If This was Romney or any of the others what would happen?

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. . . they make sure they put a huge emphasis on the word Hussein when ever they mention Barack Obamas name. Like because his middle name is Hussein he should be compared to Saddam.

Well they are cousins, right?

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Clinton was guilty or have you forgotten that??

No, Clinton was found liable for lying under oath. He was found no more "guilty" than was OJ.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[billvon 3,118]

>Bill Oriley is the perfect example of a right winger.

Well, to be fair, Bill O'Reilly is an entertainer. People listen to his show for his opinions and the show he puts on; it's not really fair to rank him as a news source. (Same for Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken, Jon Stewart etc.)

>he cuts peoples Mic off, does not allow his guests to speak, and is
>rude to any one who does not agree with him.

Right, all of which would be unacceptable in the 'real' press. But people listen to him BECAUSE he flies off the handle and yells at people. In that way he's a very smart guy - he understands his market and he is giving them what they want.

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Right, all of which would be unacceptable in the 'real' press. But people listen to him BECAUSE he flies off the handle and yells at people. In that way he's a very smart guy - he understands his market and he is giving them what they want.

Unfortunately Bill I think many look to him as a news source, and many use his views and the many false So called facts he uses in their arguments.

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How fucking stupid do they think there viewers are?

Ooo....Ooooo!!!! Can I answer this one?!??!!?

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>Bill Oriley is the perfect example of a right winger.

Well, to be fair, Bill O'Reilly is an entertainer. People listen to his show for his opinions and the show he puts on; it's not really fair to rank him as a news source. (Same for Rush Limbaugh, Al Franken, Jon Stewart etc.)

>he cuts peoples Mic off, does not allow his guests to speak, and is
>rude to any one who does not agree with him.

Right, all of which would be unacceptable in the 'real' press. But people listen to him BECAUSE he flies off the handle and yells at people. In that way he's a very smart guy - he understands his market and he is giving them what they want.

I will have to admit you are good at avoiding the topic of this post. (and hightjacking it as well) That being if Romney or another Republican was in this situation the media would be having a frothing at the mouth feeding frenzy. But since it is Hillary they have to project thier chozen one.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Clinton was guilty or have you forgotten that??

No, Clinton was found liable for lying under oath. He was found no more "guilty" than was OJ.

Technical point noted. But my point (other than the wording) still is valid

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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More info on the topic. Found on all your favorites site NewsMax but sorry, it is a reprint


Morning News Shows Promote Dems, Study

Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:46 PM

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Written by Nathan Burchfiel, CNSNews.com Staff Writer



In covering the 2008 presidential campaign, the network morning news shows are "overwhelmingly focused on Democrats, [and] they are actively promoting the Democrats' liberal agenda," according to a study released today by the conservative Media Research Center (MRC).


The study examined 517 campaign segments on the morning news shows broadcast on ABC, CBS and NBC in the first seven months of 2007. It found that the shows covered Democrats "nearly twice as much" as Republicans and framed interview questions from a liberal perspective most of the time.


The study was produced by the MRC's News Analysis Division. The MRC is the parent organization of Cybercast News Service.


The study found that 55 percent of campaign stories on ABC's "Good Morning America," CBS's "The Early Show" and NBC's "Today" focused on Democratic candidates while only 29 percent focused on Republicans. The remaining 16 percent were classified as "mixed/independent."


The morning shows aired 61 stories focused exclusively on Sen. Hillary Clinton, 44 stories on former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards, and 41 stories on Sen. Barack Obama, all of whom are seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Former Vice President Al Gore, who is not officially running, was the subject of 29 stories.


Republican candidates received less attention, according to the study. Sen. John McCain was the focus of 31 stories. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was the focus of 26 stories and former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney was the focus of 19 stories.


Interviews with Democratic candidates or their representatives accounted for more than four-and-a-half hours of airtime in the first seven months of 2007. Interviews with Republicans candidates or their representatives accounted for less than two hours, according to the study.


In addition to the time disparity, the report alleges that "the top Democratic candidates received much more favorable coverage than their GOP counterparts, with Sen. Clinton cast as 'unbeatable' and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama tagged as a 'rock star.'"


In contrast, the most-featured Republican candidate, McCain, "was portrayed as a loser because of his support for staying the course in Iraq," the report says. "[M]uch of McCain's coverage has emphasized the sinking nature of his campaign - declining poll ratings, and fundraising that has failed to meet expectations."


MRC Director of Research Rich Noyes told Cybercast News Service that the organization is not calling for government imposed standards of fairness like those that could be established under a Fairness Doctrine. "The remedy," he said, "is for the networks to cover the campaign in a fair and balanced manner."


He said that while it is "theoretically possible that the Democrats have made 80 percent more 'news' this year ... I would argue that the media have helped make all three Democratic frontrunners into something akin to celebrities, and then use their quasi-celebrity status to justify more coverage."


Noyes acknowledged that it is legitimate for news programs to cover the stumbles of Republican candidates like McCain, but added that "the Democrats have had their share of stumbles and gaffes. Some of those have been reported, and some have been downplayed, but the network storyline on all the Democratic frontrunners is mainly positive."


He said that former Sen. John Edwards "could be getting the same 'deathwatch' coverage that McCain's been getting, but instead he got a huge gift of a town hall meeting on ABC (something no Republican has received)."


"That doesn't mean McCain's problems should be buried. But it does show the networks seem to have a different approach for candidates of different parties," Noyes said. "It's like the networks tried to throw Edwards a life preserver, but dropped an anvil on McCain."


Spokesmen for ABC, CBS and NBC did not respond to requests for comment.


© 2007 CNSNews.com. All Rights Reserved.

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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The study examined 517 campaign segments on the morning news shows broadcast on ABC, CBS and NBC in the first seven months of 2007. It found that the shows covered Democrats "nearly twice as much" as Republicans and framed interview questions from a liberal perspective most of the time.

I want to see the study done on the amount of time CONSERVATIVES get from CHURCH PULPITS... as opposed to "liberal" time that pastors and priests are not doing..

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Not only have they done that, they make sure they put a huge emphasis on the word Hussein when ever they mention Barack Obamas name. Like because his middle name is Hussein he should be compared to Saddam.

How fucking stupid do they think there viewers are?


Fox does countless shady stuff like this, Bill Oriley is the perfect example of a right winger. Whenever someone argues facts and he starts to lose the argument he cuts peoples Mic off, does not allow his guests to speak, and is rude to any one who does not agree with him. They also use keywords to that push peoples emotional buttons.
Maybe that’s why close to half the country has no clue who attacked us on 9-11. What’s funny is the ones who claim to be the most patriotic are usually the ones who get too emotional to notice they are being played like the sheep they are.

ALL of the news services do shit like that... it's just that all of them except Fox are cheerleaders for the Dems, so Fox seems like even more of an outlier by exception.

Mike
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The study examined 517 campaign segments on the morning news shows broadcast on ABC, CBS and NBC in the first seven months of 2007. It found that the shows covered Democrats "nearly twice as much" as Republicans and framed interview questions from a liberal perspective most of the time.

I want to see the study done on the amount of time CONSERVATIVES get from CHURCH PULPITS... as opposed to "liberal" time that pastors and priests are not doing..

You mean like Obama and Clinton giving speeches at churches last week?

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
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The study examined 517 campaign segments on the morning news shows broadcast on ABC, CBS and NBC in the first seven months of 2007. It found that the shows covered Democrats "nearly twice as much" as Republicans and framed interview questions from a liberal perspective most of the time.

I want to see the study done on the amount of time CONSERVATIVES get from CHURCH PULPITS... as opposed to "liberal" time that pastors and priests are not doing..

You mean like Obama and Clinton giving speeches at churches last week?

the statement above would cleary indicate a person who is anti chritian in a bigoted way and truly not tolerant of other views........don't you think? Either that or person with this veiwpoint would be one who is against the idea of a person being responsible for thier own actions

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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the statement above would cleary indicate a person who is anti chritian in a bigoted way and truly not tolerant of other views........don't you think? Either that or person with this veiwpoint would be one who is against the idea of a person being responsible for thier own actions

In that ASSumption.... you would be VERY wrong..

See I truely believe in that whole separation of CHURCH... from the STATE. The religious HYPOCTIRES who continually CLAIM to be being persecuted are the ones who want the ability to PERSECUTE at will.

I am not comfortable with the Talibanization of our political process from EITHER or ANY party

Right now we have a NUTJOB in the Oval Office that starts wars based on what GOD has told him....as if doing this will help to bring on the RAPTURE just that much sooner.

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What a load of crap. Fox viewers are the most uninformed viewers in America. Care to back that up? I watch Fox and I am very informed. Saying that Fox misinforms people is stupid. Just because you disagree with the Fox viewpoint does not make it wrong. The bottom line is that liberals do not like Fox because they stress things from a republican perspective. And I don't like CNN because they are the exact opposite of Fox.

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Clinton was guilty or have you forgotten that??

No, Clinton was found liable for lying under oath. He was found no more "guilty" than was OJ.

Technical point noted. But my point (other than the wording) still is valid

So what you DIDN'T write is true? OK.

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according to a study released today by the conservative Media Research Center (MRC).
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Somehow, I would expect them to come to that conclusion regardless of anything.

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>Care to back that up?

I posted two studies indicating that.

>I watch Fox and I am very informed.

Congratulations! You are, sadly, the exception.

>Just because you disagree with the Fox viewpoint does not make it wrong.

Nope. But polls have shown that FOX viewers believe more untruths than viewers of many other networks, like "we found WMD's in Iraq." Why? Because they say things like that, and present it as fact. About a year ago they were reporting that Foley was a democrat, not a republican; they did it for an hour, then just blanked out his name.

Did that leave some FOX viewers with the erroneous impression that he was a democrat? Perhaps - and things like that result in FOX viewers being less informed than viewers of many other news programs.

>The bottom line is that liberals do not like Fox because they stress things
>from a republican perspective. And I don't like CNN because they are the
>exact opposite of Fox.

I don't like CNN either. Both are pretty biased.

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>That being if Romney or another Republican was in this situation
>the media would be having a frothing at the mouth feeding frenzy.

A Clinton WAS in a situation like this and there WAS a feeding frenzy.

OTOH, let's look at Vitter. He's ADMITTED to soliciting prostitutes. Where's the media attention? Almost nonexistent.

So, an example of the media getting into a front-page, full-blown, frothing-at-the-mouth media frenzy over a consensual, legal sex act with a democrat, and an example of the media barely noticing a republican who admitted to much worse.

Looks like your theory is dead in the water.

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There are polls showing that Fox viewers are uninformed and believe untruths. Was this poll done by their competition maybe? I can find polls that back up anything and everything. Fox makes mistakes just like any news network. They are needed to balance out the other networks. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

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There are polls showing that Fox viewers are uninformed and believe untruths. Was this poll done by their competition maybe? I can find polls that back up anything and everything. Fox makes mistakes just like any news network. They are needed to balance out the other networks. The truth lies somewhere in the middle.

Since you've only been here a week according to your profile, I guess we should give you the benefit of the doubt. However, your post doesn't really further several previous threads on this topic over the last few years.

Unfortunately it DOES seem that Fox has more clueless viewers than the average news network and Fox HAS a record of pandering to this ignorance.

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What "benefit of the doubt?" Typical elitist attitude. You assume I am stupid because I disagree with you? That is far from the case. In fairness I will give you benefit of the doubt also.

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>That being if Romney or another Republican was in this situation
>the media would be having a frothing at the mouth feeding frenzy.

A Clinton WAS in a situation like this and there WAS a feeding frenzy.

OTOH, let's look at Vitter. He's ADMITTED to soliciting prostitutes. Where's the media attention? Almost nonexistent.

So, an example of the media getting into a front-page, full-blown, frothing-at-the-mouth media frenzy over a consensual, legal sex act with a democrat, and an example of the media barely noticing a republican who admitted to much worse.

Looks like your theory is dead in the water.

I am talking about dirty campain money!!! Not the same old Clinton stuff you like to po po when some one else brings it up sshhhheeeeessssh

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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What "benefit of the doubt?" Typical elitist attitude. You assume I am stupid because I disagree with you? That is far from the case. In fairness I will give you benefit of the doubt also.

"Benefit of the doubt" related to your having registered just a week ago and not having been here when this issue was debated to death some time ago (as was fairly clearly stated in my post). I suppose it's possible that you are re-registering under a new name, though, since your profile is anonymous.

You can assume what it is that I assume, but I expect you are wrong.

Whether or not you are stupid will become apparent if you keep up your anonymous posting here. It's easier to become credible if you say who you are.

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Here you go lefties

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=media+bias+reports+2006

As apposed to the more opion type coments on this search...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=conservative+media+bias+reports

and the more study type reports to this search

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=liberal+media+bias+reports

Lots to consider so have fun

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

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Here you go Ultra Righties....


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