(10-20-2017, 07:20 PM)jagibelieve Wrote:

(10-20-2017, 06:46 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Not really. If I can watch some news organization without ever seeing them before and by the end of the shows I can guess which political affiliation the reporters belong to, it's biased. I can do this with regularity when it comes to Fox News, because they only preach one side and are blatantly unapologetic about it. I could only hit about 50% accuracy with the other news outlets.

You're not really being honest about your observation, especially with MSNBC, NBC or CNN.  ABC News had gotten a little bit better, but the bias is still clear if you're looking for it.  CBS News reporting isn't bad, especially some of their investigative reports, but here's the thing.  It's all about what they report and what they don't.

I highly recommend reading Stonewalled by Sharyl Attkisson for some insight.  I have a digital copy if you're interested in borrowing it.  She is a former CBS News Washington correspondent.

Many people, especially millennials and people on the left have the idea in their minds that FOX News doesn't report fairly and that they are biased hard right.  While they are biased to the right, they pretty much report the news as it happens.  Just keep in mind, the likes of Sean Hannity, Bill O'Rielly, etc. is NOT news it's commentary (much like Rachel Madcow on NBC).

That's the key statement, "if you're looking for it." I'm not. I just wanna hear what's going on in the world. If I watch Fox News, they slap you across the face with their blatant political views, even if you don't care how the reporters feel. I'm neither liberal or conservative, so I don't wanna know a newscaster's political leanings. I just want them to report the news. Unless I'm looking, which I'm not, I can rarely tell the political leanings of the reporters on the other networks. 

I know the difference between commentary and news. Rush Limbaugh and Keith Olbermann are not news programs, they are simply news commentators. I'm only taking into account the actual reporters.

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