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Originally Posted by David Kelly
Most of the elite media bases all the news around their political ideas. The news is supposed to be objective fair and balanced. There is a big difference between editorials and analysts than factual and objective news. i.e. New York Times & LA Times. <--- Full of spin.
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Every media outlet has biases in its journalists, editors, and publishers. There’s no real way of getting around this other than to read many sources. I assume we’re pretty much on the same page with regard to this. The only thing we tend to disagree on is the degree of bias (and towards what political pole) in individual outlets.
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Originally Posted by David Kelly
That above quote is full of nothing but hatred. I don't see Pelosi saying anything about how she thinks she can help with the problems she believes are present. If she is really concerned about what is going on, then she should give ideas of suggestions of possible solutions, not sit there and whine and cry like a little baby just because she doesn't like who is in office.
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This isn’t necessarily aimed at you, David. I just want to put this out on the table really quickly.
Nancy Pelosi is the Minority Leader in the House of Representatives. She represents a California district that is pretty much San Francisco. As a member of the House of Representatives she is charged with representing those people in her district, and as the Minority Leader she has the added responsibility of voicing usually the dissenting opinion in the House of Representatives and supporting the positions of her party. The people of San Francisco are pretty darned liberal, and I think she represents her constituent’s will quite well by opposing many Bush Administration policies. Also, since there are many other Democrats in the House of Representatives who oppose many Bush Administration policies she has every right as the Minority Leader to voice statements against the Bush Administration.
This kind of quote is not unique to Democrats, and improperly implies that Democratic lawmakers only bash the Bush Administration and Republican controlled legislature. This quote is quite possibly just a snippet from a press conference that contained program or policy proposals, but even if it was just a quick five-second interview that doesn’t mean that she hasn’t help draft proposed policy. Democrats have very constructive ideas on how to improve the economy, improve foreign relations, improve the situations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and so on. There are press conferences almost daily where Democrats lay out their proposed plans, and there are bills and amendments to bills offered almost daily by Democrats that are aimed at improving social programs and other issues. It isn’t appropriate to assume that one party intends on improving the country and the other is hell bent on destroying it. Everyone has their own ideas on how to fix programs and policies, and the only way to find out which ones work and which ones don’t is by testing them out.
Both parties propose their suggested fixes for problems, and both parties criticize the other’s suggestion. That’s how move from vague ideas to more focused and broadly acceptable ideas. Just like refining a design/strategy for a robot.