Do you think that CNN is very liberal in its reporting and viewpoints?
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CNN is about the furthest left of the major news networks. They never used to be in the beginning, but that is the direction they steered towards after the beginning of Desert Shield/Storm.\n\nAll you have to do is look into the wording of the lead-ins. Anything dealing with a republican or the current administration will most always have a negative spin on it. Minor parts of the issue will be put in a greater context as long as it helps pain that negative view. Positive news about the reps or the administration are burreid down towards the end of the program or the end of the 1/2hour segment, and usually kept very short and without detail.\n\nFox is pretty middle of the road when it comes to financial issues. Leans a bit to the right when it comes to the politics. But it is good to have the opposing view out there when the ones like CNN, ABC, and CBS constantly spew the leftist agenda. I would like a true unbiassed new outlet though. I just think it will be tough to ever see one.
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In other words, you prefer to have the media report news with a right-wing slant.\n\nThe media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own them.
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It's the American way, and they saw it on TV. Most of their reasons are unfounded, untrue, childish, and showing ignorance. They call themselves liberals.
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Here's the plain truth about liberal democracy.  In the past 30 years, the composition of people in the media (especially newspaper) has become radically skewed to the Left (liberal Democrat).  TV journalism was always somewhat bent to the left, as evidenced by 60-Minutes and other programs.\n\nRecent studies have proven that over 80% of print journalism professionals describe themselves as liberal.  You can easily find these statistics on the web.\n\nWhat the liberal media often does is present something as "fact" that is far from having been established as anything but conjecture or rumor.\n\nThey also use repetition to create the illusion that something is far worse than it is.  For example, even though the Abu Ghraib prison abuse was limited to a few soldiers acting badly, the New York Times ran something around 47 front page about it.  Why?  To create the illusion that this was authorized by the top levels of government and/or the military, when it fact it was a few soldiers who, in many cases, did little more than is frequently done in College Fraternity hazings.  They compare Abu Ghraib to Saddam's torture regime.  Absolute misreprentation.  Saddam had rape rooms, and real physical torture, savage beatings, etc.  In contrast, none of the prisoners in Abu Ghraib were physically harmed.  While it is true some of the guards tried to extract information by menacing them with dogs, but the dogs were never allowed to touch the prisoners.  Does the liberal media report on that?  Of course not.  They are working with an agenda.\n\nRemember, Abu Ghraib abuses were on the order of college fraternity hazings.\n\nWhat you see on the nightly news, and written in most newspapers is such a biased account that it borders on Soviet-style propaganda.\n\nAnother example of the role of the media in liberal democracy: when soldiers in Iraq are asked how the war is going, and how they feel about their mission, they cite their pride in bringing democracy to a country that had only known brutal repression.  They proudly cite the 3,000 schools they've helped build, the sewers they've constructed so disease is not spread, and how free elections, allowing women to vote, have all vastly improved Iraq.  Does the liberal media report this?  No.  They only issue a body count.  They report on the war as if our soldiers are disillusioned and the war is lost.\n\nAs any responsible person will tell you, the U.S. military is unsurpassed.  We cannot be beaten on the battlefield, only in the field of public opinion.  The liberal media tries to paint a bleak picture of the war to further its own agenda.\n\nIn summary, I believe the theory of liberal democracy applies to the liberal press slanting the news to fit their own ideas and prejudices.  They have an idea of how the world should be, and the report only what supports that idea.
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The media is owned by liberals and there agenda is to change America into a socialist country, so they only show what would help their cause, The big wigs that own the news media are Democratic liberals, they also own all of the newspaper media so that's why the newspapers are slanted also. So most of the time you can't believe what you see on TV or read in the papers, you have to remember there is probably another side to the story, the side they don't want you to see, and you witnessed this process so be where. Thanks for telling us.
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All of the mainstream media are liberal. Most are from the Woodward and Bernstein era. In their foggy minds they are all just about to expose the next Watergate.\n Most of these people are mentally disabled from dropping acid at Woodstock. In their deluded minds they're all just trying to stick it to the man or blame it on the system dude. In the back of their closets they still have their tie dyed Che Guevara T's and a dog eared copy of Chairman Mao's little red book.\nIn truth they hate America and everything it stands for. In a liberals upside-down mind anything that is normal or traditional is wrong and anything is freaky, kinky, or subversive is correct.\n\nSo what is the truth anyway. \nWell the way I see it is this.\nThe Republicans are right about half the time.\nBut the Democrats are always Wrong.
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I hope not Because it is not meant to open it is meant to silence conservative voices. Remember PBS and NPR say they are open and balanced (the example of fairness) and if your conservative you will never hear anything conservative on it.\n\nThat is why News talk radio evolved. When people heard their neighbors of all backgrounds calling in and suddenly discovered there were others out there that agreed with them and their views. They discovered they were not crazy and alone. They heard a vast range of ideas and could call in and give theirs too. FOX News became the largest network, larger than CNN and MSNBC combined, in 10 short years. Before that there was only liberal biased broadcasts just repeating the same mantras on all channels ABC, NBC, ABC, PBS, and CNN. That was what was considered fair and balanced until FOX and Talk radio showed up. Suddenly we now need fairness as the old guys loose market share to the new guys.\nActually I switched to FOX because I noticed I was only hearing one side on CNN and on FOX I heard that and the another side too, honestly given. I compared the two for sometime before I actually switched permanently to FOX which I found more fair in its reporting. The Left hates talk radio as they find their ideas challenged and can`t defend themselves in an open honest forum. That is why Air America went belly up, they couldn`t discuss and reverted to hate speak 24 hours a day.\n\nLet the market decide.\nGood question.
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Intersting answers so far.  Many well-stated and educated responses, many immature and uninformed responses, and from both sides as well.  This question is one of those odd questions that really has little political meaning or significance, but seems to get more answers and attention than the well-written questions.  \n\nIn order to understand this question better, I need you to specify what news you are watching.  I make a point to watch all of the major cable "news" networks for some time, and I find that FOX News tends to do exactly what you described.  I can recall distinctly a debate on Hannity & Colmes where they pitted Anne Coulter, a young, attractive and well known conservative, against a little-known liberal radio host who was short, obese, and reminded me of a soaking-wet Danny Devito with thick, nerdy glasses.\n\nOn CNN, I tend to see more of a balance of age and health, but they seem to make an effort to find minorities and women (or both) to represent the democrats.\n\nIn both cases, it seems to me that the media is doing everything it can to help it's side out.  Neither side is completely honest, and the media certainly doesn't help.  I hate to spoil anyone's fantasies, but CNN is liberal, and FOX News is conservative.  If you want to get an un-biased opinion, don't listen to some pundit tell you what you should think about a speech or a policy.  Actually read the document or watch the speech!  C-Span typically shows major political events un-edited without commentary, and this is a good start for anyone looking to free themselves from political bias in the media.  \n\nTo return to your question, I don't think it is fair to judge anyone on physical appearance.  Stephen Hawking is one of the greatest scientific minds of our time, yet he is a quadriplegic.  Britney Spears is one of the best-looking women in the world, but I doubt she could even begin to understand anything Mr. Hawking would try to tell her.  \n\nIn short, don't judge a book by its cover.
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Liberals do argue that there is a conservative bias.  It's just that Republicans win out on listenership with talk radio and viewership on cable news.  If you listen to the liberal politicians, especially at fundraisers, then you will hear about a conservative bias.  \n\nThat being said, I find newspapers, outside of editorials which are slanted (as they should be), tend to be more objective than anything else you find.  Their job is to question government and the Republicans are in charge, so they are questioned right now.  If a Democrat was in office, I would expect to hear the same level of criticism from the media as I do now.
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.. only listen to Rush and read the Nation Review... everyone else is lying... hahahahaha\n\nseems a little bit of a paranoid attitude to me when you think the vast majority of media is against you... doesn't it... and they say "liberalism" is a mental disorder?
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You'll have to forgive the liberal media. They have extremely selective hearing, a side effect of having their heads jammed up their a##es.
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Liberal Media Bias - 'nuff said!
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The news (except Fox) is typically liberal.  And besides, what would sell better: "Water is healthy" or "Water can kill."
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truth is merely a perception of what you see. \n\nI am a democrat thus I like CNN\n\nif you are a Republican you will most likely like Fox news\n\nthey both say the "truth" \n\nbut with a different perception, hard as they try to be unbiased
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CNN is totally RIGHT WINGED, so it wont be valid, same as FOX. If you want to see a totally neutral television station go to these: HTTP://www.hornsoft.com/webversion/  HTTP://www.Corbina.tv   These stations are free and you can access them right here on the Internet. I bet you didn't know that there was over 5000 free television stations on the web with all the U.S. capitalism, and the control of Television and the Media. This is my proof, and you will really feel you have been screwed all along; because you have been.\n\nI am not trying to sway or lie to you like others, I just offer the truth, and you can see with your own eyes, and make a viable decision on your own, as an American.
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No, it sems quite right-wing to me. The posters seem to be convinced that the BBC is irredeemably liberal/leftwing and pick up on any trivial point which seems to them to support their view, without trying to consider the bias (if any) of the BBC site as a whole.
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CNN because they actually report news. Fox news has a severe conservative bias and I'm not really interested in hearing their opinion.