[princess]

Do you think they should pick a side? I thought news was supposed to be fair & unbiased....silly me!

 

[anysia]

i figure it's a free country, they can do whatever they want.... it can be quite annoying though!

 

[princess]

But they give more time & attention to who they support. So maybe they'd annoy less if they couldn't pick one..... just a thought.....

 

[Inspector1]

Heres some good reading to twist you into a frenzy.....

http://www.mrc.org/welcome.asp


I1

 

[princess]

I1, I get twisted so easy......

 

[anysia]

*head spinning!!!!* too much politics!!!!!!! :blah:

 

[stevel]

"news" should be NEWS, not opinion. opinion shows are great when presented as such. yeah they are free to do what they want, but when they try to warp the minds of people looking for facts, that's gone too far..... ... sorry for the rant......

 

[princess]

exactly! I don't mind the opinions, just don't present it as news. If I remember right, they used to have an "opinion" segment on most news programs. The "editorial" or something like that.

 

[stevel]

commentary it's called these days...

 

[princess]

Doesn't it seem like the whole half hour or hour is "commentary"?

I want the opinions, I just want to know which is which.

 

[stevel]

the shows seem somewhat divided now. for example, I watch fox news channel. On the Fox Report with shepoard smith, it's one hour or straight news, very, very good about keeping opinion out of that show... the next show, the o-rielly factor, is one hour of nothing but opinion and interview....... the show after that, hannity and colms.... is a debate show with both sides opinion, it's great fun and etertainment.... I promise I don't work for them...... but I may be a "opinion show" junkie.......

 

[Inspector1]

Thats the best thing about Fox..... NO B.S.

I1

 

[stevel]

I1, thanks, I expected to be flamed.

 

[princess]

Fox news lets you know it's when it's opinion. You know that OReilly is opinion. He does have the oposing view on so he can ask them stuff.....but he's up front about what he thinks. When they do news, it's news.

I was thinking more along the lines of network news. ABC, NBC & CBS. On the national "news" it's more opinion than news.

Out of the "cable" news, the least reliable seems to be CNN. Which is sad since they're the ones other countries are apt to see......

It used to be that they HAD to give equal time to each side..... when did that change?

The local ones aren't quite as bad.

 

[stevel]

I hate CNN.... another issue around the world seems that they get completely different info... Currently, my wife and I have a German exchange student living with us for the school year, and she's into politics and news and such.... we've talked about 9/11 and such, and she's told me things that the said on the tv news over there that I've never heard here and seem very absurd..... so is her news correct or is ours??????

 

[princess]

The truth is likely somewhere in the middle....

 

[Greg]

Fox News' slogan is "Fair and Balanced" and I beleive the slogan is true. True, O'Reilly is opinion, but he does not support one candidate over the other, and has never endorsed either of them. I think he has been equally fair to both Kerry and Bush.

As for the big 3 news media - they should not have an opinion and should not be able to endorse a candidate. Journalism is defined by Websters as "writing characterized by a direct presentation of facts or description of events without an attempt at interpretation." Therefore, I think Journalists should stick to this ideal as much as possible.

 

[princess]

I guess there's a bunch of non-journalist, journalists!

The Times supports Kerry & has been very public about it. That's what got me thinking......

 

[bcclements]

Fox News Fan

I guess there's a bunch of non-journalist, journalists!

The Times supports Kerry & has been very public about it. That's what got me thinking......

Don't forget AP, CBS and USA Today all supporting Kerry. They just don't admit it.

All story telling has a purpose and can't help being biased one way or another.

Pure news is basically boring for most people. Without opinion thrown in to tell you how to react to the report people might actually have to think for themselves. Now the power brokers would not want that to happen. They prefer what Mancow (syndicated radio host) would call "sheeple."

Great discussion here. Owning a Honda can be boring. No problems to discuss.

 

[Inspector1]

Re: Fox News Fan

Great discussion here. Owning a Honda can be boring. No problems to discuss.

Well said and very TRUE!!!!

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