What biased journalism looks like

[bripat9643]

Democrats believe that lying is a virtue and see nothing wrong with it

Also hypocrisy.

 

[bripat9643]

Actually, the left and conservatives have far more in common than in difference.

Conservatives attacking the left and smearing them as Democrats only accomplishes the following:

1) It helps Democrats enormously by making them appear to support the left.

2) It damages conservatives by making them appear ignorant.

3) By failing to form a coalition with the left against Democrats, conservatives weaken themselves.

So why do it?

Only idiots claim there is no difference.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

Democrats don't remotely control the left; this is an astonishingly false belief.

The two groups DESPISE one another, and you weaken conservatism by failing to recognize this & form a coalition with the left against the Democrats.

Whatever. You need to learn to respect opinions.

I won't vote for socialism, woke, defund the police, etc etc.... hint: that's leftist

 

[bripat9643]

Whatever. You need to learn to respect opinions.

I won't vote for socialism, woke, defund the police, etc etc.... hint: that's leftist

This minTrust guy doesn't seem to understand the difference between the left and the right.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Actually, the left and conservatives have far more in common than in difference.

Conservatives attacking the left and smearing them as Democrats only accomplishes the following:

1) It helps Democrats enormously by making them appear to support the left.

2) It damages conservatives by making them appear ignorant.

3) By failing to form a coalition with the left against Democrats, conservatives weaken themselves.

So why do it?

MinTrut, I recommend that you start a thread and explain your views about left vs. Democrats. They sound interesting.

 

[Winco]

I stopped reading newspapers and watching news programs years ago.

But here you are, on USMB, gathering your TRUE news.

LOOLLOOLLOOLL

 

[bripat9643]

But here you are, on USMB, gathering your TRUE news.

LOOLLOOLLOOLL

I don't gather it here, moron.

 

[SassyIrishLass]

But here you are, on USMB, gathering your TRUE news.

LOOLLOOLLOOLL

This dump isn't news, moron

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Democrats, not the left.

The individuals discussed in the OP despise the left.

Confusing Democrats with the left is like believing the Nazis were Jews.

You keep trying to push this point yet the people dems put in office and leadership positions proves you wrong. There are very few democrats anymore.

 

[Orangecat]

Democrats/liberals believe that lying is moral and virtuous, and see nothing wrong with doing it.

That reminds me of when Harry Reid accused then-candidate Romney of tax evasion. When it was later proven untrue, Reid’s response was “We won, didn’t we?”…
F’n typical democrat scumbag.

 

[DGS49]

Journalism and Government Service have run on parallel paths since the nation went to shit - approximately 1971.

Prior to that time, people went into Journalism because they wanted to investigate and report the facts/truth for the general public, which when you think about it, is a very fine thing to do. People who went into government service (the 'C' grads of mediocre schools, who couldn't get a good job in the private sector) merely wanted to work their 40 hours at a moderate rate of pay, and retire at 58 or 60 to a nice pension.

Now both of them have gone off the rails. Journalists are people who want to IMPACT public opinion by slanted reporting of the "news." Government workers are people who want to RUN THE COUNTRY while paying lip service to whoever is in office at the current time. Trump labeled them the "Deep State," and the name is apropos.

Neither can be trusted, unless you have the opportunity to know them directly and can make your own judgment.

 

[MagicMike]

I don't have time to watch an hour plus of video. Can you summarize?

You mean you don't have the attention span.

 

[Seymour Flops]

You mean you don't have the attention span.

For an hour plus of video that you won't even tell me what is?

Nope!

 

[Rigby5]

Whatever. You need to learn to respect opinions.

I won't vote for socialism, woke, defund the police, etc etc.... hint: that's leftist

That may be true, but democrats do not support socialism, like public health care, free college tuition, etc.
Democrats are not "woke" and are the most racist, especially the south.
Democrats are big city corruption, like the police, so do not want to defund police.
Democrats also are not anti war, like the left is.

I am far left, progressive, liberal, socialist, so we likely would differ on what we would support.
But the democrats are not at all left, progressive, liberal, or socialist.

 

[Rigby5]

This minTrust guy doesn't seem to understand the difference between the left and the right.

No, what he is saying is that democrats are NOT the left.

 

[Rigby5]

MinTrut, I recommend that you start a thread and explain your views about left vs. Democrats. They sound interesting.

Like mayor Daily who use to run Chicago, and when LBJ was running the war in Vietman.
Those were democratic corruption, but very much anti leftist philosophy.

 

[Rigby5]

You keep trying to push this point yet the people dems put in office and leadership positions proves you wrong. There are very few democrats anymore.

No, there are lots of democrats, just hardly and leftists any more.

 

[MagicMike]

For an hour plus of video that you won't even tell me what is?

Nope!

I just started this book.
Highly recommended.
Also "I Alone Can Fix It" by Carol Leonnig and Phillip Rucker.

But for now "Confidence Man" is riveting.
Kind of "must reads" if you REALLY want to understand Donald Trump and all things Trumpian.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

It looks like this:



That is "Face the Nation" from one week ago. Haven't watched it much in years, but I used to be a regular viewer. The segment purports to be about the 2022 election, but it focused entirely on Subject Number One, Donald Trump.

The guests were four writers of anti-Trump stories and a book about him called "The Divider." They analyzed the psychology of Trump, how much harm he did and is doing to the nation, and then tried to figure out why anyone would possibly vote for him. This is a news show on a network licensed to act in the public interest, not a wingnut podcast.

Finally the guy who appears to be the host asked the guest author of the anti-Trump book if it could be slighly possible that his voters like the results he got, i.e. the tax cuts, the de-regulation, and the resulting economic successes. The author said in a lengthy non-answer that his book wasn't really about that. I guess not.

If I remember right, the FtN tradition used to be to have some feckless and weak-minded Republican on the show to provide a claim of balance. I assumed that he would say that Trump was bad for the GOP, and that a new breed of Republicans are waiting to step up in the post-Trump era, or something like that. But I guess that dude was taking a bathroom break for that segment, so it was nothing but nine minutes of crying about Trump.

I guess I see why Democrats are the way they are.

The bias is so blatant. I don't understand how anyone can watch such shows except for enjoying critiquing them. It's really astonishing.

Examples...

1:00 "Trump falsely claimed that there was an invasion at the Southern border."
3:40 Trump voters are willing to accept anything, including Herschel Walker.
4:00 Herschel Walker reportedly paid for an abortion, he's a hypocrite
6:35 "Trump radicalized the Republican Party." She's calling me a radical.
7:00 "Election denialism is a foundation of the Republican Party ideology."
That's some utter BS. You won't find that in any written summaries of
the Party platform, but you might find information about ensuring elections
are secure and fair.
7:15 "It's a crisis in American Democracy."
8:25 Q: Did Trump do anything good during his term, anything at all?
A: He made everyone realize what a threat to Democracy is.

They vilify over 70 million Americans as if we are some kind of radical fringe group
as they erroneously describe the most important things we stand for.

 

[bripat9643]

That may be true, but democrats do not support socialism, like public health care, free college tuition, etc.

They sure ad hell do.

Democrats are not "woke" and are the most racist, especially the south.

They are both woke and racist.

Democrats are big city corruption, like the police, so do not want to defund police.

They are on the record calling for defunding the police.

Democrats also are not anti war, like the left is.

Who says the left is antiwar?

I am far left, progressive, liberal, socialist, so we likely would differ on what we would support.
But the democrats are not at all left, progressive, liberal, or socialist.

They are all left.