Quote:I appreciate your honesty regarding your thoughts regarding Rubio's comments.

 

What I challenge the "regulars" that contribute to this forum to do is to really analyse what is reported and do the research.  I personally was awoken to how really bad the media bias is, and how it affects the points of view of voters after reading a couple of books.  I see it all the time and encounter it daily when I interact with people.

 

I am curious though.  Why do you think that Carson, Perry and/or Huckabee would come out as being against birthright citizenship?  From what I know and have seen of those candidates, there is really nothing that leads me to come to this conclusion.

I spent most of college in journalism classes. I learned long ago that most media outlets have become one of three things:

1. Liberal rags (MSNBC)

2. Conservative rags (FOX News)

3. Tabloids (CNN, ABC post-Gibson)

 

There are very few unbiased, reputable media outlets left out there. Amazingly enough, I've found that al-Jazeera America actually stays pretty close to the center. They do swing left from time and time (and almost never right), but they're better than any of the mainstream cable networks by far.

 

My logic on all three is essentially that they need to keep their names out there. Carson's motivation would simply be to throw another firmly right-wing view out there on a key issue as he continues to build up steam and position himself as a political outsider who isn't so far outside as to be unelectable (as I expect Cruz will ultimately prove to be). For Perry and Huckabee, the motive would simply be desperation. Their campaigns are on life support, so keeping their names out there by any means necessary is critical. It may already be too late for them coming out as anti-birthright to make much of a difference now that well over half the Republican field has stated their position one way or another. But really, though, any more moderate position wouldn't get them any press at this point.

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