Originally Posted By wahooskipper Building off of what I said about the two parties earlier...I think most news organizations would like to be in the middle in terms of balance. But, when one network darts ahead in ratings ($$$$$$$$$) then the other is going to have to react. Like it or not, FOX has been blowing away the other stations. When $$$ is the driving influence and not unbiased reporting of the news...what happens? The other networks need to appeal to the other side in order to garner attention. CNN is liberal leaning and there is no denying it. MSNBC is far left and there is no denying it. FOX teeters between far right and centrist right depeding on the anchor. Why do people often point to PBS for more "balanced" coverage? They aren't as concerned about their ratings. They are publicly funded.
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Originally Posted By Mr X Very cool. (so weird how the "name change" online can be so cathartic...in real life it's alot more complicated! )
Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta Um... what is cathartic? <--- runs off to get dictionary...AGAIN.
Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta According to Webster online... Cathartic - of, relating to, or producing catharsis Catharsis - 1. a purification or purgation that brings about spiritual renewal or release from tension 2. elimination of a complex by bringing it to consciousness and affording it expression Mr X, it seems this is the perfect word, thanks!
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Why do people often point to PBS for more "balanced" coverage? They aren't as concerned about their ratings. They are publicly funded.*** Good point. Sad to say, but I don't trust ANY "news" organization anymore. Not even the international ones. If possible I go to the source (an AP update or whatever short "just the facts" bit of info I can find), and if that seems biased, I try to do more research on the particular story, read what the comments are from people on the scene (witness accounts are more valuable to me by far in comparison to "reporter commentary" about what's going on). That's what you need to do if you want to get some true stories. Otherwise, you can sit back and watch the propaganda "infotainment" of your liking and believe that they are for real. They aren't though (heads up).
Originally Posted By mawnck Which part of PBS? It's not like there's a "PBS News." Their newsy shows are produced by a number of different local stations and have varying degrees and sorts of bias. I don't think anyone has accused the Orange County, CA PBS station of being liberal, and they have news ....
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF I don't think the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour could be termed as "biased"...
Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta Well truth be told, and I hope it is, I quit listening to the local PBS radio here in Atlanta back during the month leading up to the election. Of course perhaps the PBS here isn't like PBS everywhere. I seem to recall the show that I tuned into for about a week, same time each day, was the National PBS radio. Maybe it is fair and balanced. But any time I hear "reporting" by a "journalist" and not some yahoo just yapping his or her opinion, and that reporting is clearly biased (and I mean more so that just saying things that I don't like to hear) I tend to tune in elsewhere. It's getting almost impossible to find ANYWHERE to tune in these days. For the record, and by the way, any Conservatives that want to claim Fox News isn't biased, well as a Conservative, I say that's malarkey. Same for CNN. Same for MSNBC. And like a good Conservative, of course I am not going to give examples or name names or provide any evidence. ;p
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF ^^^ You'll be waterboarded until you give up the names and examples.
Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta LOL rofl, naw in spite of having fathered seven kids, (that I know of) I still don't have the stones that Beau did.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>National PBS radio<< Whoa whoa whoa hang on just a second dere! There's no such thing. PBS is strictly television. You're thinking of National Public Radio. No relation. They do tend to lean left. One thing I would like to mention ... REPORTERS have biases that come out in their reporting, and that does not necessarily indicate that the news organization itself shares that bias. Back in my TV station days (engineering department, not news), I found that most of the reporters made a sincere effort to be as accurate and unbiased as possible, and their failures in that regard were usually due to either sloppines in the face of a deadline (deadlines in TV news are insane), or just not being all that great at their job. There's a big difference between a reporter who inadvertently lets his own biases color his estimate of the size of a crowd, and a network who lets a marching orders memo from the news director do the same. >>You'll be waterboarded until you give up the names and examples.<< Well at least you aren't torturing him.
Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta Tim, you DID catch the name change right? And my facebook profile is down right now, undergoing a refurb too.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Maybe cover him in honey and let loose some ants? Ooh, actually that sounds pretty hot, now that I think about it.
Originally Posted By Chris in Atlanta mawnck THANK you for clearing that up for me! >>>You're thinking of National Public Radio. No relation. They do tend to lean left.<<< Yes yes I knew I wasn't crazy, at least not outright nuts. NPR vs. PBS ok yes I see that that is very different, once again than you so much for setting that straight.
