what do you mean here?.
f republicans are to be believed, would serve to marginalize your ability to do just that?
f republicans are to be believed, would serve to marginalize your ability to do just that?
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I don't think it's an "either - or" choice. I agree with you that corporations sole function and intent is to increase shareholder wealth.
At the same time, the journalists themselves are not going to abandon their upbringing. And, as I stated previously but did not expand on, journalists can have a left-leaning POV that affects how they present the facts that does not necessarily mean they are raving left-wingnut loonies.
I agree that news media is owned by big impersonal corporations, which is the problem. How can you have competition, when 5 people own all the media?.
Second, journalists, are human beings, and are going to have a hard time, getting rid of their bias completely, and that takes real effort. Now, I am not saying that someone with a liberal point of view is a loony toon. I would just like some honesty. If a radio talk show host, can say, im a conservative, then why cant a reported, as full disclosure say, im a liberal, or a democrat, but that has no baring on my reporting, but dont hide the fact, you give money to a political party, any for that matter. I think its a degree, Chris matthews in my opinion is liberal, and i dont mind him so much, I watch cnn, which is the most moderate in my opinion, so you can be a raving loony liberal, or a very professional, NON-biased liberal, or something in between. But for people who report politics, it is a bit un-nerving that 90%, or 87% whatever it was, lean one way. Even if it was republican, that would not be good.
the editor's boss cares about shareholders... exclusively.
true.
Perhaps, conservatives are over-blowing it, but I think you would agree, there is some there
Perhaps I am nieve, but i dont want bias, liberal or conservative.
Being naive would be refusing to accept the fact that the bias exists. Being idealistic is wishing it did not exist.
Conservatives overblow the MSM's liberal bias the same as liberals can be counted on like clockwork to launch a monthly attack against Fox News, then start bitching about O'Reilly and Hannity, both of whom are oped hosts, not news reporters.
Overblow?
The MSM slants its news stories way to the left. Now, the left is going after the one area of the media they do not control - talk radio
The MSM does not slant it's stories WAY to the left. That is oversimplifying the issue so you can point a finger.
As I previously stated, the vast majority of journalists are liberal. They do their best to honestly report the facts; however, how they view those facts is from a liberal POV.
Conservative journalists are NO different.
Unless you get a list of nothing but facts/evidence, the writer's opinions/POV will ALWAYS be reflected in their articles, just as none of us can communicate without involving our POV/opinions to some degree. That's just how the process of human communications goes.
Gunny, look at the articles I post from Newsbusters. They sight daily on how the media slants the news. What they leave oout, or how they covered a similar issue during the Clinton years
Why do you think the left wants to silence talk radio - it is the one area of the media they do not have control of
<blockquote>"Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem." - Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)</blockquote>
You're forgetting the views of one of your own. Or are you just conveniently ignoring them?
I don't care if Trent Lott is the most conservative guy in the congress.........He is wrong, wrong, wrong..............
I know that many or most conservatives will agree. We, conservatives do not "circle the wagons" and water down our principles for the sake of political party unity. If there's a bad apple in our barrel, we will "chuck it" more readily than some other folks and their party will.
We will not be "apologists" for it, either. There is such a wide gamut of views even amongst conservative talk show heads..........Savage and Rush don't see eye to eye. Medved and Rush don't agree on all issues, nor does Hewitt, or others agree with the pack.
Conservatives tend to be individualists, yet have a lot in common in philosophy, but they are not "apologists" in most cased just to have party unity. They'd take a campaign loss if it means watering-down their principles. Can that be said for other partys?
Trent Lott, had made a grave "boo boo", and I don't see anyone coming to his rescue, unless it's the Demos. If he's trying to be P.C. and placate the other party, he's washed-up like Specter in my book.
Sadly the Senate, whether it be GOP or Demo controlled is the place that outstanding bills are destroyed, or compromised to death.
Ever notice that Senators don't often become Presidents? It's usually governors.
I don't, and aside from some unsubstantiated BS spewed by right wing politicians like James Inhoffe, I haven't seen any indication that Democrats having any desire to do as you've suggested. And it would be inappropriate for them, or anyone else to do so.
Bush's disdain for the Constitution and the liberties it guarantees us all is well documented.
I believe two sitting members of Congress instead of one. When and if Clinton and Boxer admit that they said this than I will take the word of all three instead of two but it is a given that Inhofe is nothing but a fucking asshole just like the bitches he represents and I am far less inclined to believe a fucking piece of shit like Inhofe and instead I tell him to shut the fuck up and go fuck his slut of a wife Kay and to go back to Oklahoma and give the bastards who voted for him a blowjob. Inhofe, his whore of a wife, his children, grandchildren and those he represents our my enemies and I do not believe those who would harm me and my loved ones and he is nothing but a liar and his family are retarded bitches just like their fucking retarded father, husband, and grandfather. Let's not forget this bastard supports sending my loved ones to die for his family and for his opinion, and I hope to God he falls dead on the Senate floor from a heart attack so his fucking children can weep at the loss of their bastard of a father who is nothing but a murderous tyrant representing murderous tryants.
May God damn his family and him to hell and may Barbara Boxer and Hillary Clinton and their families remain calm even if Inhofe continues to lie about them yet I would not have a problem if they fucking walk up to him on the Senate floor and kick his lying ass and if the people who voted for him get upset about it and try to attack my representatives then I will kick their Oklahoma asses back where they and their fucking familes come from. My representative can kick your representatives ass.
What I've noticed is that you and I often softly echo each other, at different times. I believe it was RSR who asked me a few days ago, which talk radio guys didn't really sell the president's agenda, rather their own thoughts. I gave him Medved and Hewitt. Some of us do not listen to one voice.