Is there a Liberal Media Bias?

[Publius1787]

Is there a Liberal Media Bias?

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[Mr Natural]

Nope.

Liberal media bias is just a convenient excuse for the right.

 

[Truthmatters]

we have a corporate media


truth just has a liberal bias

 

[Bfgrn]

The truth has a liberal bias.

 

[Publius1787]

The truth has a liberal bias.

Cute catch phrase, but lacking in justification.

 

[Publius1787]

Nope.

Liberal media bias is just a convenient excuse for the right.

Another cute catch phrase, but lacking in justification.

 

[Truthmatters]

your right wing media lies and cheats

 

[Truthmatters]

Why did the Fox news channel sue for the right to lie? : Corporate Law

 

[Bfgrn]

The truth has a liberal bias.

Cute catch phrase, but lacking in justification.

I will justify it on any topic your tiny little right wing mind chooses.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Is there a Liberal Media Bias?

No.

It’s a contrivance of the right in response to the media reporting facts and information that conflict with subjective, errant rightist dogma.

How reporters might ‘identify’ or the perception of the public doesn’t undermine the fact that the notion of a ‘liberal media bias’ is a myth.

The origins of the liberal media myth date back to the early days of the Cold War, but was used by the partisan right as a political weapon during Vietnam, when the media accurately reported the fact that the war could not be won.

The myth was reinforced during the 70s in the context of such events as the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and America’s involvement in illegally overthrowing lawfully elected foreign governments – incorrectly perceived by the right as efforts to ‘embarrass’ the republican administrations at the time.

Today the myth of a ‘liberal media’ has become even more bizarre and pathetic – used by the right to deflect blame from election losses, why phony scandals such as Benghazi ‘weren’t investigated,’ and casting republicans in a ‘negative light’ when in fact republicans have only themselves to blame for such political fiascoes as ‘legitimate rape.’

The only ‘bias’ the media have it to make a profit – nothing more; which is why the conservative clam that the media are ‘in the bag’ for Obama is blatant idiocy; the media would love nothing more than to see the president impeached, as that would sell a lot of newspapers and air time.

 

[Trajan]

The latest-

bridge gate=tsunami

Senate select intel rot. Benghazi could have been avoided, Hillary's shoppe responsible= light mist....


no there's no bias

 

[Mojo2]

YES.

YES!!!

A thousand times, YES!

MSNBC's Chris Matthews admits liberal media bias - Spokane Conservative | Examiner.com

Harvard Study Concludes Media Biased Towards Democrats (What a Surprise!) | The Dead Fish Wrapper Watch

JournoList Story Confirms Liberal Media Bias

MSNBC Confirms Liberal Media Bias | The Daily Steak

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/...s-merely-confirm-liberal-bias-is-that-a-fact/

Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist / UCLA Newsroom


And here's little Katie Couric who confirms it for you doubters.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg0UoNgTSJo]Katie Couric's Expression Confirms Mainstream Media's Liberal Bias (Updated Subtitles) - YouTube[/ame]

The "eyes" have it.

 

[Rozman]

Not only yes but....

HELL YES...

 

[HenryBHough]

A major contributing factor is that conservatives seeking journalism degrees quickly discover they have to spew the liberal line in all their classwork in order to get a passing grade. Once the habit is formed it's hard to break. Some try but quickly find out they have to keep on lying in order to get work.

Fortunately a few recover - without them FOX would have a staff of about three.

 

[The2ndAmendment]

Seeing how practically every media organization is following the DNC orders to anoint Hillary Clinton, yes. This recent development alone is the final (and only) proof of their bias. They even admit now on MSNBC.

 

[edthecynic]

Nope.

Liberal media bias is just a convenient excuse for the right.

You got that Right!

"‘Liberal bias’ is the greatest propaganda tool of the past 40 years — a surefire way to explain away any news report that the right doesn’t like."
- Bob Somerby

After Goldwater’s landslide loss, conservative media outlets made bias the centerpiece of their explanation of the election’s outcome.

The Liberal Media myth was invented by the right a number of years ago to deflect accountability. Actually, VP Spiro Agnew first floated the concept in a speech during the Nixon administration, when the press was investigating and reporting on Watergate. It was actually a very savvy move, as it allowed them to have it both ways. When negative news was reported, it could just be blamed on the media, and when positive news was reported, they could claim; "Even the liberal media sees it our way." It also puts the media in a position to drift slightly to the right to avoid the accusation of liberalism. Delegitimizing the media is seen as a legitimate way by some to protect those they support politically from the media's critical eye.

 

[Bfgrn]

Nope.

Liberal media bias is just a convenient excuse for the right.

You got that Right!

"‘Liberal bias’ is the greatest propaganda tool of the past 40 years — a surefire way to explain away any news report that the right doesn’t like."
- Bob Somerby

After Goldwater’s landslide loss, conservative media outlets made bias the centerpiece of their explanation of the election’s outcome.

The Liberal Media myth was invented by the right a number of years ago to deflect accountability. Actually, VP Spiro Agnew first floated the concept in a speech during the Nixon administration, when the press was investigating and reporting on Watergate. It was actually a very savvy move, as it allowed them to have it both ways. When negative news was reported, it could just be blamed on the media, and when positive news was reported, they could claim; "Even the liberal media sees it our way." It also puts the media in a position to drift slightly to the right to avoid the accusation of liberalism. Delegitimizing the media is seen as a legitimate way by some to protect those they support politically from the media's critical eye.

"Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself. She seldom has received much aid from the power of great men to whom she is rarely known & seldom welcome. She has no need of force to procure entrance into the minds of men. Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper & sufficient antagonist to error.
Thomas Jefferson - Notes on Religion (October 1776), published in The Writings of Thomas Jefferson : 1816–1826 (1899) edited by Paul Leicester Ford, v. 2, p. 102.

 

[007]

It's stupid to even ask.

The lame stream media is nothing more than the propaganda wing of the democrat party.

Anyone stating otherwise is a bald faced liar.

 

[Mojo2]

Anyone who doubts there is a Liberal media bias might ponder this:

Why is Fox News so popular?

Because they are the ONLY Network TV News outlet that offers a clear alternative to the other News Networks.

And how would you categorize FNC?

Conservative.

And if Fox is the only Conservative TV News Network and all of the other networks are NOTHING like FNC editorially, how would you categorize all of the other TV News Networks?

Wouldn't they all be Liberal?

You know they aren't Conservative!

And you might say, yeah,, but they keep their bias to a minimum. They are professionals and try to remain neutral.

Yeah?

Well, ask any regular FNC viewer to watch ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN or MSNBC News and ask them what they liked and didn't like about those other News offerings.

You'll get some definite answers.

So, what were the viewers responding to?

A well disguised neutrality?

No.

The bias comes through.

A LIBERAL bias.

A LIBERAL bias which prepares your brain to think in a certain way. It establishes a way of thinking and acting for most of us. And in order for us to be acceptable (popular, hip, attuned to the accepted ideals and ways of being and responding to stimuli) to others we make minor changes or adjustments to ourselves and our standards.

We change how we speak, our mannerisms and styles and fashions and grooming and dancing and music and TV shows and films and video games and celebrities (who is HOT and who is NOT), what we eat and how we feel about politicians and issues in the news and political ideology all the time.

We do this in order to belong to certain groups or to be popular in certain circles. We want acceptance. We don't want to be the odd man out. The outsider. The strange one. The weird-o.

By adopting the same liberal attitudes as those we see reflected in our news programs we unconsciously accept an entire set of rules and ideals and ways of thinking, speaking and acting.

It's like putting on a Girl Scout or Boy Scout uniform.

You want ALL the associated pins and patches and badges and scarves and neckerchiefs and ribbons to be exactly right. You want ALL the items of that uniform from shoes and sox to hat or beret to be there and to be right.

Well, when you watch your favorite news program (The Daily Show?) and they have a certain attitude about, let's say, Sarah Palin, and your Network News program has the same attitude, and you see that same attitude reflected on The View and all of your friends and co-workers, (who all watch the same Liberal News shows as you) and family feel the same way, why hell, you are not going to think for a second that she is an intelligent, accomplished woman capable of doing anything worthy of your respect.

In fact, you will be so assured that you can get away with dissing her like she was Public Enemy #1, that you will go ape shit crazy...lunatic crazy when her name is mentioned.

Don't feel bad.

My very own Mother can't stand Palin and when i asked her why she felt so strongly about the former GOP VP Nominee, she couldn't tell me.

Had no idea.

But she was locked in on despising ol' Sarah. And being willing and able to call her names and spew Holy Venom at her any time, day or nite.

But not knowing why.

The reason why (and my mother is apolitical...she thinks) I believe, is because seldom in our P.C. world do we ever get the green light to actually, publicly HATE anyone with such furor and passion.

And this is only possible because the Liberal media gave my Mom and millions of others the green light to hate on sarah Palin and nothing else was needed.

Yes. I blame the Liberal media.

Okay. Time to climb down from the soapbox.

 

[Mojo2]

Nope.

Liberal media bias is just a convenient excuse for the right.

You got that Right!

"‘Liberal bias’ is the greatest propaganda tool of the past 40 years — a surefire way to explain away any news report that the right doesn’t like."
- Bob Somerby

After Goldwater’s landslide loss, conservative media outlets made bias the centerpiece of their explanation of the election’s outcome.

The Liberal Media myth was invented by the right a number of years ago to deflect accountability. Actually, VP Spiro Agnew first floated the concept in a speech during the Nixon administration, when the press was investigating and reporting on Watergate. It was actually a very savvy move, as it allowed them to have it both ways. When negative news was reported, it could just be blamed on the media, and when positive news was reported, they could claim; "Even the liberal media sees it our way." It also puts the media in a position to drift slightly to the right to avoid the accusation of liberalism. Delegitimizing the media is seen as a legitimate way by some to protect those they support politically from the media's critical eye.

You are an ass hat.

Speaking of having it both ways, how could V.P. Spiro Agnew (elected in 1968) first float the idea of a liberal media when "conservative media outlets made bias the centerpiece of their explanation of the election’s outcome?"

THE 1964 ELECTION outcome!!!

Ass hat.