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Originally posted by RIJIMMY
This is absolute proof what many of us were saying during the B vs K posts out here. The media is SICKLY biased towards the demo party and this time they went to far and got burned.
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Interesting how you take a very isolated failure and paint the entire media and democratic party with the blame
In all honesty I think the "Liberal Media Conspiracy" is a bunch of hooey dreamed up by conservatives (like Rush Limbaugh) to justify their existance. While there certianly are liberal and conservative media outlets, a lot of reporting is labeled by those who don't like it. I seem to vividly recall the "Liberal Media Conspiracy" strongly behind the Iraq war pre-invasion, bashing John K3rry relentlessly with exposure to Swift Vets etc... and doing an altogether shamefull job of not covering stories about Administration policy that is clearly dishonest.
Fox News is dominating cable with a staff full conservative pundits, and seemingly a "breaking news" lever hardwired to the Whitehouse Press Office.
While Air America makes modest inroads in radio, Rush, Hannity, Savage etc... still occupy most of the air time.
Whatever news outlet you do frequent, I would encourage you to abide by these 3 rules:
1 News that is critical of the President or Whitehouse policy is not automatically Liberal news.
2. Simply talking about things that a conservative wouldn't necessarily cover(i.e. poverty, HIV etc..) is not on it's own being Liberal.
3. There is always another viewpoint, or facts that are not being reported. Take the time to look at multiple facets and your understanding of the issue will always be enhanced.
And just for shyts and giggles, go pick up a copy of Harpers or if you really want to hear an American Socialists message, Utne. When you calibrate to what genuine liberals talk about, you'll think even the NYTimes is pretty damn objective.
-spence
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