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Tea Party Smeared by ABC

AlBell said:
http://www.nclr.org/
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Where have I heard of them before?

tyr_13 said:
They probably meant 'National Council of La Raza members', which is a Hispanic civil rights group.

Which I guess makes it alright to harass them???
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That, and AIUI they want to take back Texas.
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Where is that in that link? As they are a Hispanic American civil rights and advocacy group, who are they going to 'take it back' from? They're already Americans.
 
ravdin said:
That's why I'm a fan of the Daily Show. Jon Stewart is biased as hell but he'll take on idiots of all stripes. I have fond memories of his calling out Keith Olbermann on his over the top, shrill hysteria over Scott Brown's election, and Rob Riggle (an ex-Marine) covering the wackos who were trying to shut down the Marine recruitment center in Berkeley.
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Rob Riggle is still in the Reserves and currently a LTC, which just makes him that much cooler in my book... well, for a Marine.
 
Distracted1 said:
What makes you think that the "Tea Party" was the ONLY place that Ross looked for the name James Holmes?

Isn't it likely that he also googled "occupiers", "Young Republicans", "NRA", "NAMBLA","PETA", etc...? in conjunction with the shooters name and location?

If so, why would he mention the ones where he didn't get any hits?

You jump to malice, where there is only evidence of sloppiness, not even a great deal of it either- Ross made no claims other than reporting what he had found on a google search.
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At ABC, it's a routine inborn pattern of selective bias
 
tyr_13 said:
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Where is that in that link? As they are a Hispanic American civil rights and advocacy group, who are they going to 'take it back' from? They're already Americans.
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I've seen it in their writings before, but at the moment am too lazy to look it up. Read some of their stuff.
 
Spindrift said:
Fine, what is your definition of mainstream media?
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+ 1 to the list of posters who want an answer.

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If the mainstream media lies as often as you assert, then why doesn't FoxNews or one of its competitors air a daily program called "Lies of the Mainstream Media"? They could have a 20-minute program just pointing out mainstream media lies in the past 24 hours. The cost to produce the show would be relatively small and it is a guaranteed ratings hit. Even folks on the left would watch it so that they could cry about being misquoted and taken out of context.
 
mhaze said:
I've seen it in their writings before, but at the moment am too lazy to look it up. Read some of their stuff.
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I have read some of their stuff. The only thing that could be interpreted that way is being proud of the history and cultural heritage of the southwest. They aren't 'taking' anything back but the actual history of the region from those who wish to whitewash it (literally). I'm sure there are some wingnut members who talk about such things as kicking out all the white people and rejoining Mexico, but I can't find anything remotely like it in their policies and interviews.

Note that I'm to lazy to actually read everything on every page as well, but I'm not making the positive claim.

Ladewig said:
+ 1 to the list of posters who want an answer.

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If the mainstream media lies as often as you assert, then why doesn't FoxNews or one of its competitors air a daily program called "Lies of the Mainstream Media"? They could have a 20-minute program just pointing out mainstream media lies in the past 24 hours. The cost to produce the show would be relatively small and it is a guaranteed ratings hit. Even folks on the left would watch it so that they could cry about being misquoted and taken out of context.
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Because The Daily Show already exists and is much more funny than they can manage.
 
Robert Prey said:
CBS, ABC, NBC, NYT, Wash Post, Time, Newsweek, etc.,etc., etc.
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That is not a definition of "mainstream media" it is merely a set of examples of what you consider to fit whatever your definition of "mainstream media" is.

How about this question: What is it about Fox News that makes it not mainstream media in your estimation?
 
Distracted1 said:
That is not a definition of "mainstream media" it is merely a set of examples of what you consider to fit whatever your definition of "mainstream media" is.

How about this question: What is it about Fox News that makes it not mainstream media in your estimation?
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The answer to this would satisfy my question. Thanks Distracted1.
 
Distracted1 said:
That is not a definition of "mainstream media" it is merely a set of examples of what you consider to fit whatever your definition of "mainstream media" is.

How about this question: What is it about Fox News that makes it not mainstream media in your estimation?
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It's combined audience does not approach that of the mainstream media.
 
Robert Prey said:
It's combined audience does not approach that of the mainstream media.
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Nor does that of ABC, NBC, CBS, HuffingtonPost, The New York Times, etc..etc...etc...

If having a smaller audience than all other media combined disqualifies an outlet from being "mainstream media"- then there is no such thing, since all outlets are disqualified, no?
 
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