What does the GOP think about the "LIBERAL MEDIA"????
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they probably say it's all a big liberal conspiracy.  it must be the democrats fault that the republican administration hired a child molestor.
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the media is liberal which equals democrats\n\nnot republicans\n\nEDIT:  The only republican media, is basically AM radio, and Fox News, everything else is liberal
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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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That's why only people living in trailer parks and simple-minded folk watch Fox News and Bill O'Reilly. I agree the media is not liberal at all. But I suppose when they show how soldiers are dying then that shows people what is happening in this war and that's liberal thinking blah blah, etc.  I guess it's pretty liberal to document the massacres at Haditha as well. Goodness knows it's liberal to show the truth every once in a while. \n\nBBC world is so much better.
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... well... first off... I fear I may be wasting my breath, because the information is out there and with an attitude like "all that I have seen or heard from the democrats is their utter hatred for President Bush"... it seems to show that you watch and believe only conservative sources of news... if that's all you believe, then it's pointless to argue...\n\nbut, real quick... a few points... \n\nIraq... listen to the generals (as many retired generals have said the current admin has not), set goals and flexible time lines to get the country stabilized and our boys home...\n\nhealth care... work to either expand current coverage of medicaid or work on bringing the costs down, but not through caps... costs are totally out of control\n\neducation... work to give more loans at lower rates and grants... tuition has skyrocketed... also, rework no child left behind to make it a working program...\n\ntaxes... keep the cuts on the middle class, repeal investor tax cuts... this will generate revenue to apply to the deficit...\n\nsocial security...we need to stop taking out of the jar and pay back what we have taken out... \n\nterror... work on bin Laden... a lot of talk from the Republicans about bin Laden... little action... the sooner we stabilize Iraq, the more we can focus on him...\n\nthere are other issues... and different democratic candidates have different views on the issues... just like McCain and Bush's views on these issues you asked about are sometimes very different inside the same party...\n\nEDIT: don't mention it... I think that one IMPORTANT key is that I don't like all democratic candidates... I think some of them are crazy... and I don't dislike all Republican candidates... \ntry to vote on the individual and their stances and not the party... I may lean to the democrat side often, but I do vote Republcian at times...
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The media according to a major survey group out of Washington and found that the major papers and TV news channels post 77 positive stories for Democrats to every 15 for Republicans. That sounds a little biased to me?
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liberal bias...but i think that is an inherent charateristic of people in the journalism industry.
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It's their way of justifying why majority of Americans don't aggree with them on most issues...abortion...stem cells....miniumum wage...Iraq....\n\nThe public just disagrees with them because of the "liberal media"
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What an understatement!  A recent survey asked people in the media to identify themselves politically, and over 80% of media people said they considered themselves liberal.\n\nWhen I was a kid, I thought all the major sources of news (60 Minutes on tv; The New York Times newspaper, etc.) were all fair and balanced because they were established, venerable institutions.  However, now I realize the only fair and balanced source of news is Fox News (Bill O'Reilly, etc.)\n\nThe liberal media says something as if it were fact, and everyone believes them.  For example, they say we're losing the war in Iraq when every military commander says losing the fight on the battleground is impossible.  We can only lose the war in the media.  Elite Al Qaeda members have actually said the same thing!  Writers have already documented intercepted messages from top eschelon of Al Qaeda who flatly state that they have to win over the stupid American public because they can't beat the U.S. military.  You can find one of these quotes in the book on President Bush, "Strategery".\n\nThe liberal media blasts people with the same negative messages until people just assume the news is true.  Voters in Florida were leaning towards the democrats in the last election because the liberal media kept saying that that, due to the bad economy in Florida, voters would choose a Democrat for President.\n\nHowever, more conserative outlets on talk radio and Fox News' Bill O'Reilly pointed out how the Florida economy was actually in great shape.  Finally, the voters realized, "Hey, the economy here IS good.  The press just keeps trying to spin the truth."  Hence, Florida voted for Bush.
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I'm sure there are and will be a lot of responses about Bush and what a horrible president he is, how if voting wasn't screwed with he wouldn't never have won and how tricked people into thinking it was okay to go into Iraq as well as forcing his religious agenda on the people.  I agree with all of that but I wanted to take another look at things. \n\nThe media.  The media today isn't what it used to be back them.  The media today seems to go for anything that will make a person look bad, which in turn riles the people into more hatred than in years past.  This goes both ways.  You'll be hard pressed to find a truly unbiased new station, paper or magazine now days.  They all have a slant or a spin they like to put on all things.  Unfortunately I believe the days of honest reporting are gone.  Instead, people look to Bill Reily like he's a serious news anchor.  People don't realize he's a 'pundit'.\n\nThe definition of a 'pundit' is: A source of opinion; a critic: a political pundit. This is not a real news person reporting facts, its a person reporting their opinion on a situation.  Yet people don't seem to realize that or want to look at that.  This goes for all others out ther with shows like his both conservative and otherwise.\n\nWhen people look at a sourse like that and see it as 'fact' instead of one persons opinion it helps to inspire anger and stronger opinion.  These things weren't around years ago for other presidents.  \n\nAnother think you have to look at with media is who owns the media.  Viacom and Clear Channel are owned by extreme republican christians so they limit what they show to their views.  This goes for your local news and other outlets so people aren't getting the straight facts like they used to.  This buts a conservative bias on whats going on in the world today and it pisses of liberals and it snow balls.  Then the liberals have to counter that in someway and it pisses off the conservatives and it snowballs.\n\nAdd in the internet making information available on demand and creating an network of like minded people who can get together and get angry together and you have quite the ugly and angry machine on both ends.\n\nI'm sure there are many more reasons but I think the media plays a HUGE part in it.  I just wanted to add in a different reason and outlook.\n\nThanks!
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what liberal media is right.  Seems every channel and the newspapers are spinning everything Republican.
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A lot of libs will forever deny a liberal bias even though a survey was taken that 9 out of 10 news correspond in Washington   voted democratic the true test that news is even handed if both sides complained about the reporting, but when was the last time you heard a democrat  candidate complain about bias reporting ,oh I forgot Fox which is the only station that will challenge both sides with tough questions.
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LMAO\n\nThat brings up an idea:   supposedly democrats are doing well in the mid-term elections, and yet they are hiding from their liberal media friends.  Shouldn't they be excited and celebrating?  If they hide when things go well, imagine what they will do if they regain power and things go BAD? \n\nI fear for our safety with Pelosi in power.
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... they won't believe anything... it's all lies of the "liberal media" to them... \n\nit's a severe form of denial...
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I think it's that the opposite of liberal is conservative.  Conservatives favor the ways and institutions of the past, and would like to revert to them.  And many republicans are conservatives.  Their ideal is therefor the polar opposite of liberals.  And no, I don't think there's anything wrong with liberals, both keeping an open mind and respecting the past seem like good ideas to me.  That's why I couldn't be a member of the press.  I make too much sense and am too respectful of other peoples opinions.
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I guess it's only if the media wants to run with the story...how much ratings it will get them to report it over and over again. Your Political Parties are fueled off the main stream media, so if your famous, and you make a rude remark, and it is getting closer to the elections, it will be smeared everywhere. Or they "the liberals" really don't want to hear or care what Hollywood is saying unless it's for their cause and it starts getting more air time.
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i totaly agree that the press ONLY SHOWS THE BAD!!! even if we did do the best thing EVER, they wouldnt print in huge letters on the front page\nthey do this because....\n1. they are liberal\n2. for money