I am not a Republican, but I do watch FOX news some of the time! And guess what? There was a tsunami in Japan on FOX too. Apparently they have the same news that all the other news channels have.I am so sick of people saying that FOX news is biased! Question: Which news organization is not? MSNBC? Oh please. How about Chris Matthews with those chills going down his leg whenever Obama speaks? Gee, I wonder what his political leanings are. (I often ran into him in the Safeway when I lived in D.C. and let me tell you, he is a nut job if there ever was one. He would spout his stuff to anyone who would listen, be it the teenager working in the produce department or perhaps a large watermelon after that kid backed away.) CNN? Wolf Blitzer is ridiculously openly Democratic, and Anderson (Biceps) Cooper.... hmm, I wonder if he's a Republican?
Grow up people! The only way you can learn what is going on in the world is to watch all the news stations and read all the newspapers, not just the friggin' New York Times but all of them, and then make up your own mind, which if you go looking for it will be found tucked inside the large round thing located above your neck.
I like the Huffington Post.....
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D equals B
Therefore E does not equal B.
Intriguing logic but perhaps a valuable insight into the right wing experience.
or none of them!
ReplyDeleteSusanne, I agree with you. You are so lucky to have escaped our madness! Keith, as usual...wtf?
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ReplyDeleteMSNBC is biased.
CNN is biased
The New York Times is biased.
Therefore Fox is... not biased?
I had a similar thread going on FB (um, coming at the conversation from a somewhat different angle) and someone asked, essentially, is there a qualitative difference between bias and deliberately misinforming, or between slant and lies.
It is an interesting fact of modern life (not necessarily good or bad, just "is") that media fragmentation has made it possible for just about everyone to find an outlet that affirms their pre-existing world view. People SHOULD go out of their way to sample opposing, or just different, viewpoints, but it IS difficult psychologically to do. It is hard work. To do it you have to deliberately put yourself into a state similar to cognitive dissonance instead of a comforting, reaffirming, state that could be just as easily achieved.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of a hard day of getting beat up at the office, how many people can bring themselves to choose cognitive dissonance? And how often?
A very smart comment Keith...if only most people had half your insight! You should RUN FOR PRESIDENT! You got my vote.....
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