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Read the following which I lifted from a Salon blog this a.m.:
" ...The notion that the so-called lamestream media (a neologism popularized by Sarah Palin) has a liberal bias is, as those of us on the left know, widespread on the right. But as those of us on the left also know, it’s simply false. First of all, as a 2015 article in Politico notes, Fox News “easily dominate[s] the cable news landscape.” It’s the third most watched channel on TV, and it has “the top 14 most-viewed cable news shows.” Another survey reveals that Fox News is by far the “most trusted national news channel” in America, as hard as that may be for some to believe. Furthermore, anyone with a functioning nervous system can see that Fox News is an activist organization with strong conservative principles that effectively functions as a branch of the Republican Party. Its motto “Fair and Balanced” could hardly be more Orwellian, given the right-wing lens through which it views world affairs. It follows that American news is, if anything, conservative in its overall political orientation. Fox News is more popular, influential and trusted than any other network in the country. It is the lamestream media.
Second, if there’s a discernible bias toward “liberal” views among other, less-watched news networks, it’s for one simple reason. To borrow a phrase from the comedian Stephen Colbert: “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” For example, consider the persistent and widely held myth of American exceptionalism. As I detail in a previous article for Salon, with respect to a huge range of life-quality categories like prosperity, happiness, opportunity, education, health and so on, the United States consistently fails to rank as one of the top 10 best countries in the world. In some cases — for example, with respect to childhood poverty — we’re barely even a developed country. And as Politifact recently confirmed, the American dream is actually easier to fulfill in Europe than it is in the contemporary U.S.
The facts simply don’t support the view that America is, in the eloquent words of Sean Hannity, “the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the earth.” Furthermore, when it comes to issues like climate change, environmental degradation, torture, taxes, healthcare, immigration, racism and terrorism — to name just a few — reality clearly supports a progressive worldview. The fact is that sea levels are rising due to greenhouse gases, there’s a serious problem of institutionalized racism among the police, and trickle-down economics doesn’t work. Don’t blame the messenger when verifiable claims about the world happen to support “liberal” persuasions rather than conservative ones."
It's absurdly ironic that FOX News which has promoted and encouraged an audience that deplores intellectualism, science and even rational thought, has had all its power -- and much of its audience -- stolen by a NY Billionaire TV showman. One who likes Planned Parenthood, social security, lower educational costs, and who is more than satisfied letting Putin and Russia fight all the terrorists in the Middle-east while we rebuild our infrastructure.
Link to the above article:
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/07/too_loony_for_fox_news_fox_created_the_fact_free_gop_then_trump_stole_it_away/?source=newsletter
" ...The notion that the so-called lamestream media (a neologism popularized by Sarah Palin) has a liberal bias is, as those of us on the left know, widespread on the right. But as those of us on the left also know, it’s simply false. First of all, as a 2015 article in Politico notes, Fox News “easily dominate[s] the cable news landscape.” It’s the third most watched channel on TV, and it has “the top 14 most-viewed cable news shows.” Another survey reveals that Fox News is by far the “most trusted national news channel” in America, as hard as that may be for some to believe. Furthermore, anyone with a functioning nervous system can see that Fox News is an activist organization with strong conservative principles that effectively functions as a branch of the Republican Party. Its motto “Fair and Balanced” could hardly be more Orwellian, given the right-wing lens through which it views world affairs. It follows that American news is, if anything, conservative in its overall political orientation. Fox News is more popular, influential and trusted than any other network in the country. It is the lamestream media.
Second, if there’s a discernible bias toward “liberal” views among other, less-watched news networks, it’s for one simple reason. To borrow a phrase from the comedian Stephen Colbert: “Reality has a well-known liberal bias.” For example, consider the persistent and widely held myth of American exceptionalism. As I detail in a previous article for Salon, with respect to a huge range of life-quality categories like prosperity, happiness, opportunity, education, health and so on, the United States consistently fails to rank as one of the top 10 best countries in the world. In some cases — for example, with respect to childhood poverty — we’re barely even a developed country. And as Politifact recently confirmed, the American dream is actually easier to fulfill in Europe than it is in the contemporary U.S.
The facts simply don’t support the view that America is, in the eloquent words of Sean Hannity, “the greatest, best country God has ever given man on the face of the earth.” Furthermore, when it comes to issues like climate change, environmental degradation, torture, taxes, healthcare, immigration, racism and terrorism — to name just a few — reality clearly supports a progressive worldview. The fact is that sea levels are rising due to greenhouse gases, there’s a serious problem of institutionalized racism among the police, and trickle-down economics doesn’t work. Don’t blame the messenger when verifiable claims about the world happen to support “liberal” persuasions rather than conservative ones."
It's absurdly ironic that FOX News which has promoted and encouraged an audience that deplores intellectualism, science and even rational thought, has had all its power -- and much of its audience -- stolen by a NY Billionaire TV showman. One who likes Planned Parenthood, social security, lower educational costs, and who is more than satisfied letting Putin and Russia fight all the terrorists in the Middle-east while we rebuild our infrastructure.
Link to the above article:
http://www.salon.com/2016/03/07/too_loony_for_fox_news_fox_created_the_fact_free_gop_then_trump_stole_it_away/?source=newsletter
