Is Obama a Socialist?

[Lion]

Anyone wonder if they are being paid by the DNC?

Ever wonder if Fox is being paid by the RNC? As right wing as they are, I highly doubt that

[steelish]

Ever wonder if Fox is being paid by the RNC? As right wing as they are, I highly doubt that

You're right, they're not. However, NBC is owned by General Electric - a company that heavily funds the Democratic party. (Gee, imagine that.) ABC is owned by the Walt Disney Company - I'm sure poor Walt is turning over in his grave right now. He was heavily anti-Communist and against many of the policies the current administration is backing and ABC is reporting on as "good". CBS is owned by Sumner Redstone - a Democratic supporter.

Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch - an Australian-born American who has many British holdings. He has (big shock) Conservative leanings. The real difference here though, is that the Fox news programs encourage people to investigate what is being reported. ABC, CBS and NBC do not do that.

[DuncanONeil]

Ever wonder if Fox is being paid by the RNC? As right wing as they are, I highly doubt that

No I do not! But then again I do not see the totality of Fox operating in a manner anywhere near the manner of the likes of the people I mentioned.

"Fox's 1.3 million prime-time viewers: 52 percent are conservative, 30 percent moderate and 13 percent liberal. ... The liberals' media favorites are slightly less lopsided. "NewsHour's" audience is 22 percent conservative, 44 percent moderate and 27 percent liberal. NPR's audience is 31 percent conservative, 33 percent moderate and 30 percent liberal." (Robert J. Samuelson June 28, 2004 Newsweek). These numbers provide evidence that one side of the political spectrum is less biased that the other. The numbers show that conservatives are more inclined to listen to both sides of an issue while liberals are not so inclined.

[Lion]

No I do not! But then again I do not see the totality of Fox operating in a manner anywhere near the manner of the likes of the people I mentioned.

"Fox's 1.3 million prime-time viewers: 52 percent are conservative, 30 percent moderate and 13 percent liberal. ... The liberals' media favorites are slightly less lopsided. "NewsHour's" audience is 22 percent conservative, 44 percent moderate and 27 percent liberal. NPR's audience is 31 percent conservative, 33 percent moderate and 30 percent liberal." (Robert J. Samuelson June 28, 2004 Newsweek). These numbers provide evidence that one side of the political spectrum is less biased that the other. The numbers show that conservatives are more inclined to listen to both sides of an issue while liberals are not so inclined.

Bit of an assumption you've drawn there.

[steelish]

Bit of an assumption you've drawn there.

Not really. I watch NBC, CNN and read the daily paper in addition to watching Fox News. Fox News is a conservative station, to be certain. What I find amusing is how Glenn Beck shows his sources and encourages his viewers to "not take my word for it...DON'T blindly believe what I tell you. Investigate. Make your own decisions." People ARE now investigating things. That much is obvious. Have any liberals specifically sat and watched Fox, or do they simply agree with what the other stations say about Fox News without actually seeing for themselves, that is the question.

Heh. I have yet to see NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, etc. tell their viewers to "not take their word for it" to "investigate all their claims".

[MMI]

Heh. I have yet to see NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, etc. tell their viewers to "not take their word for it" to "investigate all their claims".

Perhaps they credit their viewers with sufficient nous to investigate on their own initiative.

[Lion]

Not really. I watch NBC, CNN and read the daily paper in addition to watching Fox News. Fox News is a conservative station, to be certain. What I find amusing is how Glenn Beck shows his sources and encourages his viewers to "not take my word for it...DON'T blindly believe what I tell you. Investigate. Make your own decisions." People ARE now investigating things. That much is obvious. Have any liberals specifically sat and watched Fox, or do they simply agree with what the other stations say about Fox News without actually seeing for themselves, that is the question.

Heh. I have yet to see NBC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, etc. tell their viewers to "not take their word for it" to "investigate all their claims".

Beck described himself on the View as a commentator as opposed to a journalist. Anyone who thinks him as a journalist has been misled. So yeah, check his facts.


And I was replying to Duncan's assertion that by a few statistics, you can't assume one side is more biased then the other. I can pull out a whole bunch on stats based on teen pregnancy, education rates, crime rates, etc and show you how Red States are behind then blue states, but it's not a fair assumption I can make without actually researching into the topic, figuring out social and other aspects in it.

Hopefully I haven't done this, (If so please call me out) but generalizing isn't helping any discussion. I know and deeply admire some people with politics that vastly differ from mine, but that doesn't mean either of us is ignorant, or biased. Senseless name calling dumbs down the discussion rather then promote solutions.