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Offline midnight Target

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« on: September 25, 2003, 11:33:01 AM »
And try to prove it!
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Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2003, 11:36:54 AM »
I believe even the most famous news anchorman admitted it was bias left by nature. (Walter Cronkite)
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Offline Sixpence

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« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2003, 11:37:35 AM »
Darn conservative owned media.
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« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2003, 11:38:03 AM »
They are way left on some stuff like Guns, hell CNN had to make **** up about asault rifles.

I think they are left on the war, but its prolly less about politics and more about ratings.

I think they sway back and forth, based on ratings on money.
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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2003, 11:39:37 AM »
Good topic. Hold the hyperbole and just cite examples.
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2003, 11:40:05 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2003, 11:44:34 AM »
The dominant media are left and there's no use proving it, books have been written on the subject.  For the last 15 years or so the right has made big inroads, mainly through talk radio and on Fox News.  Before that the only conservative on TV was Archie Bunker.

But the NYT and other major newspapers, the networks, and Hollywood are leftist.  Not as leftist as they'd like to be, though, which is why they claim there is no bias.

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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2003, 11:45:56 AM »
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They are way left on some stuff like Guns, hell CNN had to make **** up about asault rifles.


Dateline NBC fabricated a story about the safety of saddlebag-style gas tanks on GMC trucks and got everybody in an uproar about how unsafe they were when struck from the side.  In a dramatic video segment, NBC showed a GMC truck being broadsided and going up in flames.

But GMC isn't stupid.

They investigated the segment and found the trucks that were actually used in the demonstration.  Seems that after NBC was done with them, the smoldering hulks were sold to a junkyard for salvage. GM traced the VIN numbers and found the trucks in the yard untouched since delivery from NBC's wrecker.  Attached to the beds of the trucks, under the sheetmetal, were model rocket motors.  GMC sued NBC (for demation I believe) and won.
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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2003, 11:48:04 AM »
Here's a good example... The Wellstone Memorial service.

Everyone thinks it was a huge Democratic partisan rally. In reality only one speaker mentioned the election to any great extent in the entire 3 hour program. The boos received by Lott were reported as a "smattering" the next day in the Minnesota press, but have been blown into "20,000 liberals screaming" by Limbaugh and his ilk.  Think about what you have heard or think you know about the service. Do you think your information was skewed right or left?
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2003, 11:49:05 AM »
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The dominant media are left and there's no use proving it, books have been written on the subject.


He read it in a book, it must be true.  QED
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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #10 on: September 25, 2003, 11:52:07 AM »
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Dateline NBC fabricated a story about the safety of saddlebag-style gas tanks on GMC trucks and got everybody in an uproar about how unsafe they were when struck from the side.  In a dramatic video segment, NBC showed a GMC truck being broadsided and going up in flames.

But GMC isn't stupid.

They investigated the segment and found the trucks that were actually used in the demonstration.  Seems that after NBC was done with them, the smoldering hulks were sold to a junkyard for salvage. GM traced the VIN numbers and found the trucks in the yard untouched since delivery from NBC's wrecker.  Attached to the beds of the trucks, under the sheetmetal, were model rocket motors.  GMC sued NBC (for demation I believe) and won.


All quite true to my recollection. I think they had to report a full retraction and apologize, too.
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« Reply #11 on: September 25, 2003, 11:57:12 AM »
Wouldn't the GMC think really fall under ratings and being sleazy?


How other then the sleazy part how is that left? :D


Erlkonig You should tone it up. I mean really let is all hang out, then maybe your proby tag will go away.... with you.
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Offline muckmaw

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« Reply #12 on: September 25, 2003, 11:58:50 AM »
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Wouldn't the GMC think really fall under ratings and being sleazy?


How other then the sleazy part how is that left? :D


Erlkonig You should tone it up. I mean really let is all hang out, then maybe your proby tag will go away.... with you.


Against big business?

*shrugs*
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« Reply #13 on: September 25, 2003, 12:00:39 PM »
Free press is in nature biased a bit to the left, for a very good reason, but sometimes not so good results.
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« Reply #14 on: September 25, 2003, 12:04:02 PM »
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He read it in a book, it must be true.  QED

Perhaps you could have somebody read one to you some day.  FU
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