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HARRIS POLL: FAVORITE AND LEAST FAVORITE NEWS PERSONALITIES
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gregg75 said:
I agree - I think this presumption of the "bias" in news coverage is mostly BS. There are some exceptions, of course. I would cite much of Fox News programming on the right, and MSNBC on the left. And it is typical for news websites to present news from a biased point of view - Drudge Report, and Huffinton Post come to mine.
But for the most part, the traditional news outlets (TV, radio, newspapers and their related websites) present news in an objective fashion.
Biased news coverage is nothing new either - I grew up in Los Angeles in the 1950s and 60s. One of the most popular TV news anchors was George Putnam - a bombastic right winger who certainly would have been on Fox News if he were alive today. And going baqck to radio in the 1930s and 40s, Walter Winchell was among a group of notoriously biased commentators.
Radio was basically a medium of commentators; John Daly
(yes, of "What's My Line?" fame) is one of the few who tended
not to inject his opinions into his newscasts. Winchell tended
to be on the right, as was Fulton Lewis Jr. on Mutual; two who
skewed left (and one is unfairly forgotten) were Edward R. Murrow
and Elmer Davis; Davis is the one who's unfairly forgotten because
it was he, not Murrow, who first went after Joe McCarthy. The problem
was that he did it on radio, while Murrow did it on the more powerful
medium of television.
And if you go back to the '70s you'd probably say that Eric Sevareid
usually came down on the liberal side, while Howard K. Smith tended
conservative (even though Smith, not Sevareid, was the first to call
for Nixon's resignation in 1974).
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
(yes, of "What's My Line?" fame) is one of the few who tended
not to inject his opinions into his newscasts. Winchell tended
to be on the right, as was Fulton Lewis Jr. on Mutual; two who
skewed left (and one is unfairly forgotten) were Edward R. Murrow
and Elmer Davis; Davis is the one who's unfairly forgotten because
it was he, not Murrow, who first went after Joe McCarthy. The problem
was that he did it on radio, while Murrow did it on the more powerful
medium of television.
And if you go back to the '70s you'd probably say that Eric Sevareid
usually came down on the liberal side, while Howard K. Smith tended
conservative (even though Smith, not Sevareid, was the first to call
for Nixon's resignation in 1974).
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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bias can be shown in ways other than what is said. it can also be shown by ignoring stories that might harm "YOUR GUY"1 EXAMPLE the "media" reported 2 times the stories about rising gas prices when George W. Bush was President, complete with "Personal Stories" about how families had to choose between feeding the kids and filling their tank. NOT much is reported about gas prices, except obama's answer that gee, heck.. we can't do much about it..
grow some algae..
grow some algae..
And I stopped watching her and instead switched over to CBS. At least Scott doesn't interject his personal comments or play act following each story. He just reports the news.Robnoxious said:
I watch and listen to a lot of news. I agree that the only Broadcast or Cable news outlets that are biased are Fox and MSNBC. The so-called "Liberal" media is a myth.
1)For one thing, check out who owns the media. Large corporations and debt-holders who benefit when the Republican philosophy of economics is in power.
2) Also,we have a lot of "lazy" journalism. One source parrotts a news story from another news source without checking sources, etc. A lot of misinformation gets reported that way.
1)For one thing, check out who owns the media. Large corporations and debt-holders who benefit when the Republican philosophy of economics is in power.
2) Also,we have a lot of "lazy" journalism. One source parrotts a news story from another news source without checking sources, etc. A lot of misinformation gets reported that way.
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