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A hypothetical media question.

I would.

0% (0)

I wouldn't.

94% (17)

Some of the time, but not always.

5% (1)

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RE: A hypothetical media question. - 8/24/2010 4:19:09 PM

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In the United States, clearly there is not a left wing, much less a left wing media source. What passes for "left wing" is but mere middle of the road in many Western European countries. Just face facts, those of you who wish to argue.

However, democracy is all about the exchange of ideas. It is absolutely necessary to receive all points of view, even those from the far left and, dare I say, anarchistic views? I am further left than 99% of all U.S. residents in my political views. At the same time, a friend jokingly subscribed to the National Review for me for my birthday. Do I throw it out? Absolutely not! It is crucial to understand how the unwashed masses think. haha~ just kidding about that last bit. It is important to be able to place yourself in the mindset of another, or humanity is doomed.

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RE: A hypothetical media question. - 8/24/2010 4:37:38 PM

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There is something about these poles that seems very skewed to me.

Over all there are 5 major news sources. NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, and Fox. In almost all that I read people seem to say that NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN tend to lean to the left. Fox seems to be the only news network that leans to the right.

Now, let's assume that the United States population is politically relatively evenly split, 50/50. This will vary somewhat, but I'm simply speaking in general terms. That means that half of the population is going to gravitate to the one network that leans the same way they do...Fox. That leaves the other 50% divided among the other four networks, so of course the numbers for each of those networks is going to be smaller than those for Fox.

To me this renders any pole results as far as what is "most watched" or "most trusted" as meaningless as far as any political news is concerned.

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RE: A hypothetical media question. - 8/24/2010 6:51:45 PM

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The facts, ma'am. Just the facts.

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RE: A hypothetical media question. - 8/24/2010 7:20:32 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: StrangerThan

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Conservatives have long railed against the media for being too liberal, as long as liberals have railed against it for being too conservative...The premise is that each would prefer media that is slanted to their own viewpoint.

If there were a device that would filter the media so that the reporting matched your own viewpoint, would you use it?

The device already exists. It's called the brain. Read the threads. To the left, no one on the left is ever wrong. To the right, no one there is ever wrong either.

There are far too many people in the world, really incapable of actually using their brain and thinking INDEPENDENTLY, much less being able to take information from all sides, than using their brain to filter it.

**Imagine being able to use your brain, as a filter!!!**

Bravo!!!

And the media is biased. I voted for Bush in 2000. Honestly, I didn't follow politics much then and couldn't have stated the differences between Bush and Gore in the least other than the R above one name, and the D above another. The choice was mostly based upon the fact that I was tired of watching the endless parade of ethical crap surrounding Democrats scroll across my TV screen. By 2004, the RNC didn't have enough money in their vaults to buy my vote for him. I'm one of those types of people who can agree on the need for an action but don't lie to me about the reasons. Between 2004 and 2008, I was strongly anti-Bush, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican. During that time, I know where I went to read and watch my news, and it was no where that evidenced any support for the man. So I clung to places like yahoo, which ran a daily body count of the day, to ABC, NBC, CNN and now laughably, CBS. I held the same notion of FOX news that you'll read here so often now, e.g. one of disdain.

I hold them all in disdain now. Not being able to see the bias in them, to me, points to your bias. I went from reading and watching one criticism after another, interviews that asked hard questions to a plurality of feel-good moment types of reporting and questions that often, I swear to God, have to be framed to leave the person on the other side in the best light possible.

Having been a reporter for several years, I find it honestly disgusting.

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