im not aware of any in the context of skewing votes

but there are certainly some networks that blatantly say other things that have similar implications of their "opposite" political parties...oh look, just a few threads down

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=439728

10/20/2006 2:20:26 PM

that's a far more subjective observation than an anchor/pundit saying "hey dems, don't vote. it's hopeless"

[Edited on October 20, 2006 at 2:23 PM. Reason : .]

10/20/2006 2:22:59 PM

yeah but they're basically saying "hey americans, bush and therefore all republicans caused the worst war ever, dont vote republican"

was hannity blatant about it? sure

do all the news agencies have a political agenda? you betcha

10/20/2006 2:25:58 PM

i don't think so. they may lean left or right, but not all have stated agendas. fox, from its inception, does.

10/20/2006 2:27:33 PM

stated or not, they all have agendas

fox news, cnn, and the smaller ones as well

there is hardly any non-biased, non-editorial, non-opinionated, strictly fact-based reporting news anymore...dont kid yourself

10/20/2006 2:29:27 PM

but there are levels of bias. and fox's is far more severe than most others.

again: if you get your news from the television, you're asking for trouble.

i can't really speak to cnn or msnbc, because i don't watch them. i don't really watch foxnews much either. but when i have watched any of those networks, fox's bias is obvious constantly. CONSTANTLY. rubbing it in your face. it's entertaining in a way in small doses.

the most tv news i'll watch is maybe the abc nightly news sometimes. but generally i read print or web news because it is more detailed and less biased (and i can choose what i read in-depth about).

10/20/2006 2:33:47 PM

i personally like to watch a small mix of cnn, fox news, msnbc, abc, cbs, nbc and even some bloomberg and cspan haha, again, small doses...and hell even though they're both "fake news," the daily show and colbert...i think the more news you watch (not more hours on one station, but more stations), the better overall news scape you can absorb, seeing the flaws and strengths of all sides...imo

10/20/2006 2:37:34 PM

television news is too sensationalist for me.

10/20/2006 2:38:34 PM

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"i think the more news you watch (not more hours on one station, but more stations), the better overall news scape you can absorb, seeing the flaws and strengths of all sides...imo "

it obviously hasnt worked very well for you.

10/20/2006 2:39:09 PM

ah shit, didn't realize this was so many pages

[Edited on October 20, 2006 at 2:44 PM. Reason : ]

10/20/2006 2:44:41 PM

Quote :

"i personally like to watch a small mix of cnn, fox news, msnbc, abc, cbs, nbc and even some bloomberg and cspan haha, again, small doses...and hell even though they're both "fake news," the daily show and colbert...i think the more news you watch (not more hours on one station, but more stations), the better overall news scape you can absorb, seeing the flaws and strengths of all sides...imo"

You have a sad world view if this is it.

10/20/2006 2:51:37 PM

^so watching all ends of the spectrum is a sad world view? i guess i should just stick to air america and bbc and nothing else to have your world view?

10/20/2006 3:32:06 PM

getting your news from television is a mistake in the first place. it's been shown in more than one journal that people are better informed of domestic and world events if they don't get their news from television.

10/20/2006 3:35:46 PM

newspapers and internet news sources are also biased

10/20/2006 3:38:55 PM

where did i mention anything about bias in that statement?

10/20/2006 3:40:03 PM

you didnt...but so what...the point is wherever you get your news...if its not firsthand, its probably got some bias

10/20/2006 3:42:06 PM

naturally. but television news is sensationalist, watered-down crap overall.

10/20/2006 3:44:37 PM

true

i think the internet is worse though

10/20/2006 3:46:12 PM

I'd watch US house and senate sessions if they were as entertaining as British House of Commons. Some of the funniest shit on tv.

10/20/2006 3:48:44 PM

Quote :

"if its not firsthand, its probably got some bias "

firsthand accounts can be filled with bias as well. not all bias is intentional.

10/20/2006 3:52:35 PM

agreed, but i mean firsthand, as if you yourself saw it...then any bias is your own bias, but you yourself would still have a firsthand account of it

10/20/2006 4:22:00 PM

Gotta love this guy

http://mediamatters.org/items/200610230007

Quote :

"Two days after imploring Democratic voters to "stay home," Hannity asserted the media have a "bias to sort of suppress voting""

10/23/2006 9:55:41 PM

[Edited on October 24, 2006 at 12:21 PM. Reason : fuck it, lets make a new thread...]

10/24/2006 12:20:27 PM

Yea, that was a nice post. New thread!

10/24/2006 12:24:38 PM