Originally Posted By friendofdd I've noticed how frequently w/e participants denigrate news sources with whom they disagree politically. It seems to me that the adults posting in this section would recognize those believing the Fox News Channel and The Wall St Journal are fair and balanced are as gullible as those believing CNN and the New York Times are fair and balanced. Each report news and edit it to support thier own biases. It is simply being selective about what they report.And to be fair, they often do it subconciously, but not always. It can be likened to some discussions on W/E. Rather than dismissing each others news sources as being valueless, perhaps we might instead honestly recognize that we prefer news sources that tend to lean toward our own political preferences. Bat as for getting all the TRUTH from a single news source, forget it. Anyway, "you couldn't handle the truth". Or could you?
Originally Posted By YourPalEd That's why i love debates instead of war. Not only do you need multiple sources, those sources must be known to be true sources.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd I mean, the news now will even tell you what the democrat is thinking, and then not even mention, the demcrats news conference where they deny it vehemently. These are sick control freak weirdos we are dealing with. Very self destructive.
Originally Posted By cmpaley >>It seems to me that the adults posting in this section would recognize those believing the Fox News Channel and The Wall St Journal are fair and balanced are as gullible as those believing CNN and the New York Times are fair and balanced.<< Ah, and therein lies the rub. "Fair and balanced" means absolutely nothing without accuracy and in depth investigative reporting. Reporters have become lazy and won't follow a story no matter where it leads or whose sacred cow gets sacrificed. That's the problem.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd What i wonder about is the passionate stories that were kept out of the news. I like it when people point out the sad problems that neither dems nor reps, want to deal with, like the war.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I know Fox national is slanted right and CNN is slanted left- which is why I watch both - I trust my judgement to sort thru the bull
Originally Posted By EdisYoda BINGO! vbdad... make your OWN judgement, now what you're told! Give the man a cigar!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I know Fox national is slanted right and CNN is slanted left- which is why I watch both - I trust my judgement to sort thru the bull>> I guess I've never viewed CNN as slanting that far left. Washington Post yes, New York Times yes, Minneapolis Star Tribune yes, and Time magazine yes. But CNN??? I must not watch them enough to see what others are seeing. The most unbiased news source out there? No contest. US News & World Report.
Originally Posted By jonvn I don't think CNN is slanted to the left, either. Fox News is slanted to the right, and it is not surprising considering who owns it.
Originally Posted By friendofdd Be prepared for a surprise or two: >>>The most centrist outlet proved to be the "NewsHour With Jim Lehrer." CNN's "NewsNight With Aaron Brown" and ABC's "Good Morning America" were a close second and third.<<< >>>The fourth most centrist outlet was "Special Report With Brit Hume" on Fox News, which often is cited by liberals as an egregious example of a right-wing outlet. While this news program proved to be right of center, the study found ABC's "World News Tonight" and NBC's "Nightly News" to be left of center. All three outlets were approximately equidistant from the center, the report found.<<<
Originally Posted By friendofdd Sorry! I forgot the link. <a href="http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/page.asp?RelNum=6664" target="_blank">http://www.newsroom.ucla.edu/p age.asp?RelNum=6664</a>
Originally Posted By YourPalEd All of them are pure propaganda, by what they don't let you hear and see. The fact that all muslim translators in the u.s.a. were rounded up, using their created fiasco 9/11 as the reason. Yesterday, they said the irani's sat around at their newsconference laughing at irani poetry. It wasn't poetry they were reading. They were reading some funny things writen by americans. But the tiny bit they apease us with, is, "They stopped in the middle of the newsconference and started reading irani poetry, and all the irani's laughed hysterically together." Bush just linked islam with communism after starting out his speech quite well.
Originally Posted By YourPalEd We need information on our tv's. This republican housewife attitude toward media is lowering america's defenses.
Originally Posted By jonvn You know, if you ever have watched a news report on something you have some knowledge of, you'd be aghast at how terrible the reporting of goes on actually is. They just don't ever get it right, and the perception becomes the reality in total.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <I guess I've never viewed CNN as slanting that far left. Washington Post yes, New York Times yes, Minneapolis Star Tribune yes, and Time magazine yes. But CNN??? I must not watch them enough to see what others are seeing< noting I said left - not far left. It is left of center to be sure. but not far left ( for the most part) - just as Fox is right - but not far right -( again for the most part - certain commentators aside). both not so bad on general news coverage - it is certain commentators that move a little further on their own shows - and who they choose as guests and how they direct questions to get certain responses...but again one can filter all of that easily enough I view far right as Rush / Robertson etc.
