"Liberal Media," My ASS!!!

[I'm Typing]

I am so sick of hearing the conservatives bitch about the "Liberal Media." Is Rush Linbaugh liberal? Is G Gordon Liddy Liberal? Is Dr. Laura liberal? These are just three of a dozen or so nationally syndicated talk show hosts, all of them conservative. I bet you cannot name a single Liberal talk show host on the radio that has a national broadcast. And if anyone here says Howard Stern, I will laugh in your face--the guy regulary supports conservative politicians.


Every major and most minor media outlets are run by right wing conservatives. If you think this does not show in the product they produce, you are ignorant about the media as well.

I urge everyone with the ability to look at numbers to check out this web site:
A study of Media and the Presidential Race
It details how the media portrays Bush in a positive light, and Gore in a negative light. It has covered all the major media outlets in this country since January, and offers an unbiased look at the so-called "Liberal media."

And before you right wing jackasses start criticizing the source, this is study was done by a well-known CONSERVATIVE think tank.

Liberal media, my ass.

 

[Thunderbooty]

Sorry, I am to busy watching PBS and Mtv's special on how cool Al Gore is to respond.

 

[Raspewtin]

<< CONSERVATIVE think tank >>




Using conservative and think tank together is like using military and intelligence together.

 

[BoberFett]

<< Every major and most minor media outlets are run by right wing conservatives >>

Ted Turner is a flaming liberal you fscking twit.

 

[thebestMAX]

No liberal talk show hosts because:

No one wants to listen to them!

Boring!

Tom Lykus (sp) tried for a minute I think and is now his real self.

Larry King is the only one close and who can stomach him? Was nationally syndicated before he want to TV for the bucks he claims not to care about.

Please dont put Dr Laura in with G. Gordon or even Rush. Dont forget Regan has a show also.

Hate conservatives all you want but they do entertain on the radio better.

DITTO

 

[jjm]

All of you who simply shot from the hip have yet to show an intelligent response to what appears to be a valid study. Rather than doing the equivalent of sticking out your tongue, why don't you offer some intelligent criticism (based on verified fact) as a response? If you can not do that, then acknowledge the that there are none that you can offer, and move on. Perhaps that might even mean you will have to consider changing your opinions when confronted with the FACTS.

 

[BoberFett]

What more do you want? He said that the media is in fact a right-wing run industry. Listen to Turner, a big player in the industry, and you'll see that it's blatantly false.

 

[Thunderbooty]

jjm,

I have seen 5 or 6 examples of liberal media outlets. You cant GET more liberal than Time Warner.

I remember during the whole Clinton-Lewinsky Scandal. Turner, a good buddy of Clintons, Showed &quot;The American President&quot; for over a month on TBS , literally non stop, almost right after another. In case you dont know, this is a movie about a President who has an affair and how the country comes to embrace him and his girlfriend.

 

[DirkBelig]

Talk Radio arose to counteract the MAINSTREAM media. (ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, etc.) The Washington elite press corps was surveyed and 89% of them voted for Clinton. Do you really think that they're REALLY gonna expose his crimes?

Lazio handed Hillary her ass in the debate last week (I watched it) and the media announces that SHE won and that her poll numbers are up. They use discredited curvey techniques to make up numbers that show Gore up by sixteen points. They report everything the liberals say as fact and anything the conservatives say as a lie and then they have 5 liberals lie about it.

Last week, Bush announced some policy and all the media wanted to talk about was &quot;RATS&quot;. Gore has been caught trading vetos for cash and making up stories about drug costs and all you hear on the nightly news is, &quot;Gee, no one likes Bush and he's gonna lose so you may as well vote for the foregone winner, Al Gore.&quot;

I don't like Bush that much and I think the Republicans are as dumb as posts, BUT if Al Gore and the Dems get in this fall, the economy will collapse (notice that the markets have been sliding since Gore allegedly passed Bush), gas will be $2.50+/gal., taxes will rise and life will generally be miserable.

If you like Gore, you're either a Socialist or an uninformed rube. WAKE UP!!!! GORE IS SUCK!!!

 

[thebestMAX]

Dirk,

Im with you. Gore and his bunch will be the worse thing that could happen to this economy.

GOT BICYCLE?

 

[I'm Typing]

Boberfett: Ask someone to read the results of the scientific survey, and you will change your opinion. Ted Turner, the billionaire, is still small potatos in the media world.

Dirk: Most people who saw the debate thought that Lazio acted like an arrogant prick. What debate did you see?

 

[Thunderbooty]

<< Dirk: Most people who saw the debate thought that Lazio acted like an arrogant prick >>



He sure did, but he still won.

 

[brandc]

<< well-known CONSERVATIVE think tank >>


Buahahahahahahahahahahahah!

From the members list:
Jonathan Alter, Columnist, Newsweek; Correspondent, NBC News, New York, NY

Carl Bernstein, Journalist, New York, NY

Hodding Carter, Knight Foundation, Miami, FL

Farai Chideya, Correspondent, ABC News, New York, NY

Jeff Greenfield, Contributing Correspondent, CNN,Atlanta, GA

Carole Simpson, Sunday Anchor, ABC News,Washington, DC


What am I supposed to believe, my eyes and ears or a rabid liberal?

The problem with the major media is not the fact that they're predominately liberal, but that they wear the facade of being objective and non biased. Rush Limbaugh, G. Gordon Liddy et al admit that they are conservative an biased so that the listener can take that into account. If only the liberals had enough guts to do the same.

Media Research Centeris a genuine conservative and respected media watchdog organization. Check
this out. And this

 

[KingHam]

<< Most people who saw the debate thought that Lazio acted like an arrogant prick >>



So what you are saying is that he acted like he was from New York?

KingHam

 

[Ornery]

For crying out loud IT, you used to make at least a little sense. Your brain get fried over the summer or what?

 

[Warrenton]

Everyone claims FOXNEWS is conservative, but the truth is, that they are truely unbiased, which puts them in the middle. That a heck of a lot further to the right than the rest of the media we are used to. Its all perception, FN appears conservative because people are used to the liberal dogma.

At least on FN if its an opinion, down at the bottom is says OPINION. At least you know when its an opinion. The others don't give you that courtesy.

And like the previous poster said, at least Rush Limbaugh and G. Gordon Liddy SAY THEY ARE CONSERVATIVE. There is a difference between being conservative and saying it than beint conservative and trying to pass it off as unbiased. Same goes for liverals, they almost never admit they are, except on shows like Hannity and Colmes, or Capital Gang. Conservatives at least have the guts to admit it, mostly because the know they are right.

/rant

 

[I'm Typing]

Ornery: Read the report. Then, if you want, make a judgement call. I just get really fscking cranked about politics.

And of course, all of this is in good fun...

Unless GW wins

But you know he won't

 

[I'm Typing]

BrandC: There are all kinds of &quot;members&quot; on that list. Are you SURE about the politics of them all?

I am not. The proof of the pudding is in the tasting...look at their web page; you can see what kinds of things they support. My brain lazered right in on the religious bent of the organization; it is not a &quot;liberal&quot; religous bent, when you read about the programs they are sponsoring.

 

[brandc]

IT, there are enough extreme leftists there to cloud your assertion that it's a conservative organization. Admittedly the list is long but I didn't see one known conservative journalist.

 

[Xede]

Your point about Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Laura, etc. making up &quot;the media&quot; is just silly.

I read over your link--there was very little that suggests to me any kind of media bias in favor of Bush. What I saw, for the most part, was an analysis of news reporting that reflected the reality of the race.

Example:

From your link: &quot;Gore is saddled with a long public record. Bush is not. Or, at the very least, Bush's record requires more original reporting to dig out.&quot;

Gore has been Clinton's VP for the past 8 years, and there's certainly no shortage of scandal there. It makes sense that scandal related stories are going to be pretty common for him. While Bush might have just as much of a &quot;long public record&quot; as governor of Texas, it is not nearly as much in the national public eye, nor are there nearly as many scandals. Any imbalance here seems to be a reflection of simple reality, not journalistic bias.

The whole article is a very floaty piece on which to be basing an argument like &quot;the media is actually conservative.&quot; If you want to know the truth, why don't you check out some statistics, like the percentages of journalists and news room managers affiliated with each party? Either side can craft tons of anecdotal evidence pointing either direction, but numbers like that are tough to argue with.

 

[DonaldDuck82]

Could someone tell me of one national newspaper that isn't liberal? I cant think of any, are you considering David Letterman, Larry King not liberal?

 

[Tripleshot]

Xede,

I think the object of the thread is to refute the assertion that all media is liberal and therefor the bias is in favor to Gore.From what I read,it is nothing of the kind. The media shows Gore in a less favorable light than Bush, and gives Bush every oppurtunity to excel,yet Conservitives here keep blaming the 'Liberal Media&quot; for the bumb rap Bush gets.

It has nothing to do with the media.Bush is down 10 points in the polls today,even with all the isssues such as oil reserves and energy policy. The majority sees him as not worthy to be the President.Thats what the polls are saying. Its not the media killing him,its him committing public suicide with not having the trust of the voters,IMO partly because of his family ties,his business ties,his public record as governor,his attitude,his character assisnation ads,his inability to speak properly,and us alcoholics would never vote for one of our own.We know how we are. Bush needs to go to 3 meetings a week and say 'Hi ,I'm G. Dubya and I'm an alcoholic/drug addict.My brain is fried and I need your help.&quot;

J/K

 

[Ornery]

Just read today that while speaking at a recent women's health event, Gore turned to the people on the podium behind him and asked what the word was that he was &quot;looking for&quot;. It was regarding a common women's screening procedure that he was speaking about. The word was mammogram. No biggie, but imagine what &quot;the press&quot; would have said if that had been Bush! Just one more example of the &quot;liberal press&quot; way of playing up or down a gaff, depending on who makes it...

 

[Tripleshot]

Ornery,

WTF,is there supposed to be news in what you just described? You are doing it again,blaming a non existant &quot;liberal Media&quot; now for something that wasn't said.Un friggin believable



Get a clue.


BTW,you got a nice webpage. good job

 

[KingHam]

<< Bush is down 10 points in the polls today >>



I'm just curious of what you guys think of the Bi-partisan polls conducted at Voter.com. They have had the race neck and neck for quite some time.

KingHam