Apr 4th 2013, 3:32:42
twain, you're an increcibly intelligent person and i respect what you say as much as i do anybody elses on this board, fooglmog likely being the one i would defer to the easiest, but you have proven time and time again that you are a well articulated, well informed person. so when i disagree with you, i trust you understand it's merely a difference of opinion and not an insult.
"braden: I find it hilarious that you call Fox News far far far less biased than other news stations."
as i [think i?] explained, i base it purely on empirical evidence, where i gain nothing in perpetrating any lie. so why might i?
"MSNBC has attempted to do the same thing, but is nowhere near as successful."
i do not watch msnc, at all, in my life, so i can not comment past my comment on my not being able to comment :P
"CNN has attempted to be more centrist, and certainly are, and I would argue that of the news sources on American television, CNN is, far and away, the most unbiased. This is not to say there are not perceptible biases from their personalities, but CNN at least attempts to be a centrist news station, whereas neither MSNBC or Fox News can say that."
fox gives us open discussion, fair argument (outside of sean hannity, i agree with him often, but his rhetoric is as bad as anybodys)- we have bob beckel, we have juan williams, we have kirsten powers, all of whom are liberal leaning and recurring guests on many fox shows, where they are treated with respect, dignity, and class (and any number of other people, debbie wasserman schultz i see often, etc, etc)
when you openly discuss both sides, without disdain for the one you disagree with, i have trouble calling this bias.
but, if i'm looking at the obverse side of a coin, you're looking at the reverse side, so we'll never win, right?
yes, i am right now, as i type this, watching fox news- the oreilly factor, the replay at 11pm est.
anderson might try his damnedest in his life to be unbiased, but he doesn't run twenty four hours a day, and everybody else minus rick sanchez (what is metres in american?????) is horribly, horribly biased. i'd accept lou dobbs, but i think they fired him, too?
"On a related note, I don't blame either of the other two stations for embracing their biases, because Fox News is far and away the #1 ratings grabber of the three, with MSNBC slowly climbing, and CNN pretty much stagnating."
now i nothing but ask, but are you suggesting msnbc and cnn get a pass on their obvious bias just to "close" the gap between fox and them, ratings wise?
might i ask, i know naught i admit, but might i ask how many nightly viwers of fox lean left or centrist?
"braden: I find it hilarious that you call Fox News far far far less biased than other news stations."
as i [think i?] explained, i base it purely on empirical evidence, where i gain nothing in perpetrating any lie. so why might i?
"MSNBC has attempted to do the same thing, but is nowhere near as successful."
i do not watch msnc, at all, in my life, so i can not comment past my comment on my not being able to comment :P
"CNN has attempted to be more centrist, and certainly are, and I would argue that of the news sources on American television, CNN is, far and away, the most unbiased. This is not to say there are not perceptible biases from their personalities, but CNN at least attempts to be a centrist news station, whereas neither MSNBC or Fox News can say that."
fox gives us open discussion, fair argument (outside of sean hannity, i agree with him often, but his rhetoric is as bad as anybodys)- we have bob beckel, we have juan williams, we have kirsten powers, all of whom are liberal leaning and recurring guests on many fox shows, where they are treated with respect, dignity, and class (and any number of other people, debbie wasserman schultz i see often, etc, etc)
when you openly discuss both sides, without disdain for the one you disagree with, i have trouble calling this bias.
but, if i'm looking at the obverse side of a coin, you're looking at the reverse side, so we'll never win, right?
yes, i am right now, as i type this, watching fox news- the oreilly factor, the replay at 11pm est.
anderson might try his damnedest in his life to be unbiased, but he doesn't run twenty four hours a day, and everybody else minus rick sanchez (what is metres in american?????) is horribly, horribly biased. i'd accept lou dobbs, but i think they fired him, too?
"On a related note, I don't blame either of the other two stations for embracing their biases, because Fox News is far and away the #1 ratings grabber of the three, with MSNBC slowly climbing, and CNN pretty much stagnating."
now i nothing but ask, but are you suggesting msnbc and cnn get a pass on their obvious bias just to "close" the gap between fox and them, ratings wise?
might i ask, i know naught i admit, but might i ask how many nightly viwers of fox lean left or centrist?