Michael Moore Hates America

[Joshua May]

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.

I have to agree with you there, nearly every media outlet has a bias, the only variances are really the degrees of variance. I see that you cite the NY and LA Times as being full of spin, and I'm sure you would be quick to say the same about CNN. While, being a liberal, it's my duty here to point out that Fox News is extremely biased, I'd have to say even moreso that CNN. Looking through Fox News' programming (and I believe that they're logo was your avatar for awhile), the only democrat they even have in there is Alan Colmes, and even then, he has to sit beside Sean Hannity, who is very conservative.

So really, both sides have great amounts of bias and spin in their reports. Thats why I like MSNBC so much, they are the most centered station for the most unbiased news. If you're conservative, watch Scarborough Country, if you're liberal, watch Countdown. And I really prefer Chris Matthews on Hardball, because I can't really tell his political affiliation, he really just grills everyone on his show to get the facts.

PLEASE NOTE: This is not an attack on any individual, or really even any group of individuals. I'm just posting the "facts as I see them" (oxymoron for the topic )

[Adam Y.]

While, being a liberal, it's my duty here to point out that Fox News is extremely biased, I'd have to say even moreso that CNN. Looking through Fox News' programming (and I believe that they're logo was your avatar for awhile), the only democrat they even have in there is Alan Colmes, and even then, he has to sit beside Sean Hannity, who is very conservative.

Actually I've watched the Fox News enough to know that they do have a lot of democrats on. Usually they always have a Republican and a Democrat on for almost every news story so people would usually get both opinions. Though I'd agree with you the newscasters are usually biased though it usually ends up as the newscaster mainly being a moderator. I usually have my favorite liberal and conservative that I like to watch on fox. Ellis Henican is on Fox a lot.

[Joshua May]

Originally Posted by Adam Y.

Actually I've watched the Fox News enough to know that they do have a lot of democrats on. Usually they always have a Republican and a Democrat on for almost every news story so people would usually get both opinions. Though I'd agree with you the newscasters are usually biased though it usually ends up as the newscaster mainly being a moderator. I usually have my favorite liberal and conservative that I like to watch on fox. Ellis Henican is on Fox a lot.

I used to watch Fox News, but I haven't tuned into them in that much for about a year, so there are a few new people I don't really know. I just got fed up with Bill O'Reily. "No Spin Zone"? Yeah right...

[Ryan Dognaux]

Originally Posted by HHSJosh

I used to watch Fox News, but I haven't tuned into them in that much for about a year, so there are a few new people I don't really know. I just got fed up with Bill O'Reily. "No Spin Zone"? Yeah right...

I like Bill O'Reilly's attitude, I think that's what people hate the most about him... the few times I've watched his show (recently) it has seemed quite fair to me. He pretty much lays it out like it is, and of course people don't like to hear the truth.

[Bill Gold]

Originally Posted by Ryan Dognaux

I like Bill O'Reilly's attitude, I think that's what people hate the most about him... the few times I've watched his show (recently) it has seemed quite fair to me. He pretty much lays it out like it is, and of course people don't like to hear the truth.

I wouldn’t say that people don’t like to hear the truth. Bill O’Reilly, like virtually every other political magazine show host, skews the news or conducts his interviews to promote a specific message. Mathews, O’Reilly, Limbaugh, Carville, Begala, Press, Carlson, Novak, and many others are all blatantly polarized reporters who try to fire up their base supporters and try to discredit their opponents using varying tactics. It’s pretty much a necessary precondition to have a stake in your articles or shows to become a political commentator. So, one person’s truth is another person’s quote out of context, or accidental/intentional misstatement of one’s position.