Media Bias...Left or Right? (1 Viewer)

[Mario Kart]

Media is pretty fair overall. I think there is a misnomer in the American culture that rejects what exactly media is. Their job is to report and be the people's voice. Yes, even the media has misterpreted their role versus what they should do... ie, the "media" reports on reality stars like they are important to the overall picture, or they report on dumb stuff like what one celebrity said about another. I know more about the Brangelina debacle than I do about anything else in the last 48 hours, why? Yes, I seek other information but the headlines catch the eye and that is what has been in the headlines. The media is there to investigate and report but how many really do investigation anymore? I say it's fair because much of it is crap reporting and not what the media is for by definition. The old media reported and maybe gave us some editorial. The new media tells us how to think while reporting very little. Find your own information and use your own brains instead of seeking out some mainstream media hype bandwagon. There is good reporting out there but it's seldom in the headlines and such. 

 

[saintfool]

You're on the right path...

illuminati

 

[Gr00vus]

Isn't your name Bob? I had a note here it was Bob. You're not Bob?

Officially, no, but in your mental state, you should just go with whatever gets you through the night.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

illuminati

Oh for heaven's sake, I'm still digesting some of that Chicago pie I had there. 

 

[NutterButter]

does it really matter?  if you're paying attention to any of what's going on, you're probably doing so from your own preferred news outlet which is slanted to your views.  

 

[Sand]

Media is pretty fair overall. 

95% of the employees in the media donate to Democrats.  It shows very clearly in reporting - their biases bleed through transparently.  

Though, really, the fact that you think it's fair shows the bias is way, way to the left.

 

[cockroach]

No, your comment really was irrelevant to what I was discussing. In fact it was nearly incoherent, a non-sequitur at best. I made no attempt to distinguish who runs commercial media, I simply outlined the motivation behind commercial media and how the appearance of bias is a tool, not a result, in that domain.

Reminded me of Billy Madison:  "Everyone is this room is dumber having listened to it"

 

[Ksquared]

My only response to those that think there is not a strong left wing bias.  Just look at the leaked DNC emails with all the info on their donors.  Look at how many lead news anchors, reporters, and administrators of news agency have donated to Hillary.  Some of them in high tens of thousands.

 

[tommyboy]

time warner owns CNN and they have donated $400,000 to Hillary

 

[WilliamBonney]

Appears accurate.

 

[Mario Kart]

95% of the employees in the media donate to Democrats.  It shows very clearly in reporting - their biases bleed through transparently.  

Though, really, the fact that you think it's fair shows the bias is way, way to the left.

Lol, I'm hardly the Lefty you imagine me to be.  But, you are helping me prove my point. I don't care what side a reporter leans on as long as the reporter reports the news without any editorializing. Reporting the news means reporting what happened, where it happened and so forth. Party affiliation doesn't come into the equation. 

However, you're also helping my point insofar as what should the media be reporting? If you're concerned with a reporter reporting what Trump says, but you're hung up on the reporter leaning left, that is not bias in reporting at all. 

Then, if you're concerned with a reporter reporting about Trump, well, he is running to be the leader of the free world, so he'll be reported on. People need to look at what is being reported and not who. And, you can replace Hillary in there as well. Like I said, the reporting is fair and fairly crappy at that. But, to say it's bias because a person who voted one way is doing the reporting... that is not bias. 

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Since Vietnam, the media has been pretty far left.  

Fox obviously is far right, I mean like unreasonably, unstable far right.  

Don't really trust either.

 

[Ghost Rider]

Print media leans heavily left. 

Talk radio leans heavily right.

TV media, with the exception of Fox, leans heavily left. 

Aren't these all pretty much givens? 

 

[saintfool]

95% of the employees in the media donate to Democrats.  It shows very clearly in reporting - their biases bleed through transparently.  

Though, really, the fact that you think it's fair shows the bias is way, way to the left.

NYC, LA, DC are the locus of info-tainment and news media world. Communities there are far more progressive than most. If only Time Warner were based in Omaha or Tulsa! 

 

[cstu]

Appears accurate.

There's a reason why I'm a big fan of The Economist. 

 

[Steve Tasker]

Appears accurate.

This is pretty decent.

 

[NutterButter]

There's a reason why I'm a big fan of The Economist. 

Nothing beats it.  Just fantastic.

 

[mquinnjr]

WSJ piece on Hillary news being buried. Key takeaway for me was if a semi-normal non-troglodyte was opposing her, the media wouldn't have a recurring daily excuse to ignore/bury/whathaveyou the listed items et. al. as they come out that would put Hillary in a negative light.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-press-buries-hillary-clintons-sins-1476401308?mod=trending_now_1

 

[jon_mx]

Print media leans heavily left. 

Talk radio leans heavily right.

TV media, with the exception of Fox, leans heavily left. 

Aren't these all pretty much givens? 

Overgeneralized and there are exceptions, but not really arguable.  It is extremely rare to see coverage where both sides are presented equally.  

 

[T J]

Both sides are claiming that the mainstream media is being tougher on their candidate than they are on the opposing candidate.

Hillary's camp points to Matt Lauer's recent interview of both candidates at the Commander in Chief's forum while the Don's camp has been claiming media bias since day 1.

So, who is correct?

Is the media helping choose the next POTUS or are they simply doing their job?

Just FYI, I like this web site to see both sides:

180 Report

Seriously? Waaay to the left.

 

[Daywalker]

Conservatives dominate tv and radio.  Good thing people still read lots of newspapers to get that liberal slant.

 

[GoBirds]

Way, way to the left. Except for Fox News which is way, way up it's own ###.

This sums it up perfectly. 

 

[mquinnjr]

Saw this searching for info on DirecTV Now's channel lineup, which was supposed to come out today 11/4. Feels eerily similar to John Oliver's pre-Brexit piece being "delayed" by HBO distributors in the UK: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/11/04/trump-fans-scream-foul-directvs-fox-news-channel-blacks-2-days-row-408355

 

[jonessed]

Print media leans heavily left. 

Talk radio leans heavily right.

TV media, with the exception of Fox, leans heavily left. 

Aren't these all pretty much givens? 

Yes.

 

[GregR]

Saw this searching for info on DirecTV Now's channel lineup, which was supposed to come out today 11/4. Feels eerily similar to John Oliver's pre-Brexit piece being "delayed" by HBO distributors in the UK: http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/11/04/trump-fans-scream-foul-directvs-fox-news-channel-blacks-2-days-row-408355

It is depressing this is what we too often turn to as news these days. A paragraph or two, no attempt to get answers and then 10 cut and pasted tweets.

 

[jonessed]

It is depressing this is what we too often turn to as news these days. A paragraph or two, no attempt to get answers and then 10 cut and pasted tweets.

What percentage of people could be categorized as not very bright, downright stupid, gullible, or intellectually lazy?  I think it's a pretty massive number.

 

[Slapdash]

i think like 6 companies owns 90% of the media, so corporate would be more accurate.  

Exactly

 

[RCon]

What percentage of people could be categorized as not very bright, downright stupid, gullible, or intellectually lazy?  I think it's a pretty massive number.

92.4%

+/- 2.3% margin of error

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Worst thing to ever happen to American politics was getting rid of the Fairness Doctrine in the late 80s.

 

[Thunderlips]

As far as this election goes, I think most of those who think the media leans hardcore Left feel that way because those media outlets that are accused of being Left aren't printing/giving air time to ALL of the Clinton news/speculation and opinion taken as fact that permeates from the Right.

That is, only by dedicating their ENTIRE time to bashing/talking about Clinton (ala FOX) will they then be seen as Fair and Balanced.  

 

[Phil Elliott]

Everyone knows they are biased towards Honda's