Who said anything about the "liberal media". I was just wondering what others thought of Voter.com's polling technique since they seem to be getting different results than other polls.
KingHam
KingHam
What you turds need to realize is that the large bulk of the media (big papers like the NYT, major corporations like Time Warner, ABC, NBC, etc.) overwhelmingly support the Democratic party. It's a tradition that dates back to the vote buying days of the 19th century (read the Jungle) in which there were close ties between the big newspaper barons and the corrupt Democratic city bosses.
Sure there's a handful of conservative talk show hosts. Last time I checked, this is a country of free speech. But by large, the media is liberal
Sure there's a handful of conservative talk show hosts. Last time I checked, this is a country of free speech. But by large, the media is liberal
Honestly Tripleshot, it's too rediculous to try and argue about whether the media is liberal or not. To even think for a second that it isn't is ludicrous!
But my point is, imagine Bush stumbling over that word. Man, I can hear it now... "Bush is out of touch with women's health problems." or "Bush doesn't have enough between his ears to be president." Hey, I expect it anymore. I'm just tickled to death there are a few media types on the right to balance it out a little. Yep, a little truth goes a looooooong way!
Edit: And thanks, but if you guys are going to be looking at my web page I'm going to be forced to update it again I bet 75% of my links are dead by now and that's the lamest thing I ever slapped together anyway! Oh well, thanks for giving me the incentive to tweak it back into shape...
But my point is, imagine Bush stumbling over that word. Man, I can hear it now... "Bush is out of touch with women's health problems." or "Bush doesn't have enough between his ears to be president." Hey, I expect it anymore. I'm just tickled to death there are a few media types on the right to balance it out a little. Yep, a little truth goes a looooooong way!
Edit: And thanks, but if you guys are going to be looking at my web page I'm going to be forced to update it again
I bet 75% of my links are dead by now and that's the lamest thing I ever slapped together anyway! Oh well, thanks for giving me the incentive to tweak it back into shape...Other than attempts to imply suspicion by poking at marginal issues and speculating about particpants' political agendas, I still can find no one able to offer factual, intelligent retorts to the study.
However, I am entertained by so many who appear to have just discovered that every writer on the planet has a bias of one sort or another. Did no one ever teach you how to read critically? What a shame.
However, I am entertained by so many who appear to have just discovered that every writer on the planet has a bias of one sort or another. Did no one ever teach you how to read critically? What a shame.
Just in case you haven't noticed I'm Typing, the rightwing has always had some paranoia, and have demonized their advisaries. Most think that unless you are conservative on every issue you are part of a liberal conspiracy. There is no middle ground with them because they believe they are entirely correct. Perhaps you remember the Goldwater line that "moderation in the defense of liberty is no virtue". Look how they treated a conservative who crossed over on one issue, John McCain.
A couple of things to point out:
Talk radio IS predominantly right-wing. As was rightly observed, talk radio rose as a counter-point to the mainstream media. And indeed, a lot of the current crop, from Michael Regan to Ollie North to G. Gordon Liddy, are attempts to ride Rush Limbaugh's coat-tails.
In fact, however, listen to Rush for even a little while and you will hear him acknowledge that he is, first and foremost, an entertainer. And let's face it, the right wing talk shows just do a better job of entertaining than the few liberal ones (e.g., Alan Coombs, Bill Press) do.
Talk radio is hardly "mainstream media" though. Rush, et. al. are primarily preaching to the choir. (And I admit, I'm in the choir!) On the other hand, the majority of Americans are getting their news and analysis from sources that are decidedly liberal. (Or, in the case of public television, socialist.) The list of liberal media runs the gamut from CNN to Time-Warner to papers like the NY Times, L.A. Times and Washington Post. Sure, you have counter-balances like the Washington Star and Wall St. Journal. But let's face it, most Americans aren't reading the WSJ!
Talk radio IS predominantly right-wing. As was rightly observed, talk radio rose as a counter-point to the mainstream media. And indeed, a lot of the current crop, from Michael Regan to Ollie North to G. Gordon Liddy, are attempts to ride Rush Limbaugh's coat-tails.
In fact, however, listen to Rush for even a little while and you will hear him acknowledge that he is, first and foremost, an entertainer. And let's face it, the right wing talk shows just do a better job of entertaining than the few liberal ones (e.g., Alan Coombs, Bill Press) do.
Talk radio is hardly "mainstream media" though. Rush, et. al. are primarily preaching to the choir. (And I admit, I'm in the choir!) On the other hand, the majority of Americans are getting their news and analysis from sources that are decidedly liberal. (Or, in the case of public television, socialist.) The list of liberal media runs the gamut from CNN to Time-Warner to papers like the NY Times, L.A. Times and Washington Post. Sure, you have counter-balances like the Washington Star and Wall St. Journal. But let's face it, most Americans aren't reading the WSJ!
I can't stand my local newspaper. I was looking for an article about how well Bush did on Oprah and I found the article. The article has the headline about Bush on Oprah. Then the article goes into what Gore did that same day. Then 3 paragraphs before the article is over, it mentions how Bush did. They wrote like 10 more paragraphs about what Gore did that day. And if you look at the rest of the page, it Gore this and Gore that. Sheesh. Can someone get me the number to cancel my subscription?
You guys have a poor memory. Remember a few year ago when it was discovered that about 2000 secret FBI files were found in Hillary's area of the white house? The secret files did not belong in the white house at all. No one ever got into trouble for that either. What were in the files? The files were on the top 2000 people in the news media. The Clinton's have the media by the short hairs. Of course they are liberal. What happens when you stand up or speak out against the Clintons and the democrats? You get a nice IRS audit, and that is the minimum of your problems. Who has had an IRS audit recently? Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Katherine Prudhomme, etc.
I'm not a huge republican fan, but these democrats are dirty and it's time for some new people in office.
PG
I'm not a huge republican fan, but these democrats are dirty and it's time for some new people in office.
PG
<< A breakthrough? Media bias against George Bush and for Al Gore is so great and obvious that even a network anchor, who himself is at the helm of a show which displayed the bias, admitted it. Thursday night MSNBC?s Brian Williams opened his The News with Brian Williams by citing Gore?s inability on Monday to come up with the word mammogram, confusing it with sonogram, and conceded: "Had that happened to Bush the news media would have used it to further the theme that the Texas Governor has a troubled relationship with the English language."
>>
http://www.mrc.org/news/cyberalert/2000/cyb20000922.html#3
I agree that Fox News is probably the least-biased of any of the major media outlets. CNN, MSNBC, and most of the others are so blatantly pro-Clinton/Gore that even a 5-year old coud see it.
Those of you who are democrats can't see liberal bias. Likewise conservative bias is hidden from republican viewers. I'm an independent (centrist) so I can perceive both. Both types of bias exists but liberal bias is more prominent by far.
<< What happens when you stand up or speak out against the Clintons and the democrats? You get a nice IRS audit, and that is the minimum of your problems. >>
That O'Reilly guy on FOX has been auditted the last 3 or 4 years in a row. Coincidence? I don't believe so.
That O'Reilly guy on FOX has been auditted the last 3 or 4 years in a row. Coincidence? I don't believe so.
That O'Reilly guy is crazy. He thinks he's come kind of expert but he's a mere TV commentator. He's the Dvorak of broadcasting business.
yata, he's crazy but no I don't believe he feels he's an expert (then again I don't watch that show every night). Dvorak, John of PC Mag? Yeah that guy's crazy, too. I lost a lot of repect for him when AMD finally caught up with Intel. All of a sudden his praise of AMD disappeared and he hasn't really talked much if at all about them recently. The Ziff Davis Central Commander must have had a "talk" with him.
Hehe, just that O'Reilly's so hard on his interviewees...
maybe that's what we need.
Responding to the scandal thing: so what? Why can't you afford a little scandal and sex while the economy's doing well, prospering in the baby-boomer's surplus?
Economically, Gore has a better plan. The media writes what we'd like to see. Some likes a little more spice to their stories.
maybe that's what we need.
Responding to the scandal thing: so what? Why can't you afford a little scandal and sex while the economy's doing well, prospering in the baby-boomer's surplus?
Economically, Gore has a better plan. The media writes what we'd like to see. Some likes a little more spice to their stories.
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