Are you ashamed of the biased presidential coverage?

HejiraHenry · Nov 2, 2008

Yes.

Like you're surprised I'd say that.

Ben_Hecht · Nov 2, 2008

Guy_Incognito said:

Ben_Hecht said:

Guy_Incognito said:

I wish the biggest problem were Rolling Stone. I feel like that's kind of like the Daily Show - you know who runs it and what you're going to get, and it's a shame that many form their opinions from it, but I don't expect more. The bigger problems are the ones that present themselves as hard news, like Newsweek etc.
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All other things being equal, Newsweek's going to be clearly left of Time. As it's been, so shall it be.

But week in, week out, the only wholly-offensive, one-way lefty
feature in Newsweek is the Conventional Wisdom checklist, which is clearly authored by someone well-conversant with a list of
DNC talking-points, with the subtlety of a sledgehammer.

That said . . . we could go on with abundant, outrageous examples of wholesale lies/distortion from the righty press . . . and will, as appropriate.
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I'll disagree with your assertion than CW is the only offender, and note that the righty press is just that, Newsweek isn't supposed to be Mother Jones.
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" . . . wholly-offensive . . . "

I'll agree that other portions of NW are at least partially offensive, to those right of center.

But at least they're not running Michelle-ordering-caviar-from-room-service fantasies out of whole cloth.

steveu · Nov 2, 2008

Guy_Incognito said:

I wish the biggest problem were Rolling Stone. I feel like that's kind of like the Daily Show - you know who runs it and what you're going to get, and it's a shame that many form their opinions from it, but I don't expect more. The bigger problems are the ones that present themselves as hard news, like Newsweek etc.
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RS is a good example. Mags like Rolling Stone and shows like Daily Show will engage in the "Democrats good, Republicans bad" theme and tilt their coverage toward it, just like National Review will often go the other direction. It depends on the outlet you're reading or watching. You know Fox News will trash the Dems, much like MSNBC goes the other way.

On the second thing Guy pointed out, what he said. When you get mainstream pubs letting bias of any kind show through, that's where the problem lies.

Inky_Wretch · Nov 2, 2008

steveu said:

When you get mainstream pubs letting bias of any kind show through, that's where the problem lies.
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