reform Social Security. However, CBS's Trish Regan reported a largely positive story on Chile's success with Social Security choice and private accounts. MSNBC's Chris Matthews rejected the fact that liberalism dominates the outlook of the network anchors ... and then Matthews described Walter Cronkite as a liberal anchorman. CNN's Aaron Brown sniffled that Dan Rather resigned in a "tragic," not "heroic" fashion"

yeah but the liberals, since they agree with it, see no bias whatsoever.

Originally posted by BullitNutz
I'll go look for how many stations Rush/Savage are syndicated or otherwise boradcasted on, and then I'll compare how many stations syndicate material like what would be found on Air America/Pacifica.

Maybe I'll also look at the coverage, say, Robert Novak, William Safire, Tucker Carlson get against that of, say, James Carville, Paul Krugman, and maybe Keith Olbermann.

Additionally, I'll throw in a polemic here:

Republicans (or religious conservatives, neocons, you get the idea of the groups I'm pointing at) shriek about being persecuted, yet they have such wonderful personalities like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, and numerous government figures there to push people around in their spheres of influence. I fail to see the ground from which they can fling these charges of persecution or intolerance when people like O'Reilly frequently tell their guests (rather noisily, might I add) to shut up, or how Michael Savage and Rush Limbaugh lambast callers who aren't of their favored demographics (need I describe that?) on their shows. Oh, I almost forgot Sean Hannity, also guilty of the above actions. Not to mention the fact that I haven't even began on the actions of government figures (equating the Dem party with terrorists and alleged supporters of terrorism, "stacking the deck" at press conferences, and trying to remove tried-and-true tools that allow a political minority to retain a degree of "leash" on the majority (i.e. the fillibuster)

Persecution is a separate idea from being held accountable. If someone calls you on your BS, and shows how you say all drug users should be locked up, while abusing drugs yourself, or writing books about morals while in the depths of a gambling addiction, that's not persecution, that's, well, being called on your BS.

Expect a follow-up with the figures I planned to research at the top of this post.

Yeah thats all fine and dandy but thats RADIO, many people do not get their news from radio like Rush.

Originally posted by phinney6
Quite frankly the american media is LIBERAL. Look at the stories they three main stations run, ABC, NBC, CBS. They have run stories which were purely rumors, they heavily promoted fahrenheit 9/11, but not fahrenhype 9/11. The media LOVES to report on negative things, and at this point, its all been negative bush. Actually listen to the stories, and watch the news.

Read some of these stories.

http://www.mediaresearch.org/

Here's a quote-

"Liberal bias at CBS didn't miss a beat as the interim Evening News anchor, Bob Schieffer, and reporter John Roberts took southpaw-hits at President Bush's plan to reform Social Security. However, CBS's Trish Regan reported a largely positive story on Chile's success with Social Security choice and private accounts. MSNBC's Chris Matthews rejected the fact that liberalism dominates the outlook of the network anchors ... and then Matthews described Walter Cronkite as a liberal anchorman. CNN's Aaron Brown sniffled that Dan Rather resigned in a "tragic," not "heroic" fashion"

yeah but the liberals, since they agree with it, see no bias whatsoever.

Also from MediaResearch.com, "Media Research Center is the leader in documenting, exposing and neutralizing liberal media bias."

That almost sounds like a neutral and reputable source. 🙄

Perhaps you should try sourcing information from a non-partisan and unbiased organization such as Fairness And Accuracy In Reporting.

Look. Bias exists everywhere. Get over it. There's liberal and conservative bias. On the news.

End of story.

Just bumping this because people are talking about "liberal biased media again.

oh damn. i posted in the wrong thread.
ok, here it is again:

Originally posted by PVS
ok, its quiz time.
look at these two screencaps from the "bias liberal" nbc.
both from the same story regarding the same protest.
keep in mind, this is an anti-bush protest.
see if you can smell the shit:

mother to a fallen soldier who is anti-bush

pro-bush demonstrator

smell it? shit

oh come ON people!!

use your power of literacy and deduction (the only hint i will give)

Umm.......neither of them can write or draw conclusions?

Originally posted by PVS
oh come ON people!!

use your power of literacy and deduction (the only hint i will give)

Bias is everywhere on Bush but to report Bush as a great leader is bias beyond all levels. Its good they put him in a negative or bad light because he is bad leader.