Anyone can turn on MSNBC and watch the interviews done with Republican/Democrat pundits and candidates. They are interviewed completely different. Republicans are always pushed very hard on everything they say and are treated like hostile witnesses, while democrats are given a chance to talk and are never pressed to back up anything they say.

Its plainly obviously to most people that the media wans democrats to win this election. The media flat out ignores inconsistencies in what the dems say and they ignore their scandals.

Just the other day I got to watch as “so-called” reporters for a “so-called” network news organization referred to the “so-called” success of the “so-called” surge.

You’d think by now that CNN wouldn’t be so stupid to ever use the best precursor to inserting bias into a story by using “so-called“.

A few months ago I asked friends and family, “Who are the Republican candidates for President?” All I got were blank stares. There had been little network/newspaper coverage of Republicans at that point. They easily named every Democrat running because Hillary et al. were all over the news, 24/7.

I only asked the question because I already knew what the response would be, and I knew because I could see the bias as clear as day.

On a related note, my response to bringing back the fairness doctrine is: Bring it on! Conservatives are no longer going to accept liberal media bias as the status quo and the fairness doctrine would put the force of law behind their complaints. Every time liberal bias occurs (i.e., all day long) conservatives could file a complaint demanding a rebuttal, which would essentially paralyze the networks. Yes, liberals would do the same to Fox News and, their intended target, Rush — but conservatives could shut down EVERYTHING ELSE!

If someone told you that “The fact that men outnumber women in science more than 2:1 is evidence of bias” would you agree?

I dont buy “different results = bias” when it comes to gender & race and I don’t buy it when it comes to politics.

Did you catch what you said? “Fair and balanced” gets under liberals skins because Fox News “attack(s)” liberals.

How can Fox News be “fair and balanced” and “attack” one side of the political spectrum? By definition that’s conservative bias. Thanks for making my case!

One thing you failed to mention in telling your half the story is the fact that the networks have had some trouble getting Republican candidates to appear. A similar, if less organized, problem as Fox News is having with scheduling Democratic candidates who are pretty much boycotting the network.

Of course, who can blame the Democrats?

The last Democratic presidential candidate I saw on Fox News was Senator Chris Dodd on O’Reilly’s show. Did you see this farce? O’Reilly didn’t like what Dodd had to say so he literally shouted him down refusing to let Dodd speak uninterrupted.

I dare you to find any example of an ABC, CBS, or NBC morning program treating a Republican thusly.

It isn’t an isolated instance. Fox News has continually trashed John Edwards. Hannity ran a long segment Sunday on Hannity’s America trashing Edwards. Brit Hume’s “Political Grapevine” segment yesterday singled out Edwards for abuse. John Gibson, headliner for The Big Story, sat by idly on his radio show while his sidekick “Angry Rich” spewed about Edwards “whoring” his wife’s cancer. Gibby fantasized out loud about interviewing Edwards so he could beat him up with loaded questions.

Fox News isn’t news. It’s conservative talk radio in a cable news format. It’s designed by Roger Ailes, the executive producer of Rush’s old tv show, who’s an expert at such things.

Can I find liberal bias in the so-called “mainstream media”? Absolutely. I can find conservative bias as well. If you visit liberal Media Matters’ web site you’ll see they spend far more time outing the conservative spin in the “mainstream media” than they do Fox News and conservative talk radio.

Conservatives who often blather on about wanting balance in the media are full of manure because the media they popularize like the vast sewer of right-wing hate radio is pure, unadulterated propaganda where they’re lucky to get even half the truth.

Sshiell,

It varies but it is always true.

For some reason Repubs prefer fantasy to reality but it is not happenstance that the Republican debates follow the Democratic debates every time, giving the Repubs the last word. The bias definitely gives the edge to the Right. When you consider that Repubs have most of the Recessions and Stock Crashes then it is no wonder that the Media gives them so much help. Without that help Conservatives would almost never get elected. If they don’t get elected, they can’t allow the consolidation. It is the Right’s dream to have the Media speaking from one set of talking points, hence the Right-Wing Media Bias.

Banned but not out.