Mercnbeth
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Are there truly that many people who formulate their opinions contingent on the source of the information? Fox's bias, CNN's bias, MSNBC, or Bloomberg; the editorializing rhetoric shouldn't create any more legitimacy. Whether it's Barbara Streisand or Barbara Walters, use the facts presented and go from there. If they don't match your opinion dig deeper; not regarding the opinion but of the facts.
Admittedly, I'm not an ideal commentator. I don't listen to any of the talking heads on any network. I prefer the raw news from newspapers ranging from Pravda to the New York Post. At least you can't 'hear' the bias when you read. I'll listen to interviews and the Sunday morning shows, but appreciate that the questions are slanted similarly to editorializing agenda. The best source of news is the one whose editorial slant is the most in opposition to yours. Such a source tests your confidence and requires you to research the facts that support your position. You come through the process a lot more knowledgeable than you do if you sit there and 'head-bob' while drinking the 'kool-aid' of either sides propaganda.
FOX wants to represent the 'Opposition Party'. I pretty sure that was a self appointed label. Consider its value similar to any self proclaimed 'master' on CM - you don't have to accept it as a factual representation from either side of the flogger. It's all about MARKETING, sales and a 'big bad capitalist agenda'.
Now I understand if they were failing, all the neo-caps would be clamoring to bail them out. However, they are very successful. There marketing campaign obviously works - there is no thread regarding the slant of CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, or MSNBC. They hold the #1 position of all cable news networks.
Use the news - don't base a philosophy upon it or any source of propaganda. Unless of course, you need some 'villain' to blame for the failure of the side you support. In that case FOX is providing it for you. THEY are the cause for having this Administration spend about $3 Trillion in tax money without a plan. It's FOX fault that Dodd wrote in Bonus language and Obama signed it. It's FOX who called for the greatest government payout of corporate welfare that this country has every seen. It's FOX who has set a policy to create a deficit that will require 2 generations of US citizens to pay. It's FOX who set a policy to reward every public employee union and laugh at the thought of further funding for the auto industry which would keep an industry in place that another union, the UAW, made major concessions to management. It's FOX who caused the lack of confidence in the private investment sector.
I appreciate there are many who NEED to believe all that, making FOX the cause of the current effect. It must be because a more logical direction for placing blame just isn't palatable.
Tell me, are the same people who feel that the FOX disclosure is reprehensible the same ones who felt the same "tingle" down their legs as 'reported' by Chris Matthews on MSNBC when he hears Obama speak? You know, at this point, it may have been just a circulation problem that Chris should have checked out.
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RE: Shocking Admission regarding Fox News. - 
At this revelation(the OP),cons are to have one of three reactions. 
.Dodging issue by pretending they can have their very own set of facts,claiming some imaginary moral equivalence to folks who tell the truth and blurring the line between empirical fact and opinion.What`s that line?You`re entitled to your own opinion,not your own set of facts. 
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