Tea Party Smeared by ABC

[Regnad Kcin]

Oh, for example, Mainstream media is media that does not present news items such as Fast and Furious or Chick Fil A.

Still not a definition, sport.

 

[Robert Prey]

Why does an opinion on marriage equality by somebody who most people have never heard of rise to the level of important, national news? Or are you talking about a few mayors' responses to it?

Yes. the Mayors and a Chicago Alderman. To forbid a business from operating based on the religious views of its CEO is hardly consistent with the notion of human rights and the Constitution.

 

[Robert Prey]

I'm also curious to know how Fox News does NOT qualify as "mainstream media". If you define MSM as "biased in favor of the Democratic Party", then just say so.

'Liberal" bias is the term. ABC,NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN,Time, Newsweek, NYT.,Bos. Globe, Chi Tribune, LA Times, John Stewart, Colbert, and the other late night comedians where many of the brain dead Am. voters get their "news."

 

[Robert Prey]

Why does an opinion on marriage equality by somebody who most people have never heard of rise to the level of important, national news? Or are you talking about a few mayors' responses to it?

Most people have heard of the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emmanuel -- a public servant who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, but has declared that since the "values" of the CEO of Chick Fil A are not consistent with the "values" of the people of Chicago, he is forbidden from opening a restaurant.


http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=8486415#post8486415

 

[Distracted1]

'Liberal" bias is the term. ABC,NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN,Time, Newsweek, NYT.,Bos. Globe, Chi Tribune, LA Times, John Stewart, Colbert, and the other late night comedians where many of the brain dead Am. voters get their "news."

What, then, is the opposite of "mainstream media"? in your opinion.

Media that holds a "conservative" bias?

 

[Travis]

Most people have heard of the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emmanuel -- a public servant who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution, but has declared that since the "values" of the CEO of Chick Fil A are not consistent with the "values" of the people of Chicago, he is forbidden from opening a restaurant.


http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=8486415#post8486415

And what if he was racist? Would you be okay with them forbidding an openly racist company from opening?

 

[ravdin]

And what if he was racist? Would you be okay with them forbidding an openly racist company from opening?

While I was living in Oakland, there was a particularly ugly racist group and criminal organization with a front called "Your Black Muslim Bakery" (perhaps you've heard of them). They had a long an notorious history of extortion, rapes, kidnapping, and torture, but not only were they left alone by the authorities- they actually enjoyed the patronage of local politicians! They weren't shut down until their leader ordered a hit on Chauncey Bailey^WP, a prominent journalist who was gunned down in downtown Oakland in broad daylight.

It's off topic to talk about Chik Fil A, but I'd say that no, they should not be shut down by force because of the political beliefs of the owner. They offer the same service to everyone, so it's not a valid analogy to compare them to an openly racist company. If you don't want them to have your business, then don't eat there.

 

[Regnad Kcin]

'Liberal" bias is the term. ABC,NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN,Time, Newsweek, NYT.,Bos. Globe, Chi Tribune, LA Times, John Stewart, Colbert, and the other late night comedians where many of the brain dead Am. voters get their "news."

Definition. It's a word you used but cannot seem to define.

Would you like a definition of "definition?" Would that help?

Would you like a definition of "help?"

 

[Ausmerican]

'Liberal" bias is the term. ABC,NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN,Time, Newsweek, NYT.,Bos. Globe, Chi Tribune, LA Times, John Stewart, Colbert, and the other late night comedians where many of the brain dead Am. voters get their "news."

So you are saying that liberal=mainstream?

Hmmm

main·stream/ˈmānˌstrēm/
Noun:
The ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts.

So liberal is the ideas attitudes and/or activities that are regarded as normal and conventional, the dominant trend in opinion, according to Mr. Prey?

OK then.

But what would be the term for the ideas attitudes and/or activities that are regarded as abnormal, unconventional, the inferior trend in opinion in that case?

 

[Robert Prey]

And what if he was racist? Would you be okay with them forbidding an openly racist company from opening?

Absolutely not. Even the ACLU would oppose such tyranny. The Chick Fil A company does not discriminate in respect to customers nor employees. The CEO merely has professed his Christian Belief that Marriage is between man and woman. Didn't that government school teach you anything about the First Amendment????? If his Christian beliefs are not to be respected then why should your non-Christian beliefs be respected????

 

[Robert Prey]

So you are saying that liberal=mainstream?

Hmmm

main·stream/ˈmānˌstrēm/
Noun:
The ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts.

So liberal is the ideas attitudes and/or activities that are regarded as normal and conventional, the dominant trend in opinion, according to Mr. Prey?

OK then.

But what would be the term for the ideas attitudes and/or activities that are regarded as abnormal, unconventional, the inferior trend in opinion in that case?

Sorry.Trying to take you seriously, but I don't get the question.

 

[SezMe]

It's the same damn question that has been posed any number of times. Ausamerican is just using different words because you seem unable to respond to the simplest version:

DEFINE "MAINSTREAM MEDIA".

 

[Ausmerican]

Sorry.Trying to take you seriously, but I don't get the question.

Well then I give you credit, you are trying harder than many of us.

 

[rustypouch]

I'm wondering about something...

If MSNBC supposedly has a 'liberal' bias, why do they give Joe Scarborough, a Republican former Senator, three hours of air time every day? Wouldn't they choose to fill their programing will actual liberals?

 

[Robert Prey]

I'm wondering about something...

If MSNBC supposedly has a 'liberal' bias, why do they give Joe Scarborough, a Republican former Senator, three hours of air time every day? Wouldn't they choose to fill their programing will actual liberals?

They also had Pat Buchanhan, but dumped him for his conservative opinions. Joe S. is a slight affirmative action tilt to a closet RINO.

 

[Robert Prey]

It's the same damn question that has been posed any number of times. Ausamerican is just using different words because you seem unable to respond to the simplest version:

DEFINE "MAINSTREAM MEDIA".

Already done that.

 

[SezMe]

They also has Pat Buchanhan, but dumped him for his conservative opinions.

No, they dropped him because he undeniably proved himself to be a bigot. Umm ... ok, you may be right after all.

Already done that.

Nope. Not even close. Of course, you can make a fool of me by linking to the post wherein you did that.

 

[Robert Prey]

No, they dropped him because he undeniably proved himself to be a bigot. Umm ... ok, you may be right after all.

In the eyes of a liberal, all white, Christian Conservative Males are bigots. But not liberal Mayors who refuse to allow businesses whose CEO professes a religious belief that marriage is between man and woman. What a bigoted idea, eh?

 

[Ladewig]

'Liberal" bias is the term. ABC,NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN,Time, Newsweek, NYT.,Bos. Globe, Chi Tribune, LA Times, John Stewart, Colbert, and the other late night comedians where many of the brain dead Am. voters get their "news."

Unfortunately the Pew Research Center disagrees with you
http://www.people-press.org/2007/04...-changed-by-news-and-information-revolutions/

However, there is no clear connection between news formats and what audiences know. Well-informed audiences come from cable (Daily Show/Colbert Report, O’Reilly Factor), the internet (especially major newspaper websites), broadcast TV (NewsHour with Jim Lehrer) and radio (NPR, Rush Limbaugh’s program). The less informed audiences also frequent a mix of formats: broadcast television (network morning news shows, local news), cable (Fox News Channel), and the internet (online blogs where people discuss news events).

Also, FoxNews viewers were more likely to believe things that were false (e.g. Iraq was behind 9/11) than Stewart/Colbert viewers were.


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ASIDE: if we ever create a sticky thread to define Dunning-Kruger, can someone make sure Robert Prey's post is included as an example.

 

[Ladewig]

So you are saying that liberal=mainstream?

Hmmm

main·stream/ˈmānˌstrēm/
Noun:
The ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts.

So liberal is the ideas attitudes and/or activities that are regarded as normal and conventional, the dominant trend in opinion, according to Mr. Prey?

OK then.

Colbert had a more pithy way of saying it.
Of course the mainstream media has a liberal bias. That's because reality has a liberal bias.