LG and others condemn Fox for being biased... which they are except for their straight news programs.
So... I was eating lunch today in a restaurant with CNN HLN on. This "straight news telecast" announced that Obama was meeting with Congressional reps again in an effort to reach a "balanced approach" to raising the debt limit. No explanation... just an attempt to leave the public with the impression that Obama was being the hero compromiser trying to pull the partisans together. They took their straight news right out of the WH talking points.
Of course it doesn't matter that Obama is the Partisan in Chief. He has demagogued GOP offerings and now the press is ready to let him get away with claiming to be the peacemaker?
It is exactly this kind of subtle language that makes MSM bias at once effective and destructive to the nation's dialogue. They should drop the pretense, acknowledge their liberal tilt, and say what they want to say... rather than dishonestly feigning objectivity.
So... I was eating lunch today in a restaurant with CNN HLN on. This "straight news telecast" announced that Obama was meeting with Congressional reps again in an effort to reach a "balanced approach" to raising the debt limit. No explanation... just an attempt to leave the public with the impression that Obama was being the hero compromiser trying to pull the partisans together. They took their straight news right out of the WH talking points.
Of course it doesn't matter that Obama is the Partisan in Chief. He has demagogued GOP offerings and now the press is ready to let him get away with claiming to be the peacemaker?
It is exactly this kind of subtle language that makes MSM bias at once effective and destructive to the nation's dialogue. They should drop the pretense, acknowledge their liberal tilt, and say what they want to say... rather than dishonestly feigning objectivity.