The SuaveOne Wrote:
It's sad, I wish there were straight unbiased news programs out there. You'd think one of the networks would hear the people asking for this and really cash in.
For better or for worse, I think that your wish has already come true. The networks
have heard what people are asking for...and have given it to us: networks which support and nurture whatever particular biases we, as a nation, choose to believe.
WARNING - HYPERBOLE ALERT!
Believe that Bush is the anti-christ, Cheney is the Devil himself, and that high taxes and government intervention is the way to save this country, thank God for Obama? MSNBC will do a pretty good job making you feel A-OK about those beliefs.
Believe that Obama is a Muslim/Socialist spy sent to destroy this nation, that unions are evil, teachers in public schools are desperately trying to turn your children into gay nymphomanical communists and that if we let the richest Americans keep all of their money that they would gladly share it with the rest of us? FOXNews will do its best to make you feel that most Americans agree with you.
WARNING - HYPERBOLE ENDING!
In all seriousness...the concept of a news agency being unbiased is a fairly new one to begin with. In the past, newspapers proudly announced that they were liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican, etc. At least then you knew exactly what you were getting when you opened its pages - and they didn't waste everyone's time trying to lie about leaning one way or the other.
Do Americans really,
truly want a completely unbiased news source? One that doesn't tell them how to feel about an issue? One that doesn't say - if you identify yourself as liberal - feel this way, or if you are a conservative - feel this way?
I just don't know if I have as much faith in the average Americans as you do...I think that when it comes to politics...most people are quite comfortable watching the programs that agree with them and pulling the party-line lever when they do decide to get off their couches to vote.
