Melissa Harris and Lawrence O'Donnell, both designated as anchors at MSNBC, are admitted socialists. 

 

Okay, now that we have a liberal anchor I can honestly declare I'd be just as offended by them calling suicidally depressed people cowards as I am by Shep Smith doing it.

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Okay, now that we have a liberal anchor I can honestly declare I'd be just as offended by them calling suicidally depressed people cowards as I am by Shep Smith doing it.

 

In other words you had no point to make, other than you didn't think we could provide you with evidence that "liberal" news anchors exist. Thanks........

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Okay, now that we have a liberal anchor I can honestly declare I'd be just as offended by them calling suicidally depressed people cowards as I am by Shep Smith doing it.

Shep Smith IS a liberal anchor. 

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In other words you had no point to make, other than you didn't think we could provide you with evidence that "liberal" news anchors exist. Thanks........

 

No, my point was already made when you guys started groping around for any non sequitur to hold on to in this discussion, as if it's even relevant to the discussion of Robin Williams and what Shep Smith said.

 

This was more of an exercise for me to find out what some of you even mean when you say "liberal news anchor," and it seems that at least by FBT's estimation, there's quite a liberal interpretation of what a news anchor even is.

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No, my point was already made when you guys started groping around for any non sequitur to hold on to in this discussion, as if it's even relevant to the discussion of Robin Williams and what Shep Smith said.

 

This was more of an exercise for me to find out what some of you even mean when you say "liberal news anchor," and it seems that at least by FBT's estimation, there's quite a liberal interpretation of what a news anchor even is.

Yes, it's really a stretch to call someone that a network designates as an anchor for a news show as a news anchor. 

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Christiane Amanpour

Rachel Maddow

Chris Matthews

Ed Schultz

David Shuster

Tony Harris

Al Sharpton

Tamron Hall

Melissa Harris-Perry

George Stephanopoulos

Don Lemon

Anderson Cooper

Soledad O'Brien

Erin Burnett

Ashleigh Banfield

David Gregory

Carol Costello

Dan Rather

Bob Schieffer

Sheppard Smith

Chuck Todd

Lawrence O'Donnell

Keith Olbermann

Andrea Mitchell

Brian Williams (actually worked in the Carter administration at the beginning of his career).

Piers Morgan

Charlie Rose

Diane Sawyer is widely recognized as a liberal on social issues, although like Williams, she does a good job of not letting her feelings be known, and she has no party affiliation or political donations to her credit.  



Posthumous

Walter Cronkite was a die hard liberal

Tim Russert worked for Tip O'Neill before coming to NBC

 

 

Rachel Maddow, Chris Mathews and Chuck Todd are no more news anchors than Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

Rachel Maddow, Chris Mathews and Chuck Todd are no more news anchors than Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly.

Tell that to their respective networks. 

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Tell that to their respective networks. 

 

They are clearly and unabashedly opinion shows. This would be a more pertinent discussion if we decided on a definition of news anchor. To me, it is the host of a network show devoted to reporting the facts of current events, the classic anchorman/woman, with no editorial content from  them. We can debate all we want about whether or not their political bias shows through, but they are ostensibly neutral. None of the five in my post make any bones about their personal beliefs.

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If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
- Bob Marley


 

Rachel Maddow, Chris Mathews and Chuck Todd are no more news anchors than Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly.

Among other duties, Chuck Todd is reported to be the replacement for David Gregory, and he's the chief White House correspondent for NBC News.  Hardly a place for someone who is intent on expressing his political views. 

 

We can debate the definition of anchors.  But the thing that can't be disputed is that the bias in the mainstream media is skewed to the left almost completely across the board whether you're talking about TV, print, or online news outlets. 

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So most of the people who actually report the news are liberals?   All these well-educated and well-informed people have liberal political leanings?   I wonder why that is. 

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So most of the people who actually report the news are liberals?   All these well-educated and well-informed people have liberal political leanings?   I wonder why that is. 

Look at the top journalism schools in the country and you'll find your answer. 

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Look at the top journalism schools in the country and you'll find your answer. 

 

Those professors must be pretty darn good at teaching if they can turn all their students into liberals.   When I went to college, my liberal professors turned me into a conservative. 

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Look at the top journalism schools in the country and you'll find your answer. 

 

The diabolical truth, education turns everyone into a liberal.

 

Obviously the only solution is to burn the universities to the ground along with their libraries and behead all of the professors so they can't keep infecting people with their liberalism.

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It just goes to show you how the duel political parties are a farce to say the least. It's just another division, a ploy to separate the people. One sided coin flip, that's all it is, quit fooling yourself. The global elites have a vast network of tools aimed at deceiving the masses as they are the masters of deception, the father's of illusion.


What I find quite comical is that this board allows political discussion and not religion. The political platform is fueled by the religious aspect in every way imaginable, so it's essentially draconian in nature to let such discussion arise without the ability to point out the obvious.

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Your thoughts become your words,
Your words become your actions,
Your actions become your habits,
Your habits become your values,
Your values become your destiny.

The diabolical truth, education turns everyone into a liberal.

 

Obviously the only solution is to burn the universities to the ground along with their libraries and behead all of the professors so they can't keep infecting people with their liberalism.

There is an influence based on who is driving the curriculum. 

 

I love how the smarmy libs think being a liberal is equated to intellect and education level.

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There is an influence based on who is driving the curriculum. 

 

I love how the smarmy libs think being a liberal is equated to intellect and education level.

 

I don't think any educated liberals really think education is what causes liberalism. It's quite obvious that it's something working on a much more primordial level of neural development.

 

http://www2.smithsonianmag.si.edu/innova...108090437/

 

The Cliff's notes version is that conservative minded people tend to be motivated by fear and reward stimulus while liberal minded people tend to be motivated by emotion and empathy.

 

Of course we already could observe that empirically. (the "they're coming to take yer guns" crowd versus the "we need to help everyone have a chance in society" crowd)

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I don't think any educated liberals really think education is what causes liberalism. It's quite obvious that it's something working on a much more primordial level of neural development.

 

http://www2.smithsonianmag.si.edu/innova...108090437/

 

The Cliff's notes version is that conservative minded people tend to be motivated by fear and reward stimulus while liberal minded people tend to be motivated by emotion and empathy.

 

Of course we already could observe that empirically. (the "they're coming to take yer guns" crowd versus the "we need to help everyone have a chance in society" crowd)

Interesting how you try to portray one as a negative while the other seems so charitable.  What a joke.

 

"They're going to throw grandma off a cliff!"

 

"They're going to do away with Medicare and Medicaid!"

 

"They're going to destroy the Department of Education!"

 

"They hate Hispanic children!"

 

The litany of liberal talking points that leverage fear is endless. 

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Interesting how you try to portray one as a negative while the other seems so charitable.  What a joke.

 

"They're going to throw grandma off a cliff!"

 

"They're going to do away with Medicare and Medicaid!"

 

"They're going to destroy the Department of Education!"

 

"They hate Hispanic children!"

 

The litany of liberal talking points that leverage fear is endless. 

 

That's funny, I've never heard things like that from a liberal.

 

Memory is an interesting thing, though, it's not the actual event, it's just your mind recreating that event.

 

Seems like you're remembering things in a way that you can relate to.

 

Also I'm not sure where you got any negativity from my post, I just referenced the scientific consensus and noted that it's obviously reflected in two major political footballs. (guns and social welfare)

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Rachel Maddow, Chris Mathews and Chuck Todd are no more news anchors than Sean Hannity or Bill O'Reilly.

 

 

For the record,  Bill  " Fair and Balanced"  O' Reilly considers himself as an Independent,  not a Republican or Conservative. O' Reilly is a registered voter in the Independence Party,  which is a party that exists in the state of New York.   I'm looking forward to the day O'Reilly isn't on the airwaves.

 

On the other hand,  Sean Hannity is registered in the Conservative Party,  another party in the State of New York.    Hannity,  not O' Reilly,  is close to being on the opposite side of the spectrum from the 3 MSNBC individuals you mentioned.

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For the record,  Bill  " Fair and Balanced"  O' Reilly considers himself as an Independent,  not a Republican or Conservative. O' Reilly is a registered voter in the Independence Party,  which is a party that exists in the state of New York.   I'm looking forward to the day O'Reilly isn't on the airwaves.

Why?


You don't have to watch him if you don't want to.  He has a right to express his opinion as much as anyone else does.  

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I was wrong about Trent Baalke.