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So the press is demanding that their White House televisions be tuned to CNN rather than Fox News. So here's the question: Why does the press want to watch CNN rather than Fox?
Well, apparently, "a lot of people consider [Fox News] to be a Republican-leaning network." And bias would be bad, of course, especially given the straight down the center political positions of the press itself.
Seems to me that the press' outspoken preference for CNN has to do with what PBS' Terrence Smith's observation that "people regard CNN as liberal, somewhat to the left of center." Apparently, the members of the press -- like most other people -- simply prefer media outlets that conform to their own political biases.
But wait . . . aren't we supposed to believe that the media doesn't have any biases?
Well, apparently, "a lot of people consider [Fox News] to be a Republican-leaning network." And bias would be bad, of course, especially given the straight down the center political positions of the press itself.
Seems to me that the press' outspoken preference for CNN has to do with what PBS' Terrence Smith's observation that "people regard CNN as liberal, somewhat to the left of center." Apparently, the members of the press -- like most other people -- simply prefer media outlets that conform to their own political biases.
But wait . . . aren't we supposed to believe that the media doesn't have any biases?
posted by LadybugUSA at 12:47 PM
4 Comments:
wrabkin,
Who's "everybody"? You and the frog in your pocket? Every lib likes to believe that. People who actually watch Fox knows better. Libs saying so doesn't make it so.
This topic has been explored on this blog before, wrabkin, and at least six or eight polls cited showing Jane and Joe Six-pack, Network honchos themselves and many others believe Fox has, indeed, "fair and balanced" coverage, while the others (CNN, NBC, ABC, SeeBS) skew their reporting left. I haven't inspected each head polled, but suspect they have brains. Perhaps not as big or 'deep thinking' as liberals', but quite capable of recognizing bias when they hear and see it.
If Gingrich did say there is no liberal media bias, perhaps it was before his October 30, 2004 statement: "...[A]ll elite media lean to the left except for the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Fox News. ...Republicans need a message that can survive distortions in...the liberal media (emphasis added)."
Check that out on Newt's Web site.
Fox is just barely better than CNN.......Both simply recycle the news all day, and neither is very interesting to watch.
Sure Fox may be less Liberal than CNN, but it is hardly Conservative.
If anything, all the TV's should be turned off, and AM radio turned on.......A little Hugh Hewitt and Dennis Prager would do them all good.
It's really an attack on free press when one thinks about it
Please sketch out that thought pattern. I'll bet it's fascinating.
I don't care that network newsrooms or newspapers like the New York Times are full of ideologues who care more about "changing the world" than simple reporting. I care that they don't simply admit their left-leaning bias on the front page.
Until then, I'll read the Corrections columns to find the real news.
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