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(OT) The fox hunt
On 14 Jul 2004 16:13:37 GMT, (Gould 0738) wrote:
The difference is that liberals deny that the mainstream news has any
bias. Conservatives, rather than deny it, acknowledge it, and offer
their counter perspective to provide balance.
Dave
You should try to avoid repeating "talking points", they demean your argument.
Not if those talking points are the truth.
Many of your right wing news outlets *are* the mainstream media. Check the
ratings.
It's true that for a period of time, Fox News was at the top of the
heap as far as ratings. I am unaware of any other major media outlet
that has been identified with a conservative slant. The "big 3" (CBS,
NBC, ABC) as well as CNN, are all leaning to the left to some degree,
some more than others. This is well documented, from many sources.
Did you know that there are entire communities in the US where every local
radio station, as well as the local newspaper, are owned by Clear Channel?
So you allege that Clear Channel is conservative biased in their news
reporting? Last time I checked, Clear Channel does not run TV
stations.
Excusing the blatant spin and emotionally
charged propaganda with "we're the little underdogs and we need to rely on
these techniques to get our message noticed in the face of the onslaught from
the mainstream media", is preposterous.
The truth is that the conservative voice in the media is only now
beginning to exert any real influence. For many years, liberals have
infiltrated those positions of mass media and education, so that they
could be in the position to "color" the judgements of the population
of this country. It's worked too, to some degree, as evidence by the
sheer number of people who now question each and every bit of the
Iraq war, including tactics that would never have been given a second
thought during WWII.
The outcry against Fox News, is little more than a blatantly obvious
attempt to cry "foul" by those same liberals who have been operating
by similarly biased principles for years. I'd find it comical, if it
weren't so pathetic.
Dave
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