"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Jeff Rigby" wrote in message
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"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:44:02 -0400, Bert Robbins wrote:


90% of the "independent" media you speak of is biased to the left.

Only 90% ? A little simplistic, don't you think? No one speaks with
an
objective voice, and the media in this country doesn't speak with one
voice. Is Rush biased left? What about NewsMax? Fox News?

Labeling media is a way of trivializing it. Propaganda spinners have
used
the trick for years. It doesn't flush. Media has always spoken with
many
voices. If you are truly looking for bias, you might consider
left/right
isn't the only bias.

http://rhetorica.net/bias.htm

True true, but until you acknowledge the bias and see it as bias you are
not getting a real view of the world. Those of us on the right
acknowledge the bias of Fox News, but those on the left don't think that
the other news medias lean to the left. That's a serious problem!!


A more serious problem is that many people who think "the media" is
left-biased never actually read or listen to those media, and are simply
repeating what they've been told to. For instance, rumor has it that NPR
rarely, if ever mentions anything positive about Iraq. That's odd, because
I hear them mention something positive at least a couple of times a week.
Are the droolers listening to a totally different NPR Morning Edition than
I am? Of course not. They simply don't listen.

How many times a week does NPR say negative things about Iraq? I'd be
willing to bet it is a larger number more than "a couple of times a week."