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Very well said, Hidell. I will add that the right wing noise machine has grown into a juggernaut in
the past 30 years. The people who finance it, back it, and keep it going are extremely well
organised. The left has no such organization. The whole idea that the left dominates the news is a
well thought out bunch of propaganda. |
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I think the media seems right-wing, but that might just be because I'm a left-wing extremist |
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The unreasoning right has achieved such dominance in America that it regards the voice of the
rational centre as being left-wing. Political debate, as represented in American media, shows the
howling right vs rationality and moderation. There is no representation of a genuinely left-wing
point of view at all.
There are major media outlets which are unapologetically right-wing, such as Fox News and the
Washington Times. The same is not true on the other side of the spectrum.
It's amazing that the right-wingers can continue to delude themselves about how the media is filled
with left-wing bias even though right-wing talk-show hosts dominate the airwaves, and the major
newspapers and television stations acted as propaganda outlets for Bush's war.
When, just before the 2004 election, the NY Times discovered that the Bush regime had been engaging
in illegal wire-tapping, it decided not to publish the story. Instead, it sat on it for another year
and only published it in the end because one of the journalists who wrote the story was about to
publish a book containing the same information.
The fact that journalists disproportionately favour Democrats in their own political preferences is
constantly brought up. It's probably true. It's also completely irrelevant. Journalists write what
their bosses tell them to right and the bosses take their orders from the money men who own the
companies. Being wealthy and powerful, the owners naturally tend to favour the party which
represents the interests of the wealthy and powerful, the Republicans.
Look at MSNC taking their most popular show, Phil Donahue's talk show, off the air because he
opposed the upcoming war in Iraq. How can that be explained in any way other than an expression of
political bias? |
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Two words: Fox News. How can you argue with those words? |
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Even though I'm a left-winger, I disagree that the media is overwhelmingly left wing or right wing.
IN actuality, I agree that there is a balance with political views in the media. |
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Fox is the only non-pundit show that is right-wing.
Almost every newspaper is heavily left-wing. (Most articles are anyways, very few may be right-wing
or unbiased).
There are, however, a few right-wing radio show hosts.
I would say that overall, it is rather balanced and neither side has "a huge surplus" compared to
the other when ALL forms of media are taken into account. |
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It depended upon the media and we are talking News and Talking Heads.
Radio - Right Wing controls it
TV - Fox Network is the only all right wing
Satellite Radio - Its about equal |
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You must not read the papers, especially not the NY Times if you think they are right wing biased.
The overwhelming majority of the media is left wing, liberal bias. |
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What dream world are you in? The New York Times is so let wing, they could fall into the Pacific
Ocean any minute. There are only a small amount of media that is right wing, and they mostly are
more middle of the road. Fox is about the only news cast that I would even consider calling right
wing. Wake up and smell the roses. |
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