The political representation behind TV news networks...what's your take?
969265
My take is that you cannot take anything reported on TV as fact.\n\nTo learn the real truth regarding anything you have to search it out.  You are more likely to find the truth on the internet than the news media.
856973
One would have to be a hardcore communist to think that those news media organizations you listed above have a conservative bent.\n\nThey are very much liberal.
742266
Murrow and Chrokite were icons of journalism history.  Also on that list should be: David Brinkley and  Chet Huntley http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/B/htmlB/brinkleydav/brinkleydav.htm\n\nI think there are some good journalists around today but we have fallen into the pit of sensationalist skewed "yellow" journalism that has its own agenda; which is not usually giving you all the facts to make an intelligent decision.\n\nReporting the facts is hard to do if your network is leaning toward one party or ideology.\n\nNo one reads the papers anymore which means the rank and file of citizens all over the world get their news from: TV, radio and the Internet.\n\nActually, I think the opposite is true and we are living in the time of Big Brother.  We have much fewer freedoms than they did in the 50's or before.
135996
my opinion is that the local tv news is probably the most educated and adheres to the facts.  I mean, they'd about have to be less biased than the other mediums.  They are about immediate gratification, really.  Magazines, well, they take many liberties, because they can be fiction, as well.  Their articles require facts and referrences, but when was the last time you saw a retraction of a story or a correction in a magazine?  As far as tv programs and movies, their job is to entertain rather than inform, so they don't really fall into newsworthy--controversial, or brainwashing, perhaps, but not really in the same sphere as the others.  The internet?  Well, it is largely becoming the largest reference manual in the world, but there is fact as well as fiction, as we all encounter.  You can find anything about any subject and cross reference a hundred facts, any facts you want to glean are there for the taking.  as for this, take it for what you will
886224
I agree with you completely, I think anyone who watched news other than fox would be ostracized in the military, it has alway's been republican (pro-war)..
284362
Sure. For example, FOX News tends to be very conservative, and support most Republicans. On the other hand, the new York Times is quite liberal and its editorials often criticize the Bush Administration, while the Washington Times is a more conservative newspaper.\n\nTalk radio is also dominated by conservatives (Limbaugh, Hannity, Dr. Laura, etc), while "mainstream media" like CNN and ABC tend to be moderately left-wing.
8567
There is no "truth" in politics.  It's all perseption.  Those that listen to the media are foolishly adopting a tainted idea of the world and what is going on in it.  People like to be led, that's why so many followed Hitler.  People don't want to have to think for themselves, and so they don't.  I'm glad you look for answers.
866014
I think that massive variety of media allows people to find news that fits their preconceived belief system.  Especially the internet.  Michael Moore uses real articles, but fails to note they were retracted for example.
981718
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.
698902
Does it ever occur to you that the media has portrayed the world and the events in it falsely, that your opinion is based on lies and garbled information geared to an insane agenda?  Do you really think that such a vast portion of the world's population hates US government because of propaganda by the so-called terrorists and not because of heinous acts of gross TERRORISM committed by the US government and its protectorate TERRORIST state of Israel?
477497
It is so important to be informed.  You can't make decisions based on the junk that is shoved at you from every media angle.  Every news station has an agenda, and they know what demographic is watching, and what they want to hear.  It's all about ratings for them.  This is why you need to be in the know yourself.  It is a responsibility we all have as Americans, and alot of people fought very hard to maintain this, the very least we can do is care about the land in which we live enough to involve ourselves in its betterment.
265068
That is not entirely true. Although they tend to be biased in favor of him and support him often when he is wrong, if he does something that even conservatives disagree with, they will occasionally call him on it. Fox news is biased in a conservative direction, however, some media is biased toward a liberal direction. It is hard to be objective in politics, or much else for that matter. I am a Democrat and am suspicious of Fox news, however, I am also suspicious of most other media. Too bad news can't be completely objective. Humans can't always help perceiving things from their own viewpoint.
814993
None of the shows you listed are actual news sources. A real news source has objective reporting (which isn't all that easy to find, but it does exist.)
565021
As several people have already said, there is no non-media-influenced view in the US--just as there is no non-media-influenced opinion in the UK.  I mean, first of all, "media" covers essentially all sources external to one's self and so if one's opinion is completely uninfluenced by media, it's an uninformed and fanciful opinion at best.  When you say "media" you're most likely referring to television first and AM talk radio second and these, I'm sad to say, have a frightening influence on the American mindset.  Mainstream t.v. and radio are very much controlled by what we like to call "special interests," which translates as "anyone with enough power and money to influence news content and coverage."  With the Bush administration in particular, the name of the game has been "access"--the news organizations that don't play ball with the Bushies don't get access to the Prez and/or his many crooked puppeteers.  Now, you might reasonably ask yourself why news organizations would care about having access to a bunch of known liars, but at this point the press itself is so complicit in so many numerous political scandals that it has become part of the problem. Young Americans are somewhat better-informed because they tend to get most of their information from the internet, but young people have also been really apathetic about voting, so I'm not sure how much we benefit from their "research."  \n\nWhat you should keep in mind as you watch America from a distance is that Republicans and Democrats, "liberals" and "conservatives" have been so manipulated by "wedge issues"--abortion, gay marriage, immigration--over the last twenty years or so that they believe themselves to be much more polarized than they actually are. The "red state/blue state" dichotomy, for example, is entirely false--the image came about mostly because of the "winner-take-all" nature of the our electoral system. Consequently, we should be seeing Americans unifying toward the impeachment and probable criminal indictment of Bush and his band of thugs, but instead we're seeing Republicans trying to prove that their dislike of Bush doesn't mean that they've (gasp!) gone liberal, while the Democrats--the big weenies--are so busy trying to capture the affection of the Religious Right, (whose power has been grossly inflated by mainstream media),that they don't recognize a constituency  when it walks up and hits them over their collective, (and profoundly stupid) head.  \n\nIn short, it's a mess over here that's probably going to get a lot worse before it improves.  There are no viable contenders for the 2008 elections and there's no reason to believe that our now firmly-entrenched aristocracy, (which includes mainstream media), will let in an "outsider."  My guess is that we are, at most, maybe ten years away from significant civil strife and some kind of totalitarian backlash. I hope that I'm wrong, but I read a lot of history  and it's just not looking good at all.
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News presented under the guise of humor is much easier to manufacture.  Facts are checked beforehand, but accuracy is not mandatory when you're telling a joke.  If you're telling a story that every other news outlet has already told, you've been scooped.  Tell it as an original joke, & you've jumped from last place to no less than a tie for first place.  The Daily Show makes me laugh every time I tune in, but of course I take it for what it is: entertainment.  That doesn't mean I can't learn something from watching it.  As for Michael Moore, this is informative entertainment, or info-tainment.  Biased? Yes.  Opinionated?  Of course.  Does the truth hurt sometimes?  Evidently.\n\nCredible news outlets steer clear of Bush bashing because they must maintain the appearance of impartiality.  Much like politicians, TV news programs want ALL the viewers tuning in.  They try not to alienate anyone, never appearing to choose sides.  Some of the cable channels work very hard to appear "fair & balanced," but their stories are carefully picked and always presented with a predictable spin.\n\nBush has not been a very good President.  When all is said and done, we'll look back and try to figure out which of his mistakes were deliberate, and how many were merely the misteps of someone who was in way over his head.
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CNN and Fox often take very different positions. Fox is one of the few mainstream media institutions that isn't dominated by liberals.
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Fox news presents biased opinion masqerading as news.  It is extremely popular with rank and file republicans.  I'm assuming they find it quite soothing when their brains get tired from hearing the facts.  There are hundreds of documented examples of right-wing bias on Fox News (sometimes called Faux news).  Check the website and see for yourself!