Wry Catcher
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- #41
PBS and NPR are heavily skewed left, but their funding is heavily dependent on taxpayer dollars and neither would likely survive if that source of funding was cut off. And because they may be dependent on Democrats or Republicans for their funding, they do a somewhat better job of reporting straight news and even in their sociopolitical documentaries they feature so they don't provide ammunition for a more conservative power base to eliminate it.
Do you watch The News Hour?
I'd invite some of those who hold opinions which differ from my own to watch The News Hour.
Tonight, PBS investigates some of the most notorious factors in driving U.S. health care costs. Every Friday NPR broadcasts Science Friday.
I suspect "the left" isn't well defined and has become a code word for McCarthy style politicing, though I'm curious as to how you define "the left"?
I have often watched the News Hour. Less so during the campaign as even PBS gets a little nutty if they think their candidate is behind or is slipping. And healthcare is one of those areas in which PBS's bias has been the strongest and in which they have been the least honest in showing opposing points of view. Global warming is another.
PBS does as well in presenting the news and perhaps sometimes even a bit better than ABC, NBC, or CBS at times. But for those who aren't ideologically left, the bias is still obvious. Those who are ideologically left see others who are left whether in the media or academia or entertainment as being the normal, rational, unbiased ones. But those trained to be objective and who demand that all the facts and all points of view be offerred without prejudice know that they aren't.
And how do you, as a trained an objective observer rate Fox News? Or do you acknowledge as do many on the right that Fox News is not news but commentary?