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saved9201 -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/10/2008 6:13:22 PM)

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These are but a few examples showing how the "main stream" media's traditional journalism does not keep to the standards of honest, unbiased journalism.


Yeah. If you don't agree with it, it's obviously dishonest and biased.

- Julius



SteveSund -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/10/2008 8:21:41 PM)

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ORIGINAL: inthysite
These are but a few examples showing how the "main stream" media's traditional journalism does not keep to the standards of honest, unbiased journalism.


When did this exist? Certainly not in my lifetime. If you read accounts of prior elections it is clear that it used to be much worse. In many cases, political parties had a fair amount of control over certain papers.

I think there will always be bias. The only way to get around it is to get your news from multiple, competing sources.



Jeff_from_Kentucky -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/10/2008 8:57:28 PM)

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ORIGINAL: SteveSund

In many cases, political parties had a fair amount of control over certain papers.


They still do. The New York Times and The Washington Post used to be respectable papers. Now they are nothing more than far left liberal Democrat propoganda rags.



inthysite -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/10/2008 9:02:28 PM)

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Yeah. If you don't agree with it, it's obviously dishonest and biased.


Intentionally editing a report so that it agrees with your agenda is honest?

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When did this exist? Certainly not in my lifetime. If you read accounts of prior elections it is clear that it used to be much worse. In many cases, political parties had a fair amount of control over certain papers.


This was kind of my point. However whenever anyone on this forum quotes anything from Fox News they are scoffed at, ridiculed, or counted as irrelevant biased right wing nuts. We are people who can't think for ourselves and don't have an original thought in our heads and need Fox News to tell us what to think.

But when liberals quote their left leaning sources they believe that it's truthful and represents the whole truth and if you don't agree with it then something is wrong with you.

Please re-read my original post for two perfect examples.



CherishedbyGod -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/10/2008 9:15:04 PM)

Why are they, for the most part, ignoring this story?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080610/pl_politico/10971



colliefan -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/10/2008 10:52:37 PM)

Some years ago at an appreciation dinner for NCCIW volunteers, the editor of the Raleigh Nuisance & Disturber, made the comment he always trains his reporters to tell the readers how to think.



davemiller7 -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/11/2008 1:37:42 PM)

I think Fox & Friends (Oh NO, the horrible, biased, untrustworthy, unofficial mouthpiece of the RNC, Fox News Channel!) had a blurb on it this morning, but I didn't catch it. I'll bet ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, et al didn't run any of it though.

-Dave

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ORIGINAL: CherishedbyGod

Why are they, for the most part, ignoring this story?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080610/pl_politico/10971



davemiller7 -> RE: The Media and This Election (6/11/2008 1:42:12 PM)

Way back in the dark ages of history, my high school Journalism teacher drilled it into our heads that we needed to be fair in our reporting; not let personal opinions and biases enter into the reporting. That was to be left to the columnists and editorial writers. Man, how times have changed! I'm sure the poor guy is rolling over in his grave now.

-Dave

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ORIGINAL: colliefan

Some years ago at an appreciation dinner for NCCIW volunteers, the editor of the Raleigh Nuisance & Disturber, made the comment he always trains his reporters to tell the readers how to think.



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